Prostitution.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case 114 Wash. 2d 6 - State v. Elliott (1990)
Most recently applied in DING (July 2018)
2020 c 331 s 4; 1988 c 145 s 16; 1979 ex.s. c 244 s 15; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.88.030.
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 age eighteen or older is guilty of prostitution if such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee.
(2) For purposes of this section, "sexual conduct" means "sexual intercourse" or "sexual contact," both as defined in chapter 9A.44 RCW.
(3) Prostitution is a misdemeanor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.