{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-42.20.050","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 42.20.050","heading":"Public officer making false certificate.","body":"Every public officer who, being authorized by law to make or give a certificate or other writing, shall knowingly make and deliver as true such a certificate or writing containing any statement which he or she knows to be false, in a case where the punishment thereof is not expressly prescribed by law, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.","path":["Title 42","Chapter 42.20"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.20.050","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:18:51Z","sha256":"44e6e959a0fd7e39d5a313212e2e4e724dc17a043ab72743f82de1a2f4c3032c","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-42.20.040","next":"us-wa/rcw-42.20.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}