WASHINGTON
TITLE:	BURGLARY AND TRESPASS
DEFINITIONS:	¤ 9A.48.100.  MALICIOUS MISCHIEF®"PHYSICAL 
DAMAGE" DEFINED

For the purposes of RCW 9A.48.070 through 
9A.48.090 inclusive:  

(1)  "Physical damage," in addition to its ordinary 
meaning, shall include the total or partial 
alteration, damage, obliteration, or erasure of 
records, information, data, computer programs, or 
their computer representations, which are 
recorded for use in computers or the impairment, 
interruption, or interference with the use of such 
records, information, data, or computer programs, 
or the impairment, interruption, or interference 
with the use of any computer or services provided 
by computers.  "Physical damage" also includes 
any diminution in the value of any property as the 
consequence of an act; * * * 
OFFENSES:  	¤ 9A.52.110.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE FIRST 
DEGREE

¤ 9A.52.120.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE SECOND 
DEGREE

¤ 9A.52.130.  COMPUTER TRESPASS®COMMISSION 
OF OTHER CRIME
ELEMENTS:	¤ 9A.52.110.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE FIRST 
DEGREE

(1)  A person is guilty of computer trespass in the 
first degree if the person, without authorization, 
intentionally gains access to a computer system or 
electronic data base of another; and 

(a)  The access is made with the intent to commit 
another crime; or 

(b)  The violation involves a computer or data base 
maintained by a government agency.  

¤ 9A.52.120.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE SECOND 
DEGREE  

(1)  A person is guilty of computer trespass in the 
second degree if the person, without authorization, 
intentionally gains access to a computer system or 
electronic data base of another under 
circumstances not constituting the offense in the 
first degree.  

¤ 9A.52.130.  COMPUTER TRESPASS-COMMISSION 
OF OTHER CRIME  

A person who, in the commission of a computer 
trespass, commits any other crime may be 
punished for that other crime as well as for the 
computer trespass and may be prosecuted for each 
crime separately.
PENALTIES:	¤ 9A.52.110.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE FIRST 
DEGREE 

(2)  Computer trespass in the first degree is a class 
C felony. 

¤ 9A.52.120.  COMPUTER TRESPASS IN THE SECOND 
DEGREE.  

(2)  Computer trespass in the second degree is a 
gross misdemeanor.
VENUE:	Not stated.
CIVIL REMEDY:	No referenceto civil remedy.
CITATION:	Wash. Rev. Code Ann. ¤¤ 9A.52.110 thru 
9A.52.130.
SOURCE:	Laws 1984, ch. 273.