All state elective and appointive officers shall keep their offices open for the transaction of business from eight o'clock a.m. to five o'clock p.m. of each business day from Monday through Friday, state legal holidays excepted. On Saturday, such offices may be closed.

     This section shall not apply to the courts of record of this state or to their officers nor to the office of the attorney general and the lieutenant governor.

[1973 2nd ex.s. c 1 § 2; 1955 ex.s. c 9 § 3. Prior: 1951 c 100 §§ 3, 4; 1941 c 113 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 9963-1.]

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Office hours of city, county, precinct: RCW 35.21.175, 36.16.100.