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2023 Revised Code of Washington
Title 16 - Animals and Livestock
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 - Seizure of animal for abuse or neglect—Process—Notice—Forfeiture of animal—Petition for a civil hearing for the immediate return of a seized animal.
- 16.52.090 - Docking horses—Misdemeanor.
- 16.52.095 - Certain veterinary procedures—Misdemeanor.
- 16.52.100 - Confinement without food and water—Intervention by others.
- 16.52.117 - Animal fighting—Prohibited behavior—Penalty—Exceptions.
- 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—Penalty—Education, counseling.
- 16.52.205 - Animal cruelty in the first degree.
- 16.52.207 - Animal cruelty in the second degree—Penalty.
- 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—Definitions.
- 16.52.320 - Maliciously killing or causing substantial bodily harm to livestock belonging to another—Penalty.
- 16.52.330 - Veterinarians—Animal cruelty—Liability immunity.
- 16.52.340 - Leave or confine any animal in unattended motor vehicle or enclosed space—Class 2 civil infraction—Officers' authority to reasonably remove animal.
- 16.52.350 - Dog tethering—Penalties.
- 16.52.360 - Retail pet store—Sale of dog or cat—Penalty.
NOTES:
Cruelty to stock in transit: RCW 81.48.070.
Pet animals—Taking, concealing, injuring, killing, etc.—Penalty: RCW 9.08.070.
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