{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-9a.72.110","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 9A.72.110","heading":"Intimidating a witness.","body":"(1) A person is guilty of intimidating a witness if a person, by use of a threat against a current or prospective witness, attempts to:\n(a) Influence the testimony of that person;\n(b) Induce that person to elude legal process summoning him or her to testify;\n(c) Induce that person to absent himself or herself from such proceedings; or\n(d) Induce that person not to report the information relevant to a criminal investigation or the abuse or neglect of a minor child, not to have the crime or the abuse or neglect of a minor child prosecuted, or not to give truthful or complete information relevant to a criminal investigation or the abuse or neglect of a minor child.\n(2) A person also is guilty of intimidating a witness if the person directs a threat to a former witness because of the witness's role in an official proceeding.\n(3) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Threat\" means:\n(i) To communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent immediately to use force against any person who is present at the time; or\n(ii) Threat as defined in *RCW 9A.04.110(27).\n(b) \"Current or prospective witness\" means:\n(i) A person endorsed as a witness in an official proceeding;\n(ii) A person whom the actor believes may be called as a witness in any official proceeding; or\n(iii) A person whom the actor has reason to believe may have information relevant to a criminal investigation or the abuse or neglect of a minor child.\n(c) \"Former witness\" means:\n(i) A person who testified in an official proceeding;\n(ii) A person who was endorsed as a witness in an official proceeding;\n(iii) A person whom the actor knew or believed may have been called as a witness if a hearing or trial had been held; or\n(iv) A person whom the actor knew or believed may have provided information related to a criminal investigation or an investigation into the abuse or neglect of a minor child.\n(4) Intimidating a witness is a class B felony.\n(5) For purposes of this section, each instance of an attempt to intimidate a witness constitutes a separate offense.","path":["Title 9A","Chapter 9A.72"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9A.72.110","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:51:26Z","sha256":"da4344dc176ed034183ab7232a4d394d5e60d3606d181c9d042edfab8d7b91df","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-9a.72.100","next":"us-wa/rcw-9a.72.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}