Tumwater Municipal Court
                              Local Court Rules

                               Table of Rules


LCrRLJ 3.2     Bail
LCrRLJ 3.2.2   Release of Accused; Domestic Violence

Form           Pre-Arraignment Domestic Violence No Contact Order
    

    
MUNICIPAL COURT OF TUMWATER,         Mailing Address: 555 Israel Road SW
STATE OF WASHINGTON                                   Tumwater, WA  98501                                                                   (360) 754-4190


IN RE:

     LOCAL COURT RULES OF THE    ORDER ADOPTING LOCAL RULES
     TUMWATER MUNICIPAL COURT



     Pursuant to Civil Rules for Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
83 and General Rule 7, the Municipal Court of Tumwater,
Washington, hereby adopts the attached Local Rules for the
Municipal Court of Tumwater, Washington, which shall become
effective September 1, 2004.


     DATED AND SIGNED this _______ day of July, 2004.



                                        J.V. Lyman, Judge
    

    
                       LCrRLJ 3.2
                          BAIL


    A.   The court shall be written order filed with the court
administrator establish bail schedules for use by the
Tumwater Police Department. The schedule shall, in addition,
designate those types of criminal cases, if any, wherein the
defendant may forfeit bail in lieu of arraignment.

    B.   Except for the criminal cases covered by paragraph A,
the court adopts the uniform bail schedule of CrRLJ 3.2

    C.   Bail for unscheduled misdemeanors shall be $250.00
unless otherwise set by statue of ordinance. Bail for
unscheduled gross misdemeanors shall be $500.00 unless set
by statue or ordinance.
    

    
                        LCrRLJ 3.2.2
            RELEASE OF ACCUSED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE


(a)  Any person arrested on Probable Cause (without a
     warrant) for an offense classified as a Domestic
     Violence offense under Chapter 10.99 of the Revised
     Code of Washington, as the same exists or shall
     hereafter be amended, shall be held in jail pending the
     defendant’s first appearance.

(b)  Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a person being held for
     a Domestic Violence offense classified as a misdemeanor
     or gross misdemeanor may be released from custody prior
     to defendant’s first appearance upon (1) the posting of
     $1,000 bail or bond; and (2) the person’s affixing his
     or her signature in the appropriate location on a Pre-
     Arraignment Domestic Violence No Contact Order (Exhibit
     A) prohibiting the arrested person from having contact
     with the protected person or from knowingly coming
     within, or knowingly remaining within, 500 feet of the
     protected person’s residence, place of work, or school.

(c)  The following Pre-Arraignment Domestic Violence No
     Contact Order, or one that is substantially similar to
     it, is hereby approved for use under this rule.
    

FORM PRE-ARRAIGNMENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NO CONTACT ORDER

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