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Wash. Rev. Code § 26.28.060 (2026)

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(1) Every person who shall employ, and every parent, guardian or other person having the care, custody or control of such child, who shall permit to be employed, by another, any child under the age of fourteen years at any labor whatever, in or in connection with any store, shop, factory, mine or any inside employment not connected with farm or house work, without the written permit thereto of a judge of a superior court of the county wherein such child may live, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to children employed as:
(a) Actors or performers in film, video, audio, or theatrical productions; or
(b) Youth soccer referees who have been certified by a national referee certification program.
[ 2007 c 464 s 1; 1994 c 62 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 154 s 39; 1909 c 249 s 195; RRS s 2447.]

Notes:

Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 154: See note following RCW 2.12.030.
Child labor: Chapter 49.12 RCW.
Employment permits: RCW 28A.225.080.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1979–2009 · leading case: Davis v. Dep't of Licensing, 977 P.2d 554 (Wash. 1999).
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Davis v. Dep't of Licensing, 977 P.2d 554 (Wash. 1999). “110 (children 15 and over to be tried as adults for certain enumerated offenses); RCW 26.28.060 (“child” labor proscribed for those under 14 years of age); RCW 46.”
In Re the Welfare of Erickson, 604 P.2d 513 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “Appellant argues that she cannot pay restitution because she is virtually unemployable at the age of 13, principally due to the Washington child labor law, RCW 26.28.060. 1 The Juvenile Justice Act of 1977 specifically provides that *811 [t]he court may not require the…”
State v. Hirschfelder, 199 P.3d 1017 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “, RCW 26.28.060 (statute regulating employment of young persons uses the term "child"); RCW 13.”
State v. Hirschfelder, 148 Wash. App. 328 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “, RCW 26.28.060 (statute regulating employment of young persons uses the term “child”); RCW 13-.”
Davis v. Dep't of Licensing, 977 P.2d 554 (Wash. 1999). “110 (children 15 and over to be tried as adults for certain enumerated offenses); RCW 26.28.060 ("child" labor proscribed for those under 14 years of age); RCW 46.”
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