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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.100 (2026)

Theft and larceny equated

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All offenses defined as larcenies outside of this title shall be treated as thefts as provided in this title.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.56.100.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases, 1979–2008 · leading case: State v. Bryce, 707 P.2d 694 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985).
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State v. Bryce, 707 P.2d 694 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 16× “We recognize the apparent confusion brought about by the enactment of RCW 9A.56.100 and the Legislature's failure to expressly amend RCW 74.”
State v. Campbell, 888 P.2d 1185 (Wash. 1995). · cites it 5× “When the Legislature revised the criminal statutes in 1975, it failed to repeal or modify numerous larcenies that were defined in areas of the RCW outside of Title 9A. Instead, the Legislature provided that "[a]ll offenses defined as larcenies outside of this title shall be…”
State v. Sass, 620 P.2d 79 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 7× “One provision of the code, RCW 9A.56.100, reads: All offenses defined as larcenies outside of this title shall be treated as thefts as provided in this title.”
State v. Delcambre, 805 P.2d 233 (Wash. 1991). · cites it 4× “or [sic] any change in status in respect to resources, or income, or need, or family composition, money contribution and other support, from whatever source derived, or any other change in circumstances affecting his eligibility or need for assistance, or other fraudulent…”
State v. Hull, 924 P.2d 375 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Both parties rely on interpretations of RCW 74.08.331, which provides that persons who commit welfare fraud "shall be guilty of grand larceny and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than fifteen years.”
State v. Casey, 915 P.2d 587 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “9 RCW 9A.56.100. 10 State v. Renhard, 71 Wn.”
State v. Faucett, 593 P.2d 559 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “) The elements of theft — a crime equated with larceny in our revised criminal code, RCW 9A.56.100 — are defined in RCW 9A.56.”
State v. Wallace, 651 P.2d 201 (Wash. 1982). “) The penalty language in the above statute was impliedly repealed by RCW 9A.56.100, which equated grand larceny with theft.”
State v. Walker, 597 P.2d 453 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). “498 was an effort to attend to this issue although it was not adopted during the last legislative session. It would have deleted from the list of "inherently dangerous" misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors the following: third-degree assault, provoking an assault, interfering with…”
State v. Campbell, 848 P.2d 1292 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “Bryce, 5 held that RCW 9A.56.100, 6 taken in conjunction with the definitions of theft in RCW 9A.”
State v. Sass, 600 P.2d 688 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 3× “A section of the new criminal code, RCW 9A.56.100, which took effect on July 1, 1976, provides: Theft and larceny equated.”
State v. Holmes, 657 P.2d 770 (Wash. 1983). “or family composition, money contribution and other support, from whatever source derived, or any other change in circumstances affecting his eligibility or need for assistance, or other fraudulent device, obtains, or attempts to obtain, or aids or abets any person to obtain any…”
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