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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Any person or persons who shall willfully or maliciously, with intent to injure or deprive the owner thereof, take, steal, remove, change, add to, alter, or in any manner interfere with any journal bearing, brass, waste, packing, triple valve, pressure cock, brake, air hose, or any other part of the operating mechanism of any locomotive, engine, tender, coach, car, caboose, or motor car used or capable of being used by any railroad or railway company in this state, is guilty of a class C felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) Every person who buys or receives any of the property described in subsection (1) of this section, knowing the same to have been stolen, is guilty of a class C felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 81. Transportation § 81.60.080. Sabotaging rolling stock--Receiving stolen railroad property - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-81-transportation/wa-rev-code-81-60-080/
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