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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.52.060 (2026)

Making or having burglar tools

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(1) Every person who shall make or mend or cause to be made or mended, or have in his or her possession, any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, bit, nippers, or implement adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ, or allow the same to be used or employed in the commission of a burglary, or knowing that the same is intended to be so used, shall be guilty of making or having burglar tools.
(2) Making or having burglar tools is a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 s 371; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.52.060.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1985–2024 · leading case: State v. Larson, 365 P.3d 740 (Wash. 2015).
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State v. Larson, 365 P.3d 740 (Wash. 2015). · cites it 3× “As an example, we point to RCW 9A.52.060, also discussed further below, in which the legislature clearly criminalized possession of burglar tools “under circumstances evincing an intent to use” and “knowing that the same is intended to be so used.”
State v. Miller, 954 P.2d 925 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Under RCW 9A.52.060 (see Washington Pattern Jury Instruction 60.”
State v. Reeves, 336 P.3d 105 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “If the legislature had intended to criminalize the possession of any device a defendant used to overcome security systems, it could have included similar broad language in former RCW 9A.”
State v. Warner, 696 P.2d 1052 (Or. 1985). “…in 1877; Tenn Code Ann § 39-3-408 (1982), enacted in 1858; Vt Stat Ann tit 13, § 1204 (1974), enacted in 1850; Wash Rev Code Ann § 9A.52.060 (1977), enacted in 1893; Wis Stat Ann § 943.12 (West 1982), enacted in 1893. 2 Some states’ proscriptions on possession of…”
State Of Washington v. Patrick Dennis King (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 4× “The language in the "to-convict" instruction mirrors the language in RCW 9A.52.060, the statute prohibiting possession of burglar tools.”
State v. Larson (Wash. 2015). · cites it 4× “As an example, we point to RCW 9A.52.060, also discussed further below, in which the legislature clearly criminalized possession of burglar tools "under circumstances evincing an intent to use" and "knowing that the same is intended to be so used.”
State of Washington v. Benjamin Santos Castro (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “060(1 ), declares: Every person who shall make or mend or cause to be made or mended, or have in his or her possession, any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, bit, nippers, or implement adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary under…”
State Of Washington v. Evelyn Ann Schance (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “060(1), a person is guilty of making or having burglary tools if he or she (1) possessed a tool adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary and (2) “under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ” the tools “in the commission of a burglary, or…”
State Of Washington v. Donald D. Mcknight A/k/a Donald D. Abdich (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE McKnight was charged with making or having burglar tools under RCW 9A.52.060(1) after he was searched incident to arrest at his mother's home and found in possession of a Phillips screwdriver, wrench, file, rod, and Craftsman tool.”
State Of Washington v. Kevin Scott Spaulding (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “RCW 9A.52.060(1). We accept the State of Washington's concession that the jury may have convicted Spaulding on the basis of an uncharged theory of the offense.”
State Of Washington, V Dennis J. Jenkins, Jr. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “060: Every person who shall make or mend or cause to be made or mended, or have in his or her possession, any engine, machine, tool, false key, pick lock, bit, nippers, or implement adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary under circumstances evincing…”
State of Washington v. Nathaniel Wilfred Broussard (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “RCW 9A.52.060(1). Similar to his challenge of the burglary charge, Mr.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.52.060(1) — 9 cases
State v. Larson, 365 P.3d 740 (Wash. 2015). “As an example, we point to RCW 9A.52.060, also discussed further below, in which the legislature clearly criminalized possession of burglar tools “under circumstances evincing an intent to use” and “knowing that the same is intended to be so used.”
State v. Reeves, 336 P.3d 105 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “If the legislature had intended to criminalize the possession of any device a defendant used to overcome security systems, it could have included similar broad language in former RCW 9A.”
State v. Miller, 954 P.2d 925 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “Under RCW 9A.52.060 (see Washington Pattern Jury Instruction 60.”
State Of Washington v. Evelyn Ann Schance (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “060(1), a person is guilty of making or having burglary tools if he or she (1) possessed a tool adapted, designed, or commonly used for the commission of burglary and (2) “under circumstances evincing an intent to use or employ” the tools “in the commission of a burglary, or…”
State Of Washington v. Donald D. Mcknight A/k/a Donald D. Abdich (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE McKnight was charged with making or having burglar tools under RCW 9A.52.060(1) after he was searched incident to arrest at his mother's home and found in possession of a Phillips screwdriver, wrench, file, rod, and Craftsman tool.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.52.060(2) — 2 cases
State v. Larson, 365 P.3d 740 (Wash. 2015). “As an example, we point to RCW 9A.52.060, also discussed further below, in which the legislature clearly criminalized possession of burglar tools “under circumstances evincing an intent to use” and “knowing that the same is intended to be so used.”
State v. Larson (Wash. 2015). “As an example, we point to RCW 9A.52.060, also discussed further below, in which the legislature clearly criminalized possession of burglar tools "under circumstances evincing an intent to use" and "knowing that the same is intended to be so used.”
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