Tap any paragraph to write a margin note. Your notes collect in the Desk below the text and file under cases with @. The side-by-side margin rail opens on a larger screen.

Code · Washington · Title 72 — State Institutions · Chapter 72.02

RCW 72.02.260

136 words·~1 min read·/wa/title-72/chapter-72-02/72-02-260·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

Whenever the superintendent of an institution withholds from mailing letters written by inmates of such institution, the superintendent shall forward such letters to the secretary of corrections or the secretary's designee for study and the inmate shall be forthwith notified that such letter has been withheld from mailing and the reason for so doing. Letters forwarded to the secretary for study shall either be mailed within seven days to the addressee or, if deemed objectionable by the secretary, retained in a separate file for two years and then destroyed.
[ 1988 c 143 s 13 ; 1981 c 136 s 87 ; 1979 c 141 s 192 ; 1959 c 28 s 72.08.380 . Prior: 1957 c 61 s 1 . Formerly RCW 72.08.380 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900 .
★   the supreme law of the land   ★
Don't Tread on Me
E Pluribus Unum — out of many, one

"If you don't know your rights, you don't have any."

Marginalia · a citizen's law index
A research desk, not legal advice. Always read the cited source before relying on a summary.
Questions or an issue? support@self-law.org
disclaimerMarginalia is a research index, not a law firm. Nothing on this site is legal, tax, or financial advice and no attorney–client relationship is formed by using it. Statutes, regulations, and case law change; summaries, search results, AI output, and member posts may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. Any interpretation drawn from material on this site should be validated by a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction before you act on it.