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Wash. Rev. Code § 16.52.180 (2026)

Limitations on application of chapter

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No part of this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with any of the laws of this state known as the "game laws," nor be deemed to interfere with the right to destroy any venomous reptile or any known as dangerous to life, limb or property, or to interfere with the right to kill animals to be used for food or with any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations, which experiments or investigations shall be performed only under the authority of the faculty of some regularly incorporated college or university of the state of Washington or a research facility registered with the United States department of agriculture and regulated by 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2131 et seq.
[ 1994 c 261 s 12; 1901 c 146 s 18; RRS s 3201.]

Notes:

Finding—Intent—1994 c 261: See note following RCW 16.52.011.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2024 · leading case: Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 242 P.3d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010).
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Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 242 P.3d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “117; RCW 16.52.180, .185. Certain activities, including commercial food production, rodeo and fair events, veterinary practices, and university research, are explicitly not criminalized under the statute.”
Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 242 P.3d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “117; RCW 16.52.180, .185. Certain activities, including commercial food production, rodeo and fair events, veterinary practices, and university research, are explicitly not criminalized under the statute.”
United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 559 U.S. 460 (2010). · cites it 2× “ALITO, opinion of ALITO management activities or hunting, fishing or trapping [as regulated by state law]”) Washington Wash. Rev. Code §16.52.180 (2008) (“No part of this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with any of the laws of this state known as the ‘game laws’ .”
State of Washington v. Yuri Anatoly Feitser (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “RCW 16.52.180. RCW 16.52.185 and RCW 16.52.”
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