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RCW 9.94A.777

Legal financial obligations—Defendants with mental health conditions.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 193 Wash. 2d 252 - State v. Catling (2019)

Most recently applied in State Of Washington v. Anthony G. Houck (August 2019)

2022 c 260 s 24; 2010 c 280 s 6.

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(1) Before imposing any legal financial obligations upon a defendant who suffers from a mental health condition, other than restitution, a judge must first determine that the defendant, under the terms of this section, has the means to pay such additional sums.

(2) For the purposes of this section, a defendant suffers from a mental health condition when the defendant has been diagnosed with a mental disorder that prevents the defendant from participating in gainful employment, as evidenced by a determination of mental disability as the basis for the defendant's enrollment in a public assistance program, a record of involuntary hospitalization, or by competent expert evaluation.

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