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Wash. Rev. Code § 19.48.110 (2026)

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(1)(a) Any person who willfully obtains food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house or lodging house, without paying therefor, with intent to defraud the proprietor, owner, operator or keeper thereof; or who obtains food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation at such hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house or lodging house, by the use of any false pretense; or who, after obtaining food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging, or accommodation at such hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house, or lodging house, removes or causes to be removed from such hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house or lodging house, his or her baggage, without the permission or consent of the proprietor, manager or authorized employee thereof, before paying for such food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, except as provided in (b) of this subsection.
(b) If the aggregate amount of food, money, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, or credit so obtained is seventy-five dollars or more such person is guilty of a class B felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
(2) Proof that food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or pretense of any baggage or other property, or that the person refused or neglected to pay for such food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation on demand, or that he or she gave in payment for such food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that he or she absconded, or departed from, or left, the premises without paying for such food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, or that he or she removed, or attempted to remove, or caused to be removed, or caused to be attempted to be removed his or her property or baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent hereinbefore mentioned.
[ 2003 c 53 s 146; 1985 c 129 s 2; 1974 ex.s. c 21 s 1; 1929 c 216 s 6; 1915 c 190 s 7; 1890 p 96 s 2; RRS s 6866. Formerly RCW 19.48.110, 19.48.120.]

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Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Legislative findings—1985 c 129: "The legislature finds that commercial ski areas, which contribute significantly to the economic well-being of the state, suffer substantial financial losses from the fraudulent use of their facilities by persons who obtain services without paying for them. It is therefore the intent of the legislature that the law that protects hotels, inns, and restaurants from such fraud be extended to also protect commercial ski areas." [ 1985 c 129 s 1.]
Leaving restaurant or hotel or motel without paying: RCW 4.24.230.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1965–2021 · leading case: State v. Walls, 503 P.2d 1068 (Wash. 1972).
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State v. Walls, 503 P.2d 1068 (Wash. 1972). · cites it 19× “040 and RCW 19.48.110, respectively. See State v.”
State v. Numrich, 480 P.3d 376 (Wash. 2021). · cites it 4× “040 and RCW 19.48.110). Id. at 620 . The court concluded that the specific defrauding an innkeeper statute (RCW 19.”
State v. Vangen, 433 P.2d 691 (Wash. 1967). “070 2 RCW 19.48.110 makes defrauding an innkeeper a gross misdemeanor; and RCW 9.”
State v. Wilder, 529 P.2d 1109 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). “040 and RCW 19.48.110, were special statutes applicable to the subject matter of defrauding an innkeeper to the exclusion of the general larceny statutes.”
State v. Darrin, 647 P.2d 549 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “040 related to "defrauding an innkeeper," and RCW 19.48.110 related to defrauding the "keeper of an inn with 15 or more *397 rooms.”
State v. Higgins, 406 P.2d 784 (Wash. 1965). · cites it 3× “The statute under which the defendant was charged, RCW 19.48.110, contains this language: Any person who shall wilfully obtain food, .”
State v. Walls, 492 P.2d 236 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). “040 3 and RCW 19.48.110 4 *36 specifically make defrauding an innkeeper a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor respectively.”
In Re the Pers. Restraint of Lundeen, 578 P.2d 552 (Wash. Ct. App. 1978). “Lundeen seeks relief from personal restraint imposed by a conviction for the crime of obtaining money from a restaurant with intent to defraud (RCW 19.48.110) entered upon a plea of guilty.”
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