A writ of review shall be granted by any court, except a municipal or district court, when an inferior tribunal, board or officer, exercising judicial functions, has exceeded the jurisdiction of such tribunal, board or officer, or one acting illegally, or to correct any erroneous or void proceeding, or a proceeding not according to the course of the common law, and there is no appeal, nor in the judgment of the court, any plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law.
RCW 7.16.040
Grounds for granting writ.
Applied in 140 court decisions — leading case 98 Wash. 2d 690 - Pierce County Sheriff v. Civil Service Commission (1983)
Most recently applied in Dep't of Lab. & Indus. v. Cannabis Green, LLC (May 2025)
1987 c 202 s 130; 1895 c 65 s 4; RRS s 1002.
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