2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 9A.36.070: Coercion.
(1) A person is guilty of coercion if by use of a threat he compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from, or to abstain from conduct which he has a legal right to engage in.
(2) "Threat" as used in this section means:
(a) To communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent immediately to use force against any person who is present at the time; or
(b) Threats as defined in *RCW
9A.04.110(25) (a), (b), or (c).
(3) Coercion is a gross misdemeanor.
[1975 1st ex.s. c 260 §
9A.36.070.]
| *Reviser's note: RCW
9A.04.110 was amended by 2005 c 458 § 3, changing subsection (25) to subsection (26).
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