Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Civil liability for damage.

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  2. Revised Code of Washington
  3. Cemeteries, Morgues, and Human Remains
  4. Penal and Miscellaneous Provisions.
  5. Unlawful damage to graves, markers, shrubs, etc.—Civil liability for damage.

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Any person violating any provision of RCW 68.56.010 is liable, in a civil action by and in the name of the cemetery authority, to pay all damages occasioned by his or her unlawful acts. The sum recovered shall be applied in payment for the repair and restoration of the property injured or destroyed.

[ 2012 c 117 § 326; 1943 c 247 § 37; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 3778-37. Formerly RCW 68.48.020.]


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