Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 9.38.010 (2026)

False representation concerning credit

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Every person who, with intent thereby to obtain credit or financial rating, shall willfully make any false statement in writing of his or her assets or liabilities to any person with whom he or she may be either actually or prospectively engaged in any business transaction or to any commercial agency or other person engaged in the business of collecting or disseminating information concerning financial or commercial ratings, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

[ 2011 c 336 s 296; 1909 c 249 s 368; RRS s 2620.]

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Cited in 1 case, 2020–2020 · leading case: State Of Washington v. Bradley Michael Key (Wash. Ct. App. 2020).

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State Of Washington v. Bradley Michael Key (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “4 The language that Key targets for his proposition that the Florida statute captures more conduct than Washington actually would constitute a crime under RCW 9.38.010 (2008) which states: Every person who, with intent thereby to obtain credit or financial rating, shall…”

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