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Wash. Rev. Code § 77.15.192 (2025)

Definitions

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The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 77.15.194 through 77.15.198.
(1) "Animal" means any nonhuman vertebrate.
(2) "Body-gripping trap" means a trap that grips an animal's body or body part. Body-gripping trap includes, but is not limited to, steel-jawed leghold traps, padded-jaw leghold traps, Conibear traps, neck snares, and nonstrangling foot snares. Cage and box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and common rat and mouse traps are not considered body-gripping traps.
(3) "Person" means a human being and, where appropriate, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a government, or a governmental instrumentality.
(4) "Raw fur" means a pelt that has not been processed for purposes of retail sale.
(5) "Animal problem" means any animal that threatens or damages timber or private property or threatens or injures livestock or any other domestic animal.
[ 2001 c 1 s 2 (Initiative Measure No. 713, approved November 7, 2000).]

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Finding—2001 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713): "The people of the state of Washington find that this act is necessary in order to protect people and domestic pets and to protect and conserve wildlife from the dangers of cruel and indiscriminate steel-jawed leghold traps and poisons, and to encourage the use of humane methods of trapping when trapping is necessary to ensure public health and safety, protect livestock or property, safeguard threatened and endangered species, or conduct field research on wildlife." [ 2001 c 1 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713, approved November 7, 2000).]
Severability—2001 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713): "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 2001 c 1 s 6 (Initiative Measure No. 713, approved November 7, 2000).]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2003–2020 · leading case: Citizens for Responsible Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003).
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Citizens for Responsible Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). · cites it 2× “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of “ ‘[b]ody-gripping trap’.”
Citizens for Responsible Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 103 P.3d 203 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “In November 2000, Washington voters approved Initiative 713, which prohibits the use of body-gripping traps and other devices to capture animals and bans the use of two poisons, sodium fluoroacetate and sodium cyanide.”
Citizens for Resp. Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). · cites it 2× “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of "`[b]ody-gripping trap'.”
Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. Dept. Of Fish & Wildlife, 474 P.3d 1107 (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “(b) “Body-gripping trap” as defined by RCW 77.15.192 means a trap that grips an animal's body or body part.”
Citizens for Responsible Wildlife v. State, 103 P.3d 203 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “In November 2000, Washington voters approved Initiative 713, which prohibits the use of body-gripping traps and other devices to capture animals and bans the use of two poisons, sodium fluoroacetate and sodium cyanide.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 77.15.192(2): 3 cases
Citizens for Responsible Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of “ ‘[b]ody-gripping trap’.”
Citizens for Resp. Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of "`[b]ody-gripping trap'.”
Citizens for Responsible Wildlife v. State, 103 P.3d 203 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). “In November 2000, Washington voters approved Initiative 713, which prohibits the use of body-gripping traps and other devices to capture animals and bans the use of two poisons, sodium fluoroacetate and sodium cyanide.”
Wash. Rev. Code § 77.15.192(5): 2 cases
Citizens for Responsible Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of “ ‘[b]ody-gripping trap’.”
Citizens for Resp. Wildlife Mgmt. v. State, 71 P.3d 644 (Wash. 2003). “See RCW 77.15.192(2) (definition of "`[b]ody-gripping trap'.”
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