Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Chapter 70.85 Emergency Party Line Telephone Calls -- Limiting Telephone Communication In Hostage Situations

• 70.85.010 Definitions
  "Party line" means a subscribers' line telephone circuit, consisting of two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each station with a distinctive ring or ...
• 70.85.020 Refusal to yield line -- Penalty
  Any person who shall wilfully refuse to yield or surrender the use of a party line to another person for the purpose of permitting such ...
• 70.85.030 Request for line on pretext of emergency -- Penalty
  Any person who shall ask for or request the use of a party line on pretext that an emergency exists, knowing that no emergency in ...
• 70.85.040 Telephone directories -- Notice
  After September 9, 1953, every telephone directory thereafter distributed to the members of the general public shall contain a notice which explains this chapter, such ...
• 70.85.100 Authority to isolate telephones in barricade or hostage situation -- Definitions
  (1) The supervising law enforcement official having jurisdiction in a geographical area who reasonably believes that a person is barricaded, or one or more persons ...
• 70.85.110 Telephone companies to provide contacting information
  The telephone company providing service within the geographical jurisdiction of a law enforcement unit shall inform law enforcement agencies of the address and telephone number ...
• 70.85.120 Liability of telephone company
  Good faith reliance on an order given under RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.130 by a supervising law enforcement official shall constitute a complete defense to any ...
• 70.85.130 Applicability
  RCW 70.85.100 through 70.85.120 will govern notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of this chapter and notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 9.73 RCW.[1979 c ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009