Every person restrained of his or her liberty under any pretense whatever, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the restraint, and shall be delivered therefrom when illegal.
RCW 7.36.010
Who may prosecute writ.
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Malcom v. Payne (2002)
Most recently applied in Harris v. Charles (May 2011)
2011 c 336 s 185; Code 1881 s 666; 1877 p 138 s 669; 1869 p 156 s 606; 1854 p 212 s 434; RRS s 1063.
How often courts cite this section
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.