RCW 9A.76.010
Definitions.
The following definitions are applicable in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Contraband" means any article or thing which a person confined in a detention facility or a secure facility under chapter 71.09 RCW is prohibited from obtaining or possessing by statute, rule, regulation, or order of a court;
(2) "Custody" means restraint pursuant to a lawful arrest or an order of a court, or any period of service on a work crew: PROVIDED, That custody pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW and RCW * 74.13.020 and 74.13.031 and chapter 13.32A RCW shall not be deemed custody for purposes of this chapter;
(3) "Detention facility" means any place used for the confinement of a person (a) arrested for, charged with or convicted of an offense, or (b) charged with being or adjudicated to be a juvenile offender as defined in RCW 13.40.020 as now existing or hereafter amended, or (c) held for extradition or as a material witness, or (d) otherwise confined pursuant to an order of a court, except an order under chapter 13.34 RCW or chapter 13.32A RCW, or (e) in any work release, furlough, or other such facility or program;
(4) "Uncontrollable circumstances" means an act of nature such as a flood, earthquake, or fire, or a medical condition that requires immediate hospitalization or treatment, or an act of a human being such as an automobile accident or threats of death, forcible sexual attack, or substantial bodily injury in the immediate future for which there is no time for a complaint to the authorities and no time or opportunity to resort to the courts.
[ 2013 c 43 § 1. Prior: 2009 c 549 § 1003; 2001 c 264 § 4; 1991 c 181 § 6; 1979 c 155 § 35; 1977 ex.s. c 291 § 53; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.76.010.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 74.13.020 no longer refers to "custody."
Effective date—2001 c 264: See note following RCW 9A.76.110.
Effective date—Severability—1979 c 155: See notes following RCW 13.04.011.
Effective dates—Severability—1977 ex.s. c 291: See notes following RCW 13.04.005.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code
Chapter 9A.76 - Obstructing Governmental Operation.
9A.76.020 - Obstructing a law enforcement officer.
9A.76.023 - Disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer.
9A.76.025 - Disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer—Commission of another crime.
9A.76.027 - Law enforcement or corrections officer engaged in criminal conduct.
9A.76.030 - Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.
9A.76.050 - Rendering criminal assistance—Definition of term.
9A.76.070 - Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree.
9A.76.080 - Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.
9A.76.090 - Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.
9A.76.110 - Escape in the first degree.
9A.76.115 - Sexually violent predator escape.
9A.76.120 - Escape in the second degree.
9A.76.130 - Escape in the third degree.
9A.76.140 - Introducing contraband in the first degree.
9A.76.150 - Introducing contraband in the second degree.
9A.76.160 - Introducing contraband in the third degree.
9A.76.175 - Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.
9A.76.177 - Amber alert—Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.
9A.76.180 - Intimidating a public servant.
9A.76.190 - Failure to appear or surrender—Affirmative defense—Penalty.
9A.76.200 - Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse—Penalty.
9A.76.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.