Wash. Rev. Code § 9.96.020 : — CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTSRESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS — Form of certificate TEXT PDF Whenever the governor shall determine to restore his or her civil rights to any person convicted of an infamous crime in any superior court of this state, he or she shall execute and file in the office of the secretary of state an instrument in writing in substantially the following form: RCW 9.96.020 Amended by 2016 c 202,§ 3, eff. 6/9/2016. Amended by 2012 c 117,§ 4, eff. 6/7/2012. Amended by 2011 c 336,§ 343, eff. 7/22/2011. 1931 c 19 § 2; 1929 c 26 § 3; RRS § 10251.