Theft of livestock in the first degree.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9–9 (401 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 108 Wash. 2d 125 - State v. Pascal (1987)
Most recently applied in Rebecca Thorley & Monica Baxter v. Donald E. Nowlin, et ux (January 2024)
2005 c 419 s 1; 2003 c 53 s 74; 1986 c 257 s 32; 1977 ex.s. c 174 s 2; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.56.080.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Every person who, with intent to sell or exchange and to deprive or defraud the lawful owner thereof, willfully takes, leads, or transports away, conceals, withholds, slaughters, or otherwise appropriates any horse, mule, cow, heifer, bull, steer, swine, goat, or sheep is guilty of theft of livestock in the first degree.
(2) Theft of livestock in the first degree is a class B felony.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.