Every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor for which no punishment is prescribed in any statute in force at the time of conviction and sentence, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of up to three hundred sixty-four days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
RCW 9.92.020
Punishment of gross misdemeanor when not fixed by statute.
Applied in 37 court decisions — leading case Klem v. Washington Mutual Bank (2013)
Most recently applied in Klem v. Washington Mutual Bank (February 2013)
2011 c 96 s 10; 1982 1st ex.s. c 47 s 6; 1909 c 249 s 15; RRS s 2267.
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