The construction, acquisition and maintenance of juvenile detention facilities for dependent, wayward and delinquent children, separate and apart from the detention facilities for adults, is hereby declared to be a mandatory function of the several counties of the state.
RCW 13.16.030
Mandatory function of counties.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 97 Wash. 2d 385 - Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners (1982)
Most recently applied in CITY OF EAST WENATCHEE v. Douglas County (June 2010)
1945 c 188 s 2; Rem
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.