Washington legal term
Sexually explicit conduct in Washington Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Washington legislative session
In Washington criminal law, “Sexually explicit conduct” 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 “Sexually explicit conduct” mean in Washington criminal law?
"Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated: (a) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals; (b) Penetration of the vagina or rectum by any object; (c) Masturbation; (d) Sadomasochistic abuse; (e) Defecation or urination for the purpose of sexual stimulation of the viewer; (f) Depiction of the genitals or unclothed pubic or rectal areas of any minor, or the unclothed breast of a female minor, for the purpose of sexual stimulation of the viewer. (RCW 9.68A.011)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Allowing minor on premises of live erotic performance
- Dealing in depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct
- Possession of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct
- Sending, bringing into state depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct
- Sexual exploitation of a minor
- Sexually explicit images
- Viewing depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct
Related terms in the same statutes
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