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RCW 9A.88.050 — Prostitution—Sex of parties immaterial—No defense
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9A.88: Indecent Exposure—Prostitution, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 9A.88.050
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.
In any prosecution for prostitution, the sex of the two parties or prospective parties to the sexual conduct engaged in, contemplated, or solicited is immaterial, and it is no defense that:
(1) Such persons were of the same sex; or
(2) The person who received, agreed to receive, or solicited a fee was a male and the person who paid or agreed or offered to pay such fee was female.
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