WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

74.34.145 - Protection of vulnerable adults -- Notice of criminal penalties for violation -- Enforcement under RCW 26.50.110.

Protection of vulnerable adults — Notice of criminal penalties for violation — Enforcement under RCW 26.50.110.

(1) An order for protection of a vulnerable adult issued under this chapter which restrains the respondent or another person from committing acts of abuse, prohibits contact with the vulnerable adult, excludes the person from any specified location, or prohibits the person from coming within a specified distance from a location, shall prominently bear on the front page of the order the legend: VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER WITH ACTUAL NOTICE OF ITS TERMS IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER CHAPTER 26.50 RCW AND WILL SUBJECT A VIOLATOR TO ARREST.

(2) Whenever an order for protection of a vulnerable adult is issued under this chapter, and the respondent or person to be restrained knows of the order, a violation of a provision restraining the person from committing acts of abuse, prohibiting contact with the vulnerable adult, excluding the person from any specified location, or prohibiting the person from coming within a specified distance of a location, shall be punishable under RCW 26.50.110, regardless of whether the person is a family or household member as defined in RCW 26.50.010.

[2007 c 312 § 7; 2000 c 119 § 2.]

Notes: Application -- 2000 c 119: See note following RCW 26.50.021.