RESEARCH GUIDES

• Julie Heintz-Cho, et.al., Washington Legal Research, KFW75 .H45 2009
• Penny Hazelton, et. al., Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook (3rd edition) KFW75.W37 2002
• Sources of Free Legal Information on Washington State Law
  A guide to legal publications and research in published by the reference librarians at the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington School of Law (updated regularly).

STATUTES & LEGISLATION

Statutes/Code

• Print:
  • Revised Code of Washington(official), KFW30 2004 .A3
  • West's Revised Code of Washington Annotated (unofficial), KFW30 1961 .A4
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: WA-ST-ANN
  • LexisNexis: Annotated Revised Code of Washington, Constitution, Court Rules & ALS, Combined
  • Internet: Revised Code of Washington (RCW) - available from the Washington State Legislature

Legislative History

• Session Laws: HeinOnline, 1854 -
• Legislative Documents (Full text of bills, bill histories initiatives, referenda, committee reports, digests, roll calls, daily bill status, and topical index)
  • some information on bills available from 1991 to the present.
  • for current and more recent legislative sessions, also gives access to Standing Committee Reports, Status Reports, and Senate and House Floor Activity Reports.
• Washington State Legislative History Research Guide, by the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington.

Legislature

• Washington State Legislature
• Legislative Agencies
• Advisory Opinions and Complaint Dispositions (From the Legislative Ethics Board)

REGULATIONS, AGENCIES, INITIATIVES & REFERENDA

Regulations

• Print: is no longer kept current in the library; last update is from 2007.
  • Washington Administrative Code (WAC), KFW35 1980 .A23
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: WA-ADC
  • LexisNexis: Washington Administrative Code
  • Internet:
    • Washington Administrative Code
    • Washington State Register (The official version of the Washington State Register is the online version; no print version is currently maintained.)

Agencies

• Governor's Office (Full text of executive orders 1960 - )
• Agency, Board and Commission Listings
• Office of the Attorney General (Includes opinions, 1949 - )

Initiatives and Referenda

• Initiatives and referenda: current and historic (from the Secretary of State)
• Initiatives and referenda: current and historic (search topical index for initiatives) (Legislative)

CASES & COURTS

Cases

• Print:
  • Pacific Reporter (1st, 2nd & 3rd series), KF135 .P213
  • Washington Reports (1st & 2nd series), KFW 45 .A22
  • Washington Appellate Reports, KFW 48 .A2
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw:
    • WA-CS (state cases)
    • WA-CS-ALL (state and federal cases)
  • LexisNexis:
    • WA State Cases, Combined (state cases)
    • WA Federal & State Cases, Combined (state and federal cases)
  • Internet:
    • Washington Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions: all Supreme Court opinions from 1854 and Court of Appeals opinions from 1969; includes the Washington Reports: 1854-1889 Territory Reports and 1889-1939 Washington Reports (from LegalWA.org).
    • Washington State Court Opinions: slip opinions from the last 90 days (from the Washington Courts)
    • Washington Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions: from Dec. 1998 (from Findlaw)

Courts

• Washington State Courts (Includes recent Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions and court rules)
• Commission on Judicial Conduct

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Washington Counties
• Washington Cities and Towns
• Municipal Codes

STATE LAW REVIEWS & BAR JOURNALS

• Washington State Bar News (archives available on HeinOnline)
  
• Westlaw: Washington Law Reviews and Journals
• LexisNexis: Washington Law Reviews, Combined

GENERAL

• Print: Washington Practice (not available at GULL)
• Electronic:
  • Westlaw: WA-PRAC
• Internet:
  • Washington State Bar Association
  • Washington State TVW (public affairs network covering state government deliberations and public policy events)
  • Washington State Library
  • Washington State Law Library
  • King County Law Library
  • Legal Information Institute on Washington
  • Internet Law Library: Washington
  • Washington State Tax Forms
  • Law Library of Congress: Washington
  • FindLaw: Washington

Updated 09/11 (MK)