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Washington doesn’t have a state law that dictates whether children can or can’t be left at home that’s dependent on age, according to Seattle-based law firm Elise Buie Family Law.
Washington is one of a handful of states without a law making clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. State law requires teachers, police, registered nurses, social service ...
In 2023, the state Legislature enacted what is known as the Shield Law, which restricts the ability of courts and law enforcement to either issue or enforce any subpoenas, warrants, or extradition ...
Child pornography laws in Washington were updated in 2019 under the Responsible Teen Communications Act (House Bill 1742), [229] which stipulated that people under the age of 18 would not face charges for possessing nudes of themselves; [230] possessing or distributing sexual images of another person aged 13 to 17 would be a misdemeanor; [230 ...
However, actual laws and the maximum ages that constitute breach of law vary by state. A person engaging in sexual activity with a minor below these proscribed ages (16–18), regardless of that minor's seeming "consent" or compliance, commits an offense (terminology varies).
The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) is the compilation of all permanent laws currently in force in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] Temporary laws such as appropriations acts are excluded. It is published by the Washington State Statute Law Committee and the Washington State Code Reviser which it employs and supervises. [2] [3]
Q: I don’t know what the Washington State law is, but I watched a police program, state and city unknown, that said a child of 6 years old can be left unattended in a locked car if not more than ...
A newly married couple leaving Seattle City Hall is greeted by well-wishers on the first day same-sex marriages are celebrated in Washington state. Since 2001, Washington state has provided benefits to same-sex partners of state employees. [12] The state adopted a statute defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman in 1998.