Permitting prostitution.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9A.04.010 to 9A.98.020 (401 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 119 Wash. 2d 167 - State v. Johnson (1992)
Most recently applied in 119 Wash. 2d 167 - State v. Johnson (May 1992)
2011 c 336 s 414; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.88.090.
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 permitting prostitution if, having possession or control of premises which he or she knows are being used for prostitution purposes, he or she fails without lawful excuse to make reasonable effort to halt or abate such use.
(2) Permitting 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.