RCW 9A.76.110
Escape in the first degree.
(1) A person is guilty of escape in the first degree if he or she knowingly escapes from custody or a detention facility while being detained pursuant to a conviction of a felony or an equivalent juvenile offense.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that uncontrollable circumstances prevented the person from remaining in custody or in the detention facility or from returning to custody or to the detention facility, and that the person did not contribute to the creation of such circumstances in reckless disregard of the requirement to remain or return, and that the person returned to custody or the detention facility as soon as such circumstances ceased to exist.
(3) Escape in the first degree is a class B felony.
[ 2001 c 264 § 1; 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 § 23; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 § 9A.76.110.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 264: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2001." [ 2001 c 264 § 9.]
Severability—1982 1st ex.s. c 47: See note following RCW 9.41.190.
Term of escaped prisoner recaptured: RCW 9.31.090.
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.