Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 9.41.370 - Large capacity magazines-Exceptions-Penalty(1) No person in this state may manufacture, import, distribute, sell, or offer for sale any large capacity magazine, except as authorized in this section.(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any of the following:(a) The manufacture, importation, distribution, offer for sale, or sale of a large capacity magazine by a licensed firearms manufacturer for the purposes of sale to any branch of the armed forces of the United States or the state of Washington, or to a law enforcement agency in this state for use by that agency or its employees for law enforcement purposes;(b) The importation, distribution, offer for sale, or sale of a large capacity magazine by a dealer that is properly licensed under federal and state law for the purpose of sale to any branch of the armed forces of the United States or the state of Washington, or to a law enforcement agency in this state for use by that agency or its employees for law enforcement purposes;(c) The distribution, offer for sale, or sale of a large capacity magazine to or by a dealer that is properly licensed under federal and state law where the dealer acquires the large capacity magazine from a person legally authorized to possess or transfer the large capacity magazine for the purpose of selling or transferring the large capacity magazine to a person who does not reside in this state.(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.Added by 2022 c 104,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2022.Findings-Intent-Effective date- 2022 c 104 : See notes following RCW 9.41.010.