2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 77 - FISH AND WILDLIFE (Formerly: Game and game fish)
77.15 Fish and wildlife enforcement code.
77.15.190 Unlawful trapping -- Penalty.
RCW 77.15.190 Unlawful trapping — Penalty.
(1) A person is guilty of unlawful trapping if the person:
(a) Sets out traps that are capable of taking wild animals, game animals, or furbearing mammals and does not possess all licenses, tags, or permits required under this title;
(b) Violates any department rule regarding seasons, bag or possession limits, closed areas including game reserves, closed times, or any other rule governing the trapping of wild animals, with the exception of reporting rules; or
(c) Fails to identify the owner of the traps or devices by neither (i) attaching a metal tag with the owner's department-assigned identification number or the name and address of the trapper legibly written in numbers or letters not less than one-eighth inch in height nor (ii) inscribing into the metal of the trap such number or name and address.
(2) Unlawful trapping is a misdemeanor.
[2012 c 176 § 17; 1999 c 258 § 9; 1998 c 190 § 34.]
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