Washington · Revised Code of Washington — Title 9A, Criminal Code

RCW Title 9A § 9A.56.410: Metal property deception

Gross Misdemeanor

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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