A person who knowingly makes a false or misleading material statement to a public servant is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. "Material statement" means a written or oral statement reasonably likely to be relied upon by a public servant in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.
RCW 9A.76.175
Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 32 court decisions — leading case Matter of Disciplinary Proceeding Against Kuvara (2003)
Most recently applied in 196 Wash. 2d 797 - In re Recall of Hatcher (January 2021)
2001 c 308 s 2
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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.