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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.31.090 (2026)

Escaped prisoner recaptured

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Every person in custody, under sentence of imprisonment for any crime, who shall escape from custody, may be recaptured and imprisoned for a term equal to the unexpired portion of the original term.
[ 1909 c 249 s 89; RRS s 2341.]

Notes:

Indeterminate sentences: Chapter 9.95 RCW.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1975–2003 · leading case: In Re the Pers. Restraint of Little, 627 P.2d 543 (Wash. 1981).
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In Re the Pers. Restraint of Little, 627 P.2d 543 (Wash. 1981). · cites it 12× “Most relevant to this case is RCW 9.31.090, which provides: Every person in custody, under sentence of imprisonment for any crime, who shall escape from custody, may be recaptured and imprisoned for a term equal to the unexpired portion of the original term.”
In Re Roach, 74 P.3d 134 (Wash. 2003). · cites it 2× “without the prior approval of the entity in whose custody the offender has been placed.”
In re the Pers. Restraint of Roach, 150 Wash. 2d 29 (Wash. 2003). · cites it 2× “shall be tolled by any period of time during which the offender has absented himself or herself. . . without the prior approval of the entity in whose custody the offender has been placed.”
In Re the Pers. Restraint of George, 579 P.2d 354 (Wash. 1978). · cites it 3× “Upon his recapture he had been punished, as authorized by RCW 9.31.090, 1 but he had not been forced to forfeit the time he had served on his mandatory sentence.”
State v. Thompson, 669 P.2d 1270 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “31 (excluding RCW 9.31.090) was repealed by Laws of 1975, 1st Ex.”
State v. Hickok, 695 P.2d 136 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “However, RCW 9.31.090 does not provide the exclusive criminal penalty for work release escapees.”
State v. Sample, 534 P.2d 125 (Wash. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “We hold first that an escaped felon recaptured and returned to the place from which he escaped is not “Any person arrested for any offense” as contemplated by JCrR 2.”
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