Chapter 9.12
COERCION

Sections:

9.12.010    Offense described—Threat defined.

9.12.010 Offense described—Threat defined.

A.    A person is guilty of coercion if, by use of a threat, he compels or induces a person to engage in conduct which the latter has a legal right to abstain from, or to abstain from conduct which he has a legal right to engage in.

B.    “Threat,” as used in this section, means:

1.    To communicate, directly or indirectly, the intent immediately to use force against any person who is present at the time; or

2.    Threats as defined in R.C.W. 9A.04.110(25) (a), (b), or (c). (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)