GroundRules
← Search the law
Washington · Through July 15, 2026

RCW 9A.36.011: Assault in the first degree.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 9A
  2. Chapter 9A.36

(1) A person is guilty of assault in the first degree if he or she, with intent to inflict great bodily harm:

(a) Assaults another with a firearm or any deadly weapon or by any force or means likely to produce great bodily harm or death; or

(b) Transmits HIV to a child or vulnerable adult; or

(c) Administers, exposes, or transmits to or causes to be taken by another, poison or any other destructive or noxious substance; or

(d) Assaults another and inflicts great bodily harm.

(2) Assault in the first degree is a class A felony.

Collected 2026-09-06T00:50:10Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection