# RCW 41.14.080: RCW 41.14.080: Classified service—Appointment, promotion, transfer, suspension, discharge

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S080

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 41.14.080
- **Heading:** RCW 41.14.080: Classified service—Appointment, promotion, transfer, suspension, discharge
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 080

## Text

All appointments to and promotions to positions in the classified civil service of the office of county sheriff shall be made solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examination and impartial investigation: PROVIDED, That before June 30, 1981, employees in an existing county personnel system may be transferred to newly created and classified positions within such county's sheriff's office, in order to permanently transfer the functions of these positions, without meeting the open competitive examination requirements of this section if the transfer is approved by the civil service commission created in RCW 41.14.030 . No person in the classified civil service shall be reinstated in or transferred, suspended, or discharged from any such place, position, or employment contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 41.14.010 RCW 41.14.010: Declaration of purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S010.md)
- [RCW 41.14.020 RCW 41.14.020: Terms defined.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S020.md)
- [RCW 41.14.030 RCW 41.14.030: Civil service commission—Appointment, terms, qualifications, compensation, etc.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S030.md)
- [RCW 41.14.040 RCW 41.14.040: Combined system authorized in counties with populations of less than forty thousand.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S040.md)
- [RCW 41.14.050 RCW 41.14.050: Commission—Organization, meetings—Chief examiner, qualifications, duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S050.md)
- [RCW 41.14.060 RCW 41.14.060: Powers and duties of commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S060.md)
- [RCW 41.14.065 RCW 41.14.065: Delegation of powers and duties of commission in county with a population of one million or more.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S065.md)
- [RCW 41.14.070 RCW 41.14.070: Classified and unclassified service designated—Procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S070.md)
- [RCW 41.14.080 RCW 41.14.080: Classified service—Appointment, promotion, transfer, suspension, discharge.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S080.md)
- [RCW 41.14.090 RCW 41.14.090: Status of existing employees in classified service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S090.md)
- [RCW 41.14.100 RCW 41.14.100: Qualifications of applicants for position—Law enforcement agencies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S100.md)
- [RCW 41.14.110 RCW 41.14.110: Tenure—Grounds for deprivation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S110.md)
- [RCW 41.14.120 RCW 41.14.120: Removal, suspension, demotion, or discharge—Procedure—Appeal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S120.md)
- [RCW 41.14.130 RCW 41.14.130: Filling vacancies in classified service—Eligibility list—Probation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S130.md)

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