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RCW 36.26.040
Public Defender—Qualifications—Term.
Every public defender and every assistant public defender must be a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in this state; and the term of the public defender shall coincide with the elected term of the prosecuting attorney.
[
1969 c 94 s 4
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