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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94A.716 (2026)

Community custody—Violations—Arrest

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(1) The secretary may issue warrants for the arrest of any offender who violates a condition of community custody. The arrest warrants shall authorize any law enforcement or peace officer or community corrections officer of this state or any other state where such offender may be located, to arrest the offender and place him or her in total confinement pending disposition of the alleged violation pursuant to RCW 9.94A.633.
(2) A community corrections officer, if he or she has reasonable cause to believe an offender has violated a condition of community custody, may suspend the person's community custody status and arrest or cause the arrest and detention in total confinement of the offender, pending the determination of the secretary as to whether the violation has occurred. The community corrections officer shall report to the secretary all facts and circumstances and the reasons for the action of suspending community custody status.
(3) If an offender has been arrested by the department for a new felony offense while under community custody, the facts and circumstances of the conduct of the offender shall be reported by the community corrections officer to local law enforcement or local prosecution for consideration of new charges. The community corrections officer's report shall serve as notice that the department will hold the offender in total confinement for not more than three days from the time of such notice for the new crime, except if the offender's underlying offense is a felony offense listed in RCW 9.94A.737(5), in which case the department will hold the offender for thirty days from the time of arrest, until a prosecuting attorney charges the offender with a crime, or until a prosecuting attorney provides written notice to the department that new charges will not be filed, whichever occurs first. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as to permit the department to hold an offender past his or her maximum term of total confinement if the offender has not completed the maximum term of total confinement or to permit the department to hold an offender past the offender's term of community custody.
(4) A violation of a condition of community custody shall be deemed a violation of the sentence for purposes of RCW 9.94A.631. The authority granted to community corrections officers under this section shall be in addition to that set forth in RCW 9.94A.631.
[ 2020 c 82 s 3; 2012 1st sp.s. c 6 s 6; 2008 c 231 s 21.]

Notes:

Retroactive application—2020 c 82 ss 1-3: See note following RCW 9.94A.737.
Appropriation—Report—2020 c 82: See note following RCW 9.94A.737.
Effective date—2012 1st sp.s. c 6 ss 1, 3 through 9, and 11 through 14: See note following RCW 9.94A.631.
Application—2012 1st sp.s. c 6: See note following RCW 9.94A.631.
Intent—Application—Application of repealers—Effective date—2008 c 231: See notes following RCW 9.94A.701.
Severability—2008 c 231: See note following RCW 9.94A.500.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2011–2025 · leading case: State v. M.S., 484 P.3d 1231 (Wash. 2021).
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State v. M.S., 484 P.3d 1231 (Wash. 2021). “, RCW 9.94A.716(3) (“If an offender has been arrested by the department for a new felony offense while under community custody, .”
State v. Barker, 256 P.3d 463 (Wash. Ct. App. 2011). “RCW 9.94A.716 now provides that the secretary may issue warrants for the arrest of any offender who violates a condition of community custody; it is virtually identical to former RCW 9.”
State of Washington v. Kelly Jay Balles, 556 P.3d 698 (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “It is undisputed the DOC had the authority to issue the secretary’s warrant and that the warrant was valid at the time of issuance.”
State Of Washington v. Aurora Lillian Anderson (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “RCW 9.94A.716(1). That warrant may issue only if a community corrections officer first proves to the secretary that he or she has reasonable cause to believe a violation has occurred.”
State v. Balles (Wash. 2025). · cites it 2× “The arrest was authorized by a DOC warrant, issued pursuant to RCW 9.94A.716. Even if the officers knew Mr.”
State Of Washington, V, Travis C. Schuettke (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “RCW 9.94A.716, .737; see Llamas- Villa, 67 Wn.”
In the Matter of the Pers. Restraint of: Joshua Kelly Pinney (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “2; RCW 9.94A.716. The secretary has only issued a warrant for Mr.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94A.716(1) — 2 cases
State Of Washington v. Aurora Lillian Anderson (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “RCW 9.94A.716(1). That warrant may issue only if a community corrections officer first proves to the secretary that he or she has reasonable cause to believe a violation has occurred.”
State v. Balles (Wash. 2025). “The arrest was authorized by a DOC warrant, issued pursuant to RCW 9.94A.716. Even if the officers knew Mr.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94A.716(2) — 1 case
State Of Washington v. Aurora Lillian Anderson (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “RCW 9.94A.716(1). That warrant may issue only if a community corrections officer first proves to the secretary that he or she has reasonable cause to believe a violation has occurred.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9.94A.716(3) — 1 case
State v. M.S., 484 P.3d 1231 (Wash. 2021). “, RCW 9.94A.716(3) (“If an offender has been arrested by the department for a new felony offense while under community custody, .”
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