Writs of habeas corpus may be granted by the supreme court, the court of appeals, or superior court, or by any judge of such courts, and upon application the writ shall be granted without delay.
RCW 7.36.040
Who may grant writ.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Matter of Johnson (1997)
Most recently applied in In Re Turay (August 2003)
1971 c 81 s 31; 1957 c 9 s 10; Code 1881 s 668; 1877 p 138 s 671; 1869 p 156 s 608; 1854 p 212 s 436; RRS s 1066.
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.