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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT SENATE BILL 5021 Chapter 107, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION COURT EXHIBITS—MINIMUM RETENTION PERIOD EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the Senate February 5, 2025 Yeas 49 Nays 0 DENNY HECK President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2025 Yeas 97 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives CERTIFICATE I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5021 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. SARAH BANNISTER Secretary Secretary Approved April 22, 2025 9:04 AM FILED April 22, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington SENATE BILL 5021 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Wagoner, Dhingra, Dozier, and J. Wilson Prefiled 12/10/24. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice. AN ACT Relating to retention of court exhibits; and amending RCW 36.23.070. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 36.23.070 and 1981 c 154 s 1 are each amended to read as follows: A county clerk may at any time more than ((six ))five years after the entry of final judgment in any action apply to the superior court for an authorizing order and, upon such order being signed and entered, turn such exhibits of possible value over to the sheriff for disposal in accordance with the provisions of chapter 63.40 RCW, and destroy any other exhibits, unopened depositions, and reporters' notes which have theretofore been filed in such cause: PROVIDED, That reporters' notes in criminal cases must be preserved for at least ((fifteen ))15 years: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any exhibits which are deemed to possess historical value may be directed to be delivered by the clerk to libraries or historical societies. Passed by the Senate February 5, 2025. Passed by the House April 9, 2025. Approved by the Governor April 22, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 22, 2025.
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