RCW 9A.44.132
Failure to register as sex offender or kidnapping offender.
(1) A person commits the crime of failure to register as a sex offender if the person has a duty to register under RCW 9A.44.130 for a felony sex offense and knowingly fails to comply with any of the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130.
(a) The failure to register as a sex offender pursuant to this subsection is a class C felony if:
(i) It is the person's first conviction for a felony failure to register; or
(ii) The person has previously been convicted of a felony failure to register as a sex offender in this state or pursuant to the laws of another state, or pursuant to federal law.
(b) If a person has been convicted of a felony failure to register as a sex offender in this state or pursuant to the laws of another state, or pursuant to federal law, on two or more prior occasions, the failure to register under this subsection is a class B felony.
(2) A person is guilty of failure to register as a sex offender if the person has a duty to register under RCW 9A.44.130 for a sex offense other than a felony and knowingly fails to comply with any of the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130. The failure to register as a sex offender under this subsection is a gross misdemeanor.
(3) A person commits the crime of failure to register as a kidnapping offender if the person has a duty to register under RCW 9A.44.130 for a kidnapping offense and knowingly fails to comply with any of the requirements of RCW 9A.44.130.
(a) If the person has a duty to register for a felony kidnapping offense, the failure to register as a kidnapping offender is a class C felony.
(b) If the person has a duty to register for a kidnapping offense other than a felony, the failure to register as a kidnapping offender is a gross misdemeanor.
(4) Unless relieved of the duty to register pursuant to RCW 9A.44.141 and 9A.44.142, a violation of this section is an ongoing offense for purposes of the statute of limitations under RCW 9A.04.080.
[ 2019 c 443 § 4; 2015 c 261 § 5; 2011 c 337 § 5; 2010 c 267 § 3.]
NOTES:
Short title—Findings—2019 c 443: See notes following RCW 43.43.754.
Application—2010 c 267: See note following RCW 9A.44.128.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code
9A.44.020 - Testimony—Evidence—Written motion—Admissibility.
9A.44.030 - Defenses to prosecution under this chapter.
9A.44.040 - Rape in the first degree.
9A.44.045 - First degree rape—Penalties.
9A.44.050 - Rape in the second degree.
9A.44.060 - Rape in the third degree.
9A.44.073 - Rape of a child in the first degree.
9A.44.076 - Rape of a child in the second degree.
9A.44.079 - Rape of a child in the third degree.
9A.44.083 - Child molestation in the first degree.
9A.44.086 - Child molestation in the second degree.
9A.44.089 - Child molestation in the third degree.
9A.44.093 - Sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degree.
9A.44.096 - Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree.
9A.44.100 - Indecent liberties.
9A.44.105 - Sexually violating human remains.
9A.44.120 - Admissibility of child's statement—Conditions.
9A.44.130 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Procedures—Definition—Penalties.
9A.44.132 - Failure to register as sex offender or kidnapping offender.
9A.44.135 - Address verification.
9A.44.140 - Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Duty to register.
9A.44.141 - Investigation—End of duty to register—Removal from registry—Civil liability.
9A.44.142 - Relief from duty to register—Petition—Exceptions.
9A.44.150 - Testimony of child by closed-circuit television.
9A.44.160 - Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree.
9A.44.170 - Custodial sexual misconduct in the second degree.
9A.44.180 - Custodial sexual misconduct—Defense.
9A.44.190 - Criminal trespass against children—Definitions.
9A.44.193 - Criminal trespass against children—Covered entities.
9A.44.196 - Criminal trespass against children.
9A.44.900 - Decodifications and additions to this chapter.
9A.44.901 - Construction—Sections decodified and added to this chapter.
9A.44.902 - Effective date—1979 ex.s. c 244.
9A.44.903 - Section captions—1988 c 145.
9A.44.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.