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Skagit County revises code wording on district judges and legal defense of employees

3220745 · April 7, 2025
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Summary

The Board of County Commissioners approved revisions to county code to align district‐court judge language with state law and to change the county’s procedure for providing legal defense to officers, employees and volunteers.

Skagit County commissioners on April 7 approved code revisions that (1) reword county code concerning the number of district court judges to align automatically with future legislative changes, and (2) revise the county’s procedure for providing legal defense to officers, employees and volunteers when civil claims are filed.

Frederick Heist of the county prosecutor’s office explained the two sets of changes. The first is…

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