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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.86.010 (2026)

"Flag," etc., defined

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The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this chapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced thereon, and of any size, evidently purporting to be such flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or a copy, picture or representation thereof.
[ 1919 c 107 s 1; RRS s 2675-1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1970–1973 · leading case: State v. Spence, 506 P.2d 293 (Wash. 1973).
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State v. Spence, 506 P.2d 293 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 8× “020(1) on two grounds: (1) that it violates the freedom of speech guarantees of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and article 1, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Washington, and (2) that the statute is unconstitutionally vague and…”
State v. Turner, 474 P.2d 91 (Wash. 1970). “1 In 1969, the legislature changed the 'flag law to read: No person shall knowingly cast contempt upon any flag, stand *277 ard, color, ensign or shield, as defined in RCW 9.86.010, by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon said flag, standard,…”
State v. Spence, 490 P.2d 1321 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). · cites it 4× “RCW 9.86.010 defines the word flag as follows: The words flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as used in this chapter, shall include any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, or copy, picture or representation thereof, made of any substance or represented or produced…”
State v. Claxton, 501 P.2d 192 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “That statute provides: No person shall knowingly cast contempt upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as defined in RCW 9.86.010, by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon said flag, standard, color, ensign or shield.”
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