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                           Rule 5

                      ARRAIGNMENT DATE

     The arresting officer will set the defendant’s
arraignment date and time when issuing a citation in all
cases charging a criminal offense.  The date set shall be
the next Friday court date at 9:00AM until the Sunday
immediately proceeding a court session.  Thereafter, the
arraignment is to be set for the court date following.  All
citations shall be filed upon issuance.

     A defendant cited for a violation of RCW 46.61.502, 503
and 504 is required to appear pursuant to RCW 46.61.5051 one
(1) judicial day after that arrest.  A judicial day may be
defined as the first Friday of the next month or the third
Friday of the month the citation was written in, if the
citation was served between the first and third Friday of
that month.  Appearances at this hearing are mandatory and
may not be waived by an appearance of an attorney.

(Dated 1/15/99).
	

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