WA · constitutions
Wash. Const. art. IV, § 9
REMOVAL OF JUDGES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ETC
Any judge of any court of record, the attorney general, or any prosecuting attorney may be removed from office by joint resolution of the legislature, in which three-fourths of the members elected to each house shall concur, for incompetency, corruption, malfeasance, or delinquency in office, or other sufficient cause stated in such resolution. But no removal shall be made unless the officer complained of shall have been served with a copy of the charges against him as the ground of removal, and shall have an opportunity of being heard in his defense. Such resolution shall be entered at length on the journal of both houses and on the question of removal the ayes and nays shall also be entered on the journal.
History
Removal, censure, suspension, or retirement of judges or justices: Art. 4 Section 31.
Provenance
- Source
- leg.wa.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
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