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Chapter 36.26 RCW

PUBLIC DEFENDER

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Sections

HTMLPDF 36.26.010Definitions.
HTMLPDF 36.26.020Public defender district—Creation—Office of public defender.
HTMLPDF 36.26.030Selection committee.
HTMLPDF 36.26.040Public defender—Qualifications—Term.
HTMLPDF 36.26.050Reports—Records—Costs and expenses.
HTMLPDF 36.26.060Compensation—Office—Assistants, clerks, investigators, etc.
HTMLPDF 36.26.070Duty to represent indigent defendants.
HTMLPDF 36.26.080Duty to counsel, defend, and prosecute appeals.
HTMLPDF 36.26.090Appointment of attorney other than public defender.
HTMLPDF 36.26.900Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.