Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 16 Animals And Livestock (Formerly: Animals, Estrays, Brands, And Fences) - Chapter 16.24 Stock Restricted Areas

16.24.010 Restricted areas -- Range areas
The county legislative authority of any county of this state shall have the power to designate by an order made and published, as provided in ...

16.24.020 Hearing -- Notice
*Within sixty days after the taking effect of RCW 16.24.010 through 16.24.065, the county legislative authority of each of the several counties of the state ...

16.24.030 Order establishing area -- Publication
Within thirty days after the conclusion of any such hearing the county legislative authority shall make an order describing the stock restricted areas within the ...

16.24.040 Penalty
Any person, or any agent, employee or representative of a corporation, violating any of the provisions of such order after the same shall have been ...

16.24.050 Change of boundaries
When the county legislative authority of any county deem[s] it advisable to change the boundary or boundaries of any stock restricted area, a hearing shall ...

16.24.060 Road signs in range areas
At the point where a public road enters a range area, and at such other points thereon within such area as the county legislative authority ...

16.24.065 Stock at large in restricted areas -- Running at large on state or federal land
(1) No person owning or in control of any livestock shall willfully or negligently allow such livestock to run at large in any stock restricted ...

16.24.070 Stock on highway right-of-way -- Limitations
It shall be unlawful for any person to herd or move any livestock over, along or across the right-of-way of any public highway, or portion ...

16.24.090 Animals at large -- Limitations -- Defense
Except as provided in chapter 16.24 RCW, a person who owns or has possession, charge, or control of horses, mules, donkeys, cattle, goats, sheep or ...

16.24.100 Prosecution -- Proof of ownership
In any prosecution under chapter 16.24 RCW proof that the animal running at large is branded with the registered or known brand of the defendant ...

16.24.110 Public nuisance -- Impounding
Any horses, mules, donkeys, or cattle of any age running at large or trespassing in violation of chapter 16.24 RCW as now or hereafter amended, ...

16.24.120 Impounding -- Procedure
Upon taking possession of any livestock at large contrary to the provisions of *RCW 16.13.020, or any unclaimed livestock submitted or impounded, by any person, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 § ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...