The victim shall be informed by local law enforcement agencies or the prosecuting attorney of the final disposition of the case in which the victim is involved. If a defendant is found guilty of a crime of harassment and a condition of the sentence restricts the defendant's ability to have contact with the victim or witnesses, the condition shall be recorded and a written certified copy of that order shall be provided to the victim or witnesses by the clerk of the court. Willful violation of a court order issued under this section or an equivalent local ordinance is a gross misdemeanor. The written order shall contain the court's directives and shall bear the legend: Violation of this order is a criminal offense under chapter 9A.46 RCW and will subject a violator to arrest.
RCW 9A.46.080
Order restricting contact—Violation.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case State v. Wadsworth (2000)
Most recently applied in 136 Wash. App. 596 - State v. Wilson (January 2007)
2012 c 223 s 2; 2011 c 307 s 5; 1985 c 288 s 8.
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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.