No grand jury shall be summoned to attend at the superior court of any county except upon an order signed by a majority of the judges thereof. A grand jury shall be summoned by the court, where the public interest so demands, whenever in its opinion there is sufficient evidence of criminal activity or corruption within the county or whenever so requested by a public attorney, corporation counsel or city attorney upon showing of good cause.
RCW 10.27.030
Summoning grand jury.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 89 Wash. 2d 57 - State v. Fenter (1977)
Most recently applied in In Re The Petition To Convene A Grand Jury, Barnes Michael Ware (June 2018)
1971 ex.s. c 67 s 3.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.