{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-9.12.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 9.12.020","heading":"Buying, demanding, or promising reward by district judge or deputy.","body":"Every district judge or deputy who shall, directly or indirectly, buy or be interested in buying anything in action for the purpose of commencing a suit thereon before a district judge, or who shall give or promise any valuable consideration to any person as an inducement to bring, or as a consideration for having brought, a suit before a district judge, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Title 9","Chapter 9.12"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.12.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:45:32Z","sha256":"32ffe71489c9ba4cc13ada79eb0aefb59cdcc6e81c7ea3d86609ed01a11b4203","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-9.12.010","next":"us-wa/rcw-9.16.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}