Title 6 PUBLIC SAFETY AND MORALS*
Chapter 6.03 CONTEMPT OF COURT
6.03.050 Sanctions--Summary imposition--Procedure.
(1) The judge, or court commission, presiding in an action or
proceeding may summarily impose either a remedial or punitive sanction
authorized by this chapter upon a person who commits a contempt of court within
the courtroom if the judge or court commissioner certifies that he or she saw or
heard the contempt. The judge or court commissioner shall impose the sanctions
immediately after the contempt of court or at the end of the proceeding and only
for the purpose of preserving order in the court and protecting the authority
and dignity of the court. The person committing the contempt of court shall be
given an opportunity to speak in mitigation of the contempt unless compelling
circumstances demand otherwise. The order of contempt shall recite the facts,
state the sanctions imposed, and be signed by the judge or court commissioner
and entered on the record.
(2) A court, after a finding of contempt of court in a
proceeding under subsection (1) of this section, may impose for each separate
contempt of court a punitive sanction of a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars or imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than thirty
days, or both, or a remedial sanction as set forth in Section 6.03.030 of the
city of Yakima Municipal Code. A forfeiture imposed as a remedial sanction under
this subsection may not exceed more than five hundred dollars for each day the
contempt continues. (Ord. 98-3 § 4 (part), 1998).