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RCW 26.28.060

Child labor—Penalty.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Davis v. Department of Licensing (1999)

Most recently applied in 148 Wash. App. 328 - State v. Hirschfelder (January 2009)

2007 c 464 s 1; 1994 c 62 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 s 39; 1909 c 249 s 195; RRS s 2447.

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(1) Every person who shall employ, and every parent, guardian or other person having the care, custody or control of such child, who shall permit to be employed, by another, any child under the age of fourteen years at any labor whatever, in or in connection with any store, shop, factory, mine or any inside employment not connected with farm or house work, without the written permit thereto of a judge of a superior court of the county wherein such child may live, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to children employed as:

(a) Actors or performers in film, video, audio, or theatrical productions; or

(b) Youth soccer referees who have been certified by a national referee certification program.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.