Title 9 — Title 9 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
48 chapters · 738 sections in this title.
RCW 9.66.010 Public nuisance.
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A public nuisance is a crime against the order and economy of the state. Every place(1) Wherein any fighting between people or animals or birds shall be conducted; or,(2) Wherein any intoxicating liquors are kept for unlawful use, sale or distribution; or,(3) Where vagrants resor…
RCW 9.66.020 Unequal damage.
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An act which affects a considerable number of persons in any of the ways specified in RCW 9.66.010 is not less a public nuisance because the extent of the damage is unequal.[ 1909 c 249 s 249; Code 1881 s 1236; 1875 p 79 s 2; RRS s 2501.]
RCW 9.66.030 Maintaining or permitting nuisance.
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Every person who shall commit or maintain a public nuisance, for which no special punishment is prescribed; or who shall wilfully omit or refuse to perform any legal duty relating to the removal of such nuisance; and every person who shall let, or permit to be used, any building …
RCW 9.66.040 Abatement of nuisance.
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Any court or magistrate before whom there may be pending any proceeding for a violation of RCW 9.66.030, shall, in addition to any fine or other punishment which it may impose for such violation, order such nuisance abated, and all property unlawfully used in the maintenance ther…
RCW 9.66.050 Deposit of unwholesome substance.
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Every person who shall deposit, leave or keep, on or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any unwholesome substance; or who shall establish, maintain or carry on, upon or near a highway or route of public travel, on land or water, any business, trade or man…