Other Languages(1) Relief provided veterans under chapter 73.08 RCW is restricted to honorably discharged veterans. (2) Honorably discharged veterans include those who have received either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. (3) Veterans of all wars, campaigns or insurrections prior to the second World War must have received a campaign badge to be eligible for relief under the act. Veterans who served between December 11, 1941, and April 28, 1952, are not required to have a campaign badge in order to be eligible for relief. A veteran serving in the Korean campaign after April 28, 1952 must have received a campaign badge in order to be eligible for relief. (1) Veterans entitled to relief under chapter 73.08 RCW must have been residents of the state for 12 months prior to entering the service or 12 months prior to application or receipt of relief. (5) The fact that a veteran is entitled to relief under a federal act does not determine eligibility under the Washington act.
(1) Veterans' preference in competitive examinations for and in the appointment and selection of public employment is limited to wartime veterans. Preference in re‑employment [[reemployment]] is not limited to wartime veterans. (2) An employee who is in a probationary status under civil service at the time of his enlistment or induction into military service returns to state employment in a probationary status. (3) A probationary employee who has enlisted or has been inducted into the military service may not be discharged while he is in the military service.
Bonds issued under the World War II veterans bonus act may be made negotiable by an act of the legislature.
A court may order a veteran receiving benefits from the Veterans' Administration to support his minor children, even though the veteran's sole source of funds are such federal benefits. The benefits as well as property purchased with benefits are subject to such court order.