Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1963 NO. 51 >
CONSTITUTION ‑- UNITED STATES ‑- AMENDMENT ‑- CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION ‑- APPLICATION OF STATE ‑- FORM AND SUBSTANCE OF APPLICATION. Whether House Joint Memorial No. 1 of the 1963 Washington legislature will be counted along with similar but nonidentical memorials from other states is a question
AGO 1963 NO. 52 >
CORPORATIONS ‑- DOMESTIC ‑- FEE OWNERSHIP OF LAND ‑- WASHINGTON CORPORATION OWNED WHOLLY BY CANADIAN CORPORATION. A Washington corporation which is wholly owned by a Canadian corporation may hold fee ownership in land within this state.           
AGO 1963 NO. 53 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- COUNTY ‑- ASSESSOR ‑- EMPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE EXPERT APPRAISERS ‑- ASSESSMENT OF FORESTRY LAND AND TIMBER ‑- COST OF APPRAISAL ‑- COUNTY, SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR TAXING DISTRICTS. If a private forestry firm appraises, pursuant to a contract, the forestry land and timber in a
AGO 1963 NO. 54 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURT ACT OF 1961 ‑- ADOPTION OF ACT BY COUNTIES AFTER 1962 ‑- EFFECT ON TERMS OF ELECTED JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ‑- SALARY. (1) Counties in which the justice court act of 1961 is not presently in effect may put the act into effect at any time, although the term of office of
AGO 1963 NO. 55 >
DISTRICTS ‑- SEWER ‑- PROPERTY SUBJECT TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT ‑- SUBDIVIDED PRIOR TO PAYMENT ‑- REAPPORTIONMENT ‑- APPROVAL OF COMMISSIONERS ‑- SALE OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS ‑- PAYMENT OF CERTAIN ASSESSMENTS PRIOR TO SALE. (1) Property subject to a special assessment by a sewer district may be subdivided
AGO 1963 NO. 56 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES ‑- PERSON ARMED WITH DEADLY WEAPON AT TIME OF COMMISSION OF CRIME ‑- TERM OF CONFINEMENT ‑- SPECIAL VERDICT ‑- AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO MAKE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. (1) The "special verdict" contemplated by RCW 9.95.015 is the
AGO 1963 NO. 57 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑ STATE ‑ BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES ‑ AUTHORITY TO CHANGE DESIGNATION OF STATE PAROLE AND PROBATION OFFICERS TO PAROLE BOARD AGENTS. The board of prison terms and paroles is without statutory authority to change the titles of parole and probation officers to parole
AGO 1963 NO. 58 >
DISTRICTS ‑- FIRE ‑- COMMISSIONERS ‑- AUTHORITY OF ASSOCIATION TO INCORPORATE AS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION. An association of fire commissioners provided for by RCW 52.08.030 (5) does not have the authority to incorporate as a nonprofit corporation.         
AGO 1963 NO. 59 >
OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- INSURANCE COMMISSIONER ‑- CHANGE IN INSURANCE RATES ‑- HEARING. The public notice and hearing provisions of chapter 42.32 RCW are not applicable when changes in insurance rates are filed with and reviewed by the insurance commissioner; however, any member of the
AGO 1963 NO. 60 >
COURTS ‑- JUSTICE COURTS ‑- ORGANIZED UNDER 1961 JUSTICE COURT ACT ‑- GARNISHMENT FEE ‑- PROCEDURAL RULE 64 ADOPTED BY THE SUPREME COURT FOR COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION. Rule 64 of the civil rules for courts of limited jurisdiction promulgated by the state supreme court on July 1, 1963, is