(1) A person is guilty of false swearing if he or she makes a false statement, which he or she knows to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law.
(2) False swearing is a gross misdemeanor.
RCW 9A.72.040
False swearing.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case In Re Recall of Pearsall-Stipek (2000)
Most recently applied in State Of Washington, V. Eric Emil Leer (December 2024)
2011 c 336 s 392; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.72.040.
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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.