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RCW 9A.36
9A.36.031
Assault in the third degree.
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(1) A person is guilty of assault in the third degree if he or she, under circumstances not amounting to assault in the first or second degree: (a) With intent to prevent or resist the execution of any lawful process or mandate of any court officer or the lawful apprehension or detention of himself, herself, or another person, assaults another; or (b) Assaults a person with intent to commit a felony; or (c) Assaults a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault; or (d) Assaults a firefighter or other employee of a fire department, county fire marshal's office, county fire prevention bureau, or fire protection district who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault; or (e) With criminal negligence, causes bodily harm to another person by means of a weapon or other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm; or (f) Assaults a person who is a full or part-time community corrections officer, a city or county jail corrections officer, or a department of corrections employee, who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault; or (g) Assaults a transit operator or driver, including a bus driver, ferry operator, or taxi driver, who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault. (2) Assault in the third degree is a class C felony.Visit Website