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RCW 9.92.130 — City jail prisoners may be compelled to work

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Chapter 9.92: Punishment, Revised Code of Washington.

Full text of RCW 9.92.130

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 9.92.130Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
When a person has been sentenced by any municipal or district judge in this state to a term of imprisonment in a city jail, whether in default of payment of a fine or otherwise, such person may be compelled on each day of such term, except Sundays, to perform eight hours' labor upon the streets, public buildings, and grounds of such city.

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