It is unlawful for any person, with intent that conduct constituting a crime be performed, to agree with one or more persons to engage in or cause the performance of such conduct. Every person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of conspiracy. When an object of the conspiratorial agreement is a Class C felony, as defined by the laws of the state of Washington, Chapter 9A.28 RCW, conspiracy is a gross misdemeanor. When an object of the conspiratorial agreement is another misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, conspiracy is a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 4-85; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person, acting with three or more persons, to knowingly and unlawfully use or threaten to use force, or in any way participate in the use of such force against any other person or against property. Every person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of riot, a gross misdemeanor, unless the actor is armed with a deadly weapon, which is a Class C felony under Chapter 9A.84 RCW.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 4-85; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to congregate with a group of three or more other persons at such times as there are acts of conduct within the group which create a substantial risk of causing injury to any person, or substantial harm to property, and to refuse or fail to disperse when ordered to do so by a peace officer engaged in enforcing or executing the law. Every person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of failure to disperse, a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to bury, burn, dump, collect, remove, or in any other manner dispose of or deposit refuse upon any street, alley, public place, or private property within the city other than as provided in RMC Title 15; except that this section shall not be taken to prohibit maintenance of any compost heap upon private property in a manner not constituting a nuisance. Every person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of illegal dumping, a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2022-18 § 1; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to place, maintain, leave or possess, or to knowingly permit to be placed, maintained, left or possessed, in any place accessible to children, any abandoned, unused or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other like container or receptacle, unless all doors thereon may be readily opened by children from the inside thereof and all locks and locking devices have been removed therefrom. Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
A. 
It is unlawful for any person, either as owner or operator, or as agent for the owner or operator, to maintain or operate any cold storage locker or cold storage room unless the same is equipped with the following:
1. 
An emergency bell clearly audible to persons on the outside of the cold storage enclosure and operable from the inside of the locker or room. The operating mechanism on the inside of the locker or room shall be clearly posted with the words "emergency bell";
2. 
Two or more separate electric lights of at least 10 watts each, located on the inside of the locker or room immediately adjacent to the operating mechanism of the emergency bell required in subsection (A)(1) of this section.
B. 
Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to hunt any bird or animal within the city limits of the city of Richland, except in areas of the city that may be designated by resolution of the city council, and during such times as may be so designated. Every person convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
It is unlawful for any person to willfully torment or harass any game bird, game animal, or any species of bird or animal protected under the rules or regulations promulgated by the Washington State Game Commission; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall apply to birds or animals which are lawfully hunted in areas of the city designated by resolution of the city council during such times as may be so designated. Every person convicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 99-76 § 1.01; Ord. 20-11 § 1.17; Ord. 22-13 § 1.03; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
A. 
A person is guilty of computer trespass in the second degree if the person, without authorization, intentionally gains access to a computer system or electronic database of another under circumstances not constituting the offense in the first degree.
B. 
Computer trespass in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.
(Ord. 40-15 § 5; Ord. 29-20 § 2; Ord. 2025-13 § 1)
A. 
A person is guilty of possession of another's identification if the person knowingly possesses personal identification bearing another person's identity, when the person possessing the personal identification does not have the other person's permission to possess it, and when the possession does not amount to a violation of RCW 9.35.020.
B. 
This section does not apply to:
1. 
A person who obtains, by means other than theft, another person's personal identification for the sole purpose of misrepresenting his or her age;
2. 
A person engaged in a lawful business who obtains another person's personal identification in the ordinary course of business;
3. 
A person who finds another person's lost personal identification, does not intend to deprive the other person of the personal identification or to use it to commit a crime, and takes reasonably prompt steps to return it to its owner; and
4. 
A law enforcement agency that produces or displays counterfeit credit or debit cards, checks or other payment instruments, or personal identification for investigative or educational purposes.
C. 
In a proceeding under this section that is related to an identity theft under RCW 9.35.020, the crime will be considered to have been committed in any locality where the person whose means of identification or financial information was appropriated resides, or in which any part of the offense took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in that locality.
D. 
A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2025-13 § 1)