Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 16.52.080 (2025)
Transporting or confining in unsafe manner—Penalty
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Any person who wilfully transports or confines or causes to be transported or confined any domestic animal or animals in a manner, posture or confinement that will jeopardize the safety of the animal or the public shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. And whenever any such person shall be taken into custody or be subject to arrest pursuant to a valid warrant therefor by any officer or authorized person, such officer or person may take charge of the animal or animals; and any necessary expense thereof shall be a lien thereon to be paid before the animal or animals may be recovered; and if the expense is not paid, it may be recovered from the owner of the animal or the person guilty.
[ 1982 c 114 s 5; 1974 ex.s. c 12 s 1; 1901 c 146 s 5; RRS s 3188. Prior: 1893 c 27 s 2, part; Code 1881 s 930, part.]
Notes:
Cruelty to stock in transit: RCW 81.48.070.
Notes of Decisions
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Altiero v. Spokane Cnty., 766 F. Supp. 3d 1108 (E.D. Wash. 2025).
Altiero v. Spokane Cnty., 766 F. Supp. 3d 1108 (E.D. Wash. 2025). “During the search, officers 14 15 observed livestock kept in what they deemed a violation of RCW 16.52.080 due to 16 lack of access to water, mud/feces in pens, moldy feed, overgrown hooves, and 17 poor body conditions.”
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