Washington statute
RCW 9.45.124 — Measurement of commodities—Measuring inaccurately—Altering measuring devices—Penalty
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9.45: Frauds And Swindles, Revised Code of Washington.
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Full text of RCW 9.45.124
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.
Every person, corporation, or association whether profit or nonprofit, who shall ask or receive, or conspire to ask or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity, or reward or any promise thereof, on any agreement or understanding that he or she shall (1) intentionally make an inaccurate visual or mechanical measurement or an intentionally inaccurate recording of any visual or mechanical measurement of goods, raw materials, and agricultural products (whether severed or unsevered from the land) which he or she has or will have the duty to measure, or shall (2) intentionally change, alter or affect, for the purpose of making an inaccurate measurement, any equipment or other device which is designed to measure, either qualitatively or quantitatively, such goods, raw materials, and agricultural products, or shall intentionally alter the recordation of such measurements, is guilty of a class B felony, punishable by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than ten years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or both.
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Is measurement of commodities a felony or a misdemeanor in Washington?
Measurement of commodities is a Class B Felony in Washington under RCW 9.45.124.
Which Washington statute covers measurement of commodities?
Measurement of commodities is governed by RCW 9.45.124 (Measurement of commodities—Measuring inaccurately—Altering measuring devices—Penalty).
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.