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Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.080 (2026)

Theft of livestock in the first degree

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(1) Every person who, with intent to sell or exchange and to deprive or defraud the lawful owner thereof, willfully takes, leads, or transports away, conceals, withholds, slaughters, or otherwise appropriates any horse, mule, cow, heifer, bull, steer, swine, goat, or sheep is guilty of theft of livestock in the first degree.
(2) Theft of livestock in the first degree is a class B felony.
[ 2005 c 419 s 1; 2003 c 53 s 74; 1986 c 257 s 32; 1977 ex.s. c 174 s 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.56.080.]

Notes:

Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Severability—1986 c 257: See note following RCW 9A.56.010.
Effective date—1986 c 257 ss 17-35: See note following RCW 9.94A.030.
Action by owner of damaged or stolen livestock: RCW 4.24.320.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: Rebecca Thorley & Monica Baxter v. Donald E. Nowlin, et ux, 542 P.3d 137 (Wash. Ct. App. 2024).
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Rebecca Thorley & Monica Baxter v. Donald E. Nowlin, et ux, 542 P.3d 137 (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 9× “320, lists alternative ways by which one may violate the statute based on violations of other statutes, RCW 9A.56.080 and RCW 9A.56.083, RCW 16.52.”
State v. Pascal, 736 P.2d 1065 (Wash. 1987). · cites it 2× “150); theft of livestock (RCW 9A.56.080); and welfare fraud (RCW 74.”
State v. Howell, 696 P.2d 1253 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 5× “A jury found the defendant guilty of theft of livestock, RCW 9A.56.080, but the court arrested judgment because the prosecution failed to prove venue in Okanogan County.”
State v. Bryce, 707 P.2d 694 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 2× “Such a syllogism might be persuasive if all "thefts as provided in this title" were punishable under such a classification system.”
State v. Johnson, 596 P.2d 308 (Wash. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “One day passed and on the following day the prosecutor, believing that Johnson had breached the plea bargain, filed the new information charging him with theft of livestock, RCW 9A.56.080. 1 The record is silent as to when, but after this information had been filed, Johnson…”
State v. Call, 880 P.2d 571 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “030), Theft of Livestock 1 or 2 (RCW 9A.56.080), or any drug offense.””
State v. Baeza, 670 P.2d 646 (Wash. 1983). “Theft of livestock is defined in RCW 9A.56.080 as: Every person who, without lawful authority and with intent to deprive or defraud the owner thereof, wilfully takes, leads, or transports away, conceals, withholds, slaughters, or otherwise appropriates to his own use any horse,…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.56.080(1) — 1 case
Rebecca Thorley & Monica Baxter v. Donald E. Nowlin, et ux, 542 P.3d 137 (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “320, lists alternative ways by which one may violate the statute based on violations of other statutes, RCW 9A.56.080 and RCW 9A.56.083, RCW 16.52.”
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