Reports

Annual Report

[PDF] Fiscal Year 2023- Annual Report

Parents Representation Program

[PDF] 1999 Cost of Defense and Children’s Representation in Dependency and Termination Cases

2012 -Evaluation of the impact of enhanced parental legal representation on the timing of permanency outcomes for children in foster care

[PDF] 2011-Follow Up to Parents Representation Program Case Resolution Study
 

Personal Restraint Petition Representation

As directed by the Washington Legislature, the Office of Public Defense reports on its implementation of SB 5046. This report identifies systemic barriers and recommends reforms to improve access to justice through the personal restraint petition (PRP) process.

[PDF] SB 5046 implementation report
 

Status Report on Public Defense in Washington State

The Status Report discusses recent trends in criminal public defense services, highlights annual accomplishments of OPD's Defense Improvement Program, and lists counties' cities' statistics relating to public defense services.

[PDF] 2024 Status Report - City

[PDF] 2023 Status Report - City

[PDF] 2022 Status Report - City

[PDF] 2021 Status Report - City

[PDF] 2020 Status Report - City

[PDF] 2024 Status Report - County

[PDF] 2023 Status Report - County

2022 Status Report - County

[PDF] 2021 Status Report - County

[PDF] 2020 Status Report - County

[PDF] 2019 Status Report

[PDF] 2018 Status Report

[PDF] 2017 Status Report

[PDF] 2016 Status Report
 

Criteria and Standards for Determining and Verifying Indigency

[PDF] 2014 Determining and Verifying Indigency for Public Defense
 

RCW 71.09

[PDF] 2023 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program

[PDF] 2022 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program

[PDF] 2021 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program

[PDF] 2020 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program

[PDF] 2019 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program

[PDF] 2018 -Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
 

Additional OPD reports are available at the Washington State Digital Archives. 
Record Series: "Publications, State Government Agencies"
Title: "Public Defense, Office of"
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