Charge—Amendments
Seattle Mun. Code § 14.09.055
in effect14.09.055 - Charge—Amendments
A. The charging party or the Department may amend a charge:
1. To cure technical defects or omissions;
2. To clarify allegations made in the charge;
3. To add allegations related to or arising out of the subject matter set forth or attempted to be set forth in the charge;
4. To add as a charging party a person who is, during the course of the investigation, identified as an aggrieved person; or
5. To add or substitute as a respondent a person who was not originally named as a respondent, but who is, during the course of the investigation, identified as a respondent. For jurisdictional purposes, such amendments shall relate back to the date the original charge was first filed.
B. The charging party may amend a charge to include allegations of retaliation which arose after the filing of the original charge. Such amendment must be filed within one year after the occurrence of the retaliation, and prior to the Department's issuance of findings of fact and determination with respect to the original charge. Such amendments may be made at any time during the investigation of the original charge so long as the Department will have adequate time to investigate the additional allegations and the parties will have adequate time to present the Department with evidence concerning the additional allegations before the issuance of findings of fact and a determination.
C. When a charge is amended to add or substitute a respondent, the Director shall serve upon the new respondent within 20 days:
1. The amended charge;
2. The notice required under subsection 14.09.060.A; and
3. A statement of the basis for the Director's belief that the new respondent is properly named as a respondent. For jurisdictional purposes, amendment of a charge to add or substitute a respondent shall relate back to the date the original charge was first filed.
(Ord. 125393, § 2, 2017.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT14HURI_CH14.09USSCREHO_14.09.055CHMEFetched: 11/1/2026