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RCW 2.28.020

Contempt—Punishment.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 13 Wash. App. 954 - Burgess v. Towne (1975)

Most recently applied in Bellevue School Dist. v. Es (June 2011)

1891 c 54 s 2; RRS s 53.

How often courts cite this section

1975198019902000201120
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

For the effectual exercise of the powers specified in RCW 2.28.010, the court may punish for contempt in the cases and the manner provided by law.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.