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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.44.105 (2026)

Sexually violating human remains

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(1) Any person who has sexual intercourse or sexual contact with a dead human body is guilty of a class C felony.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Sexual intercourse" (i) has its ordinary meaning and occurs upon any penetration, however slight; and (ii) also means any penetration of the vagina or anus however slight, by an object, when committed on a dead human body, except when such penetration is accomplished as part of a procedure authorized or required under chapter 68.50 RCW or other law; and (iii) also means any act of sexual contact between the sex organs of a person and the mouth or anus of a dead human body.
(b) "Sexual contact" means any touching by a person of the sexual or other intimate parts of a dead human body done for the purpose of gratifying the sexual desire of the person.
[ 1994 c 53 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: State of Washington v. Clay Duane Starbuck, 355 P.3d 1167 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015).
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State of Washington v. Clay Duane Starbuck, 355 P.3d 1167 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “RCW 9A.44.105(2)(a). The coroner’s testimony expressly supplied this element of the offense.”
State Of Washington, V Michael C. Boisselle, Jr., 415 P.3d 621 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “185, Legislative finding 1985 ch. 402§ 1. Numerous other statutes have been enacted with the same principles in mind.”
State v. Wagner, 984 P.2d 425 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “060 with RCW 9A.44.105. 7 We reject as meritless the State’s argument that “whether Ryan Jarmuth’s body was a ‘person’ was a question for the jury.”
State Of Washington, V Michael C. Boisselle, Jr. (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “185, Legislative finding 1985 ch. 402§ 1. Numerous other statutes have been enacted with the same principles in mind.”
State Of Washington, V. Kaz Airk Joshua Mckenzie (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “020 (incest in the second and first degree). RCW 9.94A.030(47)(a)(ii). These felony sex offenses further include certain of those offenses set forth in chapter 9.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.44.105(2)(a) — 1 case
State of Washington v. Clay Duane Starbuck, 355 P.3d 1167 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “RCW 9A.44.105(2)(a). The coroner’s testimony expressly supplied this element of the offense.”
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