Chapter 42.12 RCW

VACANCIES

Sections

HTMLPDF 42.12.010Causes of vacancy.
HTMLPDF 42.12.020Resignations, to whom made.
HTMLPDF 42.12.030Term of person elected to fill vacancy.
HTMLPDF 42.12.040Vacancy in partisan elective officeSuccessor electedWhen.
HTMLPDF 42.12.070Filling nonpartisan vacancies.
HTMLPDF 42.12.080Filling nonpartisan vacanciesSpecial purpose districts.

NOTES:

Apple commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 15.24.050.
Attorney general, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 § 9.
Bond, failure to file additional bond causes vacancy: RCW 42.08.120.
City offices, vacancies, how filled
commission plan: RCW 35.17.020.
council-manager plan
council: RCW 35.18.020.
optional municipal code: RCW 35A.13.020.
mayor-council plan, optional municipal code: RCW 35A.12.050.
second class: RCW 35.23.101.
Congress, vacancies, how filled: RCW 29A.28.050.
County, township, precinct, or road district offices, vacancies, how filled: State Constitution Art. 11 § 6.
County annexation review board, vacancies: RCW 35A.14.170.
County clerk, failure to file new bond vacates office: RCW 36.23.020, 42.08.120.
County commissioners, vacancies, how filled: RCW 36.32.070.
County hospital board of trustees, vacancies, how filled: RCW 36.62.160.
County officers
conviction for taking illegal fees vacates office: RCW 36.18.180.
vacancies: RCW 36.16.110, 36.16.115, 42.12.040.
County treasurer, suspension for misconduct: RCW 36.29.090.
Educational service district superintendent: Chapter 28A.310 RCW.
Engineers and land surveyors' board of registration, vacancies on: RCW 18.43.030.
Fire protection district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 52.14.050.
Flood control districts, vacancies in governing board: RCW 85.38.070.
Fruit commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 15.28.080.
Governor
appointive state office, vacancies in, filled by: RCW 43.06.090.
vacancy in office of: State Constitution Art. 3 § 10 (Amendment 6).
Horse racing commission, vacancies: RCW 67.16.012.
Impeachment: State Constitution Art. 5.
Irrigation district directors, vacancies, how filled: RCW 87.03.081, 87.04.020.
Joint legislative audit and review committee, vacancies, how filled: RCW 44.28.020.
Judges
removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 § 9.
vacancies, how filled
court of appeals: RCW 2.06.080.
district court: RCW 3.34.100.
superior court: State Constitution Art. 4 § 5; RCW 2.08.069, 2.08.120.
supreme court: State Constitution Art. 4 § 3; RCW 2.04.100.
Judicial officer's absence from state as forfeiting office: State Constitution Art. 4 § 8.
Legislators, expulsion of member: State Constitution Art. 2 § 9.
Legislators, vacancies, how filled: State Constitution Art. 2 § 15 (Amendment 52), RCW 42.12.040.
Liquor and cannabis board, vacancies, how filled: RCW 66.08.014.
Militia, vacancies, how filled: RCW 38.12.095 through 38.12.115.
Mosquito control districts, vacancies in board of trustees: RCW 17.28.130.
Prosecuting attorney, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 4 § 9.
Public utility district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 54.12.010.
Recall proceedings, grounds: RCW 29A.56.110.
Reclamation district directors, vacancies: RCW 89.30.256.
Regional universitiesTrustees, appointment, terms, quorum, vacancies: RCW 28B.35.100.
School directors in second and third-class districts, vacancies, how filled: RCW 28A.343.370.
State appointive office, vacancy in, how filled: State Constitution Art. 3 § 13; RCW 43.06.090.
State elective officers
recall: State Constitution Art. 1 § 33 (Amendment 8).
vacancy, successor elected: RCW 42.12.040.
State officers, removal from office: State Constitution Art. 5.
Statute law committee, vacancies, how filled: RCW 1.08.003.
The Evergreen State CollegeTrustees, appointment, terms, quorum, vacancies: RCW 28B.40.100.
United States senators, vacancies, how filled: RCW 29A.28.030.
University of Washington board of regents, vacancies, how filled: RCW 28B.20.100.
Utilities and transportation commission, vacancies, how filled: RCW 80.01.010.
Washington State University board of regents, vacancies: RCW 28B.30.100.
Water-sewer district commissioners, vacancies: RCW 57.12.020.
Weed district directors, vacancies, how filled: RCW 17.04.070.