Grant County, WA Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)
Key Facts
- Response deadline
- 15 calendar days from service
- Contested hearing deadline
- 45 days from request received
- Summary dismissal deadline
- 15 days if untimely/no jurisdiction
- Hearing notice required
- At least 15 days before hearing
- Where to respond
- Grant County District Court, Code Enforcement
Summary
Anyone cited for a code violation in unincorporated Grant County has fifteen calendar days to respond under GCC 1.32.110, and a contested citation must get a Grant County District Court hearing within forty-five days of the request under GCC 1.32.120.
1.32.110 - Response to a citation. (a)Person(s) shall respond to a citation within fifteen calendar days from the date of service or issuance of citation by one of the following means:(1)Paying the fine specified in the citation, in which case the record shall show a finding that the person cited committed the violation. ... (c)If a person fails to respond to a citation within fifteen days of service, the deputy or other authorized official shall note that the person cited failed to respond to the citation within the designated appeal period and is deemed to have committed the violation identified in the citation. ... 1.32.120 - Contested citation hearing. (a)When the district court receives a contested citation:(1)The contested citation may be dismissed if the district court determines it is untimely, or beyond the district court's jurisdiction. A summary dismissal order shall be issued within fifteen days following receipt of the contested citation by the district court.(2)The district court shall conduct a hearing of the contested citation within forty-five days of the date that the district court received the request for the hearing.
Full Breakdown
150, or requesting a written contested hearing that states why the violation did not occur or why the cited person is not responsible. Responses must include the citation number and go by mail or by hand to Grant County District Court, attention Code Enforcement; a mailed response is dated by its postmark. Miss the fifteen days and the deputy or authorized official notes the failure to respond, which is treated as a final decision that the person committed the violation, with no further contest available at that stage.
120 requires a summary dismissal order within fifteen days if the court finds the contest untimely or outside its jurisdiction, and otherwise a full hearing within forty-five days of the district court's receipt of the hearing request. The court must give at least fifteen days' notice of the hearing's time, place, and date. 2 procedures, with a decision due within fifteen days and an optional right of reconsideration.
Violations & Fines
A person who neither pays nor contests within fifteen days is deemed to have committed the violation by default, and a decision entered after a missed contested hearing similarly finds the violation committed and imposes the cited fines, though the district court may set that default decision aside for good cause under GCC 1.32.130.
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