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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.130 - Recording private communications—Authorization—Application for, contents.

RCW 9.73.130
Recording private communications—Authorization—Application for, contents.
Each application for an authorization to record communications or conversations pursuant to RCW 9.73.090 as now or hereafter amended shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation and shall state:
(1) The authority of the applicant to make such application;
(2) The identity and qualifications of the investigative or law enforcement officers or agency for whom the authority to record a communication or conversation is sought and the identity of whoever authorized the application;
(3) A particular statement of the facts relied upon by the applicant to justify his or her belief that an authorization should be issued, including:
(a) The identity of the particular person, if known, committing the offense and whose communications or conversations are to be recorded;
(b) The details as to the particular offense that has been, is being, or is about to be committed;
(c) The particular type of communication or conversation to be recorded and a showing that there is probable cause to believe such communication will be communicated on the wire communication facility involved or at the particular place where the oral communication is to be recorded;
(d) The character and location of the particular wire communication facilities involved or the particular place where the oral communication is to be recorded;
(e) A statement of the period of time for which the recording is required to be maintained, if the character of the investigation is such that the authorization for recording should not automatically terminate when the described type of communication or conversation has been first obtained, a particular statement of facts establishing probable cause to believe that additional communications of the same type will occur thereafter;
(f) A particular statement of facts showing that other normal investigative procedures with respect to the offense have been tried and have failed or reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be too dangerous to employ;
(4) Where the application is for the renewal or extension of an authorization, a particular statement of facts showing the results thus far obtained from the recording, or a reasonable explanation of the failure to obtain such results;
(5) A complete statement of the facts concerning all previous applications, known to the individual authorizing and to the individual making the application, made to any court for authorization to record a wire or oral communication involving any of the same facilities or places specified in the application or involving any person whose communication is to be intercepted, and the action taken by the court on each application; and
(6) Such additional testimony or documentary evidence in support of the application as the judge may require.
[ 2011 c 336 § 326; 1977 ex.s. c 363 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.140 - Recording private communications—Authorization of or application for—Inventory, contents, service—Availability of recording, applications, and orders.

RCW 9.73.140
Recording private communications—Authorization of or application for—Inventory, contents, service—Availability of recording, applications, and orders.
Within a reasonable time but not later than thirty days after the termination of the period of the authorization or of extensions or renewals thereof, or the date of the denial of an authorization applied for under RCW 9.73.090 as now or hereafter amended, the issuing authority shall cause to be served on the person named in the authorization or application for an authorization, and such other parties to the recorded communications as the judge may in his or her discretion determine to be in the interest of justice, an inventory which shall include:
(1) Notice of the entry of the authorization or the application for an authorization which has been denied under RCW 9.73.090 as now or hereafter amended;
(2) The date of the entry of the authorization or the denial of an authorization applied for under RCW 9.73.090 as now or hereafter amended;
(3) The period of authorized or disapproved recording; and
(4) The fact that during the period wire or oral communications were or were not recorded.
The issuing authority, upon the filing of a motion, may in its discretion make available to such person or his or her attorney for inspection such portions of the recorded communications, applications and orders as the court determines to be in the interest of justice. On an ex parte showing of good cause to the court the serving of the inventory required by this section may be postponed or dispensed with.
[ 2011 c 336 § 327; 1977 ex.s. c 363 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.200 - Intercepting, transmitting, or recording conversations concerning controlled substances—Findings.

RCW 9.73.200
Intercepting, transmitting, or recording conversations concerning controlled substances—Findings.
The legislature finds that the unlawful manufacturing, selling, and distributing of controlled substances is becoming increasingly prevalent and violent. Attempts by law enforcement officers to prevent the manufacture, sale, and distribution of drugs is resulting in numerous life-threatening situations since drug dealers are using sophisticated weapons and modern technological devices to deter the efforts of law enforcement officials to enforce the controlled substance statutes. Dealers of unlawful drugs are employing a wide variety of violent methods to realize the enormous profits of the drug trade.
Therefore, the legislature finds that conversations regarding illegal drug operations should be intercepted, transmitted, and recorded in certain circumstances without prior judicial approval in order to protect the life and safety of law enforcement personnel and to enhance prosecution of drug offenses, and that that interception and transmission can be done without violating the constitutional guarantees of privacy.
[ 1989 c 271 § 201.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 271: See note following RCW 9.94A.510.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.220 - Judicial authorizations—Availability of judge required.

RCW 9.73.220
Judicial authorizations—Availability of judge required.
In each superior court judicial district in a county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more there shall be available twenty-four hours a day at least one superior court or district court judge or magistrate designated to receive telephonic requests for authorizations that may be issued pursuant to this chapter. The presiding judge of each such superior court in conjunction with the district court judges in that superior court judicial district shall establish a coordinated schedule of rotation for all of the superior and district court judges and magistrates in the superior court judicial district for purposes of ensuring the availability of at least one judge or magistrate at all times. During the period that each judge or magistrate is designated, he or she shall be equipped with an electronic paging device when not present at his or her usual telephone. It shall be the designated judge's or magistrate's responsibility to ensure that all attempts to reach him or her for purposes of requesting authorization pursuant to this chapter are forwarded to the electronic page number when the judge or magistrate leaves the place where he or she would normally receive such calls.
[ 1991 c 363 § 9; 1989 c 271 § 203.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
Severability—1989 c 271: See note following RCW 9.94A.510.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.240 - Intercepting, transmitting, or recording conversations concerning controlled substances—Concurrent power of attorney general to investigate and prosecute.

RCW 9.73.240
Intercepting, transmitting, or recording conversations concerning controlled substances—Concurrent power of attorney general to investigate and prosecute.
(1) The attorney general shall have concurrent authority and power with the prosecuting attorneys to investigate violations of RCW 9.73.200 through 9.73.230 or RCW 9.73.090 and initiate and conduct prosecutions of any violations upon request of any of the following:
(a) The person who was the nonconsenting party to the intercepted, transmitted, or recorded conversation or communication; or
(b) The county prosecuting attorney of the jurisdiction in which the offense has occurred.
(2) The request shall be communicated in writing to the attorney general.
[ 1989 c 271 § 206.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 271: See note following RCW 9.94A.510.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.73 - Privacy, Violating Right Of. › 9.73.270 - Collecting, using electronic data or metadata—Cell site simulator devices—Requirements.

RCW 9.73.270
Collecting, using electronic data or metadata—Cell site simulator devices—Requirements.
The state and its political subdivisions shall not, by means of a cell site simulator device, collect or use a person's electronic data or metadata without (1) that person's informed consent, (2) a warrant, based upon probable cause, that describes with particularity the person, place, or thing to be searched or seized, or (3) acting in accordance with a legally recognized exception to the warrant requirements.
[ 2015 c 222 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2015 c 222: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [May 11, 2015]." [ 2015 c 222 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.82 - Treason. › 9.82.010 - Defined—Penalty.

RCW 9.82.010
Defined—Penalty.
(1) Treason against the people of the state consists in—
(a) Levying war against the people of the state, or
(b) Adhering to its enemies, or
(c) Giving them aid and comfort.
(2) Treason is a class A felony and punishable by death.
(3) No person shall be convicted for treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or by confession in open court.
[ 2003 c 53 § 46; 1909 c 249 § 65; RRS § 2317.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Treason defined and evidence required: State Constitution Art. 1 § 27.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.82 - Treason. › 9.82.020 - Levying war.

RCW 9.82.020
Levying war.
To constitute levying war against the state an actual act of war must be committed. To conspire to levy war is not enough. When persons arise in insurrection with intent to prevent, in general, by force and intimidation, the execution of a statute of this state, or to force its repeal, they shall be guilty of levying war. But an endeavor, although by numbers and force of arms, to resist the execution of a law in a single instance, and for a private purpose, is not levying war.
[ 1909 c 249 § 66; RRS § 2318.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.82 - Treason. › 9.82.030 - Misprision of treason.

RCW 9.82.030
Misprision of treason.
Every person having knowledge of the commission of treason, who conceals the same, and does not, as soon as may be, disclose such treason to the governor or a justice of the supreme court or a judge of either the court of appeals or the superior court, shall be guilty of misprision of treason and punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years or in a county jail for up to three hundred sixty-four days.
[ 2011 c 96 § 9; 1992 c 7 § 16; 1971 c 81 § 45; 1909 c 249 § 67; RRS § 2319.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.86 - Flags, Crimes Relating To. › 9.86.010 - "Flag," etc., defined.

RCW 9.86.010
"Flag," etc., defined.
The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this chapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or a copy, picture or representation thereof.
[ 1919 c 107 § 1; RRS § 2675-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.86 - Flags, Crimes Relating To. › 9.86.020 - Improper use of flag prohibited.

RCW 9.86.020
Improper use of flag prohibited.
(1) No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
(a) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or authorized by any law of the United States or of this state; or
(b) Expose to public view any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise produced, or to which shall have been attached, appended, affixed or annexed any such word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement; or
(c) Expose to public view for sale, manufacture, or otherwise, or to sell, give, or have in possession for sale, for gift or for use for any purpose, any substance, being an article of merchandise, or receptacle, or thing for holding or carrying merchandise, upon or to which shall have been produced or attached any such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, in order to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark or distinguish such article or substance.
(2) A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 47; 1919 c 107 § 2; 1909 c 249 § 423; 1901 c 154 § 1; RRS § 2675-2.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.86 - Flags, Crimes Relating To. › 9.86.030 - Desecration of flag.

RCW 9.86.030
Desecration of flag.
(1) No person shall knowingly cast contempt upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as defined in RCW 9.86.010, by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon the flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.
(2) A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 48; 1969 ex.s. c 110 § 1; 1919 c 107 § 3; 1909 c 249 § 423; RRS § 2675-3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.86 - Flags, Crimes Relating To. › 9.86.040 - Application of provisions.

RCW 9.86.040
Application of provisions.
This chapter shall not apply to any act permitted by the statutes of the United States or of this state, or by the United States army and navy regulations, nor shall it apply to any printed or written document or production, stationery, ornament, picture or jewelry whereon shall be depicted said flag, standard, color, ensign or shield with no design or words thereon and disconnected with any advertisement.
[ 1919 c 107 § 4; RRS § 2675-4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.020 - Operating railroad, steamboat, vehicle, etc., while intoxicated.

RCW 9.91.020
Operating railroad, steamboat, vehicle, etc., while intoxicated.
Every person who, being employed upon any railway, as engineer, motor operator, grip operator, conductor, switch tender, fire tender, bridge tender, flagger, or signal operator, or having charge of stations, starting, regulating, or running trains upon a railway, or being employed as captain, engineer, or other officer of a vessel propelled by steam, or being the driver of any animal or vehicle upon any public highway, street, or other public place, is intoxicated while engaged in the discharge of any such duties, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2013 c 23 § 4; 2000 c 239 § 3; 1915 c 165 § 2; 1909 c 249 § 275; RRS § 2527.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Caption for 1915 c 165 § 2 reads as follows: "Section 2527 [Rem. & Bal.] Intoxication of employees." See State v. Crothers, 118 Wash. 226, 203 P. 74 (1922).
Captions not law—2000 c 239: See note following RCW 49.17.350.
Hunting while intoxicated—Penalty: RCW 77.15.675.
Operating vehicle under influence of intoxicants or drugs: RCW 46.20.285, 46.61.502.
Operating vessel in reckless manner or while under influence of alcohol or drugs: RCW 79A.60.040.
Railroads, employees, equipment, operations: Chapters 81.40, 81.44, 81.48 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.060 - Leaving children unattended in parked automobile.

RCW 9.91.060
Leaving children unattended in parked automobile.
Every person having the care and custody, whether temporary or permanent, of minor children under the age of twelve years, who shall leave such children in a parked automobile unattended by an adult while such person enters a tavern or other premises where vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors are dispensed for consumption on the premises shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1999 c 143 § 9; 1951 c 270 § 17.]
NOTES:
Leaving children unattended in standing vehicle with motor running: RCW 46.61.685.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.130 - Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacle.

RCW 9.91.130
Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacle.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of any trash, including, but not limited to items that have deteriorated to the extent that they are no longer of monetary value or of use for the purpose they were intended; garbage, including any organic matter; or litter, in or around a receptacle provided by a charitable organization, as defined in RCW 19.09.020(2), for the donation of clothing, property, or other thing of monetary value to be used for the charitable purposes of such organization.
(2) Charitable organizations must post a clearly visible notice on the donation receptacles warning of the existence and content of this section and the penalties for violation of its provisions, as well as a general identification of the items which are appropriate to be deposited in the receptacle.
(3) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the fine for such violation shall be not less than fifty dollars for each offense.
(4) Nothing in this section shall preclude a charitable organization which maintains the receptacle from pursuing a civil action and seeking whatever damages were sustained by reason of the violation of the provisions of this section. For a second or subsequent violation of this section, such person shall be liable for treble the amount of damages done by the person, but in no event less than two hundred dollars, and such damages may be recovered in a civil action before any district court judge.
[ 1987 c 385 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1987 c 385: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 c 385 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.140 - Food stamps—Unlawful sale.

RCW 9.91.140
Food stamps—Unlawful sale.
A person who sells food stamps obtained through the program established under RCW 74.04.500 or food stamp benefits transferred electronically, or food purchased therewith, is guilty of the following:
(1) A gross misdemeanor if the value of the stamps, benefits, or food transferred exceeds one hundred dollars; or
(2) A misdemeanor if the value of the stamps, benefits, or food transferred is one hundred dollars or less.
[ 2003 c 53 § 49; 1998 c 79 § 1; 1996 c 78 § 1; 1988 c 62 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.142 - Food stamps—Trafficking.

RCW 9.91.142
Food stamps—Trafficking.
A person who purchases, or who otherwise acquires and sells, or who traffics in, food stamps as defined by the federal food stamp act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq., or food stamp benefits transferred electronically, is guilty of the following:
(1) A class C felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW if the face value of the stamps or benefits exceeds one hundred dollars; or
(2) A gross misdemeanor if the face value of the stamps or benefits is one hundred dollars or less.
[ 2003 c 53 § 50.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.144 - Food stamps—Unlawful redemption.

RCW 9.91.144
Food stamps—Unlawful redemption.
A person who, in violation of 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2024(c), obtains and presents food stamps as defined by the federal food stamp act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2011 et seq., or food stamp benefits transferred electronically, for redemption or causes such stamps or benefits to be presented for redemption through the program established under RCW 74.04.500 is guilty of a class C felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 2003 c 53 § 51.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.150 - Tree spiking.

RCW 9.91.150
Tree spiking.
(1) Any person who maliciously drives or places in any tree, forest material, forest debris, or other wood material any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws or wood processing or manufacturing equipment, for the purpose of hindering logging or timber harvesting activities, is guilty of a class C felony under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
(2) Any person who, with the intent to use it in a violation of subsection (1) of this section, possesses any iron, steel, ceramic, or other substance sufficiently hard to injure saws or wood processing or manufacturing equipment is guilty of a gross misdemeanor under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
(3) As used in this section the terms "forest debris" and "forest material" have the same meanings as under RCW 76.04.005.
[ 1988 c 224 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.155 - Tree spiking—Action for damages.

RCW 9.91.155
Tree spiking—Action for damages.
Any person who is damaged by any act prohibited in RCW 9.91.150 may bring a civil action to recover damages sustained, including a reasonable attorney's fee. A party seeking civil damages under this section may recover upon proof of a violation of the provisions of RCW 9.91.150 by a preponderance of the evidence.
[ 1988 c 224 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.91 - Miscellaneous Crimes. › 9.91.160 - Personal protection spray devices.

RCW 9.91.160
Personal protection spray devices.
(1) It is unlawful for a person under eighteen years old, unless the person is at least fourteen years old and has the permission of a parent or guardian to do so, to purchase or possess a personal protection spray device. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor.
(2) No town, city, county, special purpose district, quasi-municipal corporation or other unit of government may prohibit a person eighteen years old or older, or a person fourteen years old or older who has the permission of a parent or guardian to do so, from purchasing or possessing a personal protection spray device or from using such a device in a manner consistent with the authorized use of force under RCW 9A.16.020. No town, city, county, special purpose district, quasi-municipal corporation, or other unit of government may prohibit a person eighteen years old or older from delivering a personal protection spray device to a person authorized to possess such a device.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Personal protection spray device" means a commercially available dispensing device designed and intended for use in self-defense and containing a nonlethal sternutator or lacrimator agent, including but not limited to:
(i) Tear gas, the active ingredient of which is either chloroacetophenone (CN) or O-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile (CS); or
(ii) Other agent commonly known as mace, pepper mace, or pepper gas.
(b) "Delivering" means actual, constructive, or attempted transferring from one person to another.
(4) Nothing in this section authorizes the delivery, purchase, possession, or use of any device or chemical agent that is otherwise prohibited by state law.
[ 1994 sp.s. c 7 § 514.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Severability—1994 sp.s. c 7: See notes following RCW 43.70.540.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.005 - Penalty assessments in addition to fine or bail forfeiture—Crime victims compensation account.

RCW 9.92.005
Penalty assessments in addition to fine or bail forfeiture—Crime victims compensation account.
See RCW 7.68.035.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.010 - Punishment of felony when not fixed by statute.

RCW 9.92.010
Punishment of felony when not fixed by statute.
Every person convicted of a felony for which no maximum punishment is specially prescribed by any statutory provision in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by confinement or fine which shall not exceed confinement in a state correctional institution for a term of ten years, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than twenty thousand dollars, or by both such confinement and fine and the offense shall be classified as a class B felony.
[ 1996 c 44 § 2; 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 § 5; 1909 c 249 § 13; RRS § 2265.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 1st ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 9.41.190.
Classification of crimes: Chapter 9A.20 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.020 - Punishment of gross misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.

RCW 9.92.020
Punishment of gross misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.
Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor for which no punishment is prescribed in any statute in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of up to three hundred sixty-four days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
[ 2011 c 96 § 10; 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 § 6; 1909 c 249 § 15; RRS § 2267.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2011 c 96: See note following RCW 9A.20.021.
Severability—1982 1st ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 9.41.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.030 - Punishment of misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.

RCW 9.92.030
Punishment of misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.
Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for which no punishment is prescribed by any statute in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than ninety days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than one thousand dollars or both such imprisonment and fine.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 § 7; 1909 c 249 § 14; Code 1881 § 785; RRS § 2266.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 1st ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 9.41.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.040 - Punishment for contempt.

RCW 9.92.040
Punishment for contempt.
A criminal act which at the same time constitutes contempt of court, and has been punished as such, may also be punished as a crime, but in such case the punishment for contempt may be considered in mitigation.
[ 1909 c 249 § 21; RRS § 2273.]
NOTES:
Contempt: Chapter 7.21 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.062 - Suspended sentence—Termination date—Application.

RCW 9.92.062
Suspended sentence—Termination date—Application.
In all cases prior to August 9, 1971, wherein the execution of sentence has been suspended pursuant to RCW 9.92.060, such person may apply to the court by which he or she was convicted and sentenced to establish a definite termination date for the suspended sentence. The court shall set a date no later than the time the original sentence would have elapsed and may provide for an earlier termination of the suspended sentence.
[ 2011 c 336 § 330; 1971 ex.s. c 188 § 1.]
NOTES:
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.064 - Suspended sentence—Termination date, establishment—Modification of terms.

RCW 9.92.064
Suspended sentence—Termination date, establishment—Modification of terms.
In the case of a person granted a suspended sentence under the provisions of RCW 9.92.060, the court shall establish a definite termination date for the suspended sentence. The court shall set a date no later than the time the original sentence would have elapsed and may provide for an earlier termination of the suspended sentence. Prior to the entry of an order formally terminating a suspended sentence the court may modify the terms and conditions of the suspension or extend the period of the suspended sentence.
[ 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 § 9; 1971 ex.s. c 188 § 2.]
NOTES:
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
Severability—1982 1st ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 9.41.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.066 - Termination of suspended sentence—Restoration of civil rights—Vacation of conviction.

RCW 9.92.066
Termination of suspended sentence—Restoration of civil rights—Vacation of conviction.
(1) Upon termination of any suspended sentence under RCW 9.92.060 or 9.95.210, such person may apply to the court for restoration of his or her civil rights not already restored by RCW 29A.08.520. Thereupon the court may in its discretion enter an order directing that such defendant shall thereafter be released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense or crime of which he or she has been convicted.
(2)(a) Upon termination of a suspended sentence under RCW 9.92.060 or 9.95.210, the person may apply to the sentencing court for a vacation of the person's record of conviction under RCW 9.94A.640. The court may, in its discretion, clear the record of conviction if it finds the person has met the equivalent of the tests in RCW 9.94A.640(2) as those tests would be applied to a person convicted of a crime committed before July 1, 1984.
(b) The clerk of the court in which the vacation order is entered shall immediately transmit the order vacating the conviction to the Washington state patrol identification section and to the local police agency, if any, which holds criminal history information for the person who is the subject of the conviction. The Washington state patrol and any such local police agency shall immediately update their records to reflect the vacation of the conviction, and shall transmit the order vacating the conviction to the federal bureau of investigation. A conviction that has been vacated under this section may not be disseminated or disclosed by the state patrol or local law enforcement agency to any person, except other criminal justice enforcement agencies.
[ 2009 c 325 § 2; 2003 c 66 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 188 § 3.]
NOTES:
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.070 - Payment of fine and costs in installments.

RCW 9.92.070
Payment of fine and costs in installments.
Hereafter whenever any judge of any superior court or a district or municipal judge shall sentence any person to pay any fines, penalties, assessments, fees, and costs, the judge may, in the judge's discretion, provide that such fines, penalties, assessments, fees, and costs may be paid in certain designated installments, or within certain designated period or periods. If the court finds that the defendant is indigent as defined in RCW 10.01.160(3), the court shall allow for payment in certain designated installments or within certain designated periods. If such fines, penalties, assessments, fees, and costs shall be paid by the defendant in accordance with such order no commitment or imprisonment of the defendant shall be made for failure to pay such fine or costs. PROVIDED, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any sentence given for the violation of any of the liquor laws of this state.
[ 2022 c 260 § 21; 2018 c 269 § 11; 1987 c 3 § 4; 1923 c 15 § 1; RRS § 2280-1.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2022 c 260: See notes following RCW 3.66.120.
Construction—2018 c 269: See note following RCW 10.82.090.
Severability—1987 c 3: See note following RCW 3.70.010.
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
Collection and disposition of fines and costs: Chapter 10.82 RCW.
Payment of fine and costs in installments: RCW 10.01.170.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.080 - Sentence on two or more convictions or counts.

RCW 9.92.080
Sentence on two or more convictions or counts.
(1) Whenever a person while under sentence of felony shall commit another felony and be sentenced to another term of imprisonment, such latter term shall not begin until the expiration of all prior terms: PROVIDED, That any person granted probation pursuant to the provisions of RCW 9.95.210 and/or 9.92.060 shall not be considered to be under sentence of a felony for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) Whenever a person is convicted of two or more offenses which arise from a single act or omission, the sentences imposed therefor shall run concurrently, unless the court, in pronouncing sentence, expressly orders the service of said sentences to be consecutive.
(3) In all other cases, whenever a person is convicted of two or more offenses arising from separate and distinct acts or omissions, and not otherwise governed by the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, the sentences imposed therefor shall run consecutively, unless the court, in pronouncing the second or other subsequent sentences, expressly orders concurrent service thereof.
(4) The sentencing court may require the secretary of corrections, or his or her designee, to provide information to the court concerning the existence of all prior judgments against the defendant, the terms of imprisonment imposed, and the status thereof.
[ 2011 c 336 § 331; 1981 c 136 § 35; 1971 ex.s. c 295 § 1; 1925 ex.s. c 109 § 2; 1909 c 249 § 33; RRS § 2285.]
NOTES:
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
Effective date—1981 c 136: See RCW 72.09.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.090 - Habitual criminals.

RCW 9.92.090
Habitual criminals.
Every person convicted in this state of any crime of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, or of petit larceny, or of any felony, who shall previously have been convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of any crime which under the laws of this state would amount to a felony, or who shall previously have been twice convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of petit larceny, or of any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, shall be adjudged to be an habitual criminal and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not less than ten years.
Every person convicted in this state of any crime of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, or of petit larceny, or of any felony, who shall previously have been twice convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of any crime which under the laws of this state would amount to a felony, or who shall previously have been four times convicted, whether in this state or elsewhere, of petit larceny, or of any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor of which fraud or intent to defraud is an element, shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for life.
[ 1992 c 7 § 18; 1909 c 249 § 34; 1903 c 86 §§ 1, 2; RRS § 2286.]
NOTES:
Applicability—1984 c 209: See RCW 9.92.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.110 - Convicts protected—Forfeitures abolished.

RCW 9.92.110
Convicts protected—Forfeitures abolished.
Every person sentenced to imprisonment in any penal institution shall be under the protection of the law, and any unauthorized injury to his or her person shall be punished in the same manner as if he or she were not so convicted or sentenced. A conviction of crime shall not work a forfeiture of any property, real or personal, or of any right or interest therein. All forfeitures in the nature of deodands, or in case of suicide or where a person flees from justice, are abolished.
[ 2011 c 336 § 332; 1909 c 249 § 36; RRS § 2288.]
NOTES:
Inheritance rights of slayers or abusers: Chapter 11.84 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.120 - Conviction of public officer forfeits trust.

RCW 9.92.120
Conviction of public officer forfeits trust.
The conviction of a public officer of any felony or malfeasance in office shall entail, in addition to such other penalty as may be imposed, the forfeiture of his or her office, and shall disqualify him or her from ever afterward holding any public office in this state.
[ 2011 c 336 § 333; 1909 c 249 § 37; RRS § 2289.]
NOTES:
Forfeiture or impeachment, rights preserved: RCW 42.04.040.
Misconduct of public officers: Chapter 42.20 RCW.
Vacancy of public office, causes: RCW 42.12.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.130 - City jail prisoners may be compelled to work.

RCW 9.92.130
City jail prisoners may be compelled to work.
When a person has been sentenced by any municipal or district judge in this state to a term of imprisonment in a city jail, whether in default of payment of a fine or otherwise, such person may be compelled on each day of such term, except Sundays, to perform eight hours' labor upon the streets, public buildings, and grounds of such city.
[ 1987 c 202 § 144; Code 1881 § 2075; RRS § 10189.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.140 - County jail prisoners may be compelled to work.

RCW 9.92.140
County jail prisoners may be compelled to work.
When a person has been sentenced by a district judge or a judge of the superior court to a term of imprisonment in the county jail, whether in default of payment of a fine, or costs or otherwise; such person may be compelled to work eight hours, each day of such term, in and about the county buildings, public roads, streets and grounds: PROVIDED, This section and RCW 9.92.130 shall not apply to persons committed in default of bail.
[ 1987 c 202 § 145; Code 1881 § 2076; 1867 p 56 § 24; 1858 p 10 § 1; RRS § 10190.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
Employment of prisoners: RCW 36.28.100.
Working out fine: Chapter 10.82 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.151 - Early release for good behavior.

RCW 9.92.151
Early release for good behavior.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the sentence of a prisoner confined in a county jail facility for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor conviction may be reduced by earned release credits in accordance with procedures that shall be developed and promulgated by the correctional agency having jurisdiction. The earned early release time shall be for good behavior and good performance as determined by the correctional agency having jurisdiction. Any program established pursuant to this section shall allow an offender to earn early release credits for presentence incarceration. The correctional agency shall not credit the offender with earned early release credits in advance of the offender actually earning the credits. In the case of an offender convicted of a serious violent offense or a sex offense that is a class A felony committed on or after July 1, 1990, the aggregate earned early release time may not exceed fifteen percent of the sentence. In no other case may the aggregate earned early release time exceed one-third of the total sentence.
(2) An offender serving a term of confinement imposed under RCW 9.94A.670(5)(a) is not eligible for earned release credits under this section.
(3) If an offender is transferred from a county jail to the department, the administrator of a county jail facility shall certify to the department the amount of time spent in custody at the facility and the number of days of early release credits lost or not earned.
[ 2013 2nd sp.s. c 14 § 3; 2009 c 28 § 3; 2004 c 176 § 5; 1990 c 3 § 201; 1989 c 248 § 1.]
NOTES:
Application—Recalculation of earned release date—Compilation of sentencing information—Report—Effective date—2013 2nd sp.s. c 14: See notes following RCW 9.94A.517.
Effective date—2009 c 28: See note following RCW 2.24.040.
Severability—Effective date—2004 c 176: See notes following RCW 9.94A.515.
Application—1989 c 248: "This act applies only to sentences imposed for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1989." [ 1989 c 248 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.200 - Chapter not to affect dispositions under juvenile justice act.

RCW 9.92.200
Chapter not to affect dispositions under juvenile justice act.
No provision of this chapter shall authorize a court to suspend or defer the imposition or the execution of a disposition under chapter 13.40 RCW, as now law or hereafter amended.
[ 1981 c 299 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.92 - Punishment. › 9.92.900 - RCW 9.92.050 through 9.92.090 inapplicable to felonies committed on or after July 1, 1984.

RCW 9.92.900
RCW * 9.92.050 through 9.92.090 inapplicable to felonies committed on or after July 1, 1984.
The following sections of law do not apply to any felony offense committed on or after July 1, 1984: RCW * 9.92.050, 9.92.060, 9.92.062, 9.92.064, 9.92.066, 9.92.070, 9.92.080, and 9.92.090.
[ 1984 c 209 § 2; 1981 c 137 § 31.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 9.92.050 was repealed by 1992 c 7 § 64.
Effective dates—1984 c 209: See note following RCW 9.94A.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.94 - Prisoners—Correctional Institutions. › 9.94.010 - Prison riot—Penalty.

RCW 9.94.010
Prison riot—Penalty.
(1) Whenever two or more inmates of a correctional institution assemble for any purpose, and act in such a manner as to disturb the good order of the institution and contrary to the commands of the officers of the institution, by the use of force or violence, or the threat thereof, and whether acting in concert or not, they shall be guilty of prison riot.
(2) Every inmate of a correctional institution who is guilty of prison riot or of voluntarily participating therein by being present at, or by instigating, aiding, or abetting the same, is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not less than one year nor more than ten years, which shall be in addition to the sentence being served.
[ 2003 c 53 § 53; 1995 c 314 § 1; 1955 c 241 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.94 - Prisoners—Correctional Institutions. › 9.94.030 - Holding person hostage—Interference with officer's duties.

RCW 9.94.030
Holding person hostage—Interference with officer's duties.
Whenever any inmate of a correctional institution shall hold, or participate in holding, any person as a hostage, by force or violence, or the threat thereof, or shall prevent, or participate in preventing an officer of such institution from carrying out his or her duties, by force or violence, or the threat thereof, he or she shall be guilty of a class B felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not less than one year nor more than ten years.
[ 2003 c 53 § 54; 1995 c 314 § 3; 1992 c 7 § 20; 1957 c 112 § 1; 1955 c 241 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Interfering with public officer: Chapter 9A.76 RCW.
Kidnapping: Chapter 9A.40 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.94 - Prisoners—Correctional Institutions. › 9.94.040 - Weapons—Possession, etc., by prisoner prohibited—Penalty.

RCW 9.94.040
Weapons—Possession, etc., by prisoner prohibited—Penalty.
(1) Every person serving a sentence in any state correctional institution who, without legal authorization, while in the institution or while being conveyed to or from the institution, or while under the custody or supervision of institution officials, officers, or employees, or while on any premises subject to the control of the institution, knowingly possesses or carries upon his or her person or has under his or her control any weapon, firearm, or any instrument which, if used, could produce serious bodily injury to the person of another, is guilty of a class B felony.
(2) Every person confined in a county or local correctional institution who, without legal authorization, while in the institution or while being conveyed to or from the institution, or while under the custody or supervision of institution officials, officers, or employees, or while on any premises subject to the control of the institution, knowingly possesses or has under his or her control any weapon, firearm, or any instrument that, if used, could produce serious bodily injury to the person of another, is guilty of a class C felony.
(3) The sentence imposed under this section shall be in addition to any sentence being served.
[ 2005 c 361 § 1; 1995 c 314 § 4; 1979 c 121 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 43 § 1; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 38 § 18. Prior: 1955 c 241 § 4.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 c 121: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1979 c 121 § 8.]
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 38: See notes following RCW 9A.08.020.