W.D. Wash. CrR 38

(a) through (g) Reserved

(h) Deposit into Court Registry Pending Sentencing and Investment of Registry Funds

All deposits into the Registry of the Court must be accompanied by a proposed order. Each

proposed order shall contain the following language: “the Clerk is directed to deposit funds into

the Registry of the Court in the principal amount of $____.”

Acceptable forms of deposit into the Court Registry are cashier’s or business check.

(i) Investing and Withdrawing Funds

Funds deposited in the Registry of the Court will be invested in the Court Registry Investment

System (CRIS), an interest-bearing account in accordance with the guidelines set up by the

Administrative Office of the Court and approved by the court.

All motions for disbursement of registry funds shall specify the principal sum initially deposited,

the amount(s) of principal funds to be disbursed and to whom the disbursement is to be made.

Each proposed order seeking disbursement of registry funds shall contain the following

language: “… the clerk is authorized and directed to draw a check(s) on the funds deposited in

the registry of this court in the principal amount of $ __ plus all accrued interest, payable to

(name of payee) and mail or deliver the check(s) to (name of payee).” If more than one check is

to be issued pursuant to a single order, the portion of principal and interest due each payee must

be separately stated.

Mailing address(es) and a completed IRS W-9 form from each disbursement recipient must be

emailed to the Clerk’s Office Finance Department at seafin@wawd.uscourts.gov, but shall not be

filed in the record.

(j) Clerk Fee

The clerk is directed to deduct from the income earned on the investment a fee as prescribed by

the Judicial Conference of the United States and set by the Director of the Administrative Office

of the Court.