§ 13.40.010 Short title — Intent — Purpose
§ 13.40.020 Definitions
§ 13.40.030 Security guidelines — Legislative review — Limitations on permissible ranges of confinement
§ 13.40.0351 Equal application of guidelines and standards
§ 13.40.0357 Juvenile offender sentencing standards
§ 13.40.038 County juvenile detention facilities — Policy — Detention and risk assessment standards
§ 13.40.040 Taking juvenile into custody, grounds — Detention of, grounds — Detention pending disposition — Release on bond, conditions — Bail jumping
§ 13.40.042 Detention of juvenile suffering from mental disorder or substance use disorder
§ 13.40.045 Escapees — Arrest warrants
§ 13.40.050 Detention procedures — Notice of hearing — Conditions of release — Consultation with parent, guardian, or custodian
§ 13.40.054 Probation bond or collateral — Modification or revocation of probation bond
§ 13.40.058 Fines, administrative fees, costs, and surcharges prohibited
§ 13.40.060 Jurisdiction of actions — Transfer of case and records, when — Change in venue, grounds
§ 13.40.070 Complaints — Screening — Filing information — Diversion — Modification of community supervision — Notice to parent or guardian — Probation counselor acting for prosecutor — Referral to com
§ 13.40.077 Recommended prosecuting standards for charging and plea dispositions
§ 13.40.080 Diversion agreement — Scope — Limitations — Restitution orders — Divertee’s rights — Diversion unit’s powers and duties — Interpreters — Modification
§ 13.40.087 Youth who have been diverted — Alleged prostitution or prostitution loitering offenses — Services and treatment
§ 13.40.090 Prosecuting attorney as party to juvenile court proceedings — Exception, procedure
§ 13.40.100 Summons or other notification issued upon filing of information — Procedure — Order to take juvenile into custody — Contempt of court, when
§ 13.40.110 Hearing on question of declining jurisdiction — Held, when — Findings
§ 13.40.120 Hearings — Time and place
§ 13.40.127 Deferred disposition
§ 13.40.130 Procedure upon plea of guilty or not guilty to information allegations — Notice — Adjudicatory and disposition hearing — Disposition standards used in sentencing
§ 13.40.135 Sexual motivation special allegation — Procedures
§ 13.40.140 Juveniles entitled to usual judicial rights — Notice of — Open court — Privilege against self-incrimination — Waiver of rights, when
§ 13.40.150 Disposition hearing — Scope — Factors to be considered prior to entry of dispositional order
§ 13.40.160 Disposition order — Court’s action prescribed — Disposition outside standard range — Right of appeal — Special sex offender disposition alternative
§ 13.40.162 Special sex offender disposition alternative
§ 13.40.165 Substance use disorder or mental health disposition alternative
§ 13.40.180 Single disposition order — Consecutive terms when two or more offenses — Limitations — Separate disposition order — Concurrent period of community supervision
§ 13.40.185 Disposition order — Confinement under departmental supervision or in juvenile facility, when
§ 13.40.190 Disposition order — Restitution for loss or damage — Modification of restitution order
§ 13.40.192 Restitution and other legal financial obligations — Enforceability — Treatment of obligations upon age of eighteen or conclusion of juvenile court jurisdiction — Extension of judgment
§ 13.40.193 Firearms — Length of confinement
§ 13.40.196 Firearms — Special allegation
§ 13.40.200 Violation of order of restitution, community supervision, or confinement — Modification of order after hearing
§ 13.40.205 Release from physical custody, when — Authorized leaves — Leave plan and order — Notice
§ 13.40.210 Setting of release date — Administrative release authorized, when — Parole program, revocation or modification of, scope — Intensive supervision program — Parole officer’s right of arrest
§ 13.40.212 Intensive supervision program — Elements
§ 13.40.213 Juveniles alleged to have committed offenses of prostitution or prostitution loitering — Diversion
§ 13.40.215 Juveniles found to have committed violent or sex offense or stalking — Notification of discharge, parole, leave, release, transfer, or escape — To whom given — School attendance — Definitions
§ 13.40.217 Juveniles adjudicated of sex offenses — Release of information authorized
§ 13.40.219 Arrest for prostitution or prostitution loitering — Alleged offender — Victim of severe form of trafficking, commercial sex abuse of a minor
§ 13.40.230 Appeal from order of disposition — Jurisdiction — Procedure — Scope — Release pending appeal
§ 13.40.240 Construction of RCW references to juvenile delinquents or juvenile delinquency
§ 13.40.250 Traffic infraction, transit infraction, and civil infraction cases — Diversion agreements
§ 13.40.265 Firearm, alcohol, and drug violations
§ 13.40.280 Transfer of juvenile to department of corrections facility — Grounds — Hearing — Term — Retransfer to a facility for juveniles
§ 13.40.285 Juvenile offender sentenced to terms in juvenile and adult facilities — Transfer to department of corrections — Term of confinement
§ 13.40.300 Commitment of juvenile beyond age twenty-one prohibited — Exceptions — Commitment up to age twenty-five permitted under certain circumstances — Jurisdiction of juvenile court after juvenile’s eighteenth birthday
§ 13.40.301 Department to protect younger children in confinement from older youth confined pursuant to 2018 c 162
§ 13.40.305 Juvenile offender adjudicated of theft of motor vehicle, possession of stolen vehicle, taking motor vehicle without permission in the first degree, taking motor vehicle without permission in the second degree — Local sanctio
§ 13.40.308 Juvenile offender adjudicated of taking motor vehicle without permission in the first degree, theft of motor vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, taking motor vehicle without permission in the second degree — Minimum sen
§ 13.40.310 Transitional treatment program for gang and drug-involved juvenile offenders
§ 13.40.320 Juvenile offender basic training camp program
§ 13.40.400 Applicability of RCW 10.01.040 to chapter
§ 13.40.430 Disparity in disposition of juvenile offenders — Data collection
§ 13.40.460 Juvenile rehabilitation programs — Administration
§ 13.40.462 Reinvesting in youth program
§ 13.40.464 Reinvesting in youth program — Guidelines
§ 13.40.468 Juvenile rehabilitation administration — State quality assurance program
§ 13.40.470 Vulnerable youth committed to residential facilities — Protection from sexually aggressive youth — Assessment process
§ 13.40.480 Student records and information — Reasons for release — Who may request
§ 13.40.500 Community juvenile accountability programs — Findings — Purpose
§ 13.40.510 Community juvenile accountability programs — Establishment — Proposals — Guidelines
§ 13.40.511 Community juvenile accountability programs — Stop loss policy — Funding for juvenile courts — Report to legislature
§ 13.40.520 Community juvenile accountability programs — Grants
§ 13.40.530 Community juvenile accountability programs — Effectiveness standards
§ 13.40.540 Community juvenile accountability programs — Information collection — Report
§ 13.40.550 Community juvenile accountability programs — Short title
§ 13.40.560 Juvenile accountability incentive account
§ 13.40.570 Sexual misconduct by state employees, contractors
§ 13.40.580 Youth courts — Diversion
§ 13.40.590 Youth court programs
§ 13.40.600 Youth court jurisdiction
§ 13.40.610 Youth court notification of satisfaction of conditions
§ 13.40.620 Appearance before youth court with parent, guardian, or legal custodian
§ 13.40.630 Youth court dispositions
§ 13.40.650 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody — Allowed in extraordinary circumstances
§ 13.40.651 Use of restraints on pregnant youth in custody — Provision of information to staff and pregnant youth in custody
§ 13.40.660 Exchange of intimate images by minors — Findings — Work group
§ 13.40.720 Imposition of legal financial obligations — City, town, or county authority
§ 13.40.730 Community transition services program
§ 13.40.735 Planned release — Notice to health care insurance provider
§ 13.40.740 Juvenile access to an attorney
§ 13.40.745 Program grants — Sex offender evaluation and treatment programs
§ 13.40.900 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 13.40 - Juvenile justice act of 1977

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
  • Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Sentencing guidelines: A set of rules and principles established by the United States Sentencing Commission that trial judges use to determine the sentence for a convicted defendant. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.