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RCW 9A.44.060: Rape in the third degree.

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Washington Code › Title 9A › Chapter 44 › Section 060

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(1) A person is guilty of rape in the third degree when, under circumstances not constituting rape in the first or second degrees, such person engages in sexual intercourse with another person: (a) Where the victim did not consent as defined in *RCW 9A.44.010 (7), to sexual intercourse with the perpetrator; or (b) Where there is threat of substantial unlawful harm to property rights of the victim. (2) Rape in the third degree is a class C felony.

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