Whenever the governor shall grant a pardon to a person convicted of an infamous crime, or whenever the maximum term of imprisonment for which any such person was committed is about to expire or has expired, and such person has not otherwise had his or her civil rights restored, the governor shall have the power, in his or her discretion, to restore to such person his or her civil rights in the manner as in this chapter provided.
RCW 9.96.010
Restoration of civil rights.
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Madison v. State (2007)
Most recently applied in 195 Wash. 2d 544 - State v. Haggard (April 2020)
2011 c 336 s 342; 1961 c 187 s 2; 1931 c 19 s 1; 1929 c 26 s 2; RRS s 10250.
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