Violations—Damages.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Gordon v. Virtumundo, Inc. (2009)
Most recently applied in 145 F. Supp. 3d 1046 - Gragg v. Orange Cab Co. (November 2015)
2003 c 137 s 5; 1998 c 149 s 5.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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(1) Damages to the recipient of a commercial electronic mail message or a commercial electronic text message sent in violation of this chapter are five hundred dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater.
(2) Damages to an interactive computer service resulting from a violation of this chapter are one thousand dollars, or actual damages, whichever is greater.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.