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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.76.030 (2026)

Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer

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(1) A person is guilty of refusing to summon aid for a peace officer if, upon request by a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, he or she unreasonably refuses or fails to summon aid for such peace officer.
(2) Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer is a misdemeanor.
[ 2011 c 336 s 398; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.76.030.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1990–2010 · leading case: Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc., 913 P.2d 377 (Wash. 1996).
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Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc., 913 P.2d 377 (Wash. 1996). · cites it 2× “RCW 9A.76.030. Finally, the Crime Victims, Survivors, and Witnesses Act explicitly says victims, survivors of victims, and witnesses of crimes have a civic and moral duty to cooperate fully and voluntarily *939 with law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.”
Gaspar v. Peshastin Hi-Up Growers, 131 Wash. App. 630 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “020 (which makes it a crime to willfully obstruct a police officer from discharging his or her duties), and RCW 9A.76.030 (which makes it a crime to unreasonably refuse to comply with an officer’s request to summon aid for the officer).”
Gaspar v. Peshastin Hi-Up Growers, 128 P.3d 627 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “020 (which makes it a crime to willfully obstruct a police officer from discharging his or her duties); and RCW 9A.76.030 (which makes it a crime to unreasonably refuse to comply with an officer's request to summon aid for the officer).”
State v. Eaton, 229 P.3d 704 (Wash. 2010). “RCW 9A.76.030 (refusing to summon aid for a peace officer); RCW 9A.”
State v. Eaton, 168 Wash. 2d 476 (Wash. 2010). “, RCW 9A.76.030 (refusing to summon aid for a peace officer); RCW 9A.”
State v. Kidd, 786 P.2d 847 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). “020(1) (aggravated first degree murder when defendant knew or should have known that the victim was a law enforcement officer performing official duties); RCW 9A.76.030 (misdemeanor to refuse to summon aid upon request of person known to be a peace officer).”
Gardner v. Loomis Armored Inc., 913 P.2d 377 (Wash. 1996). · cites it 2× “RCW 9A.76.030. Finally, the Crime Victims, Survivors, and Witnesses Act explicitly says victims, survivors of victims, and witnesses of crimes have a civic and moral duty to cooperate fully and voluntarily with law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies.”
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