Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 21.20.420 (2026)

Criminal punishment, chapter not exclusive

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Nothing in this chapter limits the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime by statute or at common law.

[ 1959 c 282 s 42.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2007 · leading case: State v. Conte, 159 Wash. 2d 797 (Wash. 2007).

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State v. Conte, 159 Wash. 2d 797 (Wash. 2007). “Further, they urge, unlike other statutes that expressly preserve the right to bring criminal actions, such as state securities law, RCW 21.20.420, and the workers’ compensation law, RCW 50.”

State v. Conte, 154 P.3d 194 (Wash. 2007). “These considerations, the defendants maintain, lead to the conclusion that when the voters enacted I-276 in 1972 and I-134 in 1992, they intended that the provisions in chapter 42.”

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