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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.48.105 (2025)

Criminal street gang tagging and graffiti

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(1) A person is guilty of criminal street gang tagging and graffiti if he or she commits malicious mischief in the third degree under RCW 9A.48.090(1)(b) and he or she:
(a) Has multiple current convictions for malicious mischief in the third degree offenses under RCW 9A.48.090(1)(b); or
(b) Has previously been convicted for a malicious mischief in the third degree offense under RCW 9A.48.090(1)(b) or a comparable offense under a municipal code provision of any city or town; and
(c) The current offense or one of the current offenses is a "criminal street gang-related offense" as defined in RCW 9.94A.030.
(2) Criminal street gang tagging and graffiti is a gross misdemeanor offense.
[ 2008 c 276 s 306.]

Notes:

Severability—Part headings, subheadings not law—2008 c 276: See notes following RCW 36.28A.200.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2009 · leading case: State v. Stalker, 219 P.3d 722 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Stalker, 219 P.3d 722 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “010 sets forth the circumstances in *724 which a misdemeanor compromise is permitted: When a defendant is prosecuted in a criminal action for a misdemeanor, other than a violation of RCW 9A.48.105, for which the person injured by the act constituting the offense has a remedy by…”
State v. Stalker, 152 Wash. App. 805 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “010 sets forth the circumstances in which a misdemeanor compromise is permitted: When a defendant is prosecuted in a criminal action for a misdemeanor, other than a violation of RCW 9A.48.105, for which the person injured by the act constituting the offense has a remedy by a…”
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