Washington Judicial Retirement System Act
Washington · Courts of Record · §§ 2.10.010 to 2.10.900 · 25 sections
Overview
The Judicial Retirement System Act establishes a pension system for judges, setting the terms on which they qualify for and receive retirement benefits — including service and age thresholds, early retirement, disability retirement, deferred benefits for judges who resign or are not reappointed, and credit for prior public service. It defines survivor and death benefits, offers optional payment elections with spousal notification requirements, and authorizes group life insurance coverage as an alternative to statutory death benefits. The act also creates the system's financial machinery: designated reserve, annuity savings, and contingent reserve funds, member payroll contributions and member borrowing, periodic actuarial valuation, and a state body charged with administering the system and holding its assets in trust.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 6 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 949 P.2d 1366 - Gerberding v. Munro
Sections covered
- RCW 2.10.010Short title.
- RCW 2.10.020Purpose.
- RCW 2.10.030Definitions.
- RCW 2.10.040System created—Coverage—Exclusions.
- RCW 2.10.052Retirement board abolished—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
- RCW 2.10.070Retirement board—Duties.
- RCW 2.10.080Funds and securities.
- RCW 2.10.090Funding.1 cite
- RCW 2.10.100Retirement for service or age.2 cites
- RCW 2.10.110Service retirement allowance.
- RCW 2.10.120Retirement for disability—Procedure.1 cite
- RCW 2.10.130Retirement for disability allowance.
- RCW 2.10.140Survivor's benefits.
- RCW 2.10.144Payment of accumulated contributions or retirement allowance upon death—Election.
- RCW 2.10.146Election of option for payment of retirement or disability allowance—Retirement allowance adjustment.
- RCW 2.10.155Suspension of retirement allowance upon employment—Exceptions—Reinstatement—Pro tempore service.
- RCW 2.10.165Refund of certain contributions.
- RCW 2.10.170Cost-of-living adjustment.
- RCW 2.10.180Benefits exempt from taxation and judicial process—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums.1 cite
- RCW 2.10.190Hearing prior to judicial review—Required—Notice.
- RCW 2.10.200Hearing prior to judicial review—Conduct.
- RCW 2.10.210Hearing prior to judicial review—No bond required.
- RCW 2.10.220Transfer to system—Prior service credit.1 cite
- RCW 2.10.230Cessation of benefits upon appointment or election to court.
- RCW 2.10.900Construction—Domestic relations terms—2009 c 521.
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