# RCW 41.14.090: RCW 41.14.090: Status of existing employees in classified service

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T41_C14_S090

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 41.14.090
- **Heading:** RCW 41.14.090: Status of existing employees in classified service
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 41 / Chapter 14 / Section 090

## Text

For the benefit of the public service and to prevent delay, injury, or interruption therein by reason of the enactment hereof, all persons holding a position which is deemed classified by RCW 41.14.070 for a continuous period of six months prior to December 4, 1958, are eligible for permanent appointment under civil service to the offices, places, positions, or employments which they then held without examination or other act on their part, and not on probation; and every such person is automatically adopted and inducted permanently into civil service, into the office, place, position, or employment which he or she then held as completely and effectually to all intents and purposes as if such person had been permanently appointed thereto under civil service after examination and investigation.

## 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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