{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-26.52.070","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 26.52.070","heading":"Violation of foreign orders—Penalties.","body":"(1) Whenever a foreign protection order is granted to a person entitled to protection and the person under restraint knows of the foreign protection order, a violation of a provision prohibiting the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or of a provision excluding the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime, is punishable under RCW 7.105.450.\n(2) A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that a foreign protection order has been issued of which the person under restraint has knowledge and the person under restraint has violated a provision of the foreign protection order that prohibits the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or a provision that excludes the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime. Presence of the order in the law enforcement computer-based criminal intelligence information system is not the only means of establishing knowledge of the order.","path":["Title 26","Chapter 26.52"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=26.52.070","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:42:05Z","sha256":"b9caf205a182c5a615496086cbc908cd6fec9982fd89c3c428bcb47044fba732","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-26.52.060","next":"us-wa/rcw-26.52.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}