Chapter 6.03
CONTEMPT OF COURT
Sections:
6.03.020 Sanctions—Who may impose.
6.03.030 Remedial sanctions—Payment for losses.
6.03.040 Punitive sanctions—Fines.
6.03.050 Sanctions—Summary imposition—Procedure.
6.03.060 Administrative actions or proceedings—Petition to court for imposition of sanctions.
6.03.010 Definitions.
RCW 7.21.010 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.020 Sanctions—Who may impose.
RCW 7.21.020 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.030 Remedial sanctions—Payment for losses.
RCW 7.21.030 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.040 Punitive sanctions—Fines.
RCW 7.21.040 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.050 Sanctions—Summary imposition—Procedure.
(1) The judge, or court commission, presiding in an action or proceeding may summarily impose either a remedial or punitive sanction authorized by this chapter upon a person who commits a contempt of court within the courtroom if the judge or court commissioner certifies that he or she saw or heard the contempt. The judge or court commissioner shall impose the sanctions immediately after the contempt of court or at the end of the proceeding and only for the purpose of preserving order in the court and protecting the authority and dignity of the court. The person committing the contempt of court shall be given an opportunity to speak in mitigation of the contempt unless compelling circumstances demand otherwise. The order of contempt shall recite the facts, state the sanctions imposed, and be signed by the judge or court commissioner and entered on the record.
(2) A court, after a finding of contempt of court in a proceeding under subsection (1) of this section, may impose for each separate contempt of court a punitive sanction of a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than thirty days, or both, or a remedial sanction as set forth in Section 6.03.030 of the city of Yakima Municipal Code. A forfeiture imposed as a remedial sanction under this subsection may not exceed more than five hundred dollars for each day the contempt continues. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.060 Administrative actions or proceedings—Petition to court for imposition of sanctions.
RCW 7.21.060 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.070 Appellate review.
RCW 7.21.070 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).
6.03.900 Severability.
RCW 7.21.090 is adopted by reference, as now or hereafter amended. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).