9.15.050 Interfering with reporting domestic violence.
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(1) A person commits the crime of interfering with reporting domestic violence if the person:
(a) Commits a crime of domestic violence as defined in PMC 9.15.040, and/or Chapter 7.105 RCW; and
(b) Prevents or attempts to prevent the victim of or a witness to that domestic violence crime from calling the 911 emergency communication system, or from obtaining medical assistance, or from making a report to any law enforcement official.
(2) Commission of a crime of domestic violence under subsection (1) of this section is a necessary element of the crime of interfering with reporting domestic violence.
(3) Interfering with reporting domestic violence is a gross misdemeanor. [Ord. 4606 § 5, 2022; Ord. 3484 § 2, 2001; Code 1970 § 9.06.050.]