Public Conduct in Washington (2026)

Bellevue criminalizes aggressive begging, defined as asking for money or goods with intent to intimidate someone into…

In the City of Burien, Washington, BMC 9.80.400 makes aggressive begging in any public place a misdemeanor. Aggressive…

Everett makes it a misdemeanor to beg in a way that intentionally blocks someone's path, or to beg using words or…

In the City of Lacey, Washington, panhandling is lawful except where Lacey Municipal Code Chapter 5.21 limits the place…

Lakewood, Washington makes aggressive begging a misdemeanor citywide. LMC Chapter 9.04 bars intimidating, following or…

Lynnwood Municipal Code § 10.02.140 makes 'aggressive solicitation' a misdemeanor: intentionally soliciting anything of…

Pasco does not single out "aggressive" panhandling; it bans all panhandling on the premises of any retail, commercial…

Pierce County makes it unlawful to solicit by coercion, defined to include threats, blocking someone's path, persisting…

Port Townsend bans aggressive begging citywide, covering intimidation, unsafe conduct, and pressured unsolicited…

Puyallup makes it pedestrian interference to aggressively beg, meaning begging with intent to intimidate someone into…

In the City of Shoreline, begging with intent to intimidate someone into giving money or goods in any public place is a…

Spokane Valley makes it a misdemeanor to solicit money, goods, services, or signatures with intent to intimidate…

Tacoma bans soliciting within 15 feet of ATMs, doorways, pay phones, fuel pumps, and transit stops, plus after dark…

Mason County Code Section 10.52.215 bars standing in a roadway to solicit a ride, business, or employment from vehicle…

SMC 12A.12.015 makes it a misdemeanor "pedestrian interference" offense to aggressively beg in a public place: defined…

Bellingham makes it unlawful to intentionally urinate or defecate somewhere the public can observe it: streets…

Kirkland Municipal Code § 11.20.070 makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere in public…

It is a criminal misdemeanor in unincorporated Kitsap County to intentionally urinate or defecate in a public place, or…

Lynnwood Municipal Code § 10.04.745 makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere other than a…

Urinating or defecating anywhere in public other than a washroom or toilet room is a misdemeanor in Marysville…

Pasco makes urinating or defecating anywhere other than a washroom or toilet a criminal "lewd act" under PMC 9.25.030…

Pierce County makes it unlawful to urinate or defecate anywhere in its park system except into a fixture built for that…

Puyallup makes it a criminal misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in public. The disorderly conduct chapter reaches any…

Seattle Municipal Code 12A.10.100 makes it unlawful to intentionally urinate or defecate in any public place, streets…

Urinating or defecating anywhere in a Spokane County park or facility other than the designated fixtures is a flat…

Tacoma makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere in public where the act could be observed…

Thurston County makes it a crime to urinate or defecate in public: Thurston County Code § 10.88.040 says a person is…

Yakima makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate in any public place, or any place open or available to the public…

Bellevue makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate in public, anywhere other than a washroom or…

Everett makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than a washroom or toilet…

Sammamish treats a first public urination or defecation offense as a civil infraction carrying up to a $250 fine; a…

Auburn's disorderly conduct ordinance, ACC 9.78.010(A)(8), makes it a misdemeanor to urinate or defecate anywhere open…

Benton County Code 6.30.020 makes it a civil infraction, capped at a $100 fine, for anyone to urinate in a public place…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, intentionally urinating or defecating in a public place, other than a washroom or…

In the City of Burien, Washington, BMC § 9.95.300 makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate in a…

Edmonds treats public urination or defecation outside a restroom as a form of unlawful public exposure under ECC…

Federal Way makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate in public under FWRC 6.45.090. The Public…

Kennewick makes it a misdemeanor to intentionally urinate or defecate anywhere in public other than a washroom or…

Intentionally urinating or defecating in a public place in Kent, where any member of the public could observe it, is an…

Unincorporated King County bans public urination and defecation for anyone over 12, but only outside the county's urban…

In the City of Lacey, Washington, it is unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place that is not specifically…

Lakewood, Washington makes it disorderly conduct, a criminal misdemeanor, to urinate or defecate in any place open to…

In the City of Olympia, Washington, it is unlawful to urinate or defecate in a public place unless the person is using…

In the City of Richland, Washington, urinating or defecating anywhere other than a washroom or toilet room counts as a…

Shoreline Municipal Code § 9.10.640 makes it a civil infraction to intentionally urinate or defecate in public, in any…

It is unlawful under SCC Chapter 9.36 for anyone to urinate or defecate in a public place in unincorporated Skagit…

Intentionally urinating or defecating in public where anyone could observe it is a civil infraction in unincorporated…

Spokane Valley fines a first offense of intentionally urinating or defecating in public up to $100 as a civil…

Lynnwood Municipal Code Section 11.58.020 bans skateboards, go-carts and similar unbraked devices like sleds and roller…

Auburn bans skateboarding and roller skating on any street, alley, sidewalk or public parking lot within the downtown…

Skateboarding is flatly illegal on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, and parking lots of downtown Bellingham's central…

In the City of Burien, Washington, no person can skateboard or in-line skate in park facilities unless the parks…

Unincorporated Cowlitz County does not ban skateboarding outright, but its Code of Conduct and Trespass chapter names…

ECC 5.46.050 bans skateboards, roller skates and coasters on every arterial street in Edmonds and on sidewalks in five…

Everett bans skateboards, roller skates, in-line skates and coasters entirely from sidewalks and roadways in the…

Port Townsend bans skateboard riding on downtown business-district streets and sidewalks, plus Union Wharf and City…

Puyallup bans skateboards, roller skates, coasters, in-line skates and motorized foot scooters from every publicly…

Richland Municipal Code § 11.50.020 bans riding a skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates or a scooter on any…

In the City of Shoreline, skateboards and rollerblades may be used in city park facilities only where the parks…

Yakima bans roller skating, bicycling and skateboarding on any public or private sidewalk, mall or pedestrian way…

Bellevue keeps roller skates, coasters, toy vehicles and similar wheeled devices, the category skateboards fall under…

Federal Way lets the parks director post signs that ban skateboards, bicycles, coasters, and skates in specific park…

Island County's only local skateboard rule is narrow: Code Section 9.36.030.C bars skateboards, along with bicycles…

Kirkland bans skateboarding at three specific public sites: Peter Kirk Park, the City Hall grounds, and the Plaza of…

Marysville allows skateboards on city sidewalks but caps speed at 10 mph and bans reckless riding, with a $50 civil…

In the City of Olympia, Washington, no one can ride a skateboard on any street, sidewalk or public parking lot in a…

Riding a skateboard or rollerblading anywhere within Renton's Transit Center, except on the roadway's legally travelled…

Sammamish Municipal Code § 7A.08.010 caps travel speed at 15 miles per hour in every city open space, trail, park area…

Tacoma bans negligent skateboarding, scooter riding, and skating on any roadway, sidewalk, or public property, and…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, skateboarding, rollerblading and scooter use are unlawful in any park area where…

In Kent parks, pedestrians always have the right-of-way over skateboards, bikes, and other wheeled traffic under KCC…

Pasco bans skateboards, in-line skates, roller skates, and bicycles on tennis courts and stages in city parks outright…

SMC 11.40.255 requires skateboarders and roller-skaters on Seattle sidewalks and public paths to move in a careful…

Anyone riding a skateboard on a public road, sidewalk, bike path, park or other public area in unincorporated Spokane…

Spokane Valley allows skateboarding and rollerblading on designated pathways and sidewalks in city parks unless the…

Sammamish Municipal Code § 8.20.020 bans underage drinking gatherings outright, treating any party of four or more…

Thurston County declares any party of four or more people where minors drink or use marijuana a public nuisance, with…

In the City of Burien, Washington, BMC § 9.105.410(2)(d) lists frequent, repetitive or continuous sounds from any…

Under Everett's noise ordinance, whoever is in possession of a property is liable for allowing a public nuisance noise…

Unincorporated King County treats a loud house party as a public disturbance noise violation, and the person in…

Kitsap County Code § 10.28.145 makes it unlawful to cause, or to let originate from property in your possession, a…

Lakewood, Washington's noise code bans yelling, shouting or singing near public streets between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00…

Unincorporated Mason County treats a loud house party as a public disturbance noise. Code Section 9.36.120(6) makes it…

Seattle's noise code SMC 25.08 sets nighttime residential quiet hours of 10pm-7am weekdays (10pm-9am weekends) and…

Tacoma's public disturbance noise law bans sound from social gatherings, band sessions, or audio equipment that…

In unincorporated Walla Walla County, County Code § 9.20.050(E) makes it unlawful to run a musical instrument, whistle…

Yakima makes it a misdemeanor to run a party loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet past your property line…

Thurston County bans loitering that blocks a doorway, sidewalk, street or alley. County Code Section 10.48.010 makes it…

Bellevue makes it a gross misdemeanor to remain in a public place while intentionally soliciting, inducing, or…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, loitering is a gross misdemeanor when a person knowingly lingers in or near a…

Federal Way makes it unlawful to loiter near any public place under circumstances that manifest intent to engage in…

Lynnwood Municipal Code § 10.04.710 makes it a misdemeanor to remain in a public place while intentionally soliciting…

Pierce County makes it a misdemeanor to loiter without lawful purpose around school grounds while school is in session…

Puyallup does not have a general vagrancy-style loitering ordinance. Its one loitering rule is narrow: it is disorderly…

Seattle Municipal Code 12A.10.010 makes it a misdemeanor to remain in a public place while intentionally soliciting…

Shoreline Municipal Code § 9.10.560 designates the Aurora Avenue corridor between 145th and 205th Streets a Stay Out of…

Snohomish County's only loitering ordinance covers its own airport, Paine Field: no one may disrupt, slow, or impede…

Tacoma outlaws loitering anywhere in public that shows intent to engage in drug activity, weighing factors like acting…

Yakima bars loitering in public with the manifest purpose of soliciting prostitution, but officers must first let the…

Auburn Municipal Code Chapter 9.50 defines loitering and lets police order people to move on when they block streets…

Benton County's code carries no general anti-loitering ordinance for the unincorporated area; the only loitering…

In the City of Burien, Washington, loitering is punished by purpose and result, not by standing still. BMC § 9.90.020…

In unincorporated Chelan County, loitering or prowling in a place, time or manner that manifests an unlawful purpose or…

Unincorporated King County bans loitering or prowling when the circumstances signal an unlawful purpose or create real…

Kirkland makes it a violation to remain in or loiter within any city park or recreation area while intoxicated. KMC…

Lakewood, Washington bans loitering that obstructs streets, sidewalks or businesses under LMC Chapter 9.11. Rather than…

Marysville Municipal Code Chapter 6.36 makes it a misdemeanor to loiter without lawful purpose on or near any public or…

Unincorporated Mason County bans being, remaining, or loitering in any county park, county-owned real property, or…

In the City of Olympia, Washington, a person is guilty of pedestrian interference if, in a public place, the person…

Pasco bars loitering or prowling in a place, time, or manner unusual for law-abiding people when the circumstances…

Renton makes it a civil infraction to loiter, meaning to remain, for 60 consecutive minutes or more, within the…

Sammamish Municipal Code § 7A.07.010 makes loitering in restrooms unlawful across every city open space, trail, park…

Unincorporated Spokane County bars anyone under 15 from loitering or congregating on streets, highways, or public…

The City of Richland, Washington abolished its own loitering statute. Richland Municipal Code § 9.06.080, once titled…

Auburn bans smoking, vaping, and all tobacco use in every city park except its golf courses under ACC 2.22.085. The…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, it is unlawful to use tobacco products in any city park, sports field, or park…

Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is banned on all King County Metro transit vehicles, bus shelters and transit…

Kirkland bans smoking and tobacco use of any kind in every city park. KMC 11.80.216 covers cigarettes, herbal…

Kitsap County Code § 10.32.030 makes it unlawful to smoke on the floats at Kingston Marina, the county-owned moorage…

Lynnwood bans smoking and vaping outright in every public park under LMC 10.16.020(L). The prohibition reaches…

Smoking cigarettes, cigars, tobacco or e-cigarettes anywhere within a Marysville city park is unlawful, with signs…

Port Townsend outlaws smoking and vaping in every city park under PTMC 11.02.025. The ban covers trails, beaches…

SMC § 8.12.395 prohibits smoking and tobacco use of any kind, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, smokeless…

Tacoma bans smoking or vaping any nicotine product anywhere in a city or Metropolitan Park District park, with a narrow…

Thurston County bans smoking, vaping and marijuana use across its entire park system: Thurston County Code § 10.76.430…

Unincorporated Chelan County has no general outdoor public-smoking ordinance covering streets or plazas, but the…

Edmonds bans smoking and vaping, including cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, marijuana and e-cigarettes, in every city park…

Federal Way bans smoking and vaping in city parks, facilities, and restrooms outright, and bars tobacco or vapor use…

Kent prohibits smoking, vaping, or using any tobacco product on city park property, including e-cigarettes, chewing…

Mason County designates all county parks, county-owned real property, and property held in trust as tobacco and vape…

In the City of Olympia, Washington, it is unlawful to smoke or light cigarettes, cigars, tobacco or other smoking…

Puyallup prohibits smoking cigars, cigarettes, tobacco or any other lighted material, and vaping, anywhere in city…

Sammamish adopts Washington's statewide public-place smoking law wholesale: SMC 70.05.010 incorporates RCW 70.160.030…

Skagit County bans smoking and vaping in outdoor public places controlled by a child care facility or school, and…

Bellingham bans smoking, including vaping on electronic smoking devices, in any city-owned or city-operated public…

Unincorporated Cowlitz County bans tobacco use, including vaping, in or within 25 feet of playgrounds, public…

Kennewick bans smoking and vaping within 20 feet of any playground or tot-lot in a city park, a class 3 infraction…

In the City of Lacey, Washington, smoking is prohibited in public places and places of employment, and within a…

Lakewood, Washington bans smoking, vaping and any tobacco use inside all city parks under LMC 8.76.168. It is a civil…

Pasco bans smoking and tobacco use at Peanuts Park and the Farmers Market, and within 25 feet of any park shelter…

Washington's Smoking in Public Places Act (RCW 70.160) bans smoking and vaping inside public places and within 25 feet…

At Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field), lighting up is banned within 100 feet of aircraft being fueled, fuel trucks…

Whatcom County bans smoking and vaping in indoor public places and workplaces, and the ban follows people outdoors: WCC…

Yakima's Clean Indoor Air Act bans smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces and pushes smokers back 25 feet…

Edmonds designates specific streets as "business districts" where RCW 46.90.418 bars pedestrians from crossing anywhere…

Entering the roadway outside a marked crosswalk is a misdemeanor at Marysville's designated restricted intersections…

In unincorporated Mason County, Washington, pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk…

Puyallup pedestrians may not step into a moving traffic lane between intersections in the central business district…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, pedestrians cannot cross the roadway between intersections in the central business…

Cowlitz County's traffic code has no separate mid-block jaywalking statute; instead CCC § 11.04.395 and § 11.04.400…

In unincorporated Spokane County, pedestrians who cross a roadway outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield the…

Pedestrians in Yakima can't step off the curb into traffic between intersections in the central business district, any…

Washington's 2024 Free to Walk Act amended RCW 46.61.250 so police may not stop pedestrians solely for crossing outside…

Kitsap County outlaws bringing, possessing or consuming marijuana and every other drug in a county park, with no…

Marysville enforces Washington's ban on opening a package of, or consuming, marijuana in view of the general public…

Pierce County bans cannabis outright in its entire park system, with no permit exception like the one alcohol gets. PCC…

In unincorporated Chelan County, recreational marijuana use is strictly prohibited anywhere inside a county park under…

Kennewick bans opening a marijuana package or consuming marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana-infused products or…

The City of Richland, Washington does not write its own public marijuana consumption offense; instead Richland…

SMC 12A.20.100 makes it unlawful to open a package of, or consume, marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana-infused…

Thurston County prohibits smoking, vaping, or using marijuana products in any county park, park preserve, or trail…

Bellevue does not punish the marijuana user directly for consuming in a controlled space; instead BCC 10.06.040 makes…

Bellingham bars anyone from opening a marijuana package or consuming marijuana or a marijuana-infused product anywhere…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, opening or consuming cannabis products in view of the general public or in a public…

Edmonds does not write its own public-cannabis-consumption rule; instead it adopts RCW 69.50.445, the state ban on…

Opening a package of marijuana or consuming it anywhere in view of the general public is a civil infraction in Everett…

Federal Way enforces the state ban on public marijuana use by adopting RCW 69.50.445 by reference in FWRC 6.10.030…

Opening a cannabis package or consuming cannabis where the general public can see it is unlawful in Kent under RCW…

Lynnwood makes it unlawful to open a package of marijuana or consume marijuana, useable marijuana or a…

Sammamish doesn't write its own marijuana-use ban for parks; instead SMC 7A.05.060 adopts state law by reference…

Opening a marijuana package or smoking in view of the public is unlawful in Tacoma, which folds the state's…

Yakima has no standalone public-marijuana ordinance. Instead, YMC § 6.08.015 adopts a list of Revised Code of…

In the City of Lacey, Washington, it is unlawful to open a package of marijuana or to consume marijuana in view of the…

Bellingham bars opening, possessing an open container of, or consuming liquor in any public place unless the site or…

Benton County bans alcohol outright in every county park. BCC 7.28.020(b) makes it unlawful to consume or possess any…

In the City of Bothell, Washington, alcoholic beverages are prohibited in city parks under BMC § 8.60.380, with one…

Grant County Code 8.40.030 bans using, possessing or consuming alcohol at any time in the Moses Lake Sand Dunes Area…

Grays Harbor County Park bans drinking or holding an open container of alcohol anywhere on park property. The rule sits…

Lewis County Code § 12.05.040 bars drinking alcohol in county parks, effective since January 1, 1994, citing the…

Marysville Municipal Code § 6.58.010 incorporates RCW 66.44.100, the state ban on opening or consuming liquor in a…

Auburn enforces Washington's statewide open-container law by reference: opening a liquor package or drinking alcohol in…

Alcoholic beverages may not be displayed or consumed in public view inside a Chelan County park except in designated…

King County bans open containers and alcohol consumption in all unincorporated county park areas and marine facilities…

Kirkland makes it unlawful to open or possess an open container of liquor in any place open to the public. KMC…

Drinking alcohol in a Kitsap County park is off-limits everywhere except contractually reserved community-center areas…

Lakewood, Washington prohibits selling, possessing or drinking alcohol anywhere in a City park, recreation area or…

Unincorporated Mason County bans open alcohol containers and drinking on its own park and trust land. Code Section…

Pasco makes it unlawful to open, possess, display, or consume liquor in any City park or recreation building without a…

Pierce County bans open alcohol in its park system outright. PCC 14.08.060(M)(2) makes it unlawful to display, possess…

Drinking or possessing an open container of alcohol is banned in Renton parks except in areas the Parks and Recreation…

Alcohol is banned by default across Sammamish parks, trails, and open space. SMC 7A.05.010 makes it unlawful to open…

SMC 12A.24.025 bars opening, possessing an open container of, or consuming liquor in any public place in Seattle…

Thurston County bans opening or drinking alcohol in county parks except in designated campgrounds, picnic areas, or…

Opening or drinking alcohol in a Yakima County park, or on Yakima Greenway Foundation property in the unincorporated…

In the City of Burien, Washington, BMC 9.15.200 bars opening a package of liquor, possessing an open container of…

Everett Municipal Code § 10.42.020 makes it an infraction, fine of $50 plus statutory assessments, to open a package…

Federal Way bans using or possessing alcohol, even an unopened container, in any city park. Organized groups can get…

Kennewick makes it a civil infraction, not a crime, to open a package of liquor or drink it in any public place inside…

Lynnwood bars anyone from carrying an open or unsealed container of liquor or beer in a public place and separately…

In the City of Olympia, Washington, it is unlawful to open a container of intoxicating liquor, possess an opened one…

Port Townsend adopts RCW 66.44.100 by reference, making it a misdemeanor to open or consume liquor in any public place…

Puyallup bans drinking alcohol or carrying an opened container on city streets, public highways, roads or any other…

In the City of Richland, Washington, opening a package of liquor or drinking it in any public place is an infraction…

In the City of Shoreline, opening, consuming, or possessing an open container of liquor in a public place carries a…

Spokane Valley fines anyone who opens, drinks, or holds an open container of liquor in a public place $50 plus court…

Opening or possessing an opened container of liquor, or drinking it, in any Tacoma public place is a civil infraction…

Yakima adopts RCW 66.44.100 by reference, making it unlawful to open a container of liquor or drink alcohol in any…