Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 9.68.015 (2026)

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Nothing in chapter 260, Laws of 1959 shall apply to the circulation of any such material by any recognized historical society or museum, the state law library, any county law library, the state library, the public library, any library of any college or university, or to any archive or library under the supervision and control of the state, county, municipality, or other political subdivision.

[ 1959 c 260 s 2.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1973–1989 · leading case: State v. J-R Distributors, Inc., 512 P.2d 1049 (Wash. 1973).

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State v. J-R Distributors, Inc., 512 P.2d 1049 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 8× “*602 in a patently offensive way sexual conduct such as ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, or which depict acts of masturbation, fellatio, cunnilingus, lewd exhibition of the genitals and sexual relations between humans and animals are "obscene" if,…”

State v. Holt, 783 P.2d 87 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989). “Next, RCW 9.68.015, exempting from prosecution certain educational institutions, does not violate equal protection since there is a rational basis for excluding organizations that do not hold obscene material for profit-making purposes.”

City of Spokane v. Portch, 596 P.2d 1044 (Wash. 1979). “RCW 9.68.015 exempts certain institutions from the act.”

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