16.54.020 - Disposition of abandoned animal by person having custody. - Washington Statutes

Disposition of abandoned animal by person having custody.

Any person having in his care, custody, or control any abandoned animal as defined in RCW 16.54.010, may deliver such animal to any humane society having facilities for the care of such animals or to any pound maintained by or under contract or agreement with any city or county within which such animal was abandoned. If no such humane society or pound exists within the county the person with whom the animal was abandoned may notify the sheriff of the county wherein the abandonment occurred.

[1955 c 190 § 2.]