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RCW 9A.16.025 — Use of force—When unjustified—Victim identity
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9A.16: Defenses, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 9A.16.025
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.
A person is not justified in using force against another based on the discovery of, knowledge about, or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance towards the defendant, or in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.
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