IRLJ 2.1
NOTICE OF INFRACTION
(a) Infraction Form Prescribed or approved by the Administrative Office of the
Courts. Infraction cases shall be filed on a form entitled "Notice of
Infraction" prescribed by the Administrative Office of the Courts; except that
the form used to file cases alleging the commission of a parking, standing or
stopping infraction shall be approved by the Administrative Office of the
Courts. Notice of Infraction forms prescribed or approved by the Administrative
Office of the Courts are presumed valid and shall not be deemed insufficient by
reason of defects or imperfections which do not prejudice substantial rights of
the defendant.
(b) Contents. Subject to IRLJ 3.1(d), the notice of infraction shall contain
the following information on the copy given to the defendant, except the
information required by subsections (2) is not required on a notice of
infraction alleging the commission of a parking, standing, or stopping infraction:
(1) The name, address, and phone number of the court where the notice of
infraction is to be filed;
(2) The name, address, date of birth, sex, physical characteristics, and,
for a notice of traffic infraction, the operator's license number of the defendant;
(3) For a notice of traffic infraction, the vehicle make, year, model,
style, license number, and state in which licensed;
(4) The infraction which the defendant is alleged to have committed and
the accompanying statutory citation or ordinance number, the date, time, and
place the infraction occurred, the date the notice of infraction was issued,
and the name and, if applicable, the number of the citing officer;
(5) A statement that the defendant must respond to the notice of
infraction within 15 days of the date the notice is personally served or, if
the notice is served by mail, within 18 days of the date the notice is mailed.
(6) A space for entry of the monetary penalty which respondent may pay in
lieu of appearing in court;
(7) A statement that a mailed response must be mailed not later than
midnight on the day the response is due;
(8) The statements required by RCW 46.63.060 or other applicable statute; and
(9) Any additional information determined necessary by the Administrator
for the Courts.
[Adopted effective September 1, 1992; amended effective June 2, 1998; January
3, 2006; November 21, 2006; May 6, 2008; September, 2010; July 24, 2012]
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