All references to justices of the peace in other titles of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning district judges. All references to justice courts or justice of the peace courts in other titles of the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed as meaning district courts.
RCW 3.30.015
Construction of "justices of the peace," "justice courts," "justice of the peace courts."
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Nguyen v. United States (2003)
Most recently applied in 193 Wash. 2d 724 - Banowsky v. Backstrom (July 2019)
1984 c 258 s 90.
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