Thurston County, WA Public Conduct: Public Urination (2026)

010, to preserve the peace and dignity of county residents by protecting them from lewd acts in public as well as from people urinating or defecating in public places other than washrooms or toilet rooms. 040 makes the offense knowledge-based: a person is guilty only if he knowingly urinates or defecates in a public place, other than a washroom or toilet room, under circumstances where the act could be observed by any member of the public. 020 to include state, county or township highways and roads, school grounds, public dance halls, establishments serving alcohol or soft drinks, public buildings and meeting halls, hotel and restaurant lobbies and dining rooms, theatres, stores, garages and filling stations open to the public, public conveyances and their depots and waiting rooms, and publicly owned bathing beaches, parks and playgrounds, along with any other place of similar nature to which the general public has a right of access and which the public routinely uses.

050: a misdemeanor punishable by up to ninety days in the county jail, a fine of up to one thousand dollars, or both, as fixed by the court. The chapter was adopted by Ordinance 7625 in 1984 and has not been separately amended since.