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2009 Washington Code
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.
- 16.52.015 - Enforcement -- Law enforcement agencies and animal care and control agencies.
- 16.52.020 - Humane societies -- Enforcement authority.
- 16.52.025 - Humane societies -- Animal control officers.
- 16.52.080 - Transporting or confining in unsafe manner -- Penalty.
- 16.52.085 - Removal of animals for feeding -- Examination -- Notice -- Euthanasia.
- 16.52.090 - Docking horses -- Misdemeanor.
- 16.52.095 - Cutting ears -- Misdemeanor.
- 16.52.100 - Confinement without food and water -- Intervention by others.
- 16.52.110 - Old or diseased animals at large.
- 16.52.117 - Animal fighting -- Prohibited behavior -- Class C felony -- Exceptions.
- 16.52.165 - Punishment -- Conviction of misdemeanor.
- 16.52.180 - Limitations on application of chapter.
- 16.52.185 - Exclusions from chapter.
- 16.52.190 - Poisoning animals -- Penalty.
- 16.52.193 - Poisoning animals -- Strychnine sales -- Records -- Report on suspected purchases.
- 16.52.200 - Sentences -- Forfeiture of animals -- Liability for costs -- Civil penalty -- Education, counseling.
- 16.52.205 - Animal cruelty in the first degree.
- 16.52.207 - Animal cruelty in the second degree.
- 16.52.210 - Destruction of animal by law enforcement officer -- Immunity from liability.
- 16.52.220 - Transfers of mammals for research -- Certification requirements -- Pet animals.
- 16.52.225 - Nonambulatory livestock -- Transporting or accepting delivery -- Gross misdemeanor -- Definition.
- 16.52.230 - Remedies not impaired.
- 16.52.300 - Dogs or cats used as bait -- Seizure -- Limitation.
- 16.52.305 - Unlawful use of hook -- Gross misdemeanor.
- 16.52.310 - Dog breeding -- Limit on the number of dogs -- Required conditions -- Penalty -- Limitation of section -- Definitions.
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