Is there a minimum age mandated by Washington state to get a tattoo?

Full question:

Is there a minimum age mandated by Washington state to get a tattoo? May a parent sign a permission slip if a minor is under the permitted age?

• Category: Minors
• Date: 04/07/2025
• State: Washington

Answer:

All persons shall be deemed and taken to be of full age for all purposes at
the age of eighteen years. Chap. 26.28, RCW 26.28.010

Age of majority for enumerated specific purposes.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided under
RCW 26.50.020, all persons shall be deemed and taken to be of full age for
the specific purposes hereafter enumerated at the age of eighteen years:

(1) To enter into any marriage contract without parental consent if
otherwise qualified by law;

(2) To execute a will for the disposition of both real and personal property if
otherwise qualified by law;

(3) To vote in any election if authorized by the Constitution and otherwise
qualified by law;

(4) To enter into any legal contractual obligation and to be legally bound
thereby to the full extent as any other adult person;

(5) To make decisions in regard to their own body and the body of their
lawful issue whether natural born to or adopted by such person to the full
extent allowed to any other adult person including but not limited to consent
to surgical operations;

(6) To sue and be sued on any action to the full extent as any other adult
person in any of the courts of this state, without the necessity for a
guardian ad litem.

Chap. 26.28, RCW 26.28.015

See US-00513BG Waiver, Release, and Consent to Tattoo