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2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 9A - WASHINGTON CRIMINAL CODE
9A.84 Public disturbance.
9A.84.040 False reporting.


WA Rev Code § 9A.84.040 (2013) What's This?

RCW 9A.84.040 False reporting.

(1) A person is guilty of false reporting if with knowledge that the information reported, conveyed, or circulated is false, he or she initiates or circulates a false report or warning of an alleged occurrence or impending occurrence of a fire, explosion, crime, catastrophe, or emergency knowing that such false report is likely to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or transportation facility, or to cause public inconvenience or alarm.

     (2) False reporting is a gross misdemeanor.

[2011 c 336 § 411; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.84.040.]


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