Wash. Rev. Code » Title 9A · Chapter 9A.56
Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.268 (2026)

Civil cause of action

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar
(1) In addition to the criminal penalties provided in RCW 9A.56.262 through 9A.56.266, there is created a civil cause of action for theft of telecommunication services, for unlawful manufacture of a telecommunication device, and for unlawful sale of a telecommunication device.
(2) A person who sustains injury to his or her person, business, or property by an act described in RCW 9A.56.262, 9A.56.264, or 9A.56.266 may file an action in superior court for recovery of damages and the costs of the suit, including reasonable investigative and attorneys' fees and costs.
(3) Upon finding a violation of 9A.56.262, 9A.56.264, or 9A.56.266, in addition to the remedies described in this section, the court may impose a civil penalty not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars.
(4) The superior court may grant temporary and final injunctions on such terms as it deems reasonable to prevent or restrain violations of RCW 9A.56.262 through 9A.56.266.
[ 1995 c 92 s 9.]

Notes:

Telecommunications crime: Chapter 9.26A RCW.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Street v. Amazon.com Servs. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2022).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Street v. Amazon.com Servs. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2022). · cites it 2× “; (2) for 6 Theft of Telecommunications Services, under RCW § 9A.56.268 and .262; and (3) for Unjust 7 Enrichment.”
Street v. Amazon.com Servs. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2022). · cites it 2× “6 In this case, Plaintiffs have alleged “on information and belief, Amazon’s use of the 7 Street Plaintiffs’ bandwidth through Sidewalk consumed data from the Streets’ limited Internet 8 data allocations and also exposed them to possible overage charges for exceeding their data…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.268(2) — 1 case
Street v. Amazon.com Servs. Inc (W.D. Wash. 2022). “6 In this case, Plaintiffs have alleged “on information and belief, Amazon’s use of the 7 Street Plaintiffs’ bandwidth through Sidewalk consumed data from the Streets’ limited Internet 8 data allocations and also exposed them to possible overage charges for exceeding their data…”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.