Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 77. FISH AND WILDLIFE |
Chapter 77.15. Fish and wildlife enforcement code. |
Section 77.15.005. Finding—Intent. |
Section 77.15.010. Exemption for department actions. |
Section 77.15.020. Authority to define violation of rule as infraction—Agreement to enforce certain civil infractions. |
Section 77.15.030. Individual animal unlawfully taken—Separate offense. |
Section 77.15.040. Jurisdiction. |
Section 77.15.050. "Conviction" defined. |
Section 77.15.060. Reference to chapters 7.84 and 9A.20 RCW. |
Section 77.15.065. Authority of attorney general if prosecuting attorney defaults. |
Section 77.15.070. Civil forfeiture of property used for violation of chapter. |
Section 77.15.075. Enforcement authority of fish and wildlife officers—Volunteer chaplain. |
Section 77.15.080. Fish and wildlife officers and ex officio fish and wildlife officers—Inspection authority. |
Section 77.15.085. Seizure without warrant. |
Section 77.15.090. Search, arrest warrant—Issuance—Execution. |
Section 77.15.092. Arrest without warrant. |
Section 77.15.094. Search without warrant—Seizure of evidence, property—Limitation. |
Section 77.15.096. Inspection without warrant—Commercial fish and wildlife entities—Limitations. |
Section 77.15.098. Willful misconduct/gross negligence—Civil liability. |
Section 77.15.100. Seized fish, shellfish, wildlife, and covered animal species part or product—Forfeiture—Sale—Disposition of sale. |
Section 77.15.110. Acting for commercial purposes—When—Proof. |
Section 77.15.120. Endangered fish or wildlife—Unlawful taking—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.130. Protected fish or wildlife—Unauthorized taking—Penalty—Criminal wildlife penalty assessment. |
Section 77.15.135. Unlawful sale, purchase, trade, barter, or distribution of covered animal species part or product—Penalty—Report to the legislature—Adoption of rules. |
Section 77.15.150. Poison or explosives—Unlawful use—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.160. Infractions (as amended by 2014 c 202). |
Section 77.15.170. Waste of fish and wildlife—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.180. Unlawful interference with fishing or hunting gear—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.190. Unlawful trapping—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.191. Revocation of trapper's license—Placement of unauthorized traps. |
Section 77.15.192. Definitions. |
Section 77.15.194. Unlawful traps—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.196. Unlawful poison—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.198. Violation of RCW 77.15.194 or 77.15.196—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.210. Obstructing the taking of fish, shellfish, or wildlife—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.212. Damages due to violation of RCW 77.15.210—Civil action. |
Section 77.15.230. Department lands or facilities—Unlawful use—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.240. Unlawful use of dogs—Penalty—Authority to take or destroy a dog—Certain hazing activities permitted. |
Section 77.15.245. Unlawful practices—Black bear baiting—Exceptions—Illegal hunting—Use of dogs—Exceptions—Penalties. |
Section 77.15.250. Unlawful release or possession of fish, shellfish, or wildlife—Penalty—Unlawful release of deleterious exotic wildlife—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.260. Unlawful trafficking in fish, shellfish, or wildlife—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.265. Unlawful possession of fish, shellfish, or wildlife knowingly taken in violation of another state's or country's laws—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.270. Providing false information—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.280. Reporting of fish or wildlife harvest—Rules violation—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.290. Unlawful transportation of fish or wildlife—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.300. Unlawful hydraulic project activities—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.310. Unlawful failure to use or maintain approved fish guard on water diversion device—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.320. Unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate fishway for dam or other obstruction—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.340. Unlawful operation of a game farm—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.350. Inspection and disease control of aquatic farms—Rules violation—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.360. Unlawful interfering in department operations—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.370. Unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree—Penalty—Criminal wildlife penalty assessment. |
Section 77.15.380. Unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.382. Unlawful use of shellfish gear for personal use purposes—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.390. Seaweed—Unlawful taking—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.400. Unlawful hunting of wild birds—Violation of a rule requiring nontoxic shot—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.410. Unlawful hunting of big game—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.420. Illegally taken or possessed wildlife—Criminal wildlife penalty assessed. |
Section 77.15.425. Fish and wildlife enforcement reward account. |
Section 77.15.430. Unlawful hunting of wild animals—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.435. Unlawful hunting on, retrieving hunted wildlife from, or collecting wildlife parts from the property of another—Defense—Penalty—Forfeiture and disposition of wildlife. |
Section 77.15.440. Weapons, traps, or dogs on game reserves—Unlawful use—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.450. Spotlighting big game—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.460. Loaded rifle or shotgun in vehicle—Unlawful use or possession—Unlawful use of a loaded firearm—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.470. Wildlife check stations or field inspections—Unlawful avoidance—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.480. Certain devices declared public nuisances. |
Section 77.15.500. Commercial fishing without a license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.510. Acting as a game fish guide, food fish guide, or chartering without a license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.520. Commercial fishing—Unlawful gear or methods—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.522. Unlawful use of shellfish gear for commercial purposes—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.530. Unlawful use of a nondesignated vessel—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.540. Unlawful use of a commercial fishery license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.550. Violation of commercial fishing area or time—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.552. Qualifying commercial fishing violations. |
Section 77.15.554. License suspension review committee. |
Section 77.15.565. Wholesale fish dealers—Accounting of commercial harvest—Penalties. |
Section 77.15.568. Secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for commercial harvest—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.570. Participation of non-Indians in Indian fishery forbidden—Exceptions, definitions, penalty. |
Section 77.15.580. Unlawful use of net to take fish—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.590. Commercial fishing vessel—Unlawful use for recreational or charter fishing—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.600. Engaging in commercial wildlife activity without a license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.610. Unlawful use of a commercial wildlife license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.620. Engaging in fish dealing activity—Unlicensed—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.630. Unlawful fish and shellfish catch accounting—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.640. Unlawful wholesale fish buying and dealing—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.650. Unlawful purchase or use of a license—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.660. Unlawful use of scientific permit—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.670. Suspension of department privileges—Violation—Penalty—Violations of child support-based suspensions. |
Section 77.15.675. Hunting while intoxicated—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.680. Department authority to suspend privileges—Form and procedure. |
Section 77.15.690. Department authority to revoke licenses. |
Section 77.15.700. Grounds for department revocation and suspension of recreational license—Appeal. |
Section 77.15.710. Conviction for assault—Revocation of licenses and suspension of privileges. |
Section 77.15.730. Wildlife violator compact citations and convictions. |
Section 77.15.732. Citations from wildlife violator compact party state—Failure to comply. |
Section 77.15.740. Protection of southern resident orca whales—Unlawful activities—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.750. Unlawful use of a department permit—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.760. Suspension of a master hunter permit—Appeal hearing. |
Section 77.15.770. Unlawful trade in shark fins—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.780. Disposition of judicially forfeited seized property. |
Section 77.15.790. Negligently feeding, attempting to feed, or attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Infraction. |
Section 77.15.792. Intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.800. Engaging in wildlife rehabilitation without a permit—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.803. Inspection of aquatic conveyance. |
Section 77.15.805. Violation of an invasive species law—Warrant. |
Section 77.15.807. Invasive species in or on water body or property—Warrant. |
Section 77.15.809. Unlawful use of invasive species in the second degree—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.811. Unlawful use of invasive species in the first degree—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.813. Unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity—Penalty. |
Section 77.15.900. Short title. |
Section 77.15.902. Savings—1998 c 190. |