Washington statute
RCW 9.94.030 — Holding person hostage—Interference with officer's duties
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9.94: Prisoners—Correctional Institutions, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 9.94.030
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.
Whenever any inmate of a correctional institution shall hold, or participate in holding, any person as a hostage, by force or violence, or the threat thereof, or shall prevent, or participate in preventing an officer of such institution from carrying out his or her duties, by force or violence, or the threat thereof, he or she shall be guilty of a class B felony and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional institution for not less than one year nor more than ten years.
Official sources
Legal terms used in this section
This reference is informational and is not legal advice.