General Orders of Division I

Supplemental Court Of Appeals Administrative Rule (Scar) 2025

THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

The Court of Appeals judges, at a regularly scheduled business meeting on October 10, 2024, approved an amendment to Section (c) of the Supplemental Court of Appeals Administrative Rule.

Now, therefore, it is hereby

ORDERED:

That the amendment set forth below is adopted and effective immediately. This Order, signed by the Presiding Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, is to be filed in the office of the clerk of the three Divisions of the Court of Appeals and a copy provided to the Reporter of Decisions.

DATED at Tacoma, Washington, this 13th day of February, 2025.

Anne M. Cruser, Presiding Chief Judge

SUPPLEMENTAL COURT OF APPEALS ADMINISTRATIVE RULE (SCAR)

PRESIDING CHIEF JUDGE—EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

(a)-(b) unchanged

(c) Presiding Chief Judge.  A Chief Judge of one of the divisions shall serve as Presiding Chief Judge. The term shall be for one year, commencing on the day of the Court’s spring business meeting or, if no spring business meeting is held, on April 1. The Chief Judge of Division One shall assume the position in even numbered years. The position shall rotate between the Chief Judges from Divisions Two and Three in odd numbered years.

(d)-(f) unchanged

[Adopted effective January 1, 1977; Amended effective December 11, 1981; December 12, 1991; September 22, 1993; January 24, 1994; January 1, 1996; September 8, 1997; January 27, 2009; November 1, 2022; February 13, 2025.]