(1) A person is guilty of resisting arrest if he or she intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from lawfully arresting him or her.
(2) Resisting arrest is a misdemeanor.
RCW 9A.76.040
Resisting arrest.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9A.04.010–9A.98.020 (401 sections).
Applied in 42 court decisions — leading case United States v. Johnson (2001)
Most recently applied in 13 Wash. App. 2d 410 - State of Washington v. Tommy D. Canfield (May 2020)
2011 c 336 s 399; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.76.040.
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.