{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-77.15.800","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 77.15.800","heading":"Engaging in wildlife rehabilitation without a permit—Penalty.","body":"(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 rehabilitation permit issued by the department.\n(b) The department must adopt rules for permissible temporary actions that include, at a minimum, the conditions under which a person may capture or transport wildlife to a primary permittee, subpermittee, or a rehabilitation facility.\n(2) A person who is a primary permittee or subpermittee on a wildlife rehabilitation permit issued by the department is guilty of unlawful use of a wildlife rehabilitation permit if the person violates any permit provisions or department rules pertaining to wildlife rehabilitation other than those addressing recordkeeping and reporting requirements.\n(3) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.","path":["Title 77","Chapter 77.15"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.15.800","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:14:59Z","sha256":"f590ddd1930df1c5773288840a692bfdbd132d1be5561544bdb02b643a191f3b","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-77.15.792","next":"us-wa/rcw-77.15.803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}