Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 9A.76 - Obstructing Governmental Operation.
9A.76.200 - Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse—Penalty.

RCW 9A.76.200
Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse—Penalty.

(1) A person is guilty of harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse, if he or she maliciously injures, disables, shoots, or kills by any means any dog or horse that the person knows or has reason to know to be a police dog or accelerant detection dog, as defined in RCW 4.24.410, or police horse, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, whether or not the dog or horse is actually engaged in police or accelerant detection work at the time of the injury.
(2) "Police horse" means any horse used or kept for use by a law enforcement officer in discharging any legal duty or power of his or her office.
(3) Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse is a class C felony.
(4)(a) In addition to the criminal penalty provided in this section for harming a police dog:
(i) The court may impose a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars for harming a police dog.
(ii) The court shall impose a civil penalty of at least five thousand dollars and may increase the penalty up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars for killing a police dog.
(b) Moneys collected must be distributed to the jurisdiction that owns the police dog.

[ 2012 c 94 § 2; 2003 c 269 § 1; 1993 c 180 § 2; 1989 c 26 § 2; 1982 c 22 § 2.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 9A - Washington Criminal Code

Chapter 9A.76 - Obstructing Governmental Operation.

9A.76.010 - Definitions.

9A.76.020 - Obstructing a law enforcement officer.

9A.76.023 - Disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer.

9A.76.025 - Disarming a law enforcement or corrections officer—Commission of another crime.

9A.76.027 - Law enforcement or corrections officer engaged in criminal conduct.

9A.76.030 - Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.

9A.76.040 - Resisting arrest.

9A.76.050 - Rendering criminal assistance—Definition of term.

9A.76.060 - Relative defined.

9A.76.070 - Rendering criminal assistance in the first degree.

9A.76.080 - Rendering criminal assistance in the second degree.

9A.76.090 - Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.

9A.76.100 - Compounding.

9A.76.110 - Escape in the first degree.

9A.76.115 - Sexually violent predator escape.

9A.76.120 - Escape in the second degree.

9A.76.130 - Escape in the third degree.

9A.76.140 - Introducing contraband in the first degree.

9A.76.150 - Introducing contraband in the second degree.

9A.76.160 - Introducing contraband in the third degree.

9A.76.170 - Bail jumping.

9A.76.175 - Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

9A.76.177 - Amber alert—Making a false or misleading statement to a public servant.

9A.76.180 - Intimidating a public servant.

9A.76.190 - Failure to appear or surrender—Affirmative defense—Penalty.

9A.76.200 - Harming a police dog, accelerant detection dog, or police horse—Penalty.

9A.76.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.