There is hereby created as an agency of the state, for the purpose and with the powers hereinafter set forth, an association to be known as the Washington State Bar Association, hereinafter designated as the state bar, which association shall have a common seal and may sue and be sued, and which may, for the purpose of carrying into effect and promoting the objects of said association, enter into contracts and acquire, hold, encumber and dispose of such real and personal property as is necessary thereto.
RCW 2.48.010
Objects and powers.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 91 Wash. 2d 48 - Washington State Bar Ass'n v. Great Western Union Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n (1978)
Most recently applied in 197 Wash. 2d 67 - Beauregard v. Wash. State Bar Ass'n (February 2021)
1933 c 94 s 2; RRS s 138-2.
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