Other LanguagesA county sheriff may not refuse to issue a permit to carry a concealed weapon under RCW 9.41.070 solely on the ground that the person applying for such permit is not a resident of his particular county.
The provisions of chapter 82.08 RCW (retail sales tax) are not applicable to sales by a county sheriff of unclaimed personal property pursuant to chapter 63.40 RCW unless the county is for some reason required to be registered for purposes of the business and occupation tax or the public utility tax by reason of its engagement in activities other than the sale of unclaimed personal property.
(1) The offices of county sheriff and civil defense director are not incompatible. (2) A sheriff who also holds the office of civil defense director may receive compensation for said office in addition to his regular salary as sheriff.
A county can in a proper case (in this connection see AGO 61-62 No. 71 [[to Mark Litchman, State Representative on October 11, 1961]], and AGO 63-64 No. 118) provide legal services 61-62 No. 71, and AGO 63-64 No. 118) provide legal services for the sheriff and his deputies when they are sued as the result of an official act but this responsibility is not a statutory duty of the prosecuting attorney's office.
There is no legal procedure for the disposition of stolen tangible property which has come into the county sheriff's possession in the course of his official duties.
(1) A sheriff may charge ten cents per mile in serving a summons and complaint where service is not obtained until the fifth trip.(2) A $2.00 fee is applicable to returns of execution, personal and real, attachments, personal and real, and order of sale, personal and real.(3) Under RCW 36.18.040 the fee for serving or executing any other writ or process in a civil action or proceeding not specifically covered by other provisions of the act is $2.00 and mileage; and for the execution of any process requiring or commanding something to be done in a criminal action the fee is $4.00. (4) The sheriff may charge $3.00 for levying each writ of attachment or execution and $2.00 for filing the same with the auditor.(5) In computing mileage traveled the sheriff may round off the mileage traveled at the nearest mile.(6) The fees to be charged for processing of a sale under order of sale and execution are set forth in the opinion.(7) Under RCW 6.16.020 (3) a television set may be included in the exemption from execution allowed a household.