(1) A person is guilty of promoting a suicide attempt when he or she knowingly causes or aids another person to attempt suicide.
(2) Promoting a suicide attempt is a class C felony.
RCW 9A.36.060
Promoting a suicide attempt.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9A.04.010 to 9A.98.020 (401 sections).
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
Most recently applied in Ruth Scott, V. Amazon.com, Inc. (November 2024)
2011 c 336 s 360; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.36.060.
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.