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RCW 10.34.020 — Escape—Retaking prisoner—Authority
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 10.34: Fugitives Of This State, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 10.34.020
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.
If a person arrested escape or be rescued, the person from whose custody he or she made his or her escape, or was rescued, may immediately pursue and retake him or her at any time, and within any place in the state. To retake the person escaping or rescued, the person pursuing has the same power to command assistance as given in cases of arrest.
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