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RCW 7.16.150

Mandamus defined.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 124 Wash. 2d 402 - Walker v. Munro (1994)

Most recently applied in 124 Wash. 2d 402 - Walker v. Munro (August 1994)

1895 c 65 s 15; RRS s 1013.

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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.

The writ of mandamus may be denominated a writ of mandate.

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