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10.79.130 – Strip, body cavity searches -- Warrant required -- Exceptions | Washington Law

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10.79.130 – Strip, body cavity searches -- Warrant required -- Exceptions

Washington Criminal Procedure § 10.79.130

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RCW 10.79.130 - Strip, body cavity searches -- Warrant required -- Exceptions (1) No person to whom this section is made applicable by RCW 10.79.120 may be strip searched without a warrant unless:(a) There is a reasonable suspicion to believe that a strip search is necessary to discover weapons, criminal evidence, contraband, or other thing concealed on the body of the person to be searched, that constitutes a threat to the security of a holding, detention, or local correctional facility;(b) T

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