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Section 74.34.145
74.34.140
<< 74.34.145 >>
74.34.150
RCW
74.34.145
Protection of vulnerable adults
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Notice of criminal penalties for violation
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Enforcement under RCW
26.50.110
.
(Effective until July 1, 2022.)
(1) An order for protection of a vulnerable adult issued under this chapter, which restrains the respondent or another person from committing acts of abuse, prohibits contact with the vulnerable adult, excludes the person from any specified location, or prohibits the person from coming within a specified distance from a location, shall prominently bear on the front page of the order the legend: VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER WITH ACTUAL NOTICE OF ITS TERMS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER CHAPTER
26.50
RCW AND WILL SUBJECT A VIOLATOR TO ARREST.
(2) Whenever an order for protection of a vulnerable adult is issued under this chapter and the respondent or person to be restrained knows of the order, a violation of a provision restraining the person from committing acts of abuse, prohibiting contact with the vulnerable adult, excluding the person from any specified location, or prohibiting the person from coming within a specified distance of a location shall be punishable under RCW
26.50.110
, regardless of whether the person is a family or household member or intimate partner as defined in RCW
26.50.010
.
[
2020 c 29 § 17
;
2007 c 312 § 7
;
2000 c 119 § 2
.]
NOTES:
Effective date
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2020 c 29:
See note following RCW
7.77.060
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Application
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2000 c 119:
See note following RCW
26.50.021
.
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