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RCW 77.15.245 Unlawful practices-Black bear baiting-Exceptions-Illegal hunting-Use of dogs-Exceptions-Penalties.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
RCW 16.08.020 Dogs injuring stock may be killed.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
Severability-1987 c 94: See note following RCW 16.08.070.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
RCW 16.08.090 Dangerous dogs-Requirements for restraint-Potentially dangerous dogs-Dogs not declared dangerous.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
RCW 16.08.070 Dangerous dogs and related definitions.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
RCW 77.15.240 Unlawful use of dogs-Penalty-Authority to take or destroy a dog-Certain hazing activities permitted.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty
(1) A person is guilty of harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse, if he or she maliciously injures, disables, shoots, or kills by any means any dog or horse that the person knows or has reason to know to be a police dog or accelerant detection dog, as defined in RCW 4.24.410, or police horse, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, whether or not the dog or horse is actually engaged in police or accelerant detection work at the time of the injury.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
RCW 9A.76.200 Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse-Penalty.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
RCW 4.24.410 Dog handler using dog in line of duty-Immunity.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
RCW 16.52.310 Dog breeding-Limit on the number of dogs-Required conditions-Penalty-Limitation of section-Definitions.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Breeding Laws
Severability-1987 c 94: See note following RCW 16.08.070.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
(b) A surety bond issued by a surety insurer qualified under chapter 48.28 RCW in a form acceptable to the animal control authority in the sum of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars, payable to any person injured by the dangerous dog; or
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
(4) If the local jurisdiction has provided for an administrative appeal of the final determination, the owner must follow the appeal procedure set forth by that jurisdiction. If the local jurisdiction has not provided for an administrative appeal, the owner may appeal a municipal authority’s final determination that the dog is dangerous to the municipal court, and may appeal a county animal control authority’s or county sheriff’s final determination that the dog is dangerous to the district court. The owner must make such appeal within twenty days of receiving the final determination. While the appeal is pending, the authority may order that the dog be confined or controlled in compliance with RCW16.08.090. If the dog is determined to be dangerous, the owner must pay all costs of confinement and control.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Service Dog Law
RCW 16.08.080 Dangerous dogs-Notice to owners-Right of appeal-Certificate of registration required-Surety bond-Liability insurance-Restrictions.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
(4) Any person who wrongfully obtains or exerts unauthorized control over an on-duty search and rescue dog with the intent to deprive the dog user of his or her search and rescue dog is guilty of theft in the first degree under RCW 9A.56.030.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
(b) Any person who, with reckless disregard, allows his or her dog to injure, disable, or cause the death of an on-duty search and rescue dog is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty, Service Dog Law
(2)(a) Any person who, with reckless disregard, injures, disables, or causes the death of an on-duty search and rescue dog is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20RCW.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Service Dog Law
(ii) A second or subsequent violation of (b)(i) of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
(b)(i) Any person who, with reckless disregard, allows his or her dog to interfere with the use of an on-duty search and rescue dog by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the search and rescue dog user or his or her search and rescue dog is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW, except when (b)(ii) of this subsection applies.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws, Service Dog Law
(ii) A second or subsequent violation of (a)(i) of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
(1)(a)(i) Any person who has received notice that his or her behavior is interfering with the use of an on-duty search and rescue dog who continues with reckless disregard to interfere with the use of an on-duty search and rescue dog by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the search and rescue dog user or his or her search and rescue dog is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW, except when (a)(ii) of this subsection applies.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
RCW 9.91.175 Interfering with search and rescue dog.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Service Dog Law
(6) Any person who wrongfully obtains or exerts unauthorized control over a dog guide or service animal with the intent to deprive the dog guide or service animal user of his or her dog guide or service animal is guilty of theft in the first degree, RCW 9A.56.030.
Location: Washington
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty, Service Dog Law
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