Any district or municipal court judge, in the county in which the offense is alleged to have occurred, may issue a search warrant for any person or evidence located anywhere within the state. If the jurisdiction of a district or municipal court encompasses all or part of more than one county, a judge for that district or municipal court may issue a search warrant for any person or evidence located anywhere within the state as long as the county in which the offense is alleged to have occurred is one of the counties encompassed within that court's jurisdiction.
RCW 2.20.030
Issuance of search warrants by district and municipal court judges—Jurisdiction in more than one county.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In The Matter Of The Search Warrant For: 13811 Highway 99, Lynnwood, Wa (2016)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. Stevens County District Court Judge (March 2019)
2018 c 50 s 1; 2014 c 93 s 2.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.