Chapter 9.13
OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Sections:

9.13.010    Statutes incorporated by reference.

9.13.020    Possessing contraband.

9.13.030    Obstructing a corrections or court officer.

9.13.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.

The following statutes regarding obstructing governmental operation are incorporated by reference, insofar as they apply to gross misdemeanors and misdemeanors:

RCW 9.69.100    Withholding knowledge of felony involving violence.

RCW 9A.76.010    Definitions.

RCW 9A.76.020    Obstructing of a law enforcement officer.

RCW 9A.76.030    Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.

RCW 9A.76.040    Resisting an arrest.

RCW 9A.76.050    Rendering criminal assistance – Definitions.

RCW 9A.76.060    Relative defined.

RCW 9A.76.080    Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.

RCW 9A.76.090    Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.

RCW 9A.76.100    Compounding.

RCW 9A.76.130    Escape in the third degree.

RCW 9A.76.160    Introducing contraband in the third degree.

RCW 9A.76.170    Bail jumping.

RCW 9A.76.175    Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

(Ord. 1803 § 3, 2012; Ord. 1266 § 5, 1997).

9.13.020 Possessing contraband.

Every person possessing contraband, as defined in RCW 9A.76.010(3), while said person is confined in the city jail or in the custody of police or jail officers, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1266 § 5, 1997).

9.13.030 Obstructing a corrections or court officer.

A. A person is guilty of obstructing a corrections or court officer if the person willfully hinders, delays, or obstructs any corrections or court officer in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties.

B. “Corrections or court officer” means any commissioned corrections officer or court officer who is responsible for the monitoring, transportation, or securing of inmates inside a detention or court facility.

C. Obstructing a corrections or court officer is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1856 § 1, 2014).