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Chapter 16.52 RCW

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

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Sections

HTMLPDF 16.52.011Definitions—Principles of liability.
HTMLPDF 16.52.015Enforcement—Law enforcement agencies and animal care and control agencies.
HTMLPDF 16.52.020Humane societies—Enforcement authority.
HTMLPDF 16.52.025Humane societies—Animal control officers.
HTMLPDF 16.52.080Transporting or confining in unsafe manner—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 16.52.085Seizure of animal for abuse or neglect—Process—Notice—Forfeiture of animal—Petition for a civil hearing for the immediate return of a seized animal.
HTMLPDF 16.52.090Docking horses—Misdemeanor.
HTMLPDF 16.52.095Certain veterinary procedures—Misdemeanor.
HTMLPDF 16.52.100Confinement without food and water—Intervention by others.
HTMLPDF 16.52.117Animal fighting—Prohibited behavior—Penalty—Exceptions.
HTMLPDF 16.52.180Limitations on application of chapter.
HTMLPDF 16.52.185Exclusions from chapter.
HTMLPDF 16.52.190Poisoning animals—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 16.52.193Poisoning animals—Strychnine sales—Records—Report on suspected purchases.
HTMLPDF 16.52.200Sentences—Forfeiture of animals—Liability for costs—Penalty—Education, counseling.
HTMLPDF 16.52.205Animal cruelty in the first degree.
HTMLPDF 16.52.207Animal cruelty in the second degree—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 16.52.210Destruction of animal by law enforcement officer—Immunity from liability.
HTMLPDF 16.52.220Transfers of mammals for research—Certification requirements—Pet animals.
HTMLPDF 16.52.225Nonambulatory livestock—Transporting or accepting delivery—Gross misdemeanor—Definition.
HTMLPDF 16.52.230Remedies not impaired.
HTMLPDF 16.52.300Dogs or cats used as bait—Seizure—Limitation.
HTMLPDF 16.52.305Unlawful use of hook—Gross misdemeanor.
HTMLPDF 16.52.310Dog breeding—Limit on the number of dogs—Required conditions—Penalty—Definitions.
HTMLPDF 16.52.320Maliciously killing or causing substantial bodily harm to livestock belonging to another—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 16.52.330Veterinarians—Animal cruelty—Liability immunity.
HTMLPDF 16.52.340Leave or confine any animal in unattended motor vehicle or enclosed space—Class 2 civil infraction—Officers' authority to reasonably remove animal.
HTMLPDF 16.52.350Dog tethering—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 16.52.360Retail 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.