Chapter 8.16
ASSAULT
Sections:
8.16.010 Assault.
Every person who, with intent to inflict bodily harm or to create an apprehension thereof, shall attempt or offer, with force and violence, to do a corporeal hurt to another, shall be guilty of an assault and shall be punished for a misdemeanor unless an assault or use of force is excused under the provisions of RCW 9.11.040. (Ord. 654 § 4.1, 1968)
8.16.020 Assault and battery.
Assault and battery is the unlawful beating of another, or a consummated attempt to unlawfully touch, strike, beat or wound another person. Every person convicted of an assault and battery is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 654 § 4.2, 1968)
8.16.030 Provoking assault.
Every person who shall, by work, sign or gesture, wilfully provoke, or attempt to provoke another person to commit an assault or breach of the peace, is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 654 § 4.3, 1968)