Burglary in the second degree.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 168 court decisions — leading case 22 Cal. 4th 1153 - People v. Riel (2000)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. Kevin Wade Zimmerman (March 2025)
2011 c 336 s 370; 1989 2nd ex.s. c 1 s 2; 1989 c 412 s 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 38 s 7; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.52.030.
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.
(1) A person is guilty of burglary in the second degree if, with intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein, he or she enters or remains unlawfully in a building other than a vehicle or a dwelling.
(2) Burglary in the second 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.