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Statutes > Washington > Title-71 > 71-05 > 71-05-510Damages for excessive detention.
Any individual who knowingly, wilfully or through gross negligence violates the provisions of this chapter by detaining a person for more than the allowable number of days shall be liable to the person detained in civil damages. It shall not be a prerequisite to an action under this section that the plaintiff shall have suffered or be threatened with special, as contrasted with general damages.
[1974 ex.s. c 145 § 30; 1973 1st ex.s. c 142 § 56.]
