Revised Code of Washington
2023 Archive

Chapter 70.85 RCW
EMERGENCY PARTY LINE TELEPHONE CALLS—LIMITING TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION IN HOSTAGE SITUATIONS
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70.85.010Definitions.
70.85.020Refusal to yield line—Penalty.
70.85.030Request for line on pretext of emergency—Penalty.
70.85.040Telephone directories—Notice.
70.85.100Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation—Definitions.
70.85.110Telephone companies to provide contacting information.
70.85.120Liability of telephone company.
70.85.130Applicability.
NOTES:
Call to operator without charge or coin insertion be provided: RCW 80.36.225.
Fraud in operating coin-box telephone: RCW 9.26A.120.
Telecommunications companies: Chapter 80.36 RCW.