Legislative declaration—Intent.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case State v. Gonzales-Morales (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Gonzales-Morales (July 1999)
1989 c 358 s 12; 1983 c 222 s 1; 1973 c 22 s 1.
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.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to secure the constitutional rights of deaf persons and of other persons who, because of impairment of hearing or speech, are unable to readily understand or communicate the spoken English language, and who consequently cannot be fully protected in legal proceedings unless qualified interpreters are available to assist them.
It is the intent of the legislature in the passage of this chapter to provide for the appointment of such interpreters.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.