Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › WILDLIFE › Chapter 220-400 - Wildlife-Definitions, classifications, and general wildlife rules › Section 220-400-050 - Requirements for sealing of pelts and collection of biological information for river otter, cougar, lynx, and bobcat

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				It is unlawful to possess river otter, cougar, lynx, or bobcat taken in
				Washington without a department identification seal which has been attached to
				the raw pelt, on or off the carcass, prior to the pelt sealing
				deadline.
(2) The raw pelt of a
				bobcat or river otter must be presented to an authorized department employee,
				or authorized individual under permit with the department, for sealing, and the
				associated harvest report must be submitted to the department by April 20th
				after the close of the appropriate hunting or trapping season in which it was
				killed.
Any person who takes a bobcat must present a cleaned and
				  air-dried complete lower jaw (both sides), in such a manner that the canine
				  tooth can be extracted for aging, to an authorized department employee at the
				  time of sealing before a pelt seal will be issued.
(3) Any person who takes a cougar without the
				use of dogs must notify the department within 72 hours of kill (excluding legal
				state holidays) and provide the hunter's name, date and location of kill, and
				sex of animal. Any person who takes a cougar with the use of dogs must notify
				the department within 24 hours of kill (excluding legal state holidays) and
				provide the hunter's name, date and location of kill, and sex of animal. The
				raw pelt of a cougar must be presented to an authorized department employee for
				sealing within five days of the notification of kill.
Any person who takes a cougar must present the cougar skull,
				  in such a manner that teeth and biological samples can be extracted, to an
				  authorized department employee at the time of sealing.
(4) It is unlawful to transport or cause the
				transport out of Washington a raw pelt of river otter, cougar, lynx, or bobcat
				taken in Washington without a department seal attached to the pelt.
(5) The raw pelt of a river otter, cougar,
				lynx, or bobcat taken outside Washington and imported into the state must be
				identified by a tag, seal or permit consistent with federal, state or country
				of origin laws and be accompanied by an invoice, declaration or permit
				specifying the number of pelts in the shipment.
(6) It is unlawful to possess an unlocked,
				broken, or otherwise open department seal for river otter, cougar, lynx, or
				bobcat unless the seal wire or band has been cut through and removed from a
				pelt that has been received and invoiced by a licensed taxidermist or fur
				dealer for processing or removed from a pelt that has been processed, except
				that individuals authorized by the department to seal pelts may possess open,
				unbroken seals.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 06-11-032 (Order 06-92), §
											232-12-024, filed 5/8/06,
					 effective 6/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 99-17-034 (Order 99-118),
					 §
											232-12-024, filed 8/11/99,
					 effective 9/11/99; 94-18-059 (Order 94-58), §
											232-12-024, filed 8/31/94,
					 effective 10/1/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.030, 77.12.040 and 77.32.220.
					 91-13-063 (Order 498), §
											232-12-024, filed 6/17/91,
					 effective 7/18/91; 89-18-015 (Order 404), §
											232-12-024, filed 8/28/89,
					 effective 9/28/89. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.030 and 77.12.040. 88-13-091
					 (Order 312), §
											232-12-024, filed 6/20/88.
					 Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 81-12-029 (Order 165), §
											232-12-024, filed 6/1/81.
					 Formerly WAC 232-12-065.