Chapter
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT
- RCW 34.05.001— Legislative intent.
- RCW 34.05.010— Definitions.
- RCW 34.05.020— Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of subsequent legislation.
- RCW 34.05.030— Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter. (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
- RCW 34.05.040— Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal law.
- RCW 34.05.050— Waiver.
- RCW 34.05.060— Informal settlements.
- RCW 34.05.070— Conversion of proceedings.
- RCW 34.05.080— Variation from time limits.
- RCW 34.05.090— Forest practices board—Emergency rules.
- RCW 34.05.100— Respectful language.
- RCW 34.05.110— Violations of state law or agency rule by small businesses—Notice requirements—Waiver of penalty for first-time paperwork violations.
- RCW 34.05.120— Extension of rights and responsibilities—State registered domestic partnerships.
- RCW 34.05.210— Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice.
- RCW 34.05.220— Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements.
- RCW 34.05.230— Interpretive and policy statements.
- RCW 34.05.240— Declaratory order by agency—Petition.
- RCW 34.05.250— Model rules of procedure.
- RCW 34.05.260— Electronic distribution.
- RCW 34.05.270— Agency websites for rule-making information.
- RCW 34.05.271— Department of fish and wildlife—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.
- RCW 34.05.272— Department of ecology—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.
- RCW 34.05.310— Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules.
- RCW 34.05.312— Rules coordinator.
- RCW 34.05.313— Feasibility studies—Pilot projects.
- RCW 34.05.314— Rules development agenda.
- RCW 34.05.315— Rule-making docket.
- RCW 34.05.320— Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher education.
- RCW 34.05.322— Scope of rule-making authority.
- RCW 34.05.325— Public participation—Concise explanatory statement.
- RCW 34.05.328— Significant legislative rules, other selected rules.
- RCW 34.05.330— Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal.
- RCW 34.05.335— Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption.
- RCW 34.05.340— Variance between proposed and final rule.
- RCW 34.05.345— Failure to give twenty days notice of intended action—Effect.
- RCW 34.05.350— Emergency rules and amendments.
- RCW 34.05.353— Expedited rule making.
- RCW 34.05.360— Order adopting rule, contents.
- RCW 34.05.362— Postadoption notice.
- RCW 34.05.365— Incorporation by reference.
- RCW 34.05.370— Rule-making file.
- RCW 34.05.375— Substantial compliance with procedures.
- RCW 34.05.380— Filing with code reviser—Written record—Effective dates.
- RCW 34.05.385— Rules for rule making.
- RCW 34.05.390— Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance.
- RCW 34.05.395— Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure to comply.
- RCW 34.05.410— Application of Part IV.
- RCW 34.05.413— Commencement—When required.
- RCW 34.05.416— Decision not to conduct an adjudication.
- RCW 34.05.419— Agency action on applications for adjudication.
- RCW 34.05.422— Rate changes, licenses.
- RCW 34.05.425— Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution.
- RCW 34.05.428— Representation.
- RCW 34.05.431— Conference—Procedure and participation.
- RCW 34.05.434— Notice of hearing.
- RCW 34.05.437— Pleadings, briefs, motions, service.
- RCW 34.05.440— Default.
- RCW 34.05.443— Intervention.
- RCW 34.05.446— Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders.
- RCW 34.05.449— Procedure at hearing.
- RCW 34.05.452— Rules of evidence—Cross-examination.
- RCW 34.05.455— Ex parte communications.
- RCW 34.05.458— Separation of functions.
- RCW 34.05.461— Entry of orders.
- RCW 34.05.464— Review of initial orders.
- RCW 34.05.467— Stay.
- RCW 34.05.470— Reconsideration.
- RCW 34.05.473— Effectiveness of orders.
- RCW 34.05.476— Agency record.
- RCW 34.05.479— Emergency adjudicative proceedings.
- RCW 34.05.482— Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability.
- RCW 34.05.485— Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure.
- RCW 34.05.488— Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability.
- RCW 34.05.491— Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures.
- RCW 34.05.494— Agency record in brief proceedings.
- RCW 34.05.510— Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority.
- RCW 34.05.514— Petition for review—Where filed.
- RCW 34.05.518— Direct review by court of appeals. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
- RCW 34.05.522— Refusal of review by court of appeals. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
- RCW 34.05.526— Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals.
- RCW 34.05.530— Standing.
- RCW 34.05.534— Exhaustion of administrative remedies.
- RCW 34.05.542— Time for filing petition for review.
- RCW 34.05.546— Petition for review—Contents.
- RCW 34.05.550— Stay and other temporary remedies.
- RCW 34.05.554— Limitation on new issues.
- RCW 34.05.558— Judicial review of facts confined to record.
- RCW 34.05.562— New evidence taken by court or agency.
- RCW 34.05.566— Agency record for review—Costs.
- RCW 34.05.570— Judicial review.
- RCW 34.05.574— Type of relief.
- RCW 34.05.578— Petition by agency for enforcement.
- RCW 34.05.582— Petition by others for enforcement.
- RCW 34.05.586— Defenses, limitations on.
- RCW 34.05.588— Enforcement of agency subpoena.
- RCW 34.05.590— Incorporation of other judicial review provisions.
- RCW 34.05.594— Review by higher court.
- RCW 34.05.598— Frivolous petitions.
- RCW 34.05.610— Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies.
- RCW 34.05.620— Review of proposed rules—Notice.
- RCW 34.05.630— Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing.
- RCW 34.05.640— Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register and WAC—Suspension of rule.
- RCW 34.05.650— Recommendations by committee to legislature.
- RCW 34.05.655— Petition for review.
- RCW 34.05.660— Review and objection procedures—No presumption established.
- RCW 34.05.665— Submission of rule for review—State employees protected.
- RCW 34.05.671— Reports—Advisory boards—Staff.
- RCW 34.05.675— Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions.
- RCW 34.05.681— Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify.
- RCW 34.05.900— Captions and headings.
- RCW 34.05.902— Effective date—Application—1988 c 288.
- RCW 34.05.4791— Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures.