WA Rape Laws & Related Statutes

Protection Orders

• Sexual Assault Protection Order - 7.90 RCW
• Domestic Violence Protection Order – 26.50 RCW
• Anti-Harassment Order – 10.14 RCW
• Vulnerable Adult Protection Order – 74.34.110 RCW
• Criminal DV No-Contact Orders – 10.99 RCW
• Evidence Rules in Protection Order hearings – ER 1101

Privacy & Confidentiality

• Sexual Assault Advocate Privilege – 5.60.060(7) RCW
• Domestic Violence Advocate Privilege – 5.60.060(8) RCW
• Confidentiality of Rape Crisis Center Records – 70.125.065 RCW
• Client Records of Domestic Violence Programs – 70.123.075 RCW
• Washington State Criminal Records Privacy Act – 10.97 RCW
• Medical Records, Health Care Information access & Disclosure – 70.02 RCW
• Sealing of Court Records – Wash. Court Rule GR 15
• Public Disclosure Act – Information held confidential – 50.13.015 RCW
• Address Confidentiality – 40.24 RCW
• Polygraph examinations – victims of sexual offenses – 10.58.038 RCW 
  
  
  

Other Civil Legal Needs

• Right to Support Person – 70.125.060 RCW
• Housing: Right to Terminate Tenancy or Lease – 59.18.575 RCW
• Interpreters: Right to, Deaf and Hard of Hearing – 2.42 RCW
• Non-English Speaking – 2.43 RCW
• Employment: Washington Law Against Discrimination – 49.60 RCW
• Employment: Washington State Family Leave Act – 49.78 RCW
• Washington Unemployment Compensation – 50.20 RCW 
  
  

Mandatory Reporting

• Abuse of Children, Reports - 26.44.030 RCW
• Abuse of Vulnerable Adults - 74.34 RCW  
  
  

Rape Shield

• Civil Cases - Evidence Rule 412
• Criminal Cases - 9A.44.020 RCW

Criminal Offenses

• Sex Offenses - 9A.44 RCW
• Communications with a Minor for Immoral Purposes - 9.68A.090 RCW
• Harassment - 10.14 RCW
• Indecent Exposure – 9A.88.010 RCW
• Sexual Exploitation of children - 9.68A RCW
• Stalking - 9A.46.110 RCW
• Unlawful Imprisonment - 9A.40.040 RCW
• Voyeurism – 9A.44.115 RCW
• Limitations of Actions (Statute of Limitations)
• Crime Victims Rights – 7.69.030 RCW
• Child Crime Victim Rights – 7.69A.030 RCW
• Crime Victims Compensation – 7.68 RCW 296.20.220 WAC

Other

• Victims of Sexual Assault Act - 70.125 RCW
• Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse, Protocols - 26.44.180 RCW