Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 10 Criminal Procedure - Section 10.79.050 Restoration of stolen property to owner -- Duties of officers

§ 10.79.050. Restoration of stolen property to owner -- Duties of officers

All property obtained by larceny, robbery or burglary, shall be restored to the owner; and no sale, whether in good faith on the part of the purchaser or not, shall divest the owner of his rights to such property; and it shall be the duty of the officer who shall arrest any person charged as principal or accessory in any robbery or larceny, to secure the property alleged to have been stolen, and he shall be answerable for the same, and shall annex a schedule thereof to his return of the warrant.

[Code 1881 § 851; 1873 p 192 § 57; 1854 p 84 § 51; RRS § 2129.]

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