Title 77 — Title 77 FISH AND WILDLIFE
28 chapters · 644 sections in this title.
RCW 77.15.780 Disposition of judicially forfeited seized property.
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When seized property, other than fish, shellfish, and wildlife, is judicially forfeited to the department, the department may: (1) Retain it for official use unless the property is required to be destroyed; (2) upon application by any law enforcement agency of the state, release …
RCW 77.15.790 Negligently feeding, attempting to feed, or attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Infraction.
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(1) A person may not negligently feed or attempt to feed large wild carnivores or negligently attract large wild carnivores to land or a building.(2) If a fish and wildlife officer, ex officio fish and wildlife officer, or animal control authority, as defined in RCW 16.30.010, ha…
RCW 77.15.792 Intentionally feeding or attempting to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attracting large wild carnivores to land or a building—Penalty.
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(1) A person may not intentionally feed or attempt to feed large wild carnivores or intentionally attract large wild carnivores to land or a building.(2) A person who intentionally feeds, attempts to feed, or attracts large wild carnivores to land or a building is guilty of a mis…
RCW 77.15.800 Engaging in wildlife rehabilitation without a permit—Penalty.
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(1)(a) A person is guilty of engaging in wildlife rehabilitation without a permit if the person captures, transports, treats, feeds, houses, conditions, or trains injured, diseased, oiled, or abandoned wildlife without department authority for temporary actions or a wildlife reha…
RCW 77.15.803 Inspection of aquatic conveyance.
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(1) Based upon reasonable suspicion that a person possesses an aquatic conveyance that has not been cleaned and drained or carries or contains aquatic invasive species in violation of this title, fish and wildlife officers or ex officio fish and wildlife officers may temporarily …
RCW 77.15.805 Violation of an invasive species law—Warrant.
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(1) Upon a showing of probable cause that there has been a violation of an invasive species law of the state of Washington, or upon a showing of probable cause to believe that evidence of such a violation may be found at a place, a court must issue a search warrant or arrest warr…
RCW 77.15.807 Invasive species in or on water body or property—Warrant.
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(1) Upon a showing of probable cause that a water body or property has an invasive species in or on it, and the owner refuses permission to allow inspection of the water body or property, a court in the county in which the water body or property is located may, upon the request o…
RCW 77.15.809 Unlawful use of invasive species in the second degree—Penalty.
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(1) A person is guilty of unlawful use of invasive species in the second degree if the person:(a) Fails to stop at a mandatory check station or to return to the mandatory check station for inspection if directed to do so by a fish and wildlife officer or ex officio fish and wildl…
RCW 77.15.811 Unlawful use of invasive species in the first degree—Penalty.
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(1) A person is guilty of unlawful use of invasive species in the first degree if the person:(a) Traffics or introduces on or into a water body or property a prohibited level 1 or level 2 species without department authorization, a permit, or as otherwise provided by rule; or(b) …
RCW 77.15.813 Unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity—Penalty.
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(1) A person is guilty of unlawfully engaging in fishing guide activity if the person holds a game fish guide license issued under RCW 77.65.480 or has a license issued under RCW 77.65.010 to operate a charter boat or act as a food fish guide, and the person:(a) Fails to perform …
RCW 77.15.815 Unlawfully engaging in commercial whale watching—Penalty.
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(1) This section applies only to persons and activities defined in RCW 77.65.615, including commercial whale watching and paddle tours.(2) A person is guilty of unlawfully engaging in commercial whale watching in the second degree if the person conducts commercial whale watching …
RCW 77.15.900 Short title.
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This chapter may be known and cited as the fish and wildlife enforcement code.[ 1998 c 190 s 126.]