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Code · Washington · Title 9A — Washington Criminal Code · Chapter 9A.44

RCW 9A.44.105

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(1)Any person who has sexual intercourse or sexual contact with a dead human body is guilty of a class C felony.
(2)As used in this section:
(a)"Sexual intercourse"
(i)has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight; and
(ii)also means any penetration of the vagina or anus however slight, by an object, when committed on a dead human body, except when such penetration is accomplished as part of a procedure authorized or required under chapter 68.50 RCW or other law; and
(iii)also means any act of sexual contact between the sex organs of a person and the mouth or anus of a dead human body.
(b)"Sexual contact" means any touching by a person of the sexual or other intimate parts of a dead human body done for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desire of the person.
[ 1994 c 53 s 1 .]
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