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Sections
NOTES:
Accountancy practice laws, penalty: RCW
18.04.370.
Aeronautics laws and rules, penalty: RCW
47.68.240.
Agriculture
agricultural enabling act, penalties: RCW
15.66.210.
apple advertising laws and rules, penalty: RCW
15.24.200.
farm labor contractors, violations, penalty: RCW
19.30.150.
fertilizers, minerals, and limes, penalty: RCW
15.54.470.
horticultural plants and certification act, prohibited acts: Chapter
15.13 RCW.
peaches, standards of grades and packs, inspections, penalty for violations: RCW
15.17.290.
standards of grades and packs, penalties: Chapter
15.17 RCW.
Aircraft and airman licensing violations: RCW
14.16.060.
Alcoholic beverages, violations and penalties: Chapter
66.44 RCW.
All-terrain vehicles
additional violations, penalty: RCW
46.09.480.
Antitrust, consumer protection: Chapter
19.86 RCW.
Architects licensing laws, penalty: RCW
18.08.460.
Assisted living facilities' licensing act, violations of: Chapter
18.20 RCW.
Auctioneering, county licensing laws, penalty: RCW
36.71.070.
Ballots (see also Elections)
counterfeiting or unlawful possession, penalty: RCW
29A.84.540.
unlawful printing or distribution of official ballots, penalty: RCW
29A.84.410.
Banks and trust companies
advertising legal services, penalty: RCW
30A.04.260.
certification of checks, penalty for violation of regulations: RCW
30A.16.010.
commission, etc., to officer or employee to procure loan prohibited, penalty: RCW
30A.12.110.
companies, commingling trust property, penalty: RCW
30A.04.240.
examinations, penalty for falsification: RCW
30A.04.060.
false entries or statements, penalty: RCW
30A.12.090.
general penalties for violation of laws concerning: RCW
30A.12.190.
general penalty for violation of rules and regulations: RCW
30A.04.050.
holding companies regulations, penalty: RCW
30A.04.230.
loans from trust funds prohibited, penalty: RCW
30A.12.120.
preferential transfers in contemplation of insolvency, penalty: RCW
30A.44.110.
receiving deposits when insolvent prohibited, penalty: RCW
30A.44.120.
records, destroying or secreting, penalty: RCW
30A.12.100.
unlawful use of words indicating, penalty: RCW
30A.04.020.
Barbering licensing regulations, penalty: RCW
18.16.210.
Baseball
minors, penalty for violations concerning: RCW
67.04.150.
Beauty culture licensing laws, penalty: RCW
18.16.210.
Bicycles, bicycle paths, operation of vehicles on prohibited: RCW
35.75.020.
Birthing centers licensing, penalty for unlicensed operation: RCW
18.46.120.
Bodies (see Human remains)
Boilers or unfired pressure vessels, inspection certificate required, penalty: RCW
70.79.320.
Bonds issued by state, etc., fraud of engraver, penalty: RCW
39.44.101.
Building permit, issuance to person not complying with industrial insurance payroll estimate requirement: RCW
51.12.070.
Buildings, public
doors, safety requirements, penalty: RCW
70.54.070.
earthquake standards for construction, penalty: RCW
70.86.040.
Capitol grounds traffic regulations, penalty for violations: RCW
46.08.170.
Caustic poisons act, penalty for violation: RCW
69.36.060.
Cemeteries
embalmers and funeral director laws, penalty: RCW
18.39.220.
establishment in violation of laws regulating, penalty: RCW
68.56.040.
mausoleums and columbariums, penalty for violation of construction laws: RCW
68.28.060.
Charitable trusts, penalty for violations: RCW
11.110.140.
Chiropractic licensing laws, penalty: RCW
18.25.090.
Cities and towns
budgets in cities over 300,000, penalty for violation of regulations: RCW
35.32A.090.
cities of the first class, powers to prescribe crimes by ordinance: RCW
35.22.280.
cities of the second class, powers to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW
35.23.440.
city firefighters, city police, civil service provisions, penalty for violations: RCW
41.08.210.
commission form, free services to officers and employees prohibited, penalty: RCW
35.17.150.
operation of vehicles, etc., on bicycle paths prohibited, penalty: RCW
35.75.020.
pollution of water supply, penalty: RCW
35.88.040.
towns, power to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW
35.27.370.
unclassified cities, powers to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances: RCW
35.30.010.
Civil defense, enforcement of orders, rules, and regulations, penalty: RCW
38.52.150.
Civil service for sheriff's office employees, penalty: RCW
41.14.220.
Collection agency and out-of-state collection agency laws, penalty: RCW
19.16.430,
19.16.450.
Colleges
interfering by force or violence with any administrator, faculty member or student unlawful
—Penalty: RCW
28B.10.570,
28B.10.572.
intimidating any administrator, faculty member or student by threat of force or violence unlawful
—Penalty: RCW
28B.10.571 and
28B.10.572.
Commercial feed law, crimes against: Chapter
15.53 RCW.
Commercial sprayers and dusters, violations, penalty: Chapter
17.21 RCW.
Commission merchants, violations, penalty: RCW
20.01.460.
Consumer protection, crimes and penalties relating to: Chapter
19.86 RCW.
Control of pet animals infested with diseases communicable to humans, violation, penalty: RCW
16.70.050.
Controlled atmosphere storage, penalty: RCW
15.30.250.
Controlled substances: Chapter
69.50 RCW.
Counties
budget laws, penalty for violation: RCW
36.40.240.
building codes and fire regulations, penalty for violation: RCW
36.43.040.
dog license tax violation, penalty: RCW
36.49.070.
garbage disposal regulations, penalty for violations: RCW
36.58.020.
hawkers and auctioneers, penalty for selling without license: RCW
36.71.060.
officers failing to pay over fees, penalty: RCW
36.18.170.
officers taking illegal fees, penalty: RCW
36.18.160.
parks, playgrounds, or other recreational facilities, violation of rules and regulations adopted by county commissioners, penalty: RCW
36.68.080.
roads and bridges
general penalty for violation of provisions concerning: RCW
36.75.290.
use of oil or other material restricted, penalty: RCW
36.86.060.
trading stamp licenses, penalty: RCW
19.83.050.
violation of regulations for taking of census for classification of counties: RCW
36.13.070.
Credit unions: Chapter
31.12 RCW.
Cruelty to animals, penalties: Chapter
16.52 RCW.
Dental hygienist licensing laws, penalties: RCW
18.29.100.
Diking and drainage improvement districts, damaging improvements, penalty: RCW
85.08.690.
Discrimination, interference with human rights commission, penalty: RCW
49.60.310.
Diseased domestic animals, quarantine, penalty: RCW
16.36.110.
Disposal of dead animals, violations, penalty: RCW
16.68.180.
Dog law: Chapter
16.08 RCW.
Doors of buildings used by public, safety requirements, penalty: RCW
70.54.070.
Earthquake standards for construction for public buildings, penalty: RCW
70.86.040.
Elections
bribery or coercion of voters, penalty: RCW
29A.84.620.
canvassing of votes law, penalty for violations: RCW
29A.60.200.
counterfeiting or unlawful possession of ballots, penalty: RCW
29A.84.540.
destroying or defacing election supplies and notices, etc., penalty: RCW
29A.84.550.
general penalty for violations: Chapter
29A.84 RCW.
influencing voters to vote or not to vote by unlawful means, penalty: RCW
29A.84.630.
officer tampering with ballots, penalty: RCW
29A.84.420.
printing or distributing official ballots unlawfully, penalty: RCW
29A.84.410.
solicitation of bribe by voter in primary election, penalty: RCW
29A.84.640.
unqualified voter voting, penalty: RCW
29A.84.660.
violations by officers generally, penalty: RCW
29A.84.720.
voting by mail law, penalty for violations: RCW
29A.84.680.
voting machines, penalty for tampering with: RCW
29A.84.560.
Electrical construction, penalty: RCW
19.29.060.
Electricians and electrical installation laws, schedule of penalties
—Appeal: RCW
19.28.131.
Embalmer and funeral director laws, penalty: RCW
18.39.220.
Engineer and land surveyor laws, penalty: RCW
18.43.120.
Explosives and devices regulated, penalties: Chapter
70.74 RCW.
Facsimile signatures and seals, fraud in use of: RCW
39.62.040.
Farm labor contractors regulations, penalty: RCW
19.30.150.
Filing false or forged instruments, penalty: RCW
40.16.030.
Fire department vehicles and firefighters' private cars lighting and identification, penalty: RCW
46.37.188.
Fire protection districts, burning permits, penalty for violation: RCW
52.12.101,
52.12.105.
Firewood on state lands, permit required to remove, penalty: RCW
79.15.440.
Fireworks
unlawful acts relating to: Chapter
70.77 RCW.
Fish, shellfish, and wildlife
false or misleading information and reports, penalty: RCW
77.15.270.
Flood control districts, interest in contracts, penalty: RCW
86.09.286.
Food and beverage workers' permit required, penalty: RCW
69.06.060.
Food fish and shellfish
fish guards required on diversion devices, penalties, remedies for failure: RCW
77.57.010.
fishways required over dams, etc., penalties: RCW
77.57.030.
hatchery or cultural facility to be provided if fishways impractical, penalty: RCW
77.57.050.
Forcible entry and detainer, penalty: RCW
59.12.230.
Forest protection: Chapter
76.04 RCW.
Game and game fish, unlawful acts: Chapter
77.50 RCW.
Gas or stink bombs, etc., prohibited, penalty: RCW
70.74.310.
Girls' training school (see Maple Lane School)
Grain and terminal warehouses, commodity inspections, laws and regulations, penalties for violations: RCW
22.09.310,
22.09.770,
22.09.890.
Healing professions, rebating: RCW
19.68.010.
Health care services, prohibited acts: Chapter
48.44 RCW.
Highways
county or city road funds, illegal use of, penalty: RCW
47.08.110.
limited access facilities, violations concerning, penalty: RCW
47.52.120.
littering with glass, debris, etc., penalty, removal: RCW
46.61.645.
permitting escape of load from vehicle: RCW
46.61.655.
pipe lines, etc., across or on highways, penalties for construction without franchise or permit: RCW
47.44.060.
removal of native flora, etc., penalty: RCW
47.40.080.
traffic control devices violations: Chapter
47.36 RCW.
traffic signs, etc., penalty for defacing, etc.: RCW
46.61.080.
Highways and toll bridges, general penalty for violations of title: RCW
47.04.090.
Honey
penalty for violation of law regulating: RCW
69.28.180.
Horse racing, penalty for violations of laws and regulations: RCW
67.16.060.
Hospital licensing required, penalty: RCW
70.41.170.
Hotels
fraud in obtaining accommodations, etc., penalty: RCW
19.48.110.
sanitation and safety requirements, penalty: RCW
70.62.280.
Individuals with mental illness, private establishments for, licensing violations: RCW
71.12.460.
Insane (see Individuals with mental illness)
Insect pest control rules, violations: RCW
17.24.100.
Insurance code
destruction or injury of property to defraud or prejudice the insurer, penalty: RCW
48.30.220.
domestic insurers
corrupt practices as to votes relative to shareholders meetings, etc., penalty: RCW
48.07.060.
illegal dividends or reductions, penalty: RCW
48.08.040.
impairment of capital, penalty: RCW
48.08.050.
penalty for exhibiting false account, etc.: RCW
48.06.190.
solicitation permit required, penalty: RCW
48.06.030.
false claims or proof, etc., penalty: RCW
48.30.230.
fraud and unfair practices violations: Chapter
48.30 RCW.
general penalty for violations: RCW
48.01.080.
health care services, penalty for violation: RCW
48.44.060.
illegal dealing in premiums, penalty: RCW
48.30.190.
insurance producers, title insurance agents, and adjusters, license required: RCW
48.17.060.
insurance producers, title insurance agents, and adjusters, reporting and accounting premiums, penalty: RCW
48.17.480.
misrepresentation in application for insurance, penalty: RCW
48.30.210.
mutual insurers, impairment of surplus, penalty: RCW
48.09.340.
political contributions, penalty: RCW
48.30.110.
premiums to be specified in the policy, penalty for violation: RCW
48.18.180.
Insurance, destruction, secretion, abandonment, etc., of property: RCW
48.30.220.
Intoxicating liquor (see Liquor control)
Ionizing radiation, prohibited acts: Chapter
70A.388 RCW.
Irrigation and rehabilitation districts, violation of rules: RCW
87.84.090.
Judges or justices, addressing persons in unfit, etc., language, penalty: RCW
42.20.110.
Labor and industries
disobeying subpoena to appear before officer, penalty: RCW
43.22.300.
hotel inspections, penalty for falsifying or hindering, etc.: RCW
70.62.280.
misuse of reports of employers, penalty: RCW
43.22.290.
refusal of entry to factory, etc., penalty: RCW
43.22.310.
Labor disputes, obtaining out-of-state personnel for certain purposes: RCW
49.44.100.
Labor laws
blacklisting prohibited, penalty: RCW
49.44.010.
hours of labor, penalties for violations: Chapter
49.28 RCW.
minimum wage and hours act violations, penalty: RCW
49.46.100.
obtaining labor by false recommendation, penalty: RCW
49.44.040.
prohibited practices, penalties for violations: Chapter
49.44 RCW.
prosecution, etc., for forming or joining labor union, etc., prohibited: RCW
49.36.030.
seasonal labor, fraud by employees to secure advances, penalty: RCW
49.40.030.
Legislative hearings, failure of subpoenaed witness to attend or testify, etc., penalties: RCW
44.16.120 through
44.16.150.
Lie detector and similar tests as condition of employment
—Penalty: RCW
49.44.120.
Limited access facilities (see Highways)
Liquor control
consumption or serving in clubs, penalty: RCW
66.24.481.
penalties for violations of laws or regulations: Chapter
66.44 RCW.
transfer of identification card prohibited, penalties: RCW
66.20.200.
Littering, depositing glass, debris, etc., on highways, beaches, waters, penalty, removal: RCW
46.61.645.
Livestock
—Removal from common range, duty, penalty: RCW
16.24.230.
Logs, transporting without county log tolerance permit: RCW
46.44.047.
Maple Lane School, unauthorized entrance to grounds or enticing girls away, etc., penalty: RCW
72.20.065.
Marine biological preserve, penalty for violation: RCW
28B.20.320.
Marriage
certificates, penalty for failure to record: RCW
26.04.110.
Mausoleums and columbariums, penalty for violation of laws concerning construction of: RCW
68.28.060.
Milk and milk products used for animal food, prohibited acts: Chapter
15.37 RCW.
Mining leases and contracts, disclosure of information obtained through state's right of entry: RCW
79.14.440.
Minors
child labor prohibited, penalty: RCW
26.28.070 (see also Labor laws).
juvenile offenders: Chapter
13.04 RCW.
Municipal corporations
approving or paying false claim against: RCW
42.24.110.
Municipal officers, violation of code of ethics, penalty: RCW
42.23.050.
Mutual savings banks
concealing or destroying evidence, penalty: RCW
32.04.110.
falsification of books, etc., penalty: RCW
32.04.100.
general penalty when penalty not specifically provided: RCW
32.04.130.
transfer of property or assets due to insolvency or in contemplation of insolvency, penalty for violation of regulation: RCW
32.24.080.
Narcotic drugs: Chapter
69.50 RCW.
Native flora on state lands or on land adjoining highways and parks, penalty for removal, etc.: RCW
47.40.080.
Navigation
violations generally: Chapter
88.08 RCW.
Nuisances, civil remedies: Chapter
7.48 RCW.
Nursing homes, penalty for unlicensed operation: RCW
18.51.150.
Occupational motor vehicle operators' licenses, violation of restrictions: RCW
46.20.410.
Offering false or forged instruments for filing: RCW
40.16.030.
Oil and gas conservation, general penalty for violations of laws or regulations: RCW
78.52.550.
Optometry laws, penalty for violations: RCW
18.53.150.
Osteopathy violations, penalties: RCW
18.57.160.
Parks and recreation, violations in parks specified, penalty: RCW
79A.05.165.
Patent medicine peddlers licensing, penalty for unlicensed sales: RCW
18.64.047.
Pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers laws, penalties: RCW
19.60.066.
Peaches, standards, inspection, penalty for violations: RCW
15.17.290.
Peddlers, penalty for selling without license: RCW
36.71.060.
Persons infected with disease, exposure to others, penalty: RCW
70.54.050.
Pesticides, prohibited acts: Chapter
15.58 RCW.
Physical therapy practice regulations, penalties: RCW
18.74.090.
Podiatric medicine and surgery, general penalty: RCW
18.22.220.
Pollution of water (see Water pollution)
Pool tables or billiard tables or bowling alley for hire, license required, penalty: RCW
67.14.060.
Port district regulations adopted by city or county, violations, penalty: RCW
53.08.220.
Port districts, violations of rules relating to toll tunnels and bridges, penalty: RCW
53.34.190.
Psychologists licensing and practice law, violations, penalty: RCW
18.83.180.
Public assistance
falsification of application, etc., penalty: RCW
74.08.055.
records to be confidential, etc., penalty: RCW
74.04.060.
Public libraries, penalties for injuring property or retaining books: RCW
27.12.330,
27.12.340.
Public officers, misconduct, penalties: Chapter
42.20 RCW.
Public records, etc., crimes concerning, penalties: Chapter
40.16 RCW.
Public service companies
auto and transport companies, penalty for violation: RCW
81.68.080.
passengers for hire, failure to file bond or insurance policy, penalty: RCW
46.72.100.
railroads
employee requirements, penalties for violations: Chapter
81.40 RCW.
equipment, penalties for violations: RCW
81.44.085.
transfers of property, penalty: RCW
81.12.060.
Public utilities
transfers of property, penalty: RCW
80.12.060.
Real estate
brokers and salesperson laws, penalty: RCW
18.85.411.
mortgages, removal of property from mortgaged premises, penalty: RCW
61.12.030.
Rebating, etc., by practitioners of healing professions, penalty: RCW
19.68.010.
Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, penalties for violations: RCW
63.30.690.
Rules of the road: Chapter
46.61 RCW.
Savings and loan associations
advertising as without license: RCW
33.08.010.
concealing facts or destroying evidence, etc., penalty: RCW
33.36.060.
false statements concerning financial standings, penalty: RCW
33.36.050.
falsification of books, etc., penalty: RCW
33.36.040.
making prohibited loans or investments, penalty: RCW
33.36.010.
preferential transfer of property due to insolvency, penalty: RCW
33.36.030.
purchase at discount prohibited to officers, etc., penalty: RCW
33.36.020.
Schools
disclosing examination questions, penalty: RCW
28A.635.040.
failure to deliver books, etc., to successor, penalty: RCW
28A.635.070.
grafting by school officials, penalty: RCW
28A.635.050.
interfering by force or violence with any administrator, faculty member, or student unlawful
—Penalty: RCW
28B.10.570,
28B.10.572.
intimidating any administrator, faculty member or student by threat of force or violence unlawful
—Penalty: RCW
28B.10.571 and
28B.10.572.
Sexual psychopaths: Chapter
71.06 RCW.
Sexually transmitted diseases, penalty for violation of control of: RCW
70.24.080.
Shellfish, sanitary control, penalties for violation of law regulating: RCW
69.30.140.
Sheriff's office employees, civil service for, penalty: RCW
41.14.220.
Ski lifts and other recreational conveyances: RCW
79A.40.040.
Snowmobile act
additional violations
—Penalty: RCW
46.10.495.
Solid waste collection, unlawful acts: Chapter
81.77 RCW.
Sporting contest, fraud, penalty: RCW
67.24.010.
State bonds, fraud by engraver: RCW
39.44.101.
State employees' retirement, falsification of statements, etc., penalty: RCW
41.40.055.
State lands
firewood removal, permit required, penalty: RCW
79.15.440.
removing flora, etc., penalty: RCW
47.40.080.
trespass, etc.: Chapter
79.02 RCW.
State treasurer, penalty for embezzlement: RCW
43.08.140.
Steam boilers, safety requirements, penalty: RCW
70.54.080.
Stink or gas bombs prohibited, penalty: RCW
70.74.310.
Support of dependent children
—Alternative method
—1971 act: Chapter
74.20A RCW.
Swimming pools, violation of health laws and regulations: RCW
70.90.205.
Taxation
personal property, disclosure of information unlawful: RCW
84.40.340.
property taxes
Teachers
retirement, falsification of statements, etc., penalty: RCW
41.32.055.
Television reception improvement districts, penalty for false statement as to tax exemption: RCW
36.95.190.
Tires
pneumatic, passenger car, selling or offering for sale if under prescribed standards, penalty: RCW
46.37.423.
regrooved, selling or offering for sale if under prescribed standards, penalty: RCW
46.37.424.
selling or operating vehicle with tires not meeting standards of state patrol, penalty: RCW
46.37.425.
Toll facilities, operation of motor vehicle on, prohibited acts: RCW
46.61.690.
Trading stamps and premiums, penalty for violations: RCW
19.84.040.
Unemployment compensation, penalties for violations: Chapter
50.36 RCW.
Use of lists of registered voters, violations relating to, penalty: RCW
29A.08.720.
Vital statistics requirements, penalty for violation: RCW
70.58A.590.
Vouchers, public, false certification, penalty: RCW
42.24.100.
Warehousing deposits, general penalties: Chapter
22.32 RCW.
Washington Caustic Poison Act of 1929: Chapter
69.36 RCW.
Washington Criminal Code: Title
9A RCW.
Washington fresh fruit sales limitation act, violations: RCW
15.21.060.
Washington state patrol retirement fund, falsification of records, etc., to defraud, penalty: RCW
43.43.320.
Water pollution
control, penalty for violations: RCW
90.48.140.
drinking water pollution, etc.: Chapter
70.54 RCW.
pollution of water supply in cities and towns, penalty: RCW
35.88.040.
Weed districts, prevention of agent's right of entry, penalty: RCW
17.04.280.
Weights and measures law and rules, penalties for violations: RCW
19.94.490 through
19.94.510.
Wills, failing to deliver, penalty: RCW
11.20.010.
Workers' compensation, penalties for violations of regulations concerning: Chapter
51.48 RCW, RCW
51.16.140.
X-rays, use in shoe fitting prohibited: RCW
70A.388.190.