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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.41.333 (2026)

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(1) Any adult or juvenile residing, whether or not the person has a fixed residence, in this state who has been required by a court to comply with the registration requirements of this section shall personally register with the county sheriff for the county of the person's residence.
(2) A person required to register under this section must provide the following information when registering:
(a) Name and any aliases used;
(b) Complete and accurate residence address or, if the person lacks a fixed residence, where he or she plans to stay;
(c) Identifying information of the gun offender, including a physical description;
(d) The offense for which the person was convicted;
(e) Date and place of conviction; and
(f) The names of any other county where the offender has registered pursuant to this section.
(3) The county sheriff may require the offender to provide documentation that verifies the contents of his or her registration.
(4) The county sheriff may take the offender's photograph or fingerprints for the inclusion of such record in the registration.
(5) Felony firearm offenders shall register with the county sheriff not later than forty-eight hours after:
(a) The date of release from custody, as a result of the felony firearm offense, of the state department of corrections, the state department of social and health services, a local division of youth services, or a local jail or juvenile detention facility; or
(b) The date the court imposes the felony firearm offender's sentence, if the offender receives a sentence that does not include confinement.
(6)(a) Except as described in (b) of this subsection, the felony firearm offender shall register with the county sheriff not later than twenty days after each twelve-month anniversary of the date the offender is first required to register, as described in subsection (5) of this section.
(b) If the felony firearm offender is confined to any correctional institution, state institution or facility, or health care facility throughout the twenty-day period described in (a) of this subsection, the offender shall personally appear before the county sheriff not later than forty-eight hours after release to verify and update, as appropriate, his or her registration.
(7) If the felony firearm offender changes his or her residence address and his or her new residence address is within this state, the offender shall personally register with the county sheriff for the county of the person's residence not later than forty-eight hours after the change of address. If the offender's residence address is within the same county as the offender's immediately preceding address, the offender shall update the contents of his or her current registration.
(8) The duty to register shall continue for a period of four years from the date the offender is first required to register, as described in subsection (5) of this section.
[ 2013 c 183 s 4.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2015–2024 · leading case: State v. Gregg, 474 P.3d 539 (Wash. 2020).
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State v. Gregg, 474 P.3d 539 (Wash. 2020). “Here, any burden imposed by the firearm registration requirement is not burdensome because RCW 9.41.333(2) lists six pieces of information a registrant 12 For the current opinion, go to https://www.”
State Of Washington v. Michael S. Olsen, 449 P.3d 1089 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “ADDITIONAL FACTS In its sentencing memorandum and at the sentencing hearing, the State argued that the trial court should require Olsen to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.333. The State argued that this requirement was appropriate because Olsen possessed a…”
State Of Washington v. Arturo Rios, 431 P.3d 1016 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “Because the jury’s general verdict is unclear as to the threshold question of whether Rios committed a “felony firearm offense,” we hold that the sentencing court erred by applying the discretionary factors and ordering Rios to register as a felony firearm offender.”
State Of Washington, V. Alfonso Valentino Senior, Jr., 533 P.3d 442 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 5× “” RCW 9.41.333. Our state legislature first enacted the statute in 2013.”
State Of Washington, V Gustavo Allen (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “THE TRIAL COURT DID NOT ABUSE ITS DISCRETION BY REQUIRING ALLEN TO REGISTER AS A FELONY FIREARM OFFENDER Arguing in the alternative, Allen asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by requiring Allen to register as a felony firearm offender under RCW 9.41.333. Allen…”
State Of Washington v. Alexis O. Hernandez (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “330 permits a trial court to order persons convicted of a felony firearm offense to comply with the registration requirements in RCW 9.41.333. The statute requires that a person subject to the registration requirement must provide certain basic information for their…”
State Of Washington, Resp. v. Marvell M. Miller, App. (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “73491-1-1/4 a firearm, and the judge may impose a requirement that I register with the sheriff in the County where I reside, for a period of four years from sentencing or from my release from confinement for this offense, whichever is later, in compliance with RCW 9.41.333. At…”
State Of Washington v. Christopher Hutton (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “(1) On or after July 28, 2013, whenever a defendant in this state is convicted of a felony firearm offense or found not guilty by reason of insanity of any felony firearm offense, the court must consider whether to impose a requirement that the person comply with the…”
State Of Washington v. Robert Kent Chase (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “, the court must consider whether to impose a requirement that the person comply with the registration requirements of RCW 9.41.333 and may, in its discretion, impose such a requirement.”
State of Washington v. Thomas Edward Kivett (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Kivett for imposition of the firearm offender registration requirement, there is no way of knowing whether the court exercised its discretion at all or, if it did exercise its discretion by silence, whether that exercise was based upon tenable grounds.”
State of Washington v. Daniel Christopher Lazcano (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “the court must consider whether to impose a requirement that the person comply with the registration requirements ofRCW 9.41.333 and may, in its discretion, impose such a requirement.”
State Of Washington v. Isiah Martin (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “330 (2013) requires trial courts to decide whether to require a defendant convicted of a felony firearm offense to register as a felony firearms offender under RCW 9.41.333. Martin concedes that his present conviction for first degree unlawful possession of a firearm was a…”
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— Wash. Rev. Code § 9.41.333(1) — 1 case
State Of Washington, V. Alfonso Valentino Senior, Jr., 533 P.3d 442 (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “” RCW 9.41.333. Our state legislature first enacted the statute in 2013.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9.41.333(2) — 1 case
State v. Gregg, 474 P.3d 539 (Wash. 2020). “Here, any burden imposed by the firearm registration requirement is not burdensome because RCW 9.41.333(2) lists six pieces of information a registrant 12 For the current opinion, go to https://www.”
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