We revised 20 questions in our Washington Restraining Orders section as follows, based on 2025 legislative amendments. Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!
- Revised based on a 2025 legislative amendment adding commercial sexual exploitation to the definition of protection orders:
- Domestic Violence Protection Orders
- Stalking Protection Orders
- Civil Anti-Harassment Orders
- Sexual Assault Protection Orders
- Vulnerable Adult Protection Orders
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders
- Revised the question ‘How do I extend my protection order?” in the following sections, based on 2025 legislative amendments adding a renewal option for minors protected by a protection order and adding commercial sexual exploitation to the definition of protection orders:
In addition, we added 13 new statutes related to sexual offenses with a minor and the definition of a personal aide to our Selected Washington Statutes page, and added 12 crimes to the possible list of Crimes that an abuser may have committed in Washington.
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We revised 20 questions in our Washington Restraining Orders section as follows. Changes made in English; Spanish coming soon!
- revised 15 questions based on a 2025 legislative amendment adding commercial sexual exploitation to the definition of protection orders; and
- revised five questions based on a 2025 legislative amendments adding a renewal option for minors protected by a protection order and adding commercial sexual exploitation to the definition of protection orders
In addition, we added 13 new statutes related to sexual offenses with a minor and the definition of a personal aide to our Selected Washington Statutes page, and added 12 crimes to the possible list of Crimes that an abuser may have committed in Washington.




