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State
Washington
Type of enforcement mechanism
Community service
Statute
Wash. Rev. Code Ann. § 9.92.130
Statutory language
When a person has been sentenced by any municipal or district judge in this state to a term of imprisonment in a city jail, whether in default of payment of a fine or otherwise, such person may be compelled on each day of such term, except Sundays, to perform eight hours' labor upon the streets, public buildings, and grounds of such city.
Mandatory
No
Level of offense
Traffic
Misdemeanor
Felony
Type of court
State
Municipal
Type of charge
Fine