WSR 98-11-022

RULES OF COURT

STATE SUPREME COURT

[May 7, 1998]



IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO ARLJ 3, CR 81, IRLJ 1.2 AND 2.1 )

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ORDER

NO. 25700-A-621

The District and Municipal Court Judges' Association having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to ARLJ 3, CR 81, IRLJ 1.2 and 2.1, and the Court having determined that the proposed amendments will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates an early adoption;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

(a) That the amendments as attached hereto are adopted.

(b) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendments will be published expeditiously and become effective upon publication.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 7th day of May, 1998.

B. Durham


Dolliver, J.


Madsen, J.
Smith, J.
Talmadge, J.
Guy, J.
Alexander, J.
Johnson, J.
Sanders, J.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT

ARLJ 3(2)

DEFINITION OF TERMS



As used in these rules, unless the context clearly requires

otherwise:

(1) Unchanged.

(2) "Judge" shall include every judicial officer authorized, alone or with others, to hold or preside over any court of limited jurisdiction, or mean justice of the peace, municipal court judge, police court judge, and the judge of any court inferior to the superior court which may be hereafter established.

(3) Unchanged.

(4) "Prosecuting Attorney" or "prosecutor" includes deputy prosecuting attorneys, and city attorneys, corporation counsel, and their deputies and assistants, or such other persons as may be designated by statute or court rule.

(5)-(7) Unchanged.





PROPOSED AMENDMENT

CRLJ 81(a)

APPLICABILITY IN GENERAL



(a) To What Proceedings Applicable. These rules govern all civil proceedings except as provided in this rule. These rules do not apply where inconsistent with rules or statutes applicable to special proceeding, or infractions. nor do they These rules do not apply to proceedings in small claims court. In a court in which the proceedings are not recorded and review is by a trial de novo, these rules apply to the extent practicable; in these courts, rules referring to recording or an appeal on the record should be disregarded.

(b) Unchanged.





PROPOSED AMENDMENT

IRLJ 1.2(a)

DEFINITIONS



For the purposes of these rules:

(a) Infraction Case. "Infraction case" means a civil proceeding initiated in a court of limited jurisdiction pursuant to a statute that authorizes offenses to be punished as infractions.

(b)-(e) Unchanged.





PROPOSED AMENDMENT

IRLJ 2.1 (b)(l)(5)

NOTICE OF INFRACTION



(a) Unchanged.

(b) Contents. The notice of infraction shall contain the following information on the copy given to the defendant, except the information required by subsections (2) and (6) is not required on a notice of infraction alleging the commission of a parking, standing, or stopping infraction:

(1)-(4) Unchanged.

(5) A statement that the defendant must respond to the notice of infraction within 14 15 days of issuance;

(6)-(10) Unchanged.

Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above material occurred in the copy filed by the State Supreme Court and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.

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