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2018 Revised Code of Washington
Title 71 - MENTAL ILLNESS
71.05 Mental illness.
71.05.510 Damages for excessive detention.
Universal Citation: WA Rev Code § 71.05.510 (2018)
RCW 71.05.510 Damages for excessive detention.
Any individual who knowingly, willfully or through gross negligence violates the provisions of this chapter by detaining a person for more than the allowable number of days shall be liable to the person detained in civil damages. It shall not be a prerequisite to an action under this section that the plaintiff shall have suffered or be threatened with special, as contrasted with general damages.
[ 2018 c 201 § 3022; 1974 ex.s. c 145 § 30; 1973 1st ex.s. c 142 § 56.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Effective date—2018 c 201: See notes following RCW 41.05.018.
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