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RCW 43.43.690

Crime laboratory analysis fee—Court imposition—Collection.

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 84 Wash. App. 290 - In Re the Personal Restraint of Weaver (1996)

Most recently applied in 15 Wash. App. 2d 775 - State Of Washington v. Jesse Johns (December 2020)

2015 c 265 s 30; 1992 c 129 s 2.

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(1) When an adult offender has been adjudged guilty of violating any criminal statute of this state and a crime laboratory analysis was performed by a state crime laboratory, in addition to any other disposition, penalty, or fine imposed, the court shall levy a crime laboratory analysis fee of one hundred dollars for each offense for which the person was convicted. Upon a verified petition by the person assessed the fee, the court may suspend payment of all or part of the fee if it finds that the person does not have the ability to pay the fee.

(2) All crime laboratory analysis fees assessed under this section shall be collected by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the state general fund, to be used only for crime laboratories. The clerk may retain five dollars to defray the costs of collecting the fees.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.