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Unlawful trapping — Penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful trapping if the person:

     (a) Sets out traps that are capable of taking wild animals, game animals, or furbearing mammals and does not possess all licenses, tags, or permits required under this title;

     (b) Violates any rule of the commission or director regarding seasons, bag or possession limits, closed areas including game reserves, closed times, or any other rule governing the trapping of wild animals; or

     (c) Fails to identify the owner of the traps or devices by neither (i) attaching a metal tag with the owner's department-assigned identification number or the name and address of the trapper legibly written in numbers or letters not less than one-eighth inch in height nor (ii) inscribing into the metal of the trap such number or name and address.

     (2) Unlawful trapping is a misdemeanor.

[1999 c 258 § 9; 1998 c 190 § 34.]

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Statutes > Washington > Title-77 > 77-15 > 77-15-190

Unlawful trapping — Penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful trapping if the person:

     (a) Sets out traps that are capable of taking wild animals, game animals, or furbearing mammals and does not possess all licenses, tags, or permits required under this title;

     (b) Violates any rule of the commission or director regarding seasons, bag or possession limits, closed areas including game reserves, closed times, or any other rule governing the trapping of wild animals; or

     (c) Fails to identify the owner of the traps or devices by neither (i) attaching a metal tag with the owner's department-assigned identification number or the name and address of the trapper legibly written in numbers or letters not less than one-eighth inch in height nor (ii) inscribing into the metal of the trap such number or name and address.

     (2) Unlawful trapping is a misdemeanor.

[1999 c 258 § 9; 1998 c 190 § 34.]

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Statutes > Washington > Title-77 > 77-15 > 77-15-190

Unlawful trapping — Penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of unlawful trapping if the person:

     (a) Sets out traps that are capable of taking wild animals, game animals, or furbearing mammals and does not possess all licenses, tags, or permits required under this title;

     (b) Violates any rule of the commission or director regarding seasons, bag or possession limits, closed areas including game reserves, closed times, or any other rule governing the trapping of wild animals; or

     (c) Fails to identify the owner of the traps or devices by neither (i) attaching a metal tag with the owner's department-assigned identification number or the name and address of the trapper legibly written in numbers or letters not less than one-eighth inch in height nor (ii) inscribing into the metal of the trap such number or name and address.

     (2) Unlawful trapping is a misdemeanor.

[1999 c 258 § 9; 1998 c 190 § 34.]