# RCW 32.16.040: RCW 32.16.040: Quorum—Meetings

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T32_C16_S040

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 32.16.040
- **Heading:** RCW 32.16.040: Quorum—Meetings
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 32 / Chapter 16 / Section 040

## Text

A quorum at any regular or special or adjourned meeting of the board of trustees shall consist of not less than five of whom the chief executive officer shall be one, except when he or she is prevented from attending by sickness or other unavoidable detention, when he or she may be represented in forming a quorum by such other officer as the board may designate; but less than a quorum shall have power to adjourn from time to time until the next regular meeting. However, a savings bank may adopt procedures which provide that, in the event of a national emergency, any trustee may act on behalf of the board to continue the operations of the savings bank. For purposes of this subsection, a national emergency is an emergency declared by the president of the United States or the person performing the president's functions, or a war, or natural disaster. Regular meetings of the board of trustees shall be held as established from time to time by the board, not less than six times during each year.

## 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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