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Public Health Rules in Everett, WA (2026)

1 verified public health rules for Everett, Washington, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.

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Syringe Disposal

Everett's paraphernalia law makes it a civil infraction, fine up to $500, to sell or give any drug paraphernalia to another person. But Everett Municipal Code § 10.35.055(D) carves out an explicit exception: nothing in the ban prohibits legal distribution of injection syringe equipment through public health and community-based HIV prevention programs, and pharmacies.

Everett Protects Legal Syringe Distribution Programs

Light Restrictions

Everett Municipal Code § 10.35.055(A), (C), (D)

A. Every person who sells or gives, or permits to be sold or given, to any person any drug paraphernalia in any form commits a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. ... C. It shall be no defense to a prosecution for a violation of this section that the person acted, or was believed by the defendant to act, as agent or representative of another. D. Nothing ...

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