1.16.065 - "Officer."

"Officer."

Whenever any term indicating an officer is used it shall be construed, when required, to mean any person authorized by law to discharge the duties of such officer.

[Code 1881 § 755; 1854 p 221 § 501; RRS § 147.]

Notes: Reviser's note: This section was formerly a part of RCW 42.04.010. It first appeared in "An Act to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil actions" (1854 p 221 § 501), as part of chapter LIV, "Construction". It also appeared as Code of 1881 § 755 in chapter LXVII, "Of Construction", as part of the code of civil procedure.

Criminal code, officer defined: RCW 9A.04.110.