Washington legal term
Sexual intercourse in Washington Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Washington legislative session
In Washington criminal law, “Sexual intercourse” 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 “Sexual intercourse” mean in Washington criminal law?
"Sexual intercourse" has the same meaning as in RCW 9A.44.010. (RCW 9A.64.020)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Commercial sexual abuse of a minor
- Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree
- Disclosing fabricated intimate images
- Disclosing intimate images
- Promoting commercial sexual abuse of a minor
- Prostitution
- Rape in the first degree
- Rape in the second degree
- Rape in the third degree
- Rape of a child in the first degree
- Rape of a child in the second degree
- Rape of a child in the third degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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