# RCW 32.16.020: RCW 32.16.020: Oath of trustees—Declaration of incumbency—Not applicable to directors of stock savings banks

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S020

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 32.16.020
- **Heading:** RCW 32.16.020: Oath of trustees—Declaration of incumbency—Not applicable to directors of stock savings banks
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 020

## Text

(1) Each trustee, whether named in the certificate of authorization or elected to fill a vacancy, shall, when such certificate of authorization has been issued, or when notified of such election, take an oath that he or she will, so far as it devolves on him or her, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the savings bank, and will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of law applicable to such savings bank. Such oath shall be subscribed by the trustee making it and certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and shall be immediately transmitted to the director and filed and preserved in his or her office. (2) Prior to the first day of March in each year, every trustee of every savings bank shall subscribe a declaration to the effect that he or she is, at the date thereof, a trustee of the savings bank, and that he or she has not resigned, become ineligible, or in any other manner vacated his or her office as such trustee. Such declaration shall be acknowledged in like manner as a deed to be entitled to record and shall be transmitted to the director and filed in his or her office prior to the tenth day of March in each year. (3) This section does not apply to the directors of stock savings banks.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 32.16.010 RCW 32.16.010: Board of trustees—Number—Qualifications.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S010.md)
- [RCW 32.16.012 RCW 32.16.012: Age requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S012.md)
- [RCW 32.16.020 RCW 32.16.020: Oath of trustees—Declaration of incumbency—Not applicable to directors of stock savings banks.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S020.md)
- [RCW 32.16.030 RCW 32.16.030: Vacancies, when to be filled.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S030.md)
- [RCW 32.16.040 RCW 32.16.040: Quorum—Meetings.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S040.md)
- [RCW 32.16.050 RCW 32.16.050: Compensation of trustees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S050.md)
- [RCW 32.16.060 RCW 32.16.060: Change in number of trustees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S060.md)
- [RCW 32.16.070 RCW 32.16.070: Restrictions on trustees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S070.md)
- [RCW 32.16.080 RCW 32.16.080: Removal of trustees—Vacancies—Eligibility to reelection.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S080.md)
- [RCW 32.16.090 RCW 32.16.090: Removal of a board director, officer, or employee—Prohibition from participation in conduct of affairs—Grounds—Notice.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S090.md)
- [RCW 32.16.093 RCW 32.16.093: Notice of intention to remove or prohibit participation in conduct of affairs—Hearing—Order of removal and/or prohibition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S093.md)
- [RCW 32.16.095 RCW 32.16.095: Removal of one or more trustees or directors—Lack of quorum—Temporary trustees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S095.md)
- [RCW 32.16.097 RCW 32.16.097: Penalty for violation of order issued under RCW 32.16.093.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S097.md)
- [RCW 32.16.100 RCW 32.16.100: Examination by trustees' committee—Report.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S100.md)

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