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Wash. Rev. Code § 61.34.030 (2025)

Criminal penalty

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Any person who wilfully engages in a pattern of equity skimming is guilty of a class B felony under RCW 9A.20.021. Equity skimming shall be classified as a level II offense under chapter 9.94A RCW, and each act of equity skimming found beyond a reasonable doubt or admitted by the defendant upon a plea of guilty to be included in the pattern of equity skimming, shall be a separate current offense for the purpose of determining the sentence range for each current offense pursuant to RCW 9.94A.589(1)(a).
[ 1988 c 33 s 2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: Jametsky v. Olsen, 317 P.3d 1003 (Wash. 2014).
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Jametsky v. Olsen, 317 P.3d 1003 (Wash. 2014). “RCW 61.34.030. In establishing that any violation of the DPCA is “an unfair method of competition” for the purposes of the Consumer Protection Act, the legislature found “the practices covered by [the DPCA] are matters vitally affecting the public interest.”
State v. Graham, 337 P.3d 319 (Wash. 2014). “589” means only subsection (l)(a). All five subsections in .”
Jametsky v. Olsen, No. 88215-1 (Wash. Feb. 6, 2014). “The DPCA is a remedial statute that must be construed liberally The DPCA is a remedial statute that protects vulnerable homeowners from equity skimming and other fraudulent and predatory schemes. See RCW 61.”
State v. Graham, No. 89869-3 (Wash. Nov. 13, 2014). “589 deal with sentencing multiple offenses. The legislature knows how to cite specific subsections and twice cited subsection .”
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