A district judge serving a district having a population of forty thousand or more persons, and a district judge receiving a salary equal to the maximum salary set by the salary commission under RCW 3.58.020 for district judges shall be deemed full time judges and shall devote all of their time to the office and shall not engage in the practice of law. Other judges shall devote sufficient time to the office to properly fulfill the duties thereof and may engage in other occupations but shall maintain a separate office for private business and shall not use for private business the services of any clerk or secretary paid for by the county or office space or supplies furnished by the judicial district.
RCW 3.34.040
District judges—Full time—Other.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 123 Wash. 2d 451 - State v. Board of Yakima County Commissioners (1994)
Most recently applied in 123 Wash. 2d 451 - State v. Board of Yakima County Commissioners (March 1994)
1991 c 338 s 2; 1984 c 258 s 10; 1983 c 195 s 1; 1974 ex.s. c 95 s 2; 1971 ex.s. c 147 s 2; 1961 c 299 s 13.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.