RCW 9A.42.020

Criminal mistreatment in the first degree.

Known as the Washington Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case State v. Womac (2007)

Most recently applied in 184 Wash. App. 619 - State v. Trebilcock (November 2014)

2017 c 266 s 2; 2006 c 228 s 2; 1997 c 392 s 510; 1986 c 250 s 2.

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(1) A parent of a child, the person entrusted with the physical custody of a child or dependent person, a person who has assumed the responsibility to provide to a dependent person the basic necessities of life, or a person employed to provide to the child or dependent person the basic necessities of life is guilty of criminal mistreatment in the first degree if he or she with criminal negligence, as defined in RCW 9A.08.010, causes great bodily harm to a child or dependent person by withholding any of the basic necessities of life.

(2) Criminal mistreatment in the first degree is a class B felony.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.