Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGLO 1972 NO. 68 >

By letter previously acknowledged you have requested an opinion of this office on a question which we paraphrase as follows:   Are the provisions of chapter 18.43 RCW establishing registration and licensing requirements for engineers and land surveyors applicable to the usual teaching and related activities performed by a professor or dean of engineering at a college or university offering courses leading to an academic degree in engineering?

AGLO 1970 NO. 68 >

We acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 22, 1970, requesting our opinion on several questions pertaining to the contents of a labor agreement between your board of county commissioners and certain elected county officials and a labor union representing various county employees.

AGLO 1971 NO. 69 >

This is written in response to your letter dated May 3, 1971, requesting our opinion on the following two questions regarding deputy county coroners:   "1. In view of RCW 36.24.160, is the coroner in a third class county permitted to have a deputy, and if so, by what authority?  "2. If the answer to the above question is affirmative, what are the qualifications for such a deputy, specifically, does the funeral home affiliation prohibition of RCW 36.24.175 apply to the deputy position?"

AGLO 1972 NO. 69 >

By letter previously acknowledged you have requested the opinion of this office on the following question:  "Does Washington law preclude or limit the enforcement in Washington of a foreign loan made to a person who is not at the time a Washington resident, where the loan is in excess of $1,000, where it exceeds the interest rates prescribed under Washington's usury and small loan laws, and where it is a valid, enforceable loan under the laws of the foreign jurisdiction?"

AGLO 1970 NO. 69 >

This is written in response to your request for our opinion on a question pertaining to the scope and effect of RCW 9.54.140 (codifying § 1, chapter 32, Laws of 1965).  We paraphrase your question in terms of an illustrative hypothetical factual situation, as follows:

AGLO 1971 NO. 70 >

This is written in response to your recent request for an opinion of this office regarding the applicability of civil service standards to the appointment of the police chief for the city of Bremerton, a first class, charter city.

AGLO 1972 NO. 70 >

This is written in response to your recent letter requesting an opinion of this office as to whether the words "owner or owners" as used in RCW 58.17.165 (relating to plats and subdivisions) include contract vendors, mortgagees and lien holders.

AGLO 1970 NO. 70 >

By letter previously acknowledged you have requested an opinion of this office on a question which we paraphrase as follows:

AGLO 1970 NO. 71 >

 This is written in response to your recent letter requesting our opinion on the following question:  "Is a person employed in a clerical capacity, but who has been deputized by the sheriff and has on infrequent occasions been called upon to perform the functions of a law enforcement officer, entitled to the benefits provided under Chapter 41.26 RCW as amended to date?"

AGLO 1971 NO. 71 >

By recent letter you have requested an opinion of this office; ". . . as to whether or not the number of consecutive terms a State Representative or State Senator may serve could be limited through an initiative to the people."