2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 13 - JUVENILE COURTS AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS
13.04 Basic juvenile court act.
13.04.135 Establishment of house or room of detention.
RCW 13.04.135 Establishment of house or room of detention.
Counties containing more than fifty thousand inhabitants shall, and counties containing a lesser number of inhabitants may, provide and maintain at public expense, a detention room or house of detention, separated or removed from any jail, or police station, to be in charge of a matron, or other person of good character, wherein all children within the provisions of this chapter shall, when necessary, be sheltered.
[1983 c 98 § 2; 1945 c 121 § 1; 1913 c 160 § 13; Rem. Supp. 1945 1987-13. Formerly RCW 13.16.010.]
Notes:
| Detention in facility under jurisdiction of juvenile court -- Financial responsibility for cost of detention: RCW 13.34.161, 13.16.085. |
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