Criminal attempt.
Seattle Mun. Code § 12A.04.120
in effect12A.04.120 - Criminal attempt.
A. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if, with intent to commit a specific crime, he or she does any act:
1. Which is a substantial step toward the commission of that crime; and
2. Which strongly corroborates his or her intent to commit that crime.
B. If the conduct in which a person engages otherwise constitutes an attempt to commit a crime, it is no defense to a prosecution of such attempt that the crime charged to have been attempted was, under the attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission, if such crime could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as such person believed them to be.
C. When the actor's conduct would otherwise constitute a criminal attempt under this section, it is an affirmative defense that, under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of his or her criminal intent, he or she:
1. Abandoned his or her effort to commit the crime; or
2. Prevented the commission of the crime.
D. A person may not be convicted on the basis of the same course of conduct of both an attempt to commit an offense and either complicity in or the commission of that offense.
E. This section shall not apply to liability for the conduct of another as defined in Section 12A.04.130.
F. An attempt to commit a crime is a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 114635 § 2, 1989: Ord. 102843 § 12A.02.100, 1973.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT12ACRCO_SUBTITLE_ICRCO_CH12A.04CRLIDE_12A.04.120CRATFetched: 11/1/2026