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RCW 10.64.070 — Recognizance to maintain good behavior or keep the peace

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 10.64: Judgments And Sentences, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 10.64.070

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.

RCW 10.64.070Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Every court before whom any person shall be convicted upon an indictment or information for an offense not punishable with death or imprisonment in the penitentiary may, in addition to the punishment prescribed by law, require such person to recognize with sufficient sureties in a reasonable sum to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior, or both, for any term not exceeding one year, and to stand committed until he or she shall so recognize.

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