Washington · Revised Code of Washington — Title 9A, Criminal Code
RCW Title 9A § 9A.56.410: Metal property deception
What this law says, in plain English
It is a gross misdemeanor to remove identifying marks from metal property to deceive scrap metal businesses, for scrap metal businesses to knowingly purchase such property, to falsify required records, or to participate in other specified deceptive scrap metal transactions.
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