# RCW 9A.44.100: RCW 9A.44.100: Indecent liberties

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S100

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 9A.44.100
- **Heading:** RCW 9A.44.100: Indecent liberties
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 26 / Chapter 44 / Section 100

## Text

(1) A person is guilty of indecent liberties when he or she knowingly causes another person to have sexual contact with him or her or another: (a) By forcible compulsion; (b) When the other person is incapable of consent by reason of being mentally defective, mentally incapacitated, or physically helpless; (c) When the victim is a person with a developmental disability and the perpetrator is a person who: (i) Has supervisory authority over the victim; or (ii) Was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment, to the victim at the time of the offense; (d) When the perpetrator is a health care provider, the victim is a client or patient, and the sexual contact occurs during a treatment session, consultation, interview, or examination. It is an affirmative defense that the defendant must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the client or patient consented to the sexual contact with the knowledge that the sexual contact was not for the purpose of treatment; (e) When the victim is a resident of a facility for persons with a mental disorder or substance use disorder and the perpetrator is a person who has supervisory authority over the victim; or (f) When the victim is a frail elder or vulnerable adult and the perpetrator is a person who: (i) Has a significant relationship with the victim; or (ii) Was providing transportation, within the course of his or her employment, to the victim at the time of the offense. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, indecent liberties is a class B felony. (b) Indecent liberties by forcible compulsion is a class A felony.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 9A.44.010 RCW 9A.44.010: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S010.md)
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- [RCW 9A.44.100 RCW 9A.44.100: Indecent liberties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S100.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.120 RCW 9A.44.120: Admissibility of child's statement—Conditions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S120.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.130 RCW 9A.44.130: Registration of sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Procedures—Definition—Penalties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S130.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.150 RCW 9A.44.150: Testimony of child by closed-circuit television.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S150.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.160 RCW 9A.44.160: Custodial sexual misconduct in the first degree.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S160.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.190 RCW 9A.44.190: Criminal trespass against children—Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S190.md)
- [RCW 9A.44.210 RCW 9A.44.210: Court initiated issuance of sexual assault no-contact orders—Terms, conditions, requirements, etc.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S210.md)
- [RCW 26.44.015 RCW 26.44.015: Limitations of chapter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S015.md)
- [RCW 26.44.020 RCW 26.44.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S020.md)
- [RCW 26.44.030 RCW 26.44.030: Reports—Duty and authority to make—Duty of receiving agency—Duty to notify—Case planning and consultation—Penalty for unauthorized exchange of information—Filing dependency petitions—Investigations—Interviews of children—Records—Risk assessment process.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S030.md)
- [RCW 26.44.031 RCW 26.44.031: Records—Maintenance and disclosure—Destruction of screened-out, unfounded, or inconclusive reports—Rules—Proceedings for enforcement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S031.md)
- [RCW 26.44.032 RCW 26.44.032: Legal defense of public employee.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T26_C44_S032.md)

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