lnterlocal Agreement Between
King County and the Port of Seattle
for Jail Services
THIS AGREEMENT is dated effective as of the 1 st day of January 2013. The Pa1ties to this Agreement
are King County, a Washington municipal corporation and legal subdivision of the State of Washington
(the '"County") and the Port of Seattle, a Washi11gton municipal corporation (the '·Port").
WHEREAS, this Agreement is made in accordance with the lnterlocal Cooperation Act (RCW Chapter
39.34);
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, payments, covenants and agreements contained in
this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
I.

Definitions: Unless the context clearly shows another usage is intended, the following terms shall
have these meanings in this Agreement:
I.I

.. Agreement" means this lnterlocal Agreement by and between King County and the Port
for Jail Services and any amendments to this Agreement.

1.2

"Booking" means registering, screening and examining persons for confinement in the
Jail or assignment to Work and Education Release ( WER); inventorying and safekeeping
personal property of such persons; maintaining all computerized records of arrest;
performing warrant checks; and all other activities associated with processing a person
for confinement in Jail or assignment to WER.

1.3

--Booking Fee" means the fee incurred for booking Port Inmates, as further described in
Section 4 and Exhibit 111, Section 2.

IA

"Business Day" means Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., except
holidays and County-designated tlirlough days.

1.5

'·Port Detainee'' means a person booked into or housed in a Secure Detention facility such
as the Jail but also including any other Secure Detention facility not operated by or on
behalf of the County, which individual would, if housed in the Jail, qualify as a Port
Inmate.

1.6

"Port Inmate" means a person booked into or housed in the Jail when a Port charge is the
principal basis for booking or confining that person.
A. A Port charge is the principal basis for booking or confining a person where one or more
of the following applies. whether pre-trial or post-trial. (See Exhibit I for further bi II able
charge rules.):
1.6.1

The person is booked or con lined by reason of committing or allegedly committing
a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor offense within the Port's jurisdiction.

1.6.2

The person is bookt!d or confined by reason of subsection 1.6.1 above in
combination with charges, investigation of charges. and/or warrants of other
governments, and the booking or confinement by reason of subsection 1.6.1 above
is determined to be the most serious charge in accordance with Exhibit I.

1.6.J

The person has been booked or con tined for reasons other than subsections 1.6.1
through 1.6.:! and would be released or transferred but for the Port having rcquc-;tcd
that the County continue to continc the person.