(1) A person is guilty of unlawful imprisonment if he or she knowingly restrains another person.
(2) Unlawful imprisonment is a class C felony.
RCW 9A.40.040
Unlawful imprisonment.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 52 court decisions — leading case State v. Roberts (2001)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. James Ray House, Jr. (August 2024)
2011 c 336 s 365; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.40.040.
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.