Every person who is required to make, or to cause to be made, a report pursuant to RCW 26.44.030 and 26.44.040, and who knowingly fails to make, or fails to cause to be made, such report, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 26.44.080
Violation—Penalty.
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case CJC v. Corporation of Catholic Bishop (1999)
Most recently applied in State Of Washington v. Tanya James-buhl (March 2017)
1982 c 129 s 10; 1971 ex.s. c 167 s 3.
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Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.