Chapter 6.15
OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION

Sections:

6.15.010    Statutes incorporated by reference.

6.15.020    Escape in the third degree – Absconding from treatment.

6.15.030    Possessing contraband.

6.15.010 Statutes incorporated by reference.

The following statutes regarding obstructing governmental operation are incorporated by reference:

RCW

9.69.100    Withholding knowledge of felony involving violence.

9A.76.010    Definitions.

9A.76.020    Obstructing of a law enforcement officer.

9A.76.030    Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.

9A.76.040    Resisting an arrest.

9A.76.050    Rendering criminal assistance – Definitions.

9A.76.060    Relative defined.

9A.76.080    Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.

9A.76.090    Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.

9A.76.100    Compounding.

9A.76.130    Escape in the third degree.

9A.76.160    Introducing contraband in the third degree.

9A.76.170    Bail jumping.

9A.76.175    Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

(Ord. 2088 § 2, 1996; Ord. 1993 § 13, 1994; Ord. 1737 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1725, 1989; Ord. 1337, 1984; Ord. 1229 § 1, 1982; Ord. 965 § 12.01, 1977).

6.15.020 Escape in the third degree – Absconding from treatment.

A person subject to a mandatory minimum sentence imposed under MMC 6.03.130 who was released by court order to treatment and who fails to appear for treatment or leaves the treatment facility without an order of the court, is guilty of escape in the third degree, absconding from treatment. Escape in the third degree, absconding from treatment, is a misdemeanor on the first offense and subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 30 days in jail to run consecutively to the remaining time on the underlying mandatory minimum sentence and any suspended time that the court imposes. The court may order any sentence up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. A second offense is a gross misdemeanor and subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 90 days in jail to run consecutively to the remaining time on the underlying mandatory minimum sentence and any suspended time that the court imposes. The court may order any sentence up to 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. (Ord. 3289 § 2 (Exh. B), 2023).

6.15.030 Possessing contraband.

Every person possessing contraband, as defined in RCW 9A.76.010(3), while said person is confined in the city jail or in the custody of jail officers, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 1693, 1989).