{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-70.48.240","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 70.48.240","heading":"Transfer of felons from jail to state institution—Time limit.","body":"A person imprisoned in a jail and sentenced to a state institution for a felony conviction shall be transferred to a state institution before the forty-first day from the date of sentencing.\nThis section does not apply to persons sentenced for a felony who are held in the facility as a condition of probation or who are specifically sentenced to confinement in the facility.\nPayment for persons sentenced to state institutions and remaining in a jail from the eighth through the fortieth days following sentencing shall be in accordance with the procedure prescribed under this chapter.","path":["Title 70","Chapter 70.48"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=70.48.240","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:18:24Z","sha256":"b0dcd23f8481a5c9b71e5840317874c121769a6a48eb57a6baeda50214ac80c2","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-70.48.230","next":"us-wa/rcw-70.48.245"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}