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Wash. Rev. Code § 16.24.010 (2025)

Restricted areas—Range areas

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The county legislative authority of any county of this state shall have the power to designate by an order made and published, as provided in RCW 16.24.030, certain territory as stock restricted area within such county in which it shall be unlawful to permit livestock of any kind to run at large. No territory so designated shall be less than two square miles in area. RCW 16.24.010 through 16.24.065 shall not affect counties having adopted township organization. All territory not so designated shall be range area, in which it shall be lawful to permit cattle, horses, mules, or donkeys to run at large: PROVIDED, That the county legislative authority may designate areas where it shall be unlawful to permit any livestock other than cattle to run at large.
[ 1989 c 286 s 4; 1937 c 40 s 1; 1911 c 25 s 1; RRS s 3068. Prior: 1907 c 230 s 1; 1905 c 91 s 1; R & B s 3166.]

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Severability—1989 c 286: See note following RCW 16.04.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1961–2014 · leading case: Maguire v. Yanke, 590 P.2d 85 (Idaho 1978).
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Maguire v. Yanke, 590 P.2d 85 (Idaho 1978). · cites it 2× “§ 25-2402 defines open range as "all uninclosed lands outside cities and villages upon which by custom, license or otherwise, livestock, excepting swine, are grazed or permitted to roam.”
Misterek v. Washington Mineral Prods., Inc., 531 P.2d 805 (Wash. 1975). · cites it 2× “" RCW 16.24.010 refers to stock-restricted areas, which are defined as areas "in which it shall be unlawful to permit livestock of any kind to run at large.”
Scanlan v. Smith, 404 P.2d 776 (Wash. 1965). “" RCW 16.24.010. [3] There is a minority view that the motorist must prove some negligence by the owner, in addition to the presence of his livestock upon the highway, to enable the plaintiff to get to the jury.”
Kenney v. Walla Walla Cnty., 728 P.2d 1066 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 4× “Thereafter, on January 31, 1984, the county commissioners passed ordinance 174, pursuant to authority granted in RCW 16.24.010 and RCW 16.24.050. 1 The ordinance closed all but a small portion of the previously open range.”
Vacca v. Steer, Inc., 441 P.2d 523 (Wash. 1968). “…were within a stock restricted area and thus the burden was on the owner or possessor of the cattle to enclose them. RCW 16.24.010 and 16.24.065.”
Bly v. McAllister, 364 P.2d 500 (Wash. 1961). “” RCW 16.24.010; Laws of 1937, c. 40, § 1. A new section was added, by the 1937 act, which reads: “No person owning or in control of any livestock shall willfully or negligently allow such livestock to run at large in any stock restricted area, nor shall any person owning or in…”
Naumes, Inc. v. City Of Chelan, No. 32191-6 (Wash. Ct. App. Dec. 11, 2014). “See CMC § 16.24.010 (general binding site plan approval is 'Type IVA project permit"); CMC § 19.”
State v. Dear, 638 P.2d 85 (Wash. 1981). “RCW 16.24.010 gives the county commissioners of each county power to designate certain areas within the county as stock restricted areas, wherein it is unlawful to allow cattle to run at large.”
Misterek v. Washington Mineral Prods., Inc., 519 P.2d 1322 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974). “*614 Pacific County had by proper ordinance designated the area as a stock-restricted area, pursuant to the “herd law,” RCW 16.24.010, et seq. At trial, plaintiffs advanced the theories that the defendant Washington Mineral Products was upon the facts subject to the herd law,…”
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