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WA Rev Code § 16.24.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.130 - Impounding—Notice—Copy to owner.

RCW 16.24.130 Impounding—Notice—Copy to owner.The brand inspector shall cause to be published once in a newspaper published in the county where the animal was found, a notice of the impounding.The notice shall state:(1) A description of the animal, including brand, tattoo or other identifying characteristics;(2) When and where found;(3) Where impounded; and(4) That if unclaimed, the animal will be sold at a public livestock market sale or other public sale, and the date of such sale: PROVIDED, That if no newspaper shall be published in such county, copies of the notice shall be posted at four commonly frequented places therein.If the animal is marked with a brand or tattoo which is registered with the director of agriculture, the brand inspector, on or before the date of publication or posting, shall send a copy of the notice to the owner of record by registered mail.[ 1995 c 374 § 69; 1975 1st ex.s. c 7 § 16; 1951 c 31 § 4. Formerly RCW 16.13.040.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 69, 70, and 72-79: "Sections 69, 70, and 72 through 79 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 16, 1995]." [ 1995 c 374 § 82.]
WA Rev Code § 16.24.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.140 - Impounding—Owner to pay costs.

RCW 16.24.140 Impounding—Owner to pay costs.Upon claiming any animal impounded under this chapter, the owner shall pay all costs of transportation, advertising, legal proceedings, and keep of the animal, except as provided under RCW 16.04.100.[ 1994 c 263 § 2; 1989 c 286 § 13; 1951 c 31 § 5. Formerly RCW 16.13.050.]NOTES:Severability—1989 c 286: See note following RCW 16.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 16.24.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.150 - Sale of impounded animal—Retroactive effect.

RCW 16.24.150 Sale of impounded animal—Retroactive effect.If no person shall claim the animal within ten days after the date of publication or posting of the notice, it shall be sold at the next succeeding public livestock market sale to be held at the sales yard where impounded, provided that in the director's discretion the department of agriculture may otherwise cause the animal to be sold at public sale.The legislature intends this to be a clarification of existing law; therefore, this section shall have retroactive effect as of December 1, 1994.[ 1995 c 374 § 70; 1975 1st ex.s. c 7 § 17; 1951 c 31 § 6. Formerly RCW 16.13.060.]NOTES:Effective date—1995 c 374 §§ 69, 70, and 72-79: See note following RCW 16.24.130.
WA Rev Code § 16.24.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.160 - Conduct of sale—Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 16.24.160 Conduct of sale—Disposition of proceeds.The proceeds of the sale of animals impounded under this chapter, after deducting the costs of sale, shall be impounded in the estray fund of the department of agriculture, and if no valid claim is made within one year from the date of sale, the director of the department of agriculture shall transfer the proceeds of sale to the brand fund of the department to be used for the enforcement of this chapter.[ 1985 c 415 § 17; 1951 c 31 § 7. Formerly RCW 16.13.070.]
WA Rev Code § 16.24.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.170 - Purchase of animal, restrictions.

RCW 16.24.170 Purchase of animal, restrictions.No law enforcement officer shall, directly or indirectly, purchase any animal sold under the provisions of this chapter, or any interest therein.[ 1951 c 31 § 8. Formerly RCW 16.13.080.]
WA Rev Code § 16.24.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.180 - Castration or gelding of stock at large.

RCW 16.24.180 Castration or gelding of stock at large.It shall be lawful for any person having cows or heifers running at large in this state to take up or capture and castrate, at the risk of the owner, at any time between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of May, any bull above the age of ten months found running at large out of the enclosed grounds of the owner or keeper. It shall be lawful for any person to take up or capture and geld, at the risk of the owner, between April 1st and September 30th of any year, any stud horse or jackass or any male mule above the age of eighteen months found running at large out of the enclosed grounds of the owner or keeper. If the said animal shall die, as a result of such castration, the owner shall have no recourse against the person who shall have taken up or captured and castrated, or caused to be castrated, the said animal: PROVIDED, Such act of castration shall have been skillfully done by a person accustomed to doing the same: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the person so taking up or capturing such animal, or causing it to be so taken up or captured, shall know the owner or keeper of such animal, and shall know that said animal is being kept for breeding purposes, it shall be his or her duty forthwith to notify such owner or keeper of the taking up of said animal, and if such owner or keeper shall not within two days after being so notified pay for the reasonable costs of keeping of said animal, and take and safely keep said animal thereafter within his or her own enclosures, then it shall be lawful for the taker-up of said animal to castrate the same, and the owner thereof shall pay a reasonable sum for such act of castration, if done skillfully, as hereinbefore required, and shall also pay for the keeping of said animal as above provided, and the amount for which he or she may be liable therefor may be recovered in an action at law in any court having jurisdiction thereof: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if said animal should be found running at large a third time within the same year, and within the prohibited dates hereinbefore mentioned, it shall be lawful for any person to capture and castrate the animal without giving any notice to the owner or keeper whatever. For purposes of this section, geld and castrate shall have the same meaning.[ 2011 c 336 § 420; 1989 c 286 § 15; 1965 c 66 § 4; 1890 p 453 § 1; RRS § 3081. Formerly RCW 16.20.010.]NOTES:Severability—1989 c 286: See note following RCW 16.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 16.24.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.190 - Bull breed restrictions.

RCW 16.24.190 Bull breed restrictions.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to turn upon or allow to run at large on any range area in this state any bull other than a registered bull of a recognized beef breed. All persons running cattle in common on any range area may, however, agree to run any purebred or crossbred bull of any breed, registered or unregistered, as they may deem appropriate for their area.[ 1986 c 177 § 1; 1985 c 415 § 18; 1917 c 111 § 1; RRS § 3082. Formerly RCW 16.20.020.]
WA Rev Code § 16.24.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.200 - Bull ratio restrictions.

RCW 16.24.200 Bull ratio restrictions.Before any person, firm, association or corporation turns upon a range area in this state any female cattle of breeding age of more than fifteen in number, they shall procure and turn with said female breeding cattle one registered bull of recognized beef breed for every forty females or fraction thereof of twenty-five or over. All persons running cattle in common on any range area may, however, agree to any other proportion of bulls to female cattle of breeding age as they may deem appropriate for their area.[ 1986 c 177 § 2; 1917 c 111 § 2; RRS § 3083. Formerly RCW 16.20.030.]
WA Rev Code § 16.24.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.210 - Bull breed and ratio restrictions not applicable to counties west of Cascades.

RCW 16.24.210 Bull breed and ratio restrictions not applicable to counties west of Cascades.RCW 16.24.190 and 16.24.200 shall not apply to counties lying west of the summit of the Cascade mountains.[ 1989 c 286 § 17; 1985 c 415 § 19. Formerly RCW 16.20.035.]NOTES:Severability—1989 c 286: See note following RCW 16.04.010.
WA Rev Code § 16.24.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.220 - Separating estrays from herd.

RCW 16.24.220 Separating estrays from herd.It shall be the duty of any and all persons searching or hunting for stray horses, mules or cattle, to drive the band or herd in which they may find their stray horses, mules or cattle, into the nearest corral before separating their said stray animals from the balance of the herd or band; that in order to separate their said stray animals from the herd or band, the person or persons owning said stray shall drive them out of and away from the corral in which they may be driven before setting the herd at large.[ 1989 c 286 § 16; 1987 c 202 § 181; 1969 ex.s. c 199 § 14; Code 1881 § 2537; RRS § 3050. Prior: 1869 pp 408, 409 §§ 1, 2. Formerly RCW 16.28.160.]NOTES:Severability—1989 c 286: See note following RCW 16.04.010.Intent—1987 c 202: See note following RCW 2.04.190.
WA Rev Code § 16.24.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.24 - Stock Restricted Areas.|16.24.230 - Moving another's livestock from range.

RCW 16.24.230 Moving another's livestock from range.No person shall remove any livestock belonging to another from the range on which they are permitted to run at large, without the prior consent of the owner thereof. The owner of any livestock may move his or her own livestock, together with such other livestock as cannot be separated from his or her own, to the nearest corral, or other facility in order to separate his or her own livestock, if the other livestock are returned to the same location from which they were moved within twenty-four hours.[ 1985 c 415 § 21; 1891 c 12 § 1; RRS § 3048. Formerly RCW 16.28.170, part. Formerly RCW 16.28.165.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.005 - Intent.

RCW 16.30.005 Intent.It is the intent of the state of Washington to protect the public against the serious health and safety risks that dangerous wild animals pose to the community.[ 2007 c 238 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.010 - Definitions.

RCW 16.30.010 Definitions.(1) "Animal control authority" means an entity acting alone or in concert with other local governmental units for enforcement of the animal control laws of the city, county, and state and the shelter and welfare of animals.(2) "Potentially dangerous wild animal" means one of the following types of animals, whether bred in the wild or in captivity, and any or all hybrids thereof:(a) Class mammalia(i) Order carnivora(A) Family felidae, only lions, tigers, captive-bred cougars, jaguars, cheetahs, leopards, snow leopards, and clouded leopards;(B) Family canidae, wolves, excluding wolf-hybrids;(C) Family ursidae, all bears;(D) Family hyaenidae, such as hyenas;(ii) Order perissodactyla, only rhinoceroses;(iii) Order primates, all nonhuman primate species;(iv) Order proboscidae, all elephants [elephant] species;(b) Class reptilia(i) Order squamata(A) Family atractaspidae, all species;(B) Family colubridae, only dispholidus typus;(C) Family elapidae, all species, such as cobras, mambas, kraits, coral snakes, and Australian tiger snakes;(D) Family hydrophiidae, all species, such as sea snakes;(E) Family varanidae, only water monitors and crocodile monitors;(F) Family viperidae, all species, such as rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, bushmasters, puff adders, and gaboon vipers;(ii) Order crocodilia, all species, such as crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gavials.(3) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, organization, trade or professional association, firm, limited liability company, joint venture, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, and any officer, member, shareholder, director, employee, agent, or representative thereof.(4) "Possessor" means any person who owns, possesses, keeps, harbors, brings into the state, or has custody or control of a potentially dangerous wild animal.(5) "Wildlife sanctuary" means a nonprofit organization, as described in RCW 84.36.800, that cares for animals defined as potentially dangerous and:(a) No activity that is not inherent to the animal's nature, natural conduct, or the animal in its natural habitat is conducted;(b) No commercial activity involving an animal occurs including, but not limited to, the sale of or trade in animals, animal parts, animal by-products, or animal offspring, or the sale of photographic opportunities involving an animal, or the use of an animal for any type of entertainment purpose;(c) No unescorted public visitations or direct contact between the public and an animal; or(d) No breeding of animals occurs in the facility.[ 2007 c 238 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.020 - Exceptions.

RCW 16.30.020 Exceptions.(1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:(a) Institutions authorized by the Washington department of fish and wildlife to hold, possess, and propagate deleterious exotic wildlife pursuant to RCW 77.12.047;(b) Institutions accredited or certified by the American zoo and aquarium association or a facility with a current signed memorandum of participation with an association of zoos and aquariums species survival plan;(c) Duly incorporated nonprofit animal protection organizations, such as humane societies and shelters, housing an animal at the written request of the animal control authority or acting under the authority of this chapter;(d) Animal control authority, law enforcement officers, or county sheriffs acting under the authority of this chapter;(e) Veterinary hospitals or clinics;(f) A holder of a valid wildlife rehabilitation permit issued by the Washington department of fish and wildlife;(g) Any wildlife sanctuary as defined under RCW 16.30.010(5);(h) A research facility as defined by the animal welfare act, 7 U.S.C.A. 2131, as amended, for the species of animals for which they are registered. This includes but is not limited to universities, colleges, and laboratories holding a valid class R license under the animal welfare act;(i) Circuses, defined as incorporated, class C licensees under the animal welfare act, 7 U.S.C.A. 2131, as amended, that are temporarily in this state, and that offer performances by live animals, clowns, and acrobats for public entertainment;(j) A person temporarily transporting and displaying a potentially dangerous wild animal through the state if the transit time is not more than twenty-one days and the animal is at all times maintained within a confinement sufficient to prevent the animal from escaping;(k) Domesticated animals subject to this title or native wildlife subject to Title 77 RCW;(l) A person displaying animals at a fair approved by the Washington department of agriculture pursuant to chapter 15.76 or 36.37 RCW; and(m) A game farm meeting the requirements of WAC 232-12-027(1).(2) This chapter does not require a city or county that does not have an animal control authority to create that office.[ 2007 c 238 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.030 - Prohibited behavior.

RCW 16.30.030 Prohibited behavior.(1) A person shall not own, possess, keep, harbor, bring into the state, or have custody or control of a potentially dangerous wild animal, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section.(2) A person shall not breed a potentially dangerous wild animal.(3) A person in legal possession of a potentially dangerous wild animal prior to July 22, 2007, and who is the legal possessor of the animal may keep possession of the animal for the remainder of the animal's life. The person must maintain veterinary records, acquisition papers for the animal, if available, or other documents or records that establish that the person possessed the animal prior to July 22, 2007, and present the paperwork to an animal control or law enforcement authority upon request. The person shall have the burden of proving that he or she possessed the animal prior to July 22, 2007.[ 2007 c 238 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.040 - Confiscation—Duties of animal control authority or law enforcement officer.

RCW 16.30.040 Confiscation—Duties of animal control authority or law enforcement officer.(1) The animal control authority or a law enforcement officer may immediately confiscate a potentially dangerous wild animal if:(a) The animal control authority or law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the animal was acquired after July 22, 2007, in violation of RCW 16.30.030;(b) The animal poses a public safety or health risk;(c) The animal is in poor health and condition as a result of the possessor; or(d) The animal is being held in contravention of the [this] act.(2) A potentially dangerous wild animal that is confiscated under this section may be returned to the possessor only if the animal control authority or law enforcement officer establishes that the possessor had possession of the animal prior to July 22, 2007, and the return does not pose a public safety or health risk.(3) The animal control authority or law enforcement officer shall serve notice upon the possessor in person or by regular and certified mail, return receipt requested, notifying the possessor of the confiscation, that the possessor is responsible for payment of reasonable costs for caring and providing for the animal during the confiscation, and that the possessor must meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section in order for the animal to be returned to the possessor.(4) If a potentially dangerous wild animal confiscated under this section is not returned to the possessor, the animal control authority or law enforcement officer may release the animal to a facility such as a wildlife sanctuary or a facility exempted pursuant to RCW 16.30.020. If the animal control authority or law enforcement officer is unable to relocate the animal within a reasonable period of time, it may euthanize the animal.(5) An animal control authority or law enforcement officer may euthanize a potentially dangerous wild animal under this section only if all known reasonable placement options, including relocation to a wildlife sanctuary, are unavailable.(6) This section applies to animal confiscations on or after July 22, 2007.[ 2007 c 238 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.050 - City or county ordinances.

RCW 16.30.050 City or county ordinances.A city or county may adopt an ordinance governing potentially dangerous wild animals that is more restrictive than this chapter. However, nothing in this chapter requires a city or county to adopt an ordinance to be in compliance with this chapter.[ 2007 c 238 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.060 - Violations—Civil penalty.

RCW 16.30.060 Violations—Civil penalty.A person who violates RCW 16.30.030 is liable for a civil penalty of not less than two hundred dollars and not more than two thousand dollars for each animal with respect to which there is a violation and for each day the violation continues.[ 2007 c 238 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 16.30.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.30 - Dangerous Wild Animals.|16.30.070 - Enforcement of provisions.

RCW 16.30.070 Enforcement of provisions.(1) The animal control authority and its staff and agents, local law enforcement agents, and county sheriffs are authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter.(2) If a locality does not have a local animal control authority, the department of fish and wildlife shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.[ 2007 c 238 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 16.36.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 16 - Animals and Livestock|Chapter 16.36 - Animal Health.|16.36.010 - Quarantine—Hold order.

RCW 16.36.010 Quarantine—Hold order.(1) The director shall supervise the prevention of the spread and the suppression of infectious, contagious, communicable, and dangerous diseases affecting animals within, in transit through, and imported into the state.(2) The director may issue a quarantine order and enforce the quarantine of any animal or its reproductive products when any animal or its reproductive products are affected with or have been exposed to disease or when there is reasonable cause to investigate whether any animal or its reproductive products are affected with or have been exposed to disease, either within or outside the state. Overt disease or exposure to disease in any animal or its reproductive products need not be immediately obvious for a quarantine order to be issued or enforced. The quarantine shall remain in effect as long as the director deems necessary.(3) The director may issue a hold order when:(a) Overt disease or exposure to disease in an animal is not immediately obvious but there is reasonable cause to investigate whether an animal is diseased or has been exposed to disease;(b) Import health papers, permits, or other transportation documents required by law or rule are not complete or are suspected to be fraudulent; or(c) Further transport of an animal would jeopardize the well-being of the animal or other animals in Washington state.A hold order is in effect for fourteen days and expires when released by the director or no later than midnight on the fourteenth day from the date of the hold order. A hold order may be replaced with a quarantine order for the purpose of animal disease control.(4) Any animal or animal reproductive product placed under a quarantine or hold order shall be kept separate and apart from other animals designated in the instructions of the quarantine or hold order, and shall not be allowed to have anything in common with other animals.(5) The expenses of handling and caring for any animal or animal reproductive product placed under a quarantine or hold order are the responsibility of the owner.(6) The director has authority over the quarantine or hold area until the quarantine or hold order is released or the hold order expires.(7) Any animal or animal reproductive product placed under a quarantine or hold order may not be moved, transported, or sold without written approval from the director or until the quarantine or hold order is released, or the hold order expires.(8) The director may administer oaths and examine witnesses and records in the performance of his or her duties to control diseases affecting animals.[ 2007 c 71 § 5; 2004 c 251 § 1; 1998 c 8 § 2; 1927 c 165 § 2; RRS § 3111. Prior: 1915 c 100 § 6, part; 1903 c 26 § 2, part.]