Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1949 NO. 141 >
PAROLE VIOLATION -- STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES -- AUTHORITY OF AN OFFICER APPOINTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF PRISON TERMS AND PAROLES TO APPREHEND AND HOLD IN CUSTODY, WITHOUT A WARRANT OR FORMAL ORDER OF REVOCATION OF PAROLE, A PAROLEE SUSPECTED OF PAROLE VIOLATION. An officer appointed
AGO 1949 NO. 142 >
WAIVER OF UNIFORM ALLOWANCE -- ORGANIZED MILITIA OR WASHINGTON Officers of the National Guard may not waive in advance the annual uniform allowance due them and such waiver would not preclude a later claim for such amount, but after uniform allowances become due and payable it may be waived.
AGO 1949 NO. 143 >
COLLECTION AGENCIES FILING BONDS IN COUNTIES In the case of the ordinary collection agency which complies with § 5847-5, Rem. Rev. Stat., such collection agency may transact business in any county in the state without filing an additional bond.          
AGO 1949 NO. 144 >
*NEEDS TITLE* 1. A trailer which is "not designed primarily for use upon public streets and highways" is not a "motor vehicle" within the meaning of the statute imposing the motor vehicle excise, but is subject to payment of a personal property tax thereon. 2. Payment of the motor vehicle excise is
AGO 1949 NO. 145 >
*NEEDS TITLE* Several townships do not have the authority to jointly purchase property located in one of them for their joint use as a garbage dump.                          
AGO 1949 NO. 146 >
*NEEDS TITLE* Neither chapter 161, Laws of 1949, nor chapter 182, Laws of 1947, apply to elections in irrigation districts.                              
AGO 1949 NO. 147 >
JEOPARDY DISTRAINT -- EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIENS (1) Jeopardy distraint is appropriate for enforcement of a personal property tax lien where the property is about to be acquired by a P.U.D. (2) Acquisition of property by the state or a political subdivision thereof should extinguish tax liens,
AGO 1949 NO. 148 >
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS -- LOANS PERMITTED The state chartered savings and loan association may make any unsecured loan which a federal savings and loan association may make as authorized by federal law and regulation.            
AGO 1949 NO. 149 >
INTOXICATING LIQUOR -- SALE OF "STRONG BEER" BY CLASS H LICENSEES Class H licensees may sell "strong beer" and ale over four per cent alcohol by weight, and are entitled to purchase same from the Liquor Board at discount not less than fifteen per cent from retail price fixed by board.  
AGO 1949 NO. 150 >
TAXATION -- REAL PROPERTY -- TERRITORY ANNEXED TO A CITY A city to which territory is annexed effective December 31, 1949, will not be entitled to a share of the taxes levied in 1949 upon the property therein.