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- RCW 35A.06.040 · Abandonment—Resolution or petition for election.
- RCW 35A.06.050 · Abandonment—Election.
- RCW 35A.06.060 · Abandonment—Reorganization under plan adopted—Effective date.
- RCW 35A.06.070 · Abandonment of noncharter code city classification without reorganization.
- RCW 35A.07.010 · Adoption of charter code city classification authorized.
- RCW 35A.07.020 · Petition method—Direct.
- RCW 35A.07.025 · Referendum.
- RCW 35A.07.030 · Resolution method.
- RCW 35A.07.035 · Referendum.
- RCW 35A.07.040 · Certification of ordinance—Transcript of record to secretary of state.
- RCW 35A.07.050 · Petition for election.
- RCW 35A.07.060 · Resolution for election.
- RCW 35A.07.070 · Election on reclassification—Effective date of reclassification upon favorable vote.
- RCW 35A.08.010 · Adoption of charter authorized.
- RCW 35A.08.020 · Determining population.
- RCW 35A.08.030 · Resolution or petition for election.
- RCW 35A.08.040 · Election on question—Election of charter commission.
- RCW 35A.08.050 · Organization of charter commission—Vacancies—Duties.
- RCW 35A.08.060 · Expenses of commission members—Consultants and assistants.
- RCW 35A.08.070 · Public hearing.
- RCW 35A.08.080 · Submission of charter—Election of officers—Publication.
- RCW 35A.08.090 · Conduct of elections.
- RCW 35A.08.100 · Ballot titles.
- RCW 35A.08.110 · Certificates of election to officers—Effective date of becoming charter code city.
- RCW 35A.08.120 · Authentication of charter.
- RCW 35A.09.010 · Amendment of charter—Initiated by legislative body.
- RCW 35A.09.020 · Petition for submission of charter amendment.
- RCW 35A.09.030 · New or revised charter—Petition—Charter commission.
- RCW 35A.09.040 · Submission of new or revised charter—Election.
- RCW 35A.09.050 · Publication of proposed charter.
- RCW 35A.09.060 · Conduct of elections.
- RCW 35A.09.070 · Effect of favorable vote.
- RCW 35A.10.010 · Laws applicable to charter code cities.
- RCW 35A.10.020 · Abandonment of charter code city classification.
- RCW 35A.10.030 · Resolution or petition for change of classification—Election.
- RCW 35A.10.040 · No subsequent vote for six years.
- RCW 35A.11.010 · Rights, powers, and privileges.
- RCW 35A.11.020 · Powers vested in legislative bodies of noncharter and charter code cities.
- RCW 35A.11.030 · Applicability of general law.
- RCW 35A.11.035 · Nonpolluting power generation by individual—Exemption from regulation—Authorization to contract with utility.
- RCW 35A.11.037 · Hydroelectric resources—Separate legal authority—Creation by irrigation districts and cities, towns, or public utility districts.
- RCW 35A.11.040 · Intergovernmental cooperation and action.
- RCW 35A.11.050 · Statement of purpose and policy.
- RCW 35A.11.060 · Participation in Economic Opportunity Act programs.
- RCW 35A.11.070 · Tourist promotion.
- RCW 35A.11.080 · Initiative and referendum—Election to exercise—Restriction or abandonment.
- RCW 35A.11.090 · Initiative and referendum—Effective date of ordinances—Exceptions.
- RCW 35A.11.100 · Initiative and referendum—Exercise of powers.
- RCW 35A.11.110 · Members of legislative bodies authorized to serve as volunteer firefighters, volunteer ambulance personnel, or reserve law enforcement officers.
- RCW 35A.11.200 · Criminal code repeal by city operating municipal court—Agreement covering costs of handling resulting criminal cases—Arbitration.
- RCW 35A.11.210 · Juvenile curfews.
- RCW 35A.12.010 · Elective city officers—Size of council.
- RCW 35A.12.020 · Appointive officers—Duties—Compensation.
- RCW 35A.12.030 · Eligibility to hold elective office.
- RCW 35A.12.040 · Elections—Terms of elective officers—Numbering of council positions.
- RCW 35A.12.050 · Vacancies.
- RCW 35A.12.060 · Vacancy for nonattendance.
- RCW 35A.12.065 · Pro tempore appointments.
- RCW 35A.12.070 · Compensation of elective officers—Expenses.
- RCW 35A.12.080 · Oath and bond of officers.
- RCW 35A.12.090 · Appointment and removal of officers—Terms.
- RCW 35A.12.100 · Duties and authority of the mayor—Veto—Tie-breaking vote.
- RCW 35A.12.110 · Council meetings.
- RCW 35A.12.120 · Council—Quorum—Rules—Voting.
- RCW 35A.12.130 · Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.
- RCW 35A.12.140 · Adoption of codes by reference.
- RCW 35A.12.150 · Ordinances—Authentication and recording.
- RCW 35A.12.160 · Publication of ordinances or summary—Public notice of hearings and meeting agendas.
- RCW 35A.12.170 · Audit and allowance of demands against city.
- RCW 35A.12.180 · Optional division of city into wards.
- RCW 35A.12.190 · Powers of council.
- RCW 35A.13.010 · City officers—Size of council.
- RCW 35A.13.020 · Election of councilmembers—Eligibility—Terms—Vacancies—Forfeiture of office—Council chair.
- RCW 35A.13.030 · Mayor—Election—Chair to be mayor—Duties.
- RCW 35A.13.033 · Election on proposition to designate person elected to position one as chair—Subsequent holders of position one to be chair.
- RCW 35A.13.035 · Mayor pro tempore or deputy mayor.
- RCW 35A.13.040 · Compensation of councilmembers—Expenses.
- RCW 35A.13.050 · City manager—Qualifications.
- RCW 35A.13.060 · City manager may serve two or more cities.
- RCW 35A.13.070 · City manager—Bond and oath.
- RCW 35A.13.080 · City manager—Powers and duties.
- RCW 35A.13.090 · Creation of departments, offices, and employment—Compensation.
- RCW 35A.13.100 · City manager—Department heads—Authority.
- RCW 35A.13.110 · City manager—Appointment of subordinates—Qualifications—Terms.
- RCW 35A.13.120 · City manager—Interference by councilmembers.
- RCW 35A.13.130 · City manager—Removal—Resolution and notice.
- RCW 35A.13.140 · City manager—Removal—Reply and hearing.
- RCW 35A.13.150 · City manager—Substitute.
- RCW 35A.13.160 · Oath and bond of officers.
- RCW 35A.13.170 · Council meetings—Quorum—Rules—Voting.
- RCW 35A.13.180 · Adoption of codes by reference.
- RCW 35A.13.190 · Ordinances—Style—Requisites—Veto.
- RCW 35A.13.200 · Authentication, recording and publication of ordinances.
- RCW 35A.13.210 · Audit and allowance of demands against city.
- RCW 35A.13.220 · Optional division of city into wards.
- RCW 35A.13.230 · Powers of council.
- RCW 35A.14.001 · Actions subject to review by boundary review board.
- RCW 35A.14.005 · Annexations beyond urban growth areas prohibited.
- RCW 35A.14.010 · Authority for annexation.
- RCW 35A.14.015 · Election method—Resolution for election—Contents of resolution.