Dejar niños solos en un automóvil estacionado

Explicación Simple

Si eres responsable de un niño menor de 12 años, no puedes dejarlo solo en un auto mientras entras a un bar. Hacerlo es un delito grave, como si dejaras a un amigo pequeño en un lugar peligroso.

Es como dejar a tu perro solo en el parque mientras tú vas a comprar helados. Sabes que no es seguro y que podría meterse en problemas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana, que cuida de su sobrino de 10 años, decide dejarlo solo en su auto mientras ella entra a una taberna a comprar algo de beber. Si un oficial de policía ve esto, podría arrestarla por ser un delito grave, ya que el niño está desprotegido.

Penalidades

Es un delito grave; puede resultar en multas y posibles cargos penales.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.91.060 - Leaving children unattended in parked automobile Every person having the care and custody, whether temporary or permanent, of minor children under the age of twelve years, who shall leave such children in a parked automobile unattended by an adult while such person enters a tavern or other premises where vinous, spirituous, or malt liquors are dispensed for consumption on the premises shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. RCW 9.91.130 - Disposal of trash in charity donation receptacle (1) It is unlawful for any person to throw, drop, deposit, discard, or otherwise dispose of any trash, including, but not limited to items that have deteriorated to the extent that they are no longer of monetary value or of use for the purpose they were intended; garbage, including any organic matter; or litter, in or around a receptacle provided by a charitable organization, as defined in RCW 19.09.020(2), for the donation of clothing, property, or other thing of monetary value to be used for the charitable purposes of such organization.(2) Charitable organizations must post a clearly visible notice on the donation receptacles warning of the existence and content of this section and the penalties for violation of its provisions, as well as a general identification of the items which are appropriate to be deposited in the receptacle.(3) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the fine for such violation shall be not less than fifty dollars for each offense.(4) Nothing in this section shall preclude a charitable organization which maintains the receptacle from pursuing a civil action and seeking whatever damages were sustained by reason of the violation of the provisions of this section. For a second or subsequent viola