Washington legal term
Employed in Washington Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Washington legislative session
In Washington criminal law, “Employed” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Washington criminal code.
What does “Employed” mean in Washington criminal law?
"Employed" means hired by a dependent person, another person acting on behalf of a dependent person, or by an organization or governmental entity, to provide to a dependent person any of the basic necessities of life. (RCW 9A.42.010)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the first degree
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the second degree
- Abandonment of a dependent person in the third degree
- Abstract of driving record
- Advertising fuel prices by service stations
- Assault in the third degree
- Civil disorder training
- Criminal mistreatment in the first degree
- Criminal mistreatment in the fourth degree
- Criminal mistreatment in the second degree
- Criminal mistreatment in the third degree
- Criminal sabotage defined
Related terms in the same statutes
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