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Wash. Rev. Code § 40.16.030 (2026)

Offering false instrument for filing or record

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Every person who shall knowingly procure or offer any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed, registered or recorded in such office under any law of this state or of the United States, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both.
[ 2003 c 53 s 216; 1992 c 7 s 36; 1909 c 249 s 97; RRS s 2349.]

Notes:

Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2025 · leading case: State v. Conte, 159 Wash. 2d 797 (Wash. 2007).
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State v. Conte, 159 Wash. 2d 797 (Wash. 2007). · cites it 41× “, and Marsha Furfaro, were charged with nine counts of violating RCW 40.16.030. The charges relate to campaign disclosure reports filed by three Seattle City Council members during their 2003 reelection campaigns.”
State v. Conte, 154 P.3d 194 (Wash. 2007). · cites it 39× “, and Marsha Furfaro, were charged with nine counts of violating RCW 40.16.030. The charges relate to campaign disclosure reports filed by three Seattle City Council members during their 2003 reelection campaigns.”
State v. Price, 620 P.2d 994 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 7× “The charges were: 8 counts of having knowingly procured or offered a false or forged instrument, a steelhead receiving ticket, in violation of RCW 40.16.030 (venue was changed on 4 counts); 14 counts of having failed to distribute copies of cannery fish receiving tickets,…”
State v. Grocery Mfrs. Ass'n, 461 P.3d 334 (Wash. 2020). · cites it 5× “That statute makes it a crime to “knowingly procure or offer any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office.”
State v. Hampton, 24 P.3d 1035 (Wash. 2001). · cites it 14× “We are asked to decide whether sufficient evidence was presented by the State to conclude that a document, the filing of which was neither expressly nor impliedly permitted by any statute or regulation, comes within the scope of RCW 40.16.030. Petitioner Charles Hampton…”
State v. Hampton, 24 P.3d 1035 (Wash. 2001). · cites it 15× “We are asked to decide whether sufficient evidence was presented by the State to conclude that a document, the filing of which was neither expressly nor impliedly permitted by any statute or regulation, comes within the scope of RCW 40.16.030. Petitioner Charles Hampton…”
State v. Sanders, 937 P.2d 193 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 17× “Aaron Lee Sanders was convicted of offering a forged document for filing at a public office in violation of RCW 40.16.030. Sanders argues that: (1) The trial court erred in not admitting testimony offered to prove that the forged document was not "materially false;” and (2) the…”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Tortorelli, 149 Wash. 2d 82 (Wash. 2003). “The statute provides: Every person who shall knowingly procure or offer any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed, registered or recorded in such office under any law of this state or of…”
Walker v. Wenatchee Valley Truck & Auto Outlet, 229 P.3d 871 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “In Conte, the respondents had been charged with crimes relating to campaign contributions under RCW 40.16.030. 159 Wash.2d at 800-802, 154 P.”
In Re Tortorelli, 66 P.3d 606 (Wash. 2003). “The statute provides: Every person who shall knowingly procure or offer any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed, registered or recorded in such office under any law of this state or of…”
Mendoza v. People, 55 V.I. 660 (2011). “030 : Every person who shall knowingly procure or offer any false or forged instrument to be filed, registered, or recorded in any public office, which instrument, if genuine, might be filed, registered or recorded in such office under any law of this state or of the United…”
Walker v. Wenatchee Valley Truck & Auto Outlet, Inc., 155 Wash. App. 199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “The issue on appeal was whether the civil penalties of the PDA, passed in 1972, superseded the 1909 criminal statute codified at RCW 40.16.030. 159 Wn.2d at 804. ¶29 In reconciling the statutes, the court focused initially on a provision of the PDA, RCW 42.”
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