Revised Code of Washington
2023 Archive

Chapter 36.23 RCW
COUNTY CLERK
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36.23.020New bond may be required.
36.23.030Records to be kept.
36.23.040Custody and delivery of records.
36.23.065Destruction and reproduction of court records—Destruction of receipts for expenses under probate proceedings.
36.23.067Reproduced court records have same force and effect as original.
36.23.070Destruction of court exhibits—Preservation for historical purposes.
36.23.080Office at county seat.
36.23.090Search for birth parents—County clerk's duty.
36.23.100Electronic payment of court fees and other financial obligations—Authorized.
36.23.110Legal financial obligations—Report on collections.
NOTES:
Civil actions, generally, clerk's duties: Title 4 RCW.
County clerk
as clerk of superior court: State Constitution Art. 4 § 26.
not to practice law: RCW 2.32.090.
powers and duties: RCW 2.32.050.
Dissolution of inactive port districts: Chapter 53.47 RCW.
Electronic copies as evidence, clerk to certify: RCW 5.52.050.
Execution docket, clerk to keep: RCW 4.64.060.
Judgment journal, clerk to keep: RCW 4.64.030.
Lien foreclosure, clerk's duties: Chapter 84.64 RCW.
Oaths, clerk may administer: RCW 5.28.010.
Official bonds filed with: RCW 42.08.100.
Support of dependent children, clerk to charge no fees in connection with: RCW 74.20.300.
Tax warrants, clerk's duties: Chapter 82.32 RCW.
Veterans, clerk to furnish documents for free: RCW 73.04.120.
Witness fees and expenses, civil proceedings, clerk's duties: Chapter 2.40 RCW, RCW 5.56.010.