Every court, judge, clerk of a court, state-certified court reporter, or notary public, is authorized to take testimony in any action, suit or proceeding, and such other persons in particular cases as authorized by law. Every such court or officer is authorized to collect fees established under RCW 36.18.020 and 36.18.012 through 36.18.018 and to administer oaths and affirmations generally and to every such other person in such particular case as authorized.
RCW 5.28.010
Who may administer.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 11 Wash. App. 819 - Metcalf v. Department of Motor Vehicles (1974)
Most recently applied in State v. Ryncarz (April 1992)
2010 c 98 s 1; 1995 c 292 s 1; 1987 c 202 s 124; 2 H
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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.