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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.295 - Licenses, scope of authority—Exception.

RCW 9.46.295
Licenses, scope of authority—Exception.
(1) Any license to engage in any of the gambling activities authorized by this chapter as now exists or as hereafter amended, and issued under the authority thereof shall be legal authority to engage in the gambling activities for which issued throughout the incorporated and unincorporated area of any county, except that a city located therein with respect to that city, or a county with respect to all areas within that county except for such cities, may absolutely prohibit, but may not change the scope of license, any or all of the gambling activities for which the license was issued.
(2)(a) A city or town with a prohibition on house-banked social card game licenses that annexes an area that is within a city, town, or county that permits house-banked social card games may allow a house-banked social card game business that was licensed by the commission as of July 26, 2009, to continue operating if the city or town is authorized to impose a tax under RCW 82.14.415 and can demonstrate that the continuation of the house-banked social card game business will reduce the credit against the state sales and use tax as provided in RCW 82.14.415(7).
(b) A city or town that allowed a house-banked social card game business in an annexed area to continue operating under (a) of this subsection before July 15, 2010, shall allow all social card game businesses in the annexed area that were operating and licensed by the commission as of January 1, 2011, to continue operating.
(c) A city or town that allows a social card game business in an annexed area to continue operating is not required to allow additional social card game businesses.
[ 2011 c 134 § 1; 2009 c 550 § 2; 1974 ex.s. c 155 § 6; 1974 ex.s. c 135 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1974 ex.s. c 155: See note following RCW 9.46.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.300 - Licenses and reports—Public inspection—Exceptions and requirements—Charges.

RCW 9.46.300
Licenses and reports—Public inspection—Exceptions and requirements—Charges.
All applications for licenses made to the commission, with the exception of any portions of the applications describing the arrest or conviction record of any person, and all reports required by the commission to be filed by its licensees on a periodic basis concerning the operation of the licensed activity or concerning any organization, association, or business in connection with which a licensed activity is operated, in the commission files, shall be open to public inspection at the commission's offices upon a prior written request of the commission. The staff of the commission may decline to allow an inspection until such time as the inspection will not unduly interfere with the other duties of the staff. The commission may charge the person making a request for an inspection an amount necessary to offset the costs to the commission of providing the inspection and copies of any requested documents.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 326 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.310 - Licenses for manufacture, sale, distribution, or supply of gambling devices.

RCW 9.46.310
Licenses for manufacture, sale, distribution, or supply of gambling devices.
No person shall manufacture, and no person shall sell, distribute, furnish or supply to any other person, any gambling device, including but not limited to punchboards and pull-tabs, in this state, or for use within this state, without first obtaining a license to do so from the commission under the provisions of this chapter.
Such licenses shall not be issued by the commission except respecting devices which are designed and permitted for use in connection with activities authorized under this chapter: PROVIDED, That this requirement for licensure shall apply only insofar as the commission has adopted, or may adopt, rules implementing it as to particular categories of gambling devices and related equipment.
[ 1981 c 139 § 13.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 139: See note following RCW 9.46.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.350 - Civil action to collect fees, interest, penalties, or tax—Writ of attachment—Records as evidence.

RCW 9.46.350
Civil action to collect fees, interest, penalties, or tax—Writ of attachment—Records as evidence.
At any time within five years after any amount of fees, interest, penalties, or tax which is imposed pursuant to this chapter, or rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall become due and payable, the attorney general, on behalf of the commission, may bring a civil action in the courts of this state, or any other state, or of the United States, to collect the amount delinquent, together with penalties and interest: PROVIDED, That where the tax is one imposed by a county, city or town under RCW 9.46.110, any such action shall be brought by that county, city or town on its own behalf. An action may be brought whether or not the person owing the amount is at such time a licensee pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
If such an action is brought in the courts of this state, a writ of attachment may be issued and no bond or affidavit prior to the issuance thereof shall be required. In all actions in this state, the records of the commission, or the appropriate county, city or town, shall be prima facie evidence of the determination of the tax due or the amount of the delinquency.
[ 1981 c 139 § 16.]
NOTES:
Severability—1981 c 139: See note following RCW 9.46.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.36001 - Tribal actions—Federal jurisdiction.

RCW 9.46.36001
Tribal actions—Federal jurisdiction.
The state consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts in actions brought by a tribe pursuant to the Indian gaming regulatory act of 1988 or seeking enforcement of a state/tribal compact adopted under the Indian gaming regulatory act, conditioned upon the tribe entering into such a compact and providing similar consent. This limited waiver of sovereign immunity shall not extend to actions other than those expressly set forth herein.
[ 2007 c 321 § 1; 2001 c 236 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.400 - Wildlife raffle.

RCW 9.46.400
Wildlife raffle.
Any raffle authorized by the fish and wildlife commission involving hunting big game animals or wild turkeys shall not be subject to any provisions of this chapter other than RCW 9.46.010 and this section or to any rules or regulations of the gambling commission.
[ 1996 c 101 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—1996 c 101: See note following RCW 77.32.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.410 - Use of public assistance electronic benefit cards prohibited—Licensee to report violations—Suspension of license.

RCW 9.46.410
Use of public assistance electronic benefit cards prohibited—Licensee to report violations—Suspension of license.
(1) Any licensee authorized under this chapter is prohibited from allowing the use of public assistance electronic benefit cards for the purpose of participating in any of the activities authorized under this chapter.
(2) Any licensee authorized under this chapter shall report to the department of social and health services any known violations of RCW 74.08.580.
(3) Any licensee authorized under this chapter is required to comply with RCW 74.08.580(2). If the licensee fails to comply with RCW 74.08.580(2), its license shall be immediately suspended until it complies with RCW 74.08.580(2). If the licensee remains otherwise eligible to be licensed, the commission may reinstate the license once the licensee has complied with RCW 74.08.580(2).
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 42 § 19; 2002 c 252 § 2.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See notes following RCW 74.08A.260.
Finding—2011 1st sp.s. c 42: See note following RCW 74.04.004.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.420 - RCW 9.46.410 to be negotiated with Indian tribes.

RCW 9.46.420
RCW 9.46.410 to be negotiated with Indian tribes.
The commission shall consider the provisions of RCW 9.46.410 as elements to be negotiated with federally recognized Indian tribes as provided in RCW 9.46.360.
[ 2002 c 252 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.901 - Intent—1987 c 4.

RCW 9.46.901
Intent—1987 c 4.
The separation of definitions and authorized activities provisions of the state's gambling statutes into shorter sections is intended to improve the readability and facilitate the future amendment of these sections. This separation shall not change the meaning of any of the provisions involved.
[ 1987 c 4 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.902 - Construction—1987 c 4.

RCW 9.46.902
Construction—1987 c 4.
This act shall not be construed as affecting any existing right acquired or liability or obligation incurred under the sections amended or repealed in this act or under any rule, regulation, or order adopted under those sections, nor as affecting any proceeding instituted under those sections.
[ 1987 c 4 § 48.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act. › 9.46.903 - Intent—1994 c 218.

RCW 9.46.903
Intent—1994 c 218.
The legislature intends with chapter 218, Laws of 1994 to clarify the state's public policy on gambling regarding the frequency of state lottery drawings, the means of addressing problem and compulsive gambling, and the enforcement of the state's gambling laws. Chapter 218, Laws of 1994 is intended to clarify the specific types of games prohibited in chapter 9.46 RCW and is not intended to add to existing law regarding prohibited activities. The legislature recognizes that slot machines, video pull-tabs, video poker, and other electronic games of chance have been considered to be gambling devices before April 1, 1994.
[ 1994 c 218 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1994 c 218: See note following RCW 9.46.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47 - Gambling. › 9.47.080 - Bucket shop defined.

RCW 9.47.080
Bucket shop defined.
A bucket shop is hereby defined to be a shed, tent, tenement, booth, building, float or vessel, or any part thereof, wherein may be made contracts respecting the purchase or sale upon margin or credit of any commodities, securities, or property, or option for the purchase thereof, wherein both parties intend that such contract shall or may be terminated, closed and settled; either,
(1) Upon the basis of the market prices quoted or made on any board of trade or exchange upon which such commodities, securities, or property may be dealt in; or,
(2) When the market prices for such commodities, securities or property shall reach a certain figure in any such board of trade or exchange; or,
(3) On the basis of the difference in the market prices at which said commodities, securities or property are, or purport to be, bought and sold.
[ 1909 c 249 § 223; RRS § 2475.]
NOTES:
Securities and investments: Title 21 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47 - Gambling. › 9.47.090 - Maintaining bucket shop—Penalty.

RCW 9.47.090
Maintaining bucket shop—Penalty.
Every person, whether in his or her own behalf, or as agent, servant or employee of another person, within or outside of this state, who shall open, conduct or carry on any bucket shop, or make or offer to make any contract described in RCW 9.47.080, or with intent to make such a contract, or assist therein, shall receive, exhibit, or display any statement of market prices of any commodities, securities, or property, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years.
[ 2003 c 53 § 36; 1992 c 7 § 13; 1909 c 249 § 224; RRS § 2476.]
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 9.47 - Gambling. › 9.47.100 - Written statement to be furnished—Presumption.

RCW 9.47.100
Written statement to be furnished—Presumption.
Every person, whether in his or her own behalf, or as the servant, agent, or employee of another person, within or outside of this state, who shall buy or sell for another, or execute any order for the purchase or sale of any commodities, securities, or property, upon margin or credit, whether for immediate or future delivery, shall, upon written demand therefor, furnish such principal or customer with a written statement containing the names of the persons from whom such property was bought, or to whom it has been sold, as the case may be, the time when, the place where, the amount of, and the price at which the same was either bought or sold; and if such person shall refuse or neglect to furnish such statement within forty-eight hours after such written demand, such refusal shall be prima facie evidence as against him or her that such purchase or sale was made in violation of RCW 9.47.090.
[ 2011 c 336 § 306; 1909 c 249 § 225; RRS § 2477.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47 - Gambling. › 9.47.120 - Bunco steering.

RCW 9.47.120
Bunco steering.
Every person who shall entice, or induce another, upon any pretense, to go to any place where any gambling game, scheme or device, or any trick, sleight of hand performance, fraud or fraudulent scheme, cards, dice or device, is being conducted or operated; or while in such place shall entice or induce another to bet, wager or hazard any money or property, or representative of either, upon any such game, scheme, device, trick, sleight of hand performance, fraud or fraudulent scheme, cards, dice, or device, or to execute any obligation for the payment of money, or delivery of property, or to lose, advance, or loan any money or property, or representative of either, is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years.
[ 2003 c 53 § 37; 1992 c 7 § 14; 1909 c 249 § 227; RRS § 2479.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Swindling: Chapter 9A.60 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47A - Inhaling Toxic Fumes. › 9.47A.010 - Definition.

RCW 9.47A.010
Definition.
As used in this chapter, the phrase "substance containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes" shall mean and include any substance containing one or more of the following chemical compounds:
(1) Acetone;
(2) Amylacetate;
(3) Benzol or benzene;
(4) Butyl acetate;
(5) Butyl alcohol;
(6) Carbon tetrachloride;
(7) Chloroform;
(8) Cyclohexanone;
(9) Ethanol or ethyl alcohol;
(10) Ethyl acetate;
(11) Hexane;
(12) Isopropanol or isopropyl alcohol;
(13) Isopropyl acetate;
(14) Methyl "cellosolve" acetate;
(15) Methyl ethyl ketone;
(16) Methyl isobutyl ketone;
(17) Toluol or toluene;
(18) Trichloroethylene;
(19) Tricresyl phosphate;
(20) Xylol or xylene; or
(21) Any other solvent, material substance, chemical, or combination thereof, having the property of releasing toxic vapors.
[ 1984 c 68 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 149 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47A - Inhaling Toxic Fumes. › 9.47A.020 - Unlawful inhalation—Exception.

RCW 9.47A.020
Unlawful inhalation—Exception.
It is unlawful for any person to intentionally smell or inhale the fumes of any type of substance as defined in RCW 9.47A.010 or to induce any other person to do so, for the purpose of causing a condition of, or inducing symptoms of intoxication, elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational behavior, exhilaration, paralysis, stupefaction, or dulling of the senses of the nervous system, or for the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distorting, or disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes. This section does not apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental purposes.
[ 1984 c 68 § 2; 1969 ex.s. c 149 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47A - Inhaling Toxic Fumes. › 9.47A.030 - Possession of certain substances prohibited, when.

RCW 9.47A.030
Possession of certain substances prohibited, when.
No person may, for the purpose of violating RCW 9.47A.020, use, or possess for the purpose of so using, any substance containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes.
[ 1984 c 68 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 149 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47A - Inhaling Toxic Fumes. › 9.47A.040 - Sale of certain substances prohibited, when.

RCW 9.47A.040
Sale of certain substances prohibited, when.
No person may sell, offer to sell, deliver, or give to any other person any container of a substance containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes, if he or she has knowledge that the product sold, offered for sale, delivered, or given will be used for the purpose set forth in RCW 9.47A.020.
[ 2011 c 336 § 307; 1984 c 68 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 149 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.47A - Inhaling Toxic Fumes. › 9.47A.050 - Penalty.

RCW 9.47A.050
Penalty.
Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 149 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.010 - Misconduct of officer drawing jury.

RCW 9.51.010
Misconduct of officer drawing jury.
Every person charged by law with the preparation of any jury list or list of names from which any jury is to be drawn, and every person authorized by law to assist at the drawing of a grand or petit jury to attend a court or term of court or to try any cause or issue, who shall—
(1) Place in any such list any name at the request or solicitation, direct or indirect, of any person; or
(2) Designedly put upon the list of jurors, as having been drawn, any name which was not lawfully drawn for that purpose; or
(3) Designedly omit to place upon such list any name which was lawfully drawn; or
(4) Designedly sign or certify a list of such jurors as having been drawn which were not lawfully drawn; or
(5) Designedly and wrongfully withdraw from the box or other receptacle for the ballots containing the names of such jurors any paper or ballot lawfully placed or belonging there and containing the name of a juror, or omit to place therein any name lawfully drawn or designated, or place therein a paper or ballot containing the name of a person not lawfully drawn and designated as a juror; or
(6) In drawing or impanelling such jury, do any act which is unfair, partial or improper in any respect;
Shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 75; Code 1881 § 922; 1854 p 94 § 107; RRS § 2327.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.020 - Soliciting jury duty.

RCW 9.51.020
Soliciting jury duty.
Every person who shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or request any person charged with the duty of preparing any jury list to put his or her name, or the name of any other person, on any such list, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 308; 1909 c 249 § 76; 1888 p 114 § 1; RRS § 2328.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.030 - Misconduct of officer in charge of jury.

RCW 9.51.030
Misconduct of officer in charge of jury.
Every person to whose charge a jury shall be committed by a court or magistrate, who shall knowingly, without leave of such court or magistrate, permit them or any one of them to receive any communication from any person, to make any communication to any person, to obtain or receive any book, paper or refreshment, or to leave the jury room, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 77; RRS § 2329.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.040 - Grand juror acting after challenge allowed.

RCW 9.51.040
Grand juror acting after challenge allowed.
Every grand juror who, with knowledge that a challenge interposed against him or her by a defendant has been allowed, shall be present at, or take part, or attempt to take part, in the consideration of the charge against the defendant who interposed such challenge, or the deliberations of the grand jury thereon, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 309; 1909 c 249 § 121; RRS § 2373.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.050 - Disclosing transaction of grand jury.

RCW 9.51.050
Disclosing transaction of grand jury.
Every judge, grand juror, prosecuting attorney, clerk, stenographer, or other officer who, except in the due discharge of his or her official duty, shall disclose the fact that a presentment has been made or indictment found or ordered against any person, before such person shall be in custody; and every grand juror, clerk, or stenographer who, except when lawfully required by a court or officer, shall disclose any evidence adduced before the grand jury, or any proceeding, discussion, or vote of the grand jury or any member thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 310; 1909 c 249 § 126; Code 1881 § 991; 1854 p 111 § 56; RRS § 2378.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.51 - Juries, Crimes Relating To. › 9.51.060 - Disclosure of deposition returned by grand jury.

RCW 9.51.060
Disclosure of deposition returned by grand jury.
Every clerk of any court or other officer who shall willfully permit any deposition, or the transcript of any testimony, returned by a grand jury and filed with such clerk or officer, to be inspected by any person except the court, the deputies or assistants of such clerk, and the prosecuting attorney and his or her deputies, until after the arrest of the defendant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 311; 1909 c 249 § 127; RRS § 2379.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.54 - Stolen Property Restoration. › 9.54.130 - Restoration of stolen property—Duty of officers.

RCW 9.54.130
Restoration of stolen property—Duty of officers.
The officer arresting any person charged as principal or accessory in any robbery or larceny shall use reasonable diligence to secure the property alleged to have been stolen, and after seizure shall be answerable therefor while it remains in his or her hands, and shall annex a schedule thereof to his or her return of the warrant.
Whenever the prosecuting attorney shall require such property for use as evidence upon the examination or trial, such officer, upon his or her demand, shall deliver it to him or her and take his or her receipt therefor, after which such prosecuting attorney shall be answerable for the same.
[ 2011 c 336 § 312; 1909 c 249 § 357; RRS § 2609.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.55 - Legislature, Crimes Relating To. › 9.55.020 - Witness refusing to attend legislature or committee or to testify.

RCW 9.55.020
Witness refusing to attend legislature or committee or to testify.
Every person duly summoned to attend as a witness before either house of the legislature of this state, or any committee thereof authorized to summon witnesses, who shall refuse or neglect, without lawful excuse, to attend pursuant to such summons, or who shall willfully refuse to be sworn or to affirm or to answer any material or proper question or to produce, upon reasonable notice, any material or proper books, papers or documents in his or her possession or under his or her control, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 313; 1909 c 249 § 86; RRS § 2338.]
NOTES:
Candidate buying liquor for another person on election day: RCW 66.44.265.
Legislative inquiry: Chapter 44.16 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.160 - Threats to bomb or injure property—Penalty.

RCW 9.61.160
Threats to bomb or injure property—Penalty.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to threaten to bomb or otherwise injure any public or private school building, any place of worship or public assembly, any governmental property, or any other building, common carrier, or structure, or any place used for human occupancy; or to communicate or repeat any information concerning such a threatened bombing or injury, knowing such information to be false and with intent to alarm the person or persons to whom the information is communicated or repeated.
(2) It shall not be a defense to any prosecution under this section that the threatened bombing or injury was a hoax.
(3) A violation of this section is a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 2003 c 53 § 38; 1977 ex.s. c 231 § 1; 1959 c 141 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Explosives, endangering life or property: RCW 70.74.270, 70.74.280, 70.74.310.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.190 - Carrier or racing pigeons—Injury to.

RCW 9.61.190
Carrier or racing pigeons—Injury to.
It is a class 1 civil infraction for any person, other than the owner thereof or his or her authorized agent, to knowingly shoot, kill, maim, injure, molest, entrap, or detain any Antwerp Messenger or Racing Pigeon, commonly called "carrier or racing pigeons", having the name of its owner stamped upon its wing or tail or bearing upon its leg a band or ring with the name or initials of the owner or an identification or registration number stamped thereon.
[ 2011 c 336 § 314; 1987 c 456 § 25; 1963 c 69 § 1.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding—1987 c 456: See RCW 7.80.005.
Effective date—1987 c 456 §§ 9-31: See RCW 7.80.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.200 - Carrier or racing pigeons—Removal or alteration of identification.

RCW 9.61.200
Carrier or racing pigeons—Removal or alteration of identification.
It is a class 2 civil infraction for any person other than the owner thereof or his or her authorized agent to remove or alter any stamp, leg band, ring, or other mark of identification attached to any Antwerp Messenger or Racing Pigeon.
[ 2011 c 336 § 315; 1987 c 456 § 26; 1963 c 69 § 2.]
NOTES:
Legislative finding—1987 c 456: See RCW 7.80.005.
Effective date—1987 c 456 §§ 9-31: See RCW 7.80.901.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.230 - Telephone harassment.

RCW 9.61.230
Telephone harassment.
(1) Every person who, with intent to harass, intimidate, torment or embarrass any other person, shall make a telephone call to such other person:
(a) Using any lewd, lascivious, profane, indecent, or obscene words or language, or suggesting the commission of any lewd or lascivious act; or
(b) Anonymously or repeatedly or at an extremely inconvenient hour, whether or not conversation ensues; or
(c) Threatening to inflict injury on the person or property of the person called or any member of his or her family or household;
is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The person is guilty of a class C felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW if either of the following applies:
(a) That person has previously been convicted of any crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060, with the same victim or member of the victim's family or household or any person specifically named in a no-contact or no-harassment order in this or any other state; or
(b) That person harasses another person under subsection (1)(c) of this section by threatening to kill the person threatened or any other person.
[ 2003 c 53 § 39; 1992 c 186 § 6; 1985 c 288 § 11; 1967 c 16 § 1.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Severability—1992 c 186: See note following RCW 9A.46.110.
Effective date—1985 c 288: See RCW 9A.46.905.
Severability—1967 c 16: "If any portion of this act is held to be unconstitutional or void, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act." [ 1967 c 16 § 4.]
Communicating with child for immoral purposes: RCW 9.68A.090.
Interference with telephone message: RCW 9A.48.070, 9A.48.080.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.240 - Telephone harassment—Permitting telephone to be used.

RCW 9.61.240
Telephone harassment—Permitting telephone to be used.
Any person who knowingly permits any telephone under his or her control to be used for any purpose prohibited by RCW 9.61.230 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 316; 1967 c 16 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.61 - Malicious Mischief—Injury to Property. › 9.61.250 - Telephone harassment—Offense, where deemed committed.

RCW 9.61.250
Telephone harassment—Offense, where deemed committed.
Any offense committed by use of a telephone as set forth in RCW 9.61.230 may be deemed to have been committed either at the place from which the telephone call or calls were made or at the place where the telephone call or calls were received.
[ 1967 c 16 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.62 - Malicious Prosecution—Abuse of Process. › 9.62.010 - Malicious prosecution.

RCW 9.62.010
Malicious prosecution.
Every person who shall, maliciously and without probable cause therefor, cause or attempt to cause another to be arrested or proceeded against for any crime of which he or she is innocent:
(1) If such crime be a felony, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years; and
(2) If such crime be a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 40; 1992 c 7 § 15; 1909 c 249 § 117; Code 1881 § 899; 1873 p 203 § 98; 1854 p 92 § 89; RRS § 2369.]
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 9.62 - Malicious Prosecution—Abuse of Process. › 9.62.020 - Instituting suit in name of another.

RCW 9.62.020
Instituting suit in name of another.
Every person who shall institute or prosecute any action or other proceeding in the name of another, without his or her consent and contrary to law, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 317; 1909 c 249 § 124; RRS § 2376.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.66 - Nuisance. › 9.66.010 - Public nuisance.

RCW 9.66.010
Public nuisance.
A public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the state. Every place
(1) Wherein any fighting between people or animals or birds shall be conducted; or,
(2) Wherein any intoxicating liquors are kept for unlawful use, sale or distribution; or,
(3) Where vagrants resort; and
Every act unlawfully done and every omission to perform a duty, which act or omission
(1) Shall annoy, injure or endanger the safety, health, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of persons; or,
(2) Shall offend public decency; or,
(3) Shall unlawfully interfere with, befoul, obstruct, or tend to obstruct, or render dangerous for passage, a lake, navigable river, bay, stream, canal or basin, or a public park, square, street, alley, highway, or municipal transit vehicle or station; or,
(4) Shall in any way render a considerable number of persons insecure in life or the use of property;
Shall be a public nuisance.
[ 1994 c 45 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 280 § 22; 1909 c 249 § 248; 1895 c 14 § 1; Code 1881 § 1246; RRS § 2500.]
NOTES:
Findings—Declaration—Severability—1994 c 45: See notes following RCW 7.48.140.
Severability—Construction—1971 ex.s. c 280: "If any provision of this 1971 amendatory 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: PROVIDED, That should provisions of this 1971 amendatory act pertaining to the playing of bingo, or holding raffles, permitting the operation of amusement games be held invalid or unconstitutional by the supreme court of the state of Washington as being violative of Article II, section 24, of the Constitution of the state of Washington, then the provisions hereof relating to each such item as aforesaid specifically declared invalid or unconstitutional by such court shall remain inoperative unless and until the qualified electors of this state shall approve an amendment to Article II, section 24, of the Constitution which may remove any constitutional restrictions against the legislature enacting such laws." [ 1971 ex.s. c 280 § 21.]
Boxing and wrestling regulated: Chapter 67.08 RCW.
Devices simulating traffic control signs declared public nuisance: RCW 47.36.180.
Highway obstructions: Chapter 47.32 RCW.
Navigation, obstructing: Chapter 88.28 RCW.
Parimutuel betting on horse races permitted: RCW 67.16.060.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.66 - Nuisance. › 9.66.020 - Unequal damage.

RCW 9.66.020
Unequal damage.
An act which affects a considerable number of persons in any of the ways specified in RCW 9.66.010 is not less a public nuisance because the extent of the damage is unequal.
[ 1909 c 249 § 249; Code 1881 § 1236; 1875 p 79 § 2; RRS § 2501.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.66 - Nuisance. › 9.66.030 - Maintaining or permitting nuisance.

RCW 9.66.030
Maintaining or permitting nuisance.
Every person who shall commit or maintain a public nuisance, for which no special punishment is prescribed; or who shall wilfully omit or refuse to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of such nuisance; and every person who shall let, or permit to be used, any building or boat, or portion thereof, knowing that it is intended to be, or is being used, for committing or maintaining any such nuisance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 250; Code 1881 § 1248; 1875 p 81 § 14; RRS § 2502.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.66 - Nuisance. › 9.66.040 - Abatement of nuisance.

RCW 9.66.040
Abatement of nuisance.
Any court or magistrate before whom there may be pending any proceeding for a violation of RCW 9.66.030, shall, in addition to any fine or other punishment which it may impose for such violation, order such nuisance abated, and all property unlawfully used in the maintenance thereof destroyed by the sheriff at the cost of the defendant: PROVIDED, That if the conviction was had in a district court, the district judge shall not issue the order and warrant of abatement, but on application therefor, shall transfer the cause to the superior court which shall proceed to try the issue of abatement in the same manner as if the action had been originally commenced therein.
[ 1987 c 202 § 140; 1957 c 45 § 4; 1909 c 249 § 251; Code 1881 §§ 1244, 1245; 1875 p 80 §§ 10, 11; RRS § 2503.]
NOTES:
Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
Jurisdiction to abate a nuisance: State Constitution Art. 4 § 6 (Amendment 28).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.66 - Nuisance. › 9.66.050 - Deposit of unwholesome substance.

RCW 9.66.050
Deposit of unwholesome substance.
Every person who shall deposit, leave or keep, on or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any unwholesome substance; or who shall establish, maintain or carry on, upon or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any business, trade or manufacture which is noisome or detrimental to the public health; or who shall deposit or cast into any lake, creek or river, wholly or partly in this state, the offal from or the dead body of any animal, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 285; RRS § 2537.]
NOTES:
Discharging ballast: RCW 88.28.060.
Disposal of dead animals: Chapter 16.68 RCW.
Water pollution: Chapter 35.88 RCW, RCW 70.54.010 through 70.54.030, chapter 90.48 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.015 - Obscene literature, shows, etc.—Exemptions.

RCW 9.68.015
Obscene literature, shows, etc.—Exemptions.
Nothing in chapter 260, Laws of 1959 shall apply to the circulation of any such material by any recognized historical society or museum, the state law library, any county law library, the state library, the public library, any library of any college or university, or to any archive or library under the supervision and control of the state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
[ 1959 c 260 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.030 - Indecent articles, etc.

RCW 9.68.030
Indecent articles, etc.
Every person who shall expose for sale, loan or distribution, any instrument or article, or any drug or medicine, for causing unlawful abortion; or shall write, print, distribute or exhibit any card, circular, pamphlet, advertisement or notice of any kind, stating when, where, how or of whom such article or medicine can be obtained, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 185 § 2; 1909 c 249 § 208; RRS § 2460.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.050 - "Erotic material"—Definitions.

RCW 9.68.050
"Erotic material"—Definitions.
For the purposes of RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120:
(1) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen years;
(2) "Erotic material" means printed material, photographs, pictures, motion pictures, sound recordings, and other material the dominant theme of which taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest of minors in sex; which is patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters or sado-masochistic abuse; and is utterly without redeeming social value;
(3) "Person" means any individual, corporation, or other organization;
(4) "Dealers", "distributors", and "exhibitors" mean persons engaged in the distribution, sale, or exhibition of printed material, photographs, pictures, motion pictures, or sound recordings.
[ 1992 c 5 § 1; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 13.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: As to the constitutionality of this section, see Soundgarden v. Eikenberry, 123 Wn.2d 750, 871 P.2d 1050 (1994).
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: "If any provision of this 1969 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provisions to other persons or circumstances, is not affected." [ 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.070 - Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060—Defense.

RCW 9.68.070
Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060—Defense.
In any prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060, it shall be a defense that:
(1) If the violation pertains to a motion picture or sound recording, the minor was accompanied by a parent, parent's spouse, or guardian; or
(2) Such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or an apparently official document purporting to establish such minor was over the age of eighteen years; or
(3) Such minor was accompanied by a person who represented himself or herself to be a parent, or the spouse of a parent, or a guardian of such minor, and the defendant in good faith relied upon such representation.
[ 2011 c 336 § 318; 1992 c 5 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 15.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: As to the constitutionality of this section, see Soundgarden v. Eikenberry, 123 Wn.2d 750, 871 P.2d 1050 (1994).
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.080 - Unlawful acts.

RCW 9.68.080
Unlawful acts.
(1) It shall be unlawful for any minor to misrepresent his or her true age or his or her true status as the child, stepchild, or ward of a person accompanying him or her, for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining access to any material described in RCW 9.68.050.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person accompanying such minor to misrepresent his or her true status as parent, spouse of a parent, or guardian of any minor for the purpose of enabling such minor to purchase or obtain access to material described in RCW 9.68.050.
[ 2011 c 336 § 319; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 16.]
NOTES:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.090 - Civil liability of wholesaler or wholesaler-distributor.

RCW 9.68.090
Civil liability of wholesaler or wholesaler-distributor.
No retailer, wholesaler, or exhibitor is to be deprived of service from a wholesaler or wholesaler-distributor of books, magazines, motion pictures, sound recordings, or other materials or subjected to loss of his or her franchise or right to deal or exhibit as a result of his or her attempts to comply with this statute. Any publisher, distributor, or other person, or combination of such persons, which withdraws or attempts to withdraw a franchise or other right to sell at retail, wholesale or exhibit materials on account of the retailer's, wholesaler's, or exhibitor's attempts to comply with RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 shall incur civil liability to such retailer, wholesaler, or exhibitor for threefold the actual damages resulting from such withdrawal or attempted withdrawal.
[ 2011 c 336 § 320; 1992 c 5 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 17.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: As to the constitutionality of this section, see Soundgarden v. Eikenberry, 123 Wn.2d 750, 871 P.2d 1050 (1994).
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.100 - Exceptions to RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120.

RCW 9.68.100
Exceptions to RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120.
Nothing in RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 shall apply to the circulation of any such material by any recognized historical society or museum, the state law library, any county law library, the state library, the public library, any library of any college or university, or to any archive or library under the supervision and control of the state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 18.]
NOTES:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.110 - Motion picture operator or projectionist exempt, when.

RCW 9.68.110
Motion picture operator or projectionist exempt, when.
The provisions of RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 shall not apply to acts done in the scope of his or her employment by a motion picture operator or projectionist employed by the owner or manager of a theater or other place for the showing of motion pictures, unless the motion picture operator or projectionist has a financial interest in such theater or place wherein he or she is so employed or unless he or she caused to be performed or exhibited such performance or motion picture without the knowledge and consent of the manager or owner of the theater or other place of showing.
[ 2011 c 336 § 321; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 19.]
NOTES:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.120 - Provisions of RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 exclusive.

RCW 9.68.120
Provisions of RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 exclusive.
The provisions of RCW 9.68.050 through 9.68.120 shall be exclusive.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 20.]
NOTES:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.130 - "Sexually explicit material"—Defined—Unlawful display.

RCW 9.68.130
"Sexually explicit material"—Defined—Unlawful display.
(1) A person is guilty of unlawful display of sexually explicit material if he or she knowingly exhibits such material on a viewing screen so that the sexually explicit material is easily visible from a public thoroughfare, park or playground or from one or more family dwelling units.
(2) "Sexually explicit material" as that term is used in this section means any pictorial material displaying direct physical stimulation of unclothed genitals, masturbation, sodomy (i.e. bestiality or oral or anal intercourse), flagellation or torture in the context of a sexual relationship, or emphasizing the depiction of adult human genitals: PROVIDED HOWEVER, That works of art or of anthropological significance shall not be deemed to be within the foregoing definition.
(3) Any person who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 § 322; 1975 1st ex.s. c 156 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.140 - Promoting pornography—Class C felony—Penalties.

RCW 9.68.140
Promoting pornography—Class C felony—Penalties.
A person who, for profit-making purposes and with knowledge, sells, exhibits, displays, or produces any lewd matter as defined in RCW 7.48A.010 is guilty of promoting pornography. Promoting pornography is a class C felony and shall bear the punishment and fines prescribed for that class of felony. In imposing the criminal penalty, the court shall consider the wilfulness of the defendant's conduct and the profits made by the defendant attributable to the felony. All fines assessed under this chapter shall be paid into the general treasury of the state.
[ 1985 c 235 § 3; 1982 c 184 § 8.]
NOTES:
Severability—1985 c 235: See note following RCW 7.48A.040.
Class C felony—Authorized sentence: RCW 9A.20.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments › Chapter 9.68 - Obscenity and Pornography. › 9.68.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 9.68.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 19.]