2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 59.12.010: Forcible entry defined.
Every person is guilty of a forcible entry who either -- (1) By breaking open windows, doors or other parts of a house, or by fraud, intimidation or stealth, or by any kind of violence or circumstance of terror, enters upon or into any real property; or -- (2) Who, after entering peaceably upon real property, turns out by force, threats or menacing conduct the party in actual possession.
[1891 c 96 § 1; RRS § 810. Prior: 1890 p 73 § 1.]
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