9.68.070 - Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060 -- Defense. - Washington Statutes

Prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060 — Defense.

In any prosecution for violation of RCW 9.68.060, it shall be a defense that:

     (1) If the violation pertains to a motion picture or sound recording, the minor was accompanied by a parent, parent's spouse, or guardian; or

     (2) Such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate, or other official or an apparently official document purporting to establish such minor was over the age of eighteen years; or

     (3) Such minor was accompanied by a person who represented himself to be a parent, or the spouse of a parent, or a guardian of such minor, and the defendant in good faith relied upon such representation.

[1992 c 5 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 256 § 15.]

Notes: Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 256: See note following RCW 9.68.050.