RAP 2.2
                     DECISIONS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT THAT
                                MAY BE APPEALED


    (a) Generally. Unless otherwise prohibited by statute or court rule and
except as provided in sections (b) and (c), a party may appeal from only the
following superior court decisions:

    (1) Final Judgment. The final judgment entered in any action or proceeding,
regardless of whether the judgment reserves for future determination an award
of attorney fees or costs.

    (2) (Reserved.)

    (3) Decision Determining Action. Any written decision affecting a
substantial right in a civil case that in effect determines the action and
prevents a final judgment or discontinues the action.

    (4) Order of Public Use and Necessity. An order of public use and necessity
in a condemnation case.

    (5) Juvenile Court Disposition. The disposition decision following a
finding of dependency by a juvenile court, or a disposition decision following
a finding of guilt in a juvenile offense proceeding.

    (6) Termination of All Parental Rights. A decision depriving a person of
all parental rights with respect to a child.

    (7) Order of Incompetency. A decision declaring an adult legally
incompetent, or an order establishing a conservatorship or guardianship for an adult.

    (8) Order of Commitment. A decision ordering commitment, entered after a
sanity hearing or after a sexual predator hearing.

    (9) Order on Motion for New Trial or Amendment of Judgment. An order
granting or denying a motion for new trial or amendment of judgment.

    (10) Order on Motion for Vacation of Judgment. An order granting or denying
a motion to vacate a judgment.

    (11) Order on Motion for Arrest of Judgment. An order arresting or denying
arrest of a judgment in a criminal case.

    (12) Order Denying Motion To Vacate Order of Arrest of a Person. An order
denying a motion to vacate an order of arrest of a person in a civil case.

    (13) Final Order After Judgment. Any final order made after judgment that
affects a substantial right.

    (b) Appeal by State or a Local Government in Criminal Case. Except as
provided in section (c), the State or a local government may appeal in a
criminal case only from the following superior court decisions and only if the
appeal will not place the defendant in double jeopardy:

    (1) Final Decision, Except Not Guilty. A decision that in effect abates,
discontinues, or determines the case other than by a judgment or verdict of not
guilty, including but not limited to a decision setting aside, quashing, or
dismissing an indictment or information, or a decision granting a motion to
dismiss under CrR 8.3(c).

    (2) Pretrial Order Suppressing Evidence. A pretrial order suppressing
evidence, if the trial court expressly finds that the practical effect of the
order is to terminate the case.

    (3) Arrest or Vacation of Judgment. An order arresting or vacating a judgment.

    (4) New Trial. An order granting a new trial.

    (5) Disposition in Juvenile Offense Proceeding. A disposition in a juvenile
offense proceeding that is below the standard range of disposition for the
offense or that the state or local government believes involves a
miscalculation of the standard range.

    (6) Sentence in Criminal Case. A sentence in a criminal case that is
outside the standard range for the offense or that the state or local
government believes involves a miscalculation of the standard range.

    (c) Superior Court Decision on Review of Decision of Court of Limited
Jurisdiction. If the superior court decision has been entered after a
proceeding to review a decision of a court of limited jurisdiction, a party may
appeal only if the review proceeding was a trial de novo and the final judgment
is not a finding that a traffic infraction has been committed.

    (d) Multiple Parties or Multiple Claims or Counts. In any case with
multiple parties or multiple claims for relief, or in a criminal case with
multiple counts, an appeal may be taken from a final judgment that does not dispose of
all the claims or counts as to all the parties, but only after an express direction by
the trial court for entry of judgment and an express determination in the
judgment, supported by written findings, that there is no just reason for
delay. The findings may be made at the time of entry of judgment or thereafter
on the court's own motion or on motion of any party. The time for filing notice
of appeal begins to run from the entry of the required findings. In the absence of
the required findings, determination and direction, a judgment that adjudicates
less than all the claims or counts, or adjudicates the rights and liabilities
of less than all the parties, is subject only to discretionary review until the
entry of a final judgment adjudicating all the claims, counts, rights, and liabilities
of all the parties.


[Amended December 5, 2002; September 1, 2006; September 1, 2008.]