Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 16 Animals And Livestock (Formerly: Animals, Estrays, Brands, And Fences) - Chapter 16.52 Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals

16.52.011 Definitions -- Principles of liability
(1) Principles of liability as defined in chapter 9A.08 RCW apply to this chapter. (2) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this ...

16.52.015 Enforcement -- Law enforcement agencies and animal care and control agencies
(1) Law enforcement agencies and animal care and control agencies may enforce the provisions of this chapter. Animal care and control agencies may enforce the ...

16.52.020 Humane societies -- Enforcement authority
Any citizens of the state of Washington incorporated under the laws of this state as a humane society or as a society for the prevention ...

16.52.025 Humane societies -- Animal control officers
Trustees of humane societies incorporated pursuant to RCW 16.52.020 may appoint society members to act as animal control officers. The trustee appointments shall be in ...

16.52.080 Transporting or confining in unsafe manner -- Penalty
Any person who wilfully transports or confines or causes to be transported or confined any domestic animal or animals in a manner, posture or confinement ...

16.52.085 Removal of animals for feeding -- Examination -- Notice -- Euthanasia
(1) If a law enforcement officer or animal control officer has probable cause to believe that an owner of a domestic animal has violated this ...

16.52.090 Docking horses -- Misdemeanor
Every person who shall cut or cause to be cut, or assist in cutting the solid part of the tail of any horse in the ...

16.52.095 Cutting ears -- Misdemeanor
It shall not be lawful for any person to cut off more than one-half of the ear or ears of any domestic animal such as ...

16.52.100 Confinement without food and water -- Intervention by others
If any domestic animal is impounded or confined without necessary food and water for more than thirty-six consecutive hours, any person may, from time to ...

16.52.110 Old or diseased animals at large
Every owner, driver, or possessor of any old, maimed or diseased horse, cow, mule, or other domestic animal, who shall permit the same to go ...

16.52.117 Animal fighting -- Prohibited behavior -- Class C felony -- Exceptions
(1) A person commits the crime of animal fighting if the person knowingly does any of the following: (a) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, ...

16.52.165 Punishment -- Conviction of misdemeanor
Every person convicted of any misdemeanor under RCW 16.52.080 or 16.52.090 shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, ...

16.52.180 Limitations on application of chapter
No part of this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with any of the laws of this state known as the "game laws," nor be ...

16.52.185 Exclusions from chapter
Nothing in this chapter applies to accepted husbandry practices used in the commercial raising or slaughtering of livestock or poultry, or products thereof or to ...

16.52.190 Poisoning animals -- Penalty
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a person is guilty of the crime of poisoning animals if the person ...

16.52.193 Poisoning animals -- Strychnine sales -- Records -- Report on suspected purchases
(1) It is unlawful for any person other than a registered pharmacist to sell at retail or furnish to any person any strychnine: PROVIDED, That ...

16.52.200 Sentences -- Forfeiture of animals -- Liability for costs -- Civil penalty -- Education, counseling
(1) The sentence imposed for a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor violation of this chapter may be deferred or suspended in accordance with RCW 3.66.067 and ...

16.52.205 Animal cruelty in the first degree
(1) A person is guilty of animal cruelty in the first degree when, except as authorized in law, he or she intentionally (a) inflicts substantial ...

16.52.207 Animal cruelty in the second degree
(1) A person is guilty of animal cruelty in the second degree if, under circumstances not amounting to first degree animal cruelty, the person knowingly, ...

16.52.210 Destruction of animal by law enforcement officer -- Immunity from liability
This chapter shall not limit the right of a law enforcement officer to destroy an animal that has been seriously injured and would otherwise continue ...

16.52.220 Transfers of mammals for research -- Certification requirements -- Pet animals
(1) All transfers of mammals, other than rats and mice bred for use in research and livestock, to research institutions in this state, whether by ...

16.52.225 Nonambulatory livestock -- Transporting or accepting delivery -- Gross misdemeanor -- Definition
(1) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable as provided in RCW 9A.20.021 if he or she knowingly transports or accepts delivery of ...

16.52.230 Remedies not impaired
No provision of RCW 9.08.070 through 9.08.078 or 16.52.220 shall in any way interfere with or impair the operation of any other provision of this ...

16.52.300 Dogs or cats used as bait -- Seizure -- Limitation
(1) If any person commits the crime of animal cruelty in the first or second degree by using or trapping to use domestic dogs or ...

16.52.305 Unlawful use of hook -- Gross misdemeanor
(1) A person is guilty of the unlawful use of a hook if the person utilizes, or attempts to use, a hook with the intent ...