Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › REGULATORY › Chapter 16-610 - Livestock identification › FEES › Section 16-610-065 - Livestock identification fees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
All livestock identification inspection fees charged by the
					 director are specified in statute under
					 RCW
					 16.57.220 but are reproduced in this section
					 for ease of reference.
A call out fee of $20 will be charged for conducting
					 livestock inspections in accordance with
					 RCW
					 16.57.220,
					 16.58.130 and
					 16.65.090. Public livestock
					 markets, special sales, open consignment horse sales, certified feedlots, and
					 USDA inspected slaughter facilities will be charged a call out fee per
					 inspector per day, with the exception of:
Special sales conducted by youth livestock organizations
					 such as 4-H, FFA, and junior livestock groups are exempt from call out fees. No
					 call out fee is charged for an inspection done by a certified veterinarian or
					 field livestock inspector.
Certificate
Fees:
Inspection Certificate - Cattle
(1) The livestock inspection fee for cattle is
$4.00
per head except:
The fee for livestock inspection for cattle is
$1.21
per head when cattle are identified with a valid brand
								recorded to the owner or identified with an electronic official individual
								identification tag.
(2) The livestock inspection fee for cattle is
$4.40
per head for cattle delivered to a USDA inspected slaughter
								facility with a daily capacity of no more than five hundred head of
								cattle.
(3) No inspection fee is charged for a calf that is
								inspected prior to moving out-of-state under an official temporary grazing
								permit if the calf is part of a cow-calf unit and the calf is identified with
								the owner's Washington state-recorded brand or identified with an electronic
								official individual identification tag.
Inspection Certificate - Horse
(4) The livestock inspection fee for horses is
$3.85
per head.
Inspection Certificate - Groups of thirty or more
								horses
(5) The livestock inspection fee for groups of
								thirty or more horses is
$2.20
per head, if:
(a)The horses are owned by one individual;
								and
(b)The inspection is performed on one date and at
								one location; and
(c)Only one certificate is issued.
Inspection Certificate - Minimum fee
(6) The minimum fee for a livestock inspection is
$5.50
. The minimum fee does not apply to livestock consigned to
								and inspected at a public livestock market, special sale, or a cattle
								processing plant.
Annual individual identification certificate for
								individual animals
(7)(a) The livestock inspection fee for an annual
								individual identification certificate for cattle and horses is
$22.00
per head.
(b) The livestock inspection fee for an annual
								individual identification certificate for groups of thirty or more horses or
								cattle is
$5.50
per head, if:
(i) The horses or cattle are owned by one
								individual;
(ii) The inspection is performed on one date and at
								one location; and
(iii) Only one certificate is issued.
Lifetime individual identification
								certificate
(8) A livestock inspection fee for a lifetime
								individual identification certificate for horses and cattle is
$63.00
per head.
Statutory Authority: Chapters 16.57 and
						34.05 RCW. 12-21-013, §
						16-610-065, filed 10/5/12, effective 11/5/12. Statutory Authority: Chapters
						16.57, 16.58,
						16.65, and
						34.05 RCW. 10-21-016, §
						16-610-065, filed 10/7/10, effective 11/7/10; 07-14-057, § 16-610-065,
						filed 6/28/07, effective 7/29/07; 04-01-171, § 16-610-065, filed 12/23/03,
						effective 1/23/04.