No person shall be eligible to the office of prosecuting attorney in any county of this state, unless he or she is a qualified elector therein, and has been admitted as an attorney and counselor of the courts of this state.
RCW 36.27.010
Eligibility to office.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 99 Wash. App. 237 - Whatcom County v. State (2000)
Most recently applied in State v. Watson (March 2004)
2009 c 549 s 4045; 1963 c 4 s 36.27.010
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