§ 71.09.010 Findings
§ 71.09.015 Finding — Intent — Clarification
§ 71.09.020 Definitions
§ 71.09.025 Notice to prosecuting attorney prior to release
§ 71.09.030 Sexually violent predator petition — Filing
§ 71.09.040 Sexually violent predator petition — Probable cause hearing — Judicial determination — Transfer to total confinement facility upon probable cause determination
§ 71.09.045 Indigent defense services — Activities beyond the scope of representation by the office of public defense
§ 71.09.050 Trial — Rights of parties
§ 71.09.055 Expert evaluations of indigent persons — Costs
§ 71.09.060 Trial — Determination — Commitment procedures
§ 71.09.070 Annual examinations of persons committed under chapter — Suspension of section
§ 71.09.080 Rights of persons committed under this chapter — Use of personal computers regulated
§ 71.09.085 Medical care — Contracts for services — Authorization to act on behalf of civilly committed residents
§ 71.09.090 Petition for conditional release to less restrictive alternative or unconditional discharge — Procedures — Suspension of section
§ 71.09.092 Conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Findings
§ 71.09.094 Conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Verdict
§ 71.09.096 Conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Judgment — Conditions — Annual review
§ 71.09.097 Conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Department developing placement — Considerations
§ 71.09.098 Revoking or modifying terms of conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Hearing — Custody pending hearing on revocation or modification
§ 71.09.099 Conditional release to less restrictive alternative — Conditional release and transition facilities study
§ 71.09.110 Department of social and health services — Duties — Reimbursement
§ 71.09.111 Department of social and health services — Disclosures to the prosecuting agency
§ 71.09.112 Department of social and health services — Jurisdiction and revocation of conditional release after criminal conviction — Exception
§ 71.09.115 Record check required for employees of secure facility
§ 71.09.120 Release of information authorized
§ 71.09.130 Notice of escape or disappearance — Warrants — Liability
§ 71.09.135 McNeil Island — Escape planning, response
§ 71.09.140 Notice of conditional release or unconditional discharge — Notice of escape and recapture
§ 71.09.200 Escorted leave — Definitions
§ 71.09.210 Escorted leave — Conditions
§ 71.09.220 Escorted leave — Notice
§ 71.09.230 Escorted leave — Rules
§ 71.09.250 Transition facility — Siting
§ 71.09.252 Transition facilities — Agreements for regional facilities
§ 71.09.255 Transition facilities — Incentive grants and payments
§ 71.09.260 Transition facilities not limited to residential neighborhoods
§ 71.09.265 Transition facilities — Distribution of impact
§ 71.09.275 Transition facility — Transportation of residents
§ 71.09.280 Transition facility — Release to less restrictive placement
§ 71.09.285 Transition facility — Siting policy guidelines
§ 71.09.290 Other transition facilities — Siting policy guidelines
§ 71.09.295 Transition facilities — Security systems
§ 71.09.300 Transition facilities — Staffing
§ 71.09.305 Transition facility residents — Monitoring, escorting
§ 71.09.310 Transition facility residents — Mandatory escorts
§ 71.09.315 Transition facilities — Public notice, review, and comment
§ 71.09.320 Transition facilities — Operational advisory boards
§ 71.09.325 Transition facilities — Conditional release — Reports — Violations
§ 71.09.330 Transition facilities — Contracted operation — Enforcement remedies
§ 71.09.335 Conditional release from total confinement — Community notification
§ 71.09.340 Conditionally released persons — Employment, educational notification
§ 71.09.341 Transition facilities — Authority of department — Effect of local regulations
§ 71.09.342 Transition facilities — Siting — Local regulations preempted, when — Consideration of public safety measures
§ 71.09.343 Transition facilities — Contract between state and local governments
§ 71.09.344 Transition facilities — Mitigation agreements
§ 71.09.345 Alternative placement — Authority of court
§ 71.09.350 Examination and treatment only by certified providers — Exceptions
§ 71.09.360 Treatment of persons on conditional release by certified providers in underserved counties — Notification
§ 71.09.370 Residents in total confinement — State identification cards
§ 71.09.800 Rules
§ 71.09.903 Construction — Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships — 2009 c 521
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 71.09 - Sexually violent predators

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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:
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • 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.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mistrial: An invalid trial, caused by fundamental error. When a mistrial is declared, the trial must start again from the selection of the jury.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • 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.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.