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Washington Criminal Charges
389 offenses defined by Washington statute, each with its classification and penalty table.
- "Sexually explicit material"Misdemeanor
- Abandoning, discarding refrigeration equipmentMisdemeanor
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Abstract of driving record
- Acts against animal facilitiesClass C Felony
- Advancing money or property to be used for extortionate creditClass B Felony
- Advertising fuel prices by service stationsMisdemeanor
- Aiming or discharging firearms, dangerous weaponsGross Misdemeanor
- Allowing minor on premises of live erotic performanceGross Misdemeanor
- Altering sample or certificate of assayClass C Felony
- Amber alertClass C Felony
- Applicants and licenseesClass C Felony
- ApplicationGross Misdemeanor
- Arson in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Arson in the second degreeClass B Felony
- Assault in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Assault in the fourth degree
- Assault in the second degree
- Assault in the third degreeClass C Felony
- Assault of a child in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Assault of a child in the second degreeClass B Felony
- Assault of a child in the third degreeClass C Felony
- Assault weaponsGross Misdemeanor
- Assemblages of saboteursClass B Felony
- Bail jumping
- BarratryMisdemeanor
- BigamyClass C Felony
- Bribe receiving by a witnessClass B Felony
- BriberyClass B Felony
- Bribing a witnessClass B Felony
- Bunco steeringClass B Felony
- Burglary in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Burglary in the second degreeClass B Felony
- Cannabis retail outletsGross Misdemeanor
- Carrying firearmsMisdemeanor
- Catalytic converters
- Catalytic convertersClass C Felony
- Catalytic convertersClass C Felony
- Cheating in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Cheating in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Child molestation in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Child molestation in the second degreeClass B Felony
- Child molestation in the third degreeClass C Felony
- Child sellingClass C Felony
- Circumventing ignition interlockGross Misdemeanor
- Civil disorder trainingClass B Felony
- Classification and designation of crimes
- CoercionGross Misdemeanor
- Coercion of involuntary servitudeClass C Felony
- Collection of unlawful debtClass C Felony
- Collusion to prevent competitive biddingGross Misdemeanor
- Commercial briberyClass B Felony
- Commercial sexual abuse of a minorClass B Felony
- Communication with minor for immoral purposes
- CompoundingGross Misdemeanor
- Computer trespass in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Computer trespass in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Concealed pistol licenseMisdemeanor
- Conducting or maintaining cannabis clubClass C Felony
- Controlled purchase programsMisdemeanor
- Controlled substances homicideClass B Felony
- Counterfeit substances
- Counterfeit substances prohibitedClass C Felony
- Counterfeiting
- Court-ordered requirements upon person charged with crimeGross Misdemeanor
- Credit, payment cards
- Criminal attempt
- Criminal conspiracy
- Criminal gang intimidationClass C Felony
- Criminal impersonation in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Criminal impersonation in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Criminal mischief
- Criminal mistreatment in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Criminal mistreatment in the fourth degreeMisdemeanor
- Criminal mistreatment in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Criminal mistreatment in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Criminal penaltiesGross Misdemeanor
- Criminal profiteering lien
- Criminal sabotage definedClass B Felony
- Criminal street gang tagging and graffitiGross Misdemeanor
- Criminal trespass against childrenClass C Felony
- Criminal trespass in the first degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Criminal trespass in the second degreeMisdemeanor
- Custodial assaultClass C Felony
- Custodial interference in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Custodial interference in the second degree
- Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Custodial sexual misconduct in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Cyber harassment
- Dangerous exhibitionsMisdemeanor
- Dangerous weaponsGross Misdemeanor
- Dangerously distracted drivingTraffic Infraction
- Deadly weaponsClass B Felony
- Dealer's licenses, by whom granted, conditions, feesClass C Felony
- Dealing in depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conductClass B Felony
- Defacing a state monumentMisdemeanor
- DefinedClass A Felony
- Defrauding a public utility in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Defrauding a public utility in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Defrauding a public utility in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Delivery of substance in lieu of controlled substanceClass C Felony
- Delivery to ineligible personsClass C Felony
- Desecration of flagGross Misdemeanor
- Digital signature violationsClass C Felony
- Disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer
- Disclosing fabricated intimate images
- Disclosing intimate images
- Disorderly conductMisdemeanor
- Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacleMisdemeanor
- Distribution to persons under age eighteen
- Drive-by shootingClass B Felony
- Driver under twenty-one consuming alcohol or cannabisMisdemeanor
- Driving under the influence
- Driving while license invalidated
- Driving without a licenseMisdemeanor
- Dropping load, other materials
- Duty in case of personal injury or death or damage to attended vehicle or other property
- Duty of witness of offense against child or any violent offenseGross Misdemeanor
- Duty on striking unattended car or other propertyMisdemeanor
- Earned release timeClass A Felony
- Electronic data service interferenceClass C Felony
- Electronic data tampering in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Electronic data tampering in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Electronic data theftClass C Felony
- Emergency or work zonesGross Misdemeanor
- Endangerment with a controlled substanceClass B Felony
- Enforcement and penalties
- Enforcement and penalties
- Enforcement and penaltiesGross Misdemeanor
- Escape in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Escape in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Escape in the third degree
- Extortion in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Extortion in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Extortionate extension of creditClass B Felony
- Failing to summon assistanceMisdemeanor
- Failure to appear or surrender
- Failure to disperseMisdemeanor
- Failure to obey officerMisdemeanor
- Failure to register as felony firearm offenderGross Misdemeanor
- Failure to register as sex offender or kidnapping offender
- False academic credentials
- False certificationGross Misdemeanor
- False identification as a peace officerGross Misdemeanor
- False report of corporationClass B Felony
- False reporting
- False statement by deposit account applicant
- False swearingGross Misdemeanor
- Female genital mutilationGross Misdemeanor
- Financial fraudClass C Felony
- Financial institution recordsMisdemeanor
- Fire protection sprinkler system contractorsClass C Felony
- Food stamps
- Food stampsClass C Felony
- Food stamps
- ForgeryClass C Felony
- Fraud in obtaining telecommunications serviceClass B Felony
- Fraud in obtaining telecommunications service
- Fraudulent creation or revocation of a mental health advance directiveClass C Felony
- Fraudulent filing of vehicle report of sale
- Fraudulent issue of stock, scrip, etcClass B Felony
- Gambling recordsGross Misdemeanor
- Greyhound racing prohibitedClass B Felony
- Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horseClass C Felony
- Hate crime offenseClass C Felony
- High occupancy vehicle lanesTraffic Infraction
- Homicide by abuseClass A Felony
- Identity theft
- Impersonating a census takerGross Misdemeanor
- Improper use of flag prohibitedGross Misdemeanor
- Improperly obtaining financial informationClass C Felony
- Incendiary devicesClass B Felony
- Incest
- Indecent exposure
- Indecent liberties
- Individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States possession of firearmsClass C Felony
- Individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States possession of firearmsMisdemeanor
- Influencing outcome of sporting eventClass C Felony
- Insolvent bank receiving depositClass B Felony
- Intelligent speed assistance deviceGross Misdemeanor
- Intercepting, transmitting, or recording conversations concerning controlled substances or commercial sexual abuse of a minorClass C Felony
- Interfering with dog guide or service animal
- Interfering with search and rescue dog
- Interfering with the reporting of domestic violenceGross Misdemeanor
- Intimidating a judgeClass B Felony
- Intimidating a jurorClass B Felony
- Intimidating a public servantClass B Felony
- Intimidating a witnessClass B Felony
- Introducing contraband in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Introducing contraband in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Introducing contraband in the third degreeMisdemeanor
- Involuntary medicationClass B Felony
- Involving a person under eighteen in unlawful controlled substance transactionClass C Felony
- Jury tamperingGross Misdemeanor
- Kidnapping in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Kidnapping in the second degree
- Large capacity magazinesGross Misdemeanor
- Leading organized crime
- Leaving a child in the care of a sex offenderMisdemeanor
- Leaving children unattended in standing vehicle with motor runningMisdemeanor
- Loss of voting rightsClass C Felony
- Lowering passenger vehicle below legal clearanceTraffic Infraction
- LuringClass C Felony
- Mail theftClass C Felony
- Maintaining bucket shopClass C Felony
- Making a false or misleading statement to a public servantGross Misdemeanor
- Making false sample or assay of oreClass C Felony
- Making or having burglar toolsGross Misdemeanor
- Making or possessing motor vehicle theft toolsGross Misdemeanor
- Malicious mischief in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Malicious mischief in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Malicious mischief in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Malicious prosecution
- Manslaughter in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Manslaughter in the second degreeClass B Felony
- Measurement of commoditiesClass B Felony
- Measurement of commoditiesClass B Felony
- Medium-speed electric vehiclesTraffic Infraction
- Metal property deceptionGross Misdemeanor
- Money launderingClass B Felony
- Murder in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Murder in the second degreeClass A Felony
- Narcotic drugs or controlled substancesClass C Felony
- Narcotic drugs, controlled substances, alcohol, cannabis, other intoxicant, cell phone, or other form of electronic telecommunications deviceClass C Felony
- Negligent drivingTraffic Infraction
- Negligent drivingMisdemeanor
- Negligent drivingTraffic Infraction
- Negligent driving with a vulnerable user victimGross Misdemeanor
- Neighborhood electric vehiclesTraffic Infraction
- Notation on driving recordGross Misdemeanor
- Obedience to police officers, flaggers, or firefightersMisdemeanor
- Obscuring the identity of a machineGross Misdemeanor
- Obstructing a law enforcement officerGross Misdemeanor
- Obtaining a signature by deception or duressClass C Felony
- Off-road motorcyclesTraffic Infraction
- Official misconductGross Misdemeanor
- Open carry of weapons prohibited on state capitol grounds and municipal buildings
- OperationGross Misdemeanor
- Operation under other license or permit while license suspended or revokedGross Misdemeanor
- Order restricting contactGross Misdemeanor
- Organized retail theft
- Ownership or interest in gambling deviceClass C Felony
- Patronizing a prostituteMisdemeanor
- Penalties
- Penalties
- PenaltiesGross Misdemeanor
- PenaltyGross Misdemeanor
- PenaltyGross Misdemeanor
- Perjury in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Perjury in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Permitting commercial sexual abuse of a minorGross Misdemeanor
- Permitting prostitutionMisdemeanor
- Permitting unused equipment to remain on premisesMisdemeanor
- Persistent prison misbehavior
- Personal protection spray devicesMisdemeanor
- Petroleum products improperly labeled or graded
- Physical control of vehicle while under the influence
- Possessing a stolen firearmClass B Felony
- Possessing dangerous weapons at voting facilities
- Possessing dangerous weapons on child care premisesGross Misdemeanor
- Possessing dangerous weapons on school facilities
- Possessing stolen property in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Possessing stolen property in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Possessing stolen property in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Possessing, or reading or capturing, information contained on another person's identification documentClass C Felony
- Possession of another's identificationGross Misdemeanor
- Possession of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conductClass B Felony
- Possession of forty grams or less of cannabisMisdemeanor
- Possession of stolen mailClass C Felony
- Possession of stolen vehicleClass B Felony
- Possession, use of controlled substanceGross Misdemeanor
- Prison riotClass B Felony
- Professional gambling in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Professional gambling in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Professional gambling in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Prohibited acts: A
- Prohibited acts: BClass C Felony
- Prohibited acts: CClass C Felony
- Prohibited acts: DClass C Felony
- Prohibited acts: E
- Promoting a suicide attemptClass C Felony
- Promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minorClass A Felony
- Promoting pornographyClass C Felony
- Promoting prostitution in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Promoting prostitution in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Promoting travel for commercial sexual abuse of a minorClass C Felony
- Promoting travel for prostitutionClass C Felony
- ProstitutionMisdemeanor
- Rape in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Rape in the second degreeClass A Felony
- Rape in the third degreeClass C Felony
- Rape of a child in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Rape of a child in the second degreeClass A Felony
- Rape of a child in the third degreeClass C Felony
- Receiving or granting unlawful compensationClass C Felony
- Reckless burning in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Reckless burning in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Reckless drivingGross Misdemeanor
- Reckless endangermentGross Misdemeanor
- Refusal to give information to or cooperate with officerMisdemeanor
- Refusing to summon aid for a peace officerMisdemeanor
- Relief from duty to registerClass A Felony
- Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree
- Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree
- Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree
- Reports of major repairs, etcGross Misdemeanor
- Requesting unlawful compensationClass C Felony
- Residential burglaryClass B Felony
- Resisting arrestMisdemeanor
- Retail theft with special circumstances
- Robbery in the first degreeClass A Felony
- Robbery in the second degreeClass B Felony
- School bus trespassGross Misdemeanor
- Search without warrant unlawfulGross Misdemeanor
- Sending, bringing into state depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conductClass B Felony
- Sexual exploitation of a minorClass B Felony
- Sexual misconduct with a minor in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Sexually explicit images
- Sexually violating human remainsClass C Felony
- Sexually violent predator escapeClass A Felony
- Shopping cart theftMisdemeanor
- Soliciting undesired mailMisdemeanor
- Special endorsementTraffic Infraction
- SpoofingGross Misdemeanor
- Stalking
- Substitution of childClass B Felony
- Suppression of competitive biddingGross Misdemeanor
- Tableting and encapsulating machines prohibitedClass C Felony
- Taking motor vehicle without permission in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Taking motor vehicle without permission in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Tampering with a witnessClass C Felony
- Tampering with fire alarm or firefighting equipmentClass B Felony
- Tampering with fire alarm or firefighting equipmentMisdemeanor
- Tampering with physical evidenceGross Misdemeanor
- Theft from a vulnerable adult in the first degree
- Theft in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Theft in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Theft in the third degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Theft of a firearmClass B Felony
- Theft of livestock in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Theft of livestock in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Theft of motor vehicleClass B Felony
- Theft of motor vehicle fuelGross Misdemeanor
- Theft of rental, leased, lease-purchased, or loaned property
- Theft of subscription television servicesGross Misdemeanor
- Theft of telecommunication servicesClass C Felony
- Threats to bomb or injure propertyClass B Felony
- Trading in public officeClass C Felony
- Trading in special influenceClass C Felony
- TraffickingClass A Felony
- Trafficking in stolen property in the first degreeClass B Felony
- Trafficking in stolen property in the second degreeClass C Felony
- Transferring stolen pet animal to a person who has previously sold a stolen pet animal to a research institutionClass C Felony
- Transferring stolen pet animal to a research institution
- Transferring stolen pet animal to a research institution by a U.S.D.A. licensed dealerClass C Felony
- Traveling animal actsGross Misdemeanor
- Tree spiking
- Unauthorized sale or procurement of telephone records
- Undetectable or untraceable firearms
- Unfinished frames or receivers
- Unlawful discharge of a laser in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Unlawful discharge of a laser in the second degreeGross Misdemeanor
- Unlawful firearmsClass C Felony
- Unlawful imprisonmentClass C Felony
- Unlawful issuance of checks or drafts
- Unlawful manufacture of telecommunication deviceClass C Felony
- Unlawful possession of firearms
- Unlawful sale of subscription television servicesClass C Felony
- Unlawful sale of telecommunication deviceClass C Felony
- Unlawful transit conductMisdemeanor
- Unsafe storage of a firearm
- Untraceable firearms
- Use of extortionate means to collect extensions of creditClass B Felony
- Use of machine gun or bump-fire stock in felonyClass A Felony
- Use of proceeds of criminal profiteering
- Using a personal electronic device while drivingTraffic Infraction
- Vehicle prowling in the first degreeClass C Felony
- Vehicle prowling in the second degree
- Vehicular assaultClass B Felony
- Vehicular homicideClass A Felony
- Viewing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct
- Violations
- Violations relating to toll facilitiesTraffic Infraction
- Voyeurism
- Weapons
- Weapons prohibited in certain placesGross Misdemeanor