In any proceeding under this chapter to modify a commitment order of a person committed to inpatient treatment under grounds set forth in RCW 71.05.280(3) or 71.05.320(4)(c) in which the requested relief includes treatment less restrictive than detention, the prosecuting attorney shall be entitled to intervene. The party initiating the motion to modify the commitment order shall serve the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the criminal charges against the committed person were dismissed with written notice and copies of the initiating papers.
RCW 71.05.335
Modification of order for inpatient treatment—Intervention by prosecuting attorney.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re Detention Of: P.p. (2018)
Most recently applied in In Re The Detention Of: M.l.h., Iv (February 2021)
2018 c 201 s 3016; 1986 c 67 s 7.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.