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RCW 16.08.010 Liability for injury to stock by dogs.
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The owner or keeper of any dog shall be liable to the owner of any animal killed or injured by such dog for the amount of damages sustained and costs of collection, to be recovered in a civil action. [ 1985 c 415 s 14; 1929 c 198 s 5; RRS s 3106. Prior: 1919 c 6 s 5; RCS s 3106.]…
RCW 16.08.020 Dogs injuring stock may be killed.
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It shall be lawful for any person who shall see any dog or dogs chasing, biting, injuring or killing any sheep, swine or other domestic animal, including poultry, belonging to such person, on any real property owned or leased by, or under the control of, such person, or on any pu…
RCW 16.08.040 Dog bites—Liability.
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(1) The owner of any dog which shall bite any person while such person is in or on a public place or lawfully in or on a private place including the property of the owner of such dog, shall be liable for such damages as may be suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the form…
RCW 16.08.050 Entrance on private property, when lawful.
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A person is lawfully upon the private property of such owner within the meaning of RCW 16.08.040 when such person is upon the property of the owner with the express or implied consent of the owner: PROVIDED, That said consent shall not be presumed when the property of the owner i…