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Revised Code of Washington
Title 34
Chapter 34.05
Wash. Rev. Code ch. 34.05
Administrative Procedure Act.
34.05.001
Legislative intent.
34.05.010
Definitions.
34.05.020
Savings—Authority of agencies to comply with chapter—Effect of subsequent legislation.
34.05.030
Exclusions from chapter or parts of chapter. (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
34.05.040
Operation of chapter if in conflict with federal law.
34.05.050
Waiver.
34.05.060
Informal settlements.
34.05.070
Conversion of proceedings.
34.05.080
Variation from time limits.
34.05.090
Forest practices board—Emergency rules.
34.05.100
Respectful language.
34.05.110
Violations of state law or agency rule by small businesses—Notice requirements—Waiver of penalty for first-time paperwork violations.
34.05.120
Extension of rights and responsibilities—State registered domestic partnerships.
34.05.210
Code and register—Publication and distribution—Omissions, removals, revisions—Judicial notice.
34.05.220
Rules for agency procedure—Indexes of opinions and statements.
34.05.230
Interpretive and policy statements.
34.05.240
Declaratory order by agency—Petition.
34.05.250
Model rules of procedure.
34.05.260
Electronic distribution.
34.05.270
Agency websites for rule-making information.
34.05.271
Department of fish and wildlife—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.
34.05.272
Department of ecology—Significant agency action—Identification and categorization of sources of information used.
34.05.310
Prenotice inquiry—Negotiated and pilot rules.
34.05.312
Rules coordinator.
34.05.313
Feasibility studies—Pilot projects.
34.05.314
Rules development agenda.
34.05.315
Rule-making docket.
34.05.320
Notice of proposed rule—Contents—Distribution by agency—Institutions of higher education.
34.05.322
Scope of rule-making authority.
34.05.325
Public participation—Concise explanatory statement.
34.05.328
Significant legislative rules, other selected rules.
34.05.330
Petition for adoption, amendment, repeal—Agency action—Appeal.
34.05.335
Withdrawal of proposal—Time and manner of adoption.
34.05.340
Variance between proposed and final rule.
34.05.345
Failure to give twenty days notice of intended action—Effect.
34.05.350
Emergency rules and amendments.
34.05.353
Expedited rule making.
34.05.360
Order adopting rule, contents.
34.05.362
Postadoption notice.
34.05.365
Incorporation by reference.
34.05.370
Rule-making file.
34.05.375
Substantial compliance with procedures.
34.05.380
Filing with code reviser—Written record—Effective dates.
34.05.385
Rules for rule making.
34.05.390
Style, format, and numbering—Agency compliance.
34.05.395
Format and style of amendatory and new sections—Failure to comply.
34.05.410
Application of Part IV.
34.05.413
Commencement—When required.
34.05.416
Decision not to conduct an adjudication.
34.05.419
Agency action on applications for adjudication.
34.05.422
Rate changes, licenses.
34.05.425
Presiding officers—Disqualification, substitution.
34.05.428
Representation.
34.05.431
Conference—Procedure and participation.
34.05.434
Notice of hearing.
34.05.437
Pleadings, briefs, motions, service.
34.05.440
Default.
34.05.443
Intervention.
34.05.446
Subpoenas, discovery, and protective orders.
34.05.449
Procedure at hearing.
34.05.452
Rules of evidence—Cross-examination.
34.05.455
Ex parte communications.
34.05.458
Separation of functions.
34.05.461
Entry of orders.
34.05.464
Review of initial orders.
34.05.467
Stay.
34.05.470
Reconsideration.
34.05.473
Effectiveness of orders.
34.05.476
Agency record.
34.05.479
Emergency adjudicative proceedings.
34.05.4791
Secure community transition facility—Proceeding concerning public safety measures.
34.05.482
Brief adjudicative proceedings—Applicability.
34.05.485
Brief adjudicative proceedings—Procedure.
34.05.488
Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Applicability.
34.05.491
Brief proceedings—Administrative review—Procedures.
34.05.494
Agency record in brief proceedings.
34.05.510
Relationship between this chapter and other judicial review authority.
34.05.514
Petition for review—Where filed.
34.05.518
Direct review by court of appeals. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
34.05.522
Refusal of review by court of appeals. (Effective until July 1, 2026.)
34.05.526
Appellate review by supreme court or court of appeals.
34.05.530
Standing.
34.05.534
Exhaustion of administrative remedies.
34.05.542
Time for filing petition for review.
34.05.546
Petition for review—Contents.
34.05.550
Stay and other temporary remedies.
34.05.554
Limitation on new issues.
34.05.558
Judicial review of facts confined to record.
34.05.562
New evidence taken by court or agency.
34.05.566
Agency record for review—Costs.
34.05.570
Judicial review.
34.05.574
Type of relief.
34.05.578
Petition by agency for enforcement.
34.05.582
Petition by others for enforcement.
34.05.586
Defenses, limitations on.
34.05.588
Enforcement of agency subpoena.
34.05.590
Incorporation of other judicial review provisions.
34.05.594
Review by higher court.
34.05.598
Frivolous petitions.
34.05.610
Joint administrative rules review committee—Members—Appointment—Terms—Vacancies.
34.05.620
Review of proposed rules—Notice.
34.05.630
Review of existing rules—Policy and interpretive statements, etc.—Notice—Hearing.
34.05.640
Committee objections to agency intended action—Statement in register and WAC—Suspension of rule.
34.05.650
Recommendations by committee to legislature.
34.05.655
Petition for review.
34.05.660
Review and objection procedures—No presumption established.
34.05.665
Submission of rule for review—State employees protected.
34.05.671
Reports—Advisory boards—Staff.
34.05.675
Inspection of properties—Oaths, subpoenas, witnesses, depositions.
34.05.681
Enforcement—Committee subpoena—Refusal to testify.
34.05.900
Captions and headings.
34.05.902
Effective date—Application—1988 c 288.