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RCW 9.91.060 — Leaving children unattended in parked automobile

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 9.91: Miscellaneous Crimes, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 9.91.060

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 9.91.060Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
Every person having the care and custody, whether temporary or permanent, of minor children under the age of twelve years, who shall leave such children in a parked automobile unattended by an adult while such person enters a tavern or other premises where vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors are dispensed for consumption on the premises shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

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