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PART IV
RULES FOR SUPERIOR COURT
SUPERIOR COURT ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (AR)
TABLE OF RULES
Rule
1 Reporting of Criminal Cases
2 Case Information Cover Sheet
3 One Defendant Per Case
4 Presiding Judge, More Than One Judge in Superior Court District - Repealed
5 Offender Financial Information
6 Elected Judges Pro Tempore
AR RULE 1
REPORTING OF CRIMINAL CASES
(a) Report of Disposition. Within five court days after
disposition by the superior court of a criminal charge,
whether the disposition be a plea of guilty or by
deferral or suspension of imposition of sentence, or a
finding of guilty, or not guilty after trial, or by
dismissal of the charge, the court clerk shall report
such disposition to the Washington State Patrol Section
on Identification on a disposition form approved by the
Administrator for the Courts. When a sentence has been
deferred or suspended, the report to the Section shall
indicate the length of time over which such suspension
or deferral is to be effective. At the conclusion of
the time period for deferral or suspension of sentence,
the court clerk shall forward an amended disposition
form to the Section showing the actual disposition of the case.
(b) Report of Appeal. If an appeal is taken from the
disposition made by the superior court, the court clerk
shall, within five court days of the taking of the
appeal, notify the Section on an amended disposition
form. In the event that the result of any proceeding
changes or otherwise makes inaccurate the information
forwarded on the original disposition report, the court
clerk shall prepare and forward to the Section a
supplemental disposition report on a form approved by
the Administrator for the Courts indicating thereon the
information necessary to correct the current status of
the disposition of charges against the subject
maintained in the records of the Section.
[Adopted effective March 1, 1974.]
RULE 2
CASE INFORMATION COVER SHEET
Each new civil and domestic case filing shall be accompanied by a Case
Information Cover Sheet prepared and submitted by the plaintiff. The
minimum requirements of this Case Information Cover Sheet shall be
established by the Court Management Council in coordination with the Office
of the Administrator for the Courts. Any additional case flow information
deemed necessary for the management of cases by a court must be approved by
the Office of the Administrator for the Courts.
RULE 3
ONE DEFENDANT PER CASE
For criminal cases involving more than one defendant on a single
charging document, a duplicate original of the charging document will be
filed for each defendant. Each defendant will receive a unique cause
number. All subsequent pleadings related to this defendant for this cause
shall be placed in the defendant's case file to assure that the defendant's
file represents a complete legal record.
The assignment of a separate cause number to each defendant of those
named on a single charging document is not considered a severance. Should a
defendant desire that the case be severed, the defendant must move for
severance.
RULE 4
PRESIDING JUDGE, MORE THAN ONE JUDGE
IN SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICT
[REPEALED]
[Adopted effective December 28, 1990;
Repealed effective April 30, 2002.]
RULE 5
OFFENDER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
For purposes of monitoring and billing legal financial obligations,
information contained in the criminal judgment and docket records of the
superior court clerk shall be considered official. The clerk shall provide
such information to the Department of Corrections to promote timely
satisfaction of offender financial obligations.
Superior Court Administrative Rule 6
ELECTED JUDGES PRO TEMPORE
(a) Generally. Wa. const. art. IV, ยง 7 and RCW 2.08.180
authorize the appointment of judges pro tempore. RCW 2.08.180(2)
provides for the appointment of any elected sitting
judge as an elected judge pro tempore.
(b) Assignment and Qualifications. The presiding judge
of any superior court may, in the interest of justice, assign an
elected sitting judge from the Supreme Court, Court of
Appeals, District or Municipal Court to
serve as an elected judge pro tempore. The presiding
judge will obtain the consent of an elected judge pro
tempore before making the assignment. Consent of the
parties or attorneys is not required. The presiding
judge will make these assignments based on the
experience and demonstrated ability of the elected
judge pro tempore with the subject matter and the
level of complexity of the case.
(c) Number and Publication of Judges Pro Tempore. Each
superior court shall file with the Administrative Office of the
Courts (AOC) by February 1st the list of elected judges pro tempore
to which it shall be assigning cases during the year
commencing on April 1st. Each court may appoint a
minimum of three (3) elected judges pro tempore or one
(1) elected judge pro tempore for every five (5)
sitting judges but in no event may the list contain
more than fifteen (15) elected judges pro tempore.
The list shall identify the court on which the elected
judge pro tempore serves and the number of years of
judicial service. The list shall be disseminated in the same manner
as required for local court rules by GR 7 and also be published on
the AOC website.
(d) Date of Filing of Action Controls Assignment of
Elected Judges Pro Tempore. The list of elected judges pro tempore
which is on file on the date of the filing of an
action is the list from which an elected judge pro
tempore shall be appointed by the presiding judge to
hear matters for the duration of that case.
(e) Substitute Judge Pro Tempore. In the event an
elected judge pro tempore appointed in accordance with
section (c) becomes unable to serve as an elected judge
pro tempore, a new elected judge pro tempore may be
substituted on the list for the elected judge pro tempore
who is unavailable. The appointment of a substitute
elected judge pro tempore is not required to comply with
the time periods set forth in section (c) but shall comply
with identification and dissemination requirements set
forth in that section. The provisions of section (b) and
(d) shall apply to the appointment o a substitute elected
judge pro tempore. For courts having three (3) elected
judges pro tempore, one elected pro tempore judge may be
substituted annually and in all other courts no more than
two (2) elected judges pro tempore may be substituted annually.
(f) Notice of Change of Elected Judge Pro Tempore. In
addition to RCW 4.12.050, any party to or any attorney appearing
in any case which is assigned to an elected judge pro tempore
shall be entitled to one (1) notice of change of judge
when that judge has been assigned a matter over which
to preside. Counsel shall file any "Notice of Change
of Judge" before the noticed judge has made any
discretionary ruling in the case, either on the motion
of the party filing the notice of change of judge or
on the motion of any other party to the action. The
notice of change of judge shall be filed with the
clerk of the court and copies served on all parties,
the presiding judge, the court administrator and the
noticed judge. Upon the filing of a notice of change
of judge, the case shall be transferred to the
presiding judge for reassignment and the noticed judge
shall thereafter be ineligible to preside over any
matters in that case.
[Adopted effective December 26, 2001; amended effective January 3, 2006.]
Comment
For attorney judges pro tempore, see RCW 2.08.180(1).
For visiting judges, see RCW 2.08.140 and 150.
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