Noncharter cities and towns—Manner of filing—Report.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 83 Wash. 2d 599 - Cook v. State (1974)
Most recently applied in 83 Wash. 2d 599 - Cook v. State (April 1974)
1993 c 449 s 8; 1989 c 74 s 1; 1967 c 164 s 13; 1965 c 7 s 35.31.040
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.
All claims for damages against noncharter cities and towns shall be filed in the manner set forth in chapter 4.96 RCW.
No ordinance or resolution shall be passed allowing such claim or any part thereof, or appropriating any money or other property to pay or satisfy the same or any part thereof, until the claim has first been referred to the proper department or committee, nor until such department or committee has made its report to the council thereon pursuant to such reference.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.