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RCW 9.40.040 — Operating engine or boiler without spark arrester

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 9.40: Fire, Crimes Relating To, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 9.40.040

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 9.40.040Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Every person who shall operate or permit to be operated in dangerous proximity to any brush, grass or other inflammable material, any spark-emitting engine or boiler which is not equipped with a modern spark-arrester, in good condition, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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