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WA - Endangered Species - Chapter 77.15. Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Code | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Revised Code of Washington Annotated. Title 77. Fish and Wildlife. Chapter 77.15. Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Code Share
Primary Citation: West's RCWA 77.15.120, 130, 410, 420, 425, 430 Country of Origin: United States
Alternate Citation: WA ST 77.15.120, 130, 410, 420, 425, 430 Summary:
Statute Text: 77.15.120 . Endangered fish or wildlife--Unlawful taking--Penalty
77.15.130 . Protected fish or wildlife--Unlawful taking--Penalty--Criminal wildlife penalty assessment
77.15.410 . Unlawful hunting of big game--Penalty
77.15.420 . Illegally taken or possessed wildlife--Criminal wildlife penalty assessed
77.15.425 . Fish and wildlife enforcement reward account
77.15.430 . Unlawful hunting of wild animals--Penalty
77.15.120. Endangered fish or wildlife--Unlawful taking--Penalty
(1) A person is guilty of unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife in the second degree if:
(a) The person hunts for, fishes for, possesses, maliciously harasses, or kills fish or wildlife, or possesses or intentionally destroys the nests or eggs of fish or wildlife;
(b) The fish or wildlife is designated by the commission as endangered; and
(c) The taking of the fish or wildlife or the destruction of the nests or eggs has not been authorized by rule of the commission, a permit issued by the department, or a permit issued pursuant to the federal endangered species act.
(2) A person is guilty of unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife in the first degree if the person has been:
(a) Convicted under subsection (1) of this section or convicted of any crime under this title involving the taking, possessing, or malicious harassment of endangered fish or wildlife; and
(b) Within five years of the date of the prior conviction the person commits the act described by subsection (1) of this section.
(3)(a) Unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.
(b) Unlawful taking of endangered fish or wildlife in the first degree is a class C felony. The department shall revoke any licenses or tags used in connection with the crime and order the person's privileges to hunt, fish, trap, or obtain licenses under this title to be suspended for two years.
Credits[2014 c 48 § 5, eff. June 12, 2014; 2000 c 107 § 236; 1998 c 190 § 13.]
77.15.130. Protected fish or wildlife--Unlawful taking--Penalty--Criminal wildlife penalty assessment
Credits[2014 c 48 § 6, eff. June 12, 2014; 2012 c 176 § 14, eff. June 7, 2012; 1998 c 190 § 14.]
77.15.410. Unlawful hunting of big game--Penalty
(4) For the purposes of this section, “same course of events” means within one twenty-four hour period, or a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts that are unlawful under subsection (1) of this section, over a period of time evidencing a continuity of purpose.
[2012 c 176 § 26, eff. June 7, 2012; 2011 c 133 § 1, eff. July 22, 2011; 2005 c 406 § 4, eff. July 24, 2005; 1999 c 258 § 3; 1998 c 190 § 10.] 77.15.420. Illegally taken or possessed wildlife--Criminal wildlife penalty assessed
(1) If a person is convicted of violating RCW 77.15.410 and that violation results in the death of wildlife listed in this section, the court shall require payment of the following amounts for each animal taken or possessed. This shall be a criminal wildlife penalty assessment that shall be paid to the clerk of the court and distributed each month to the state treasurer for deposit in the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account created in RCW 77.15.425.
(a) Moose, mountain sheep, mountain goat, and all wildlife species classified as endangered by rule of the commission, except for mountain caribou and grizzly bear as listed under (d) of this subsection ...................................................... $4,000 (b) Elk, deer, black bear, and cougar ................................. $2,000 (c) Trophy animal elk and deer ........................................ $6,000 (d) Mountain caribou, grizzly bear, and trophy animal mountain sheep . $12,000
(2)(a) For the purpose of this section a "trophy animal" is:
(i) A buck deer with four or more antler points on both sides, not including eyeguards;
(ii) A bull elk with five or more antler points on both sides, not including eyeguards; or
(iii) A mountain sheep with a horn curl of three-quarter curl or greater.
(b)For purposes of this subsection, "eyeguard" means an antler protrusion on the main beam of the antler closest to the eye of the animal.
(3) If two or more persons are convicted of illegally possessing wildlife in subsection (1) of this section, the criminal wildlife penalty assessment shall be imposed on them jointly and separately.
(4) The criminal wildlife penalty assessment shall be imposed regardless of and in addition to any sentence, fines, or costs otherwise provided for violating any provision of this title. The criminal wildlife penalty assessment shall be included by the court in any pronouncement of sentence and may not be suspended, waived, modified, or deferred in any respect. This section may not be construed to abridge or alter alternative rights of action or remedies in equity or under common law or statutory law, criminal or civil.
(5) A defaulted criminal wildlife penalty assessment may be collected by any means authorized by law for the enforcement of orders of the court or collection of a fine or costs, including but not limited to vacation of a deferral of sentencing or vacation of a suspension of sentence.
(6) A person assessed a criminal wildlife penalty assessment under this section shall have his or her hunting license revoked and all hunting privileges suspended until the penalty assessment is paid through the registry of the court in which the penalty assessment was assessed.
(7) The criminal wildlife penalty assessments provided in subsection (1) of this section shall be doubled in the following instances:
(a) When a person is convicted of spotlighting big game under RCW 77.15.450;
(b) When a person commits a violation that requires payment of a wildlife penalty assessment within five years of a prior gross misdemeanor or felony conviction under this title;
(c) When the trier of fact determines that the person took or possessed the animal in question with the intent of bartering, selling, or otherwise deriving economic profit from the animal or the animal's parts; or
(d) When trier of fact determines that the a person took the animal under the supervision of a licensed guide.
[2005 c 406 § 5, eff. July 24, 2005; 1998 c 190 § 62.]
77.15.425. Fish and wildlife enforcement reward account
The fish and wildlife enforcement reward account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Deposits to the account include: Receipts from fish and shellfish overages as a result of a department enforcement action; fees for hunter education deferral applications; fees for master hunter applications and master hunter certification renewals; all receipts from criminal wildlife penalty assessments under RCW 77.15.370, 77.15.400 and 77.15.420; all receipts of court-ordered restitution or donations associated with any fish, shellfish, or wildlife enforcement action; and proceeds from forfeitures and evidence pursuant to RCW 77.15.070 and 77.15.100. The department may accept money or personal property from persons under conditions requiring the property or money to be used consistent with the intent of expenditures from the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for investigation and prosecution of fish and wildlife offenses, to provide rewards to persons informing the department about violations of this title and rules adopted under this title, to offset department-approved costs incurred to administer the hunter education deferral program and the master hunter permit program, and for other valid enforcement uses as determined by the commission. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
[2009 c 333 § 18, eff. July 26, 2009; 2006 c 148 § 2, eff. June 7, 2006; 2005 c 406 § 1, eff. July 24, 2005.]
77.15.430. Unlawful hunting of wild animals--Penalty
[2012 c 176 § 27, eff. June 7, 2012; 1999 c 258 § 4; 1998 c 190 § 11.]