Washington State Statutes - Washington Attorney Directory

(1) A person is guilty of rape in the first degree when such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person by forcible compulsion where the perpetrator or an accessory:

     (a) Uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon or what appears to be a deadly weapon; or

     (b) Kidnaps the victim; or

     (c) Inflicts serious physical injury, including but not limited to physical injury which renders the victim unconscious; or

     (d) Feloniously enters into the building or vehicle where the victim is situated.

     (2) Rape in the first degree is a class A felony.

[1998 c 242 § 1. Prior: 1983 c 118 § 1; 1983 c 73 § 1; 1982 c 192 § 11; 1982 c 10 § 3; prior: (1) 1981 c 137 § 36; 1979 ex.s. c 244 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 247 § 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 14 § 4. (2) 1981 c 136 § 57 repealed by 1982 c 10 § 18. Formerly RCW 9.79.170.]

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