Restraining orders and injunctions may be granted by the superior court, or by any judge thereof.
RCW 7.40.010
Who may grant restraining orders and injunctions.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 90 Wash. 2d 722 - City of Spokane v. J-R Distributors, Inc. (1978)
Most recently applied in Jewels Helping Hands v. Hansen (April 2025)
1957 c 9 s 11; Code 1881 s 153; 1877 p 32 s 153; 1869 p 38 s 151; 1854 p 152 s 111; RRS s 718.
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.