All misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor criminal behavior and the penalties therefore as defined by the state of Washington, Revised Code of Washington, are adopted by reference by the City of Mountlake Terrace.
There is adopted by reference all provisions of any enactment of the State Legislature not previously adopted by reference, and establishing a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, otherwise enforceable by the state of Washington within the City of Mountlake Terrace, to become a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor of the City of Mountlake Terrace, and to the extent otherwise enforceable by the state of Washington, shall likewise be enforceable by the City of Mountlake Terrace, through its Police Department and its prosecuting authority, all in the same manner and fashion as such enactment may be enforced or prosecuted in the name of the state.
(Ord. 2035 § 1, 1994)
To the extent provided by state law, the Police Officers of the City of Mountlake Terrace shall have the authority and jurisdiction to arrest for and initiate citations and prosecution for violations of state enactments by authority of this chapter.
RCW 10.31.100, an act relating to the powers of arrest, is adopted by reference as an ordinance of the City of Mountlake Terrace, as if set forth in full herein and hereafter may be amended.
(Ord. 2035 § 2, 1994)
The following sections and chapters of the Revised Code of Washington are herewith adopted by reference, as set forth in MTMC § 9.05.040 through § 9.05.320. This adoption shall not be to the exclusion of those sections not specifically mentioned by this direct reference; rather, this reference shall be a supplement to such adoption.
(Ord. 2035 § 3, 1994)
RCW 9A.56.010
Definitions.
RCW 9A.56.020
Theft – Definition, defense.
RCW 9A.56.050
Theft in the third degree.
RCW 9A.56.060
Unlawful issuance of checks or drafts.
RCW 9A.56.100
Theft and larceny equated.
RCW 9A.56.140
Possessing stolen property – Definition – Access devices, presumption.
RCW 9A.56.170
Possessing stolen property in the third degree.
RCW 9A.56.180
Obscuring identity of a machine.
RCW 9A.56.220
Theft of cable services.
RCW 9A.56.230
Unlawful sale of cable television services.
RCW 9A.56.240
Forfeiture and disposal of device used to commit violation.
RCW 9A.56.250
Civil cause of action.
RCW 9A.56.260
Connection of channel converter.
RCW 9A.56.270
Shopping cart theft.
RCW 9.45.062
Failure to deliver leased personal property.
(Ord. 2035 § 3(12), 1994)
RCW 9A.76.010
Definitions.
RCW 9A.76.020
Obstructing a public servant.
RCW 9A.76.030
Refusing to summons aid for a peace officer.
RCW 9A.76.040
Resisting arrest.
RCW 9A.76.050
Rendering criminal assistance – Definition of term.
RCW 9A.76.060
Relative defined.
RCW 9A.76.080
Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.
RCW 9A.76.090
Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.
RCW 9A.76.100
Compounding.
RCW 9A.76.130
Escape in the third degree.
RCW 9A.76.160
Introducing contraband in the third degree.
RCW 9A.76.170
Bail jumping.
(Ord. 2035 § 3(16), 1994)
RCW 9.01.055
Citizen immunity if aiding officer, scope – When.
RCW 9.03.010
Abandoning, discarding refrigerator equipment.
RCW 9.03.020
Permitting unused equipment to remain on premises.
RCW 9.04.090
Advertising fuel prices by service stations.
RCW 9.05.150
Publishing matter inciting breach of peace.
RCW 9.08.020
Diseased animals.
RCW 9.08.065
Definitions.
RCW 9.08.070
Pet-taking, concealing, injuring, killing, etc. penalty.
RCW 9.27.015
Interference, obstruction of any court, building or residence – Violations.
RCW 9.38.010
False representation concerning credit.
RCW 9.38.020
False representation concerning title.
RCW 9.40.040
Operating engine or boiler without spark arrester.
RCW 9.40.100
Injuring or tampering with fire alarm apparatus of equipment – Sounding false alarm of fire.
RCW 9.44.080
Misconduct in signing a petition.
RCW 9.45.060
Encumbered, leased, or rented personal property – Construction.
RCW 9.45.070
Mock auctions.
RCW 9.45.080
Fraudulent removal of property.
RCW 9.45.090
Knowingly, receiving fraudulent conveyances.
RCW 9.45.100
Fraud in assignment for benefit of creditors.
RCW 9.45.180
Fraud in operating coin box or telephone or other receptacle.
RCW 9.61.230
Telephone calls to harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass.
RCW 9.61.240
Telephone calls to harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass – Permitting telephone to be used.
RCW 9.61.250
Telephone calls to harass, intimidate, torment, or embarrass – Offense, where deemed committed.
RCW 9.68A.080
Processors of depictions of minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct – Report required.
RCW 9.69.100
Duty of witnesses of offense against child or any violent offense – Penalty.
RCW 9.73.020
Opening sealed letter.
RCW 9.91.010
Denial of civil rights – Terms defined.
RCW 9.91.025
Unlawful bus conduct.
RCW 9.91.060
Leaving children unattended in parked automobile.
RCW 9.91.130
Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacle.
RCW 9.91.140
Food stamps.
RCW 9.91.150
Tree spiking.
RCW 9.91.170
Layla's Law.
RCW 26.28.080
Cigarette and tobacco sales to minors prohibited.
(Ord. 2035 § 3(29), 1994; Ord. 2298 § 1, 2001)
The amendments, addition or repeal by the Washington Legislature of any section of any of the adopted statutes shall be deemed to amend this chapter and the statutes contained herein which are adopted by reference in conformity with the amendment, addition or repeal, and it shall not be necessary for the legislative authority of this City to take any action with respect to such addition, amendment or repeal as provided by RCW 35A.12.140.
(Ord. 2035 § 5, 1994)
Any person who is convicted of violating or failure to comply with any offense, criminal or traffic criminal provision of this title or any other ordinance of the City of Mountlake Terrace, including but not limited to Chapter 10.05 MTMC, shall be subject to the following penalties:
A. 
Gross Misdemeanor. The penalty provided by state law as now existing or hereafter amended for the same violation or type (degree) of violation, but not to exceed a $5,000 fine or one year in jail, or both. If no state law provides for such penalty, then the penalty shall be a $5,000 fine or one year in jail, or both.
B. 
Misdemeanor. The penalty provided by state law as now existing or hereafter amended for the same violation or type (degree) of violation, but not to exceed a $1,000 fine or 90 days in jail, or both. If no state law provides for such penalty, then the penalty shall be a $1,000 fine or 90 days in jail, or both.
C. 
Any criminal violation not specifically designated as a gross misdemeanor shall be a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2035 § 7, 1994)