No person may deliver a firearm to any person whom he or she has reasonable cause to believe: (1) Is ineligible under RCW 9.41.040 to possess a firearm or (2) has signed a valid voluntary waiver of firearm rights that has not been revoked under RCW 9.41.350. Any person violating this section is guilty of a class C felony, punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
RCW 9.41.080
Delivery to ineligible persons.
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 97 Wash. 2d 929 - Bernethy v. Walt Failor's, Inc. (1982)
Most recently applied in Ruth Scott, V. Amazon.com, Inc. (November 2024)
2018 c 145 s 3; 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 409; 1935 c 172 s 8; RRS s 2516-8.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.