Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 18.104.160 (2026)

Criminal penalties—Prosecutions

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Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars, or imprisonment in a county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days, or both. Criminal prosecutions for violations of this chapter shall be prosecuted by the prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurred.

[ 1971 ex.s. c 212 s 16.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Haberman v. Elledge, 713 P.2d 746 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986).

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Haberman v. Elledge, 713 P.2d 746 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). “In addition to the penalties of fine and imprisonment, the water well construction act also provides that these remedies are cumulative and do not foreclose "alternative actions at common law or in equity or under statutory law, civil or criminal.”

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