The department is authorized to require hunters and fishers occupying a motor vehicle approaching or entering a check station to stop and produce for inspection: (1) Any wildlife, fish, shellfish, or seaweed in their possession; (2) licenses, permits, tags, stamps, or catch record cards, required under Title 77 RCW, or rules adopted thereunder. For these purposes, the department is authorized to operate check stations which shall be plainly marked by signs, operated by at least one uniformed fish and wildlife officer, and operated in a safe manner.
RCW 77.12.620
Check stations—Stopping for inspection.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Tarabochia v. Adkins (2014)
Most recently applied in State of Washington v. James Michael Miller (March 2024)
2013 c 23 s 240; 2000 c 107 s 226; 1982 c 155 s 2.
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