RCW 9.68.070: Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060

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9.68.060 << 9.68.070 >> 9.68.080

PDFRCW 9.68.070

Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060—Defense.

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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.