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Wash. Rev. Code § 10.58.040 (2026)

Intent to defraud

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Whenever an intent to defraud shall be made an element of an offense, it shall be sufficient if an intent appears to defraud any person, association or body politic or corporate whatsoever.
[ 1909 c 249 s 40; RRS s 2292.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1961–2020 · leading case: State v. Vasquez, 309 P.3d 318 (Wash. 2013).
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State v. Vasquez, 309 P.3d 318 (Wash. 2013). · cites it 2× “[h]e or she possesses, utters, offers, disposes of, or puts off as true a written instrument which he or she knows to be forged.” RCW 9A.”
State v. Esquivel, 863 P.2d 113 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). “RCW 10.58.040 states: Whenever an intent to defraud shall be made an element of an offense, it shall be sufficient if an intent appears to defraud any person, association or body politic or corporate whatsoever.”
State v. Goldstein, 361 P.2d 639 (Wash. 1961). “” RCW 10.58.040. 3 “In the prosecution of any offense committed upon, or in relation to, or in any way affecting any real estate, or any offense committed in stealing, embezzling, destroying, injuring, or fraudulently receiving or concealing any money, goods, or other personal…”
State of Washington v. Mark Allan Miller, 471 P.3d 927 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “” Criminal impersonation in the first degree, a class C felony, does not require that the act of assuming the false identity enabled the actor to accomplish fraud or achieve an unlawful purpose; all that is required is the intent.”
State v. Tinajero, 228 P.3d 1282 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “” RCW 10.58.040. ¶10 In Esquivel , two men presented forged resident alien and Social Security cards to police officers after separate incidents.”
State v. Vasquez (Wash. 2013). · cites it 2× “He or she possesses, utters, offers, disposes of, or puts off as true a written instrument which he or she knows to be forged." RCW 9A.60.020(1)(b). "Whenever an intent to defraud shall be made an element of an offense, it shall be sufficient if an intent appears to defraud any…”
State Of Washington v. Forrest Amos (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Sufficient Evidence Supports Amos’s Intent To Injure or Defraud Amos argues that there was insufficient evidence of his intent to injure or defraud.”
State v. Tinajero, 228 P.3d 1282 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “" RCW 10.58.040. ¶ 10 In Esquivel , two men presented forged resident alien and social security cards to police officers after separate incidents.”
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