Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 16 Animals And Livestock (Formerly: Animals, Estrays, Brands, And Fences) - Chapter 16.04 Trespass Of Animals -- General

16.04.005 Liability for damages -- Restraint -- Notice
See RCW 16.60.015. ...

16.04.010 Trespassing animals -- Restraint -- Damages and costs
Any person suffering damage done by any horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats, sheep, swine, or any such animals, which shall either trespass upon any land ...

16.04.015 Damages, liability
Except as provided under RCW 16.04.100, whenever any animals trespass as provided in RCW 16.04.010, the owner or person having possession of such animal shall ...

16.04.020 Notice of restraint -- Owner known
Whenever any animals are restrained as provided in RCW 16.04.010, the person restraining such animals shall within twenty-four hours thereafter notify in writing the owner, ...

16.04.025 Owner of animals unknown -- Procedure
If the owner or the person having in charge or possession such animals is unknown to the person sustaining the damage, the person retaining such ...

16.04.030 Actions for damages
If the owner or person having such animals in charge fails or refuses to pay the damages done by such animals, and the costs, or ...

16.04.040 Jurisdiction -- Appeal
District judges shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all actions and proceedings under RCW 16.04.010 through 16.04.070 when the damages claimed do not exceed one hundred ...

16.04.045 Continuance
If upon the trial it appears that the defendant is not the owner or person in charge of such offending animals, the case shall be ...

16.04.050 Substituted service
If the owner or keeper of such offending animals is unknown to plaintiff at the commencement of the action, or if on the trial it ...

16.04.060 Sale -- When costs may be charged to plaintiff
Upon the trial of an action as herein provided [RCW 16.04.010 through 16.04.070] the plaintiff shall prove the amount of damages sustained and the amount ...

16.04.070 Surplus -- Disposition
If when such animals are sold, there remains a surplus of money, over the amount of the judgment and costs, it shall be deposited with ...

16.04.080 Stock on United States military reservation
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any livestock to allow such livestock to run at large or be upon any United States military ...

16.04.100 Trespass via fence damaged by wildlife
If damages are caused by a trespassing animal, neither the state nor the owner of the animal shall be liable if the owner of the ...