Eligibility to hold office.
That no person shall be competent to qualify for or hold any elective public office within the state of Washington, or any county, district, precinct, school district, municipal corporation or other district or political subdivision, unless he or she be a citizen of the United States and state of Washington and an elector of such county, district, precinct, school district, municipality or other district or political subdivision.
NOTES:
Apple commission, qualifications of members: RCW
15.24.020.
Attorney general, qualifications: RCW
43.10.010.
Cities, council-manager plan, qualifications of city manager: RCW
35.18.040.
Cities and towns, residence qualifications of officials and employees: RCW
35.21.200.
County hospital board of trustees, eligibility: RCW
36.62.140.
Court commissioners, qualifications: RCW
2.24.010.
Dairy products commission, members, qualifications: RCW
15.44.030.
Electors, qualifications: State Constitution Art. 6 s 1 (Amendment 5).
Engineers and land surveyors' board of registration, qualifications: RCW
18.43.030.
Fire protection district commissioners, qualifications: RCW
52.14.010.
Fish and wildlife commission members, qualifications: RCW
77.04.040.
Flood control districts, qualifications of governing board: RCW
85.38.070.
Fruit commission, qualifications of members: RCW
15.28.030.
Hardwoods commission, qualifications: RCW
15.74.010.
Honey bee commission, qualifications: RCW
15.62.060.
Horse racing commission, qualifications: RCW
67.16.012.
Judges of superior court, eligibility: State Constitution Art. 4 s 17.
Judges of supreme court, eligibility: State Constitution Art. 4 s 17.
Legislators, eligibility: State Constitution Art. 2 s 7; Art. 2 s 14.
Mosquito control district board members, qualifications: RCW
17.28.120.
Municipal court judges, qualifications: RCW
35.20.170.
Prosecuting attorney, eligibility: RCW
36.27.010.
Public utility district commissioners, qualifications: RCW
54.12.010.
Religious qualification to hold public office or employment prohibited: State Constitution Art. 1 s 11 (Amendment 4).
Residence for eligibility to public office: State Constitution Art. 6 s 4.
State hospitals for individuals with mental illness, superintendents' powers: RCW
72.23.030.
State officers, eligibility: State Constitution Art. 3 s 25 (Amendment 31).
State schools for blind and deaf, qualifications of superintendents: RCW
72.40.020.
Superior court reporters, qualifications: RCW
2.32.180.
Towns, eligibility of officers: RCW
35.27.080.
Utilities and transportation commission, qualifications: RCW
80.01.020.
Veterinary board members, qualifications: RCW
18.92.021.
Weed district director and electors, qualifications: RCW
17.04.070.
Wine commission, qualifications: RCW
15.88.030.