RCW 10.22.010

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When a defendant is prosecuted in a criminal action for a misdemeanor, other than a violation of RCW 9A.48.105 , for which the person injured by the act constituting the offense has a remedy by a civil action, the offense may be compromised as provided in RCW 10.22.020 , except when it was committed:

(1)By or upon an officer while in the execution of the duties of his or her office;

(2)Riotously;

(3)With an intent to commit a felony; or

(4)By one family or household member against another or by one intimate partner against another as defined in RCW 10.99.020 and was a crime of domestic violence as defined in RCW 10.99.020 .

[ 2021 c 215 s 117 ; 2020 c 29 s 9 ; 2010 c 8 s 1015 ; 2008 c 276 s 308 ; 1999 c 143 s 45 ; 1989 c 411 s 3 ; Code 1881 s 1040; 1854 p 115 s 84 ; RRS s 2126. FORMER PART OF SECTION: Code 1881 s 1935; 1873 p 397 s 234 ; 1854 p 109 s 42 ; RRS s 1964, now codified as RCW 10.16.135 .]

Notes:

Effective date — 2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900 .

Effective date — 2020 c 29: See note following RCW 7.77.060 .

Severability — Part headings, subheadings not law — 2008 c 276: See notes following RCW 36.28A.200 .