2016 Revised Code of Washington
Title 9 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
9.45 Frauds and swindles.
9.45.260 Fire protection sprinkler system contractors—Wrongful acts.
RCW 9.45.260 Fire protection sprinkler system contractors—Wrongful acts.
Any fire protection sprinkler system contractor, defined under RCW 18.160.010, who willfully and maliciously constructs, installs, or maintains a fire protection sprinkler system in any structure so as to threaten the safety of any occupant or user of the structure in the event of a fire, is guilty of a class C felony. This section may not be construed to create any criminal liability for a prime contractor or an owner of a structure unless it is proved that the prime contractor or owner had actual knowledge of an illegal construction, installation, or maintenance of a fire protection sprinkler system by a fire protection sprinkler system contractor.
[ 1992 c 116 § 1.]
NOTES:
Fire protection sprinkler system contractors, licensing and regulation: Chapter 18.160 RCW.
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