Back to chapter
RCW 9A.16
9A.16.120
Outdoor music festival, campground—Detention.
Full Statute Text
The complete and official text of the statute.
In any civil or criminal action for arrest, false imprisonment, or wrongful detention, brought by any person by reason of having been detained on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of an outdoor music festival or related campground for the purpose of investigation or questioning as to the commission of any crime, it shall be a defense to such action that the person was detained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable time to permit such investigation or questioning by a peace officer or by the owner of the outdoor music festival or related campground, his or her authorized employee or agent, and that such peace officer, owner, employee, or agent had reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit a crime.Visit Website