WAC 232-12-086
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Director or his designee is empowered to issue nuisance wildlife control operator certifications to control nuisance or problem wildlife.
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When the director or his designee determines that nuisance or problem wildlife can be controlled by persons, political subdivisions of this state, or the United States, the director or his designee may issue nuisance wildlife control operator (NWCO) certifications for control of said nuisance or problem wildlife.
(1) Nuisance wildlife control operators shall:
(a) Be at least eighteen years of age;
(b) Be licensed as a trapper in the state;
(c) Have completed the NWCO certification course;
(d) Have the equipment, knowledge, and ability to control problem wildlife;
(e) Not be legally ineligible to possess a firearm (including no felony or domestic violence conviction unless firearm possession rights have been restored); and
(f) Not have a gross misdemeanor fish and wildlife conviction within the last five years.
(2) Nuisance wildlife control operators may use live traps to take any animal causing an animal problem as that term is defined in chapter
77.15 RCW, but may only use body gripping traps after receiving a special trapping permit.
(3) Nuisance wildlife control operators must submit a complete quarterly report of all trapping activity, on the form supplied by the department. The quarterly report is due by the fifteenth day of the month after the end of the quarter. Failure to submit a report may result in certification being revoked and future certification suspended.
(4) Nuisance wildlife control operator certifications may be revoked or future certifications denied by the director or issuing authority when, in the judgment of the department:
(a) Information contained in the application was inaccurate or false;
(b) The permittee or person trapping problem animals fails to comply with department trapping statutes or rules; or
(c) The person trapping violates a trapping or other wildlife law.
(5) If the certification is denied or revoked, the department shall provide the applicant, in writing, a statement of the specific reason(s) for the denial or revocation. The applicant may request an appeal in accordance with chapter
34.05 RCW. Appeal request shall be filed in writing and returned within twenty days from the mailing date of the denial and be addressed to WDFW Legal Services Office, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, Washington 98501-1091.
(6) Nuisance wildlife control certifications are valid for three years.
(7) It is unlawful to trap nuisance wildlife on the property of another for a fee or other consideration without a nuisance wildlife control certification.
(a) Violation of this subsection using a body-gripping trap is punishable under RCW
77.15.194, Unlawful traps.
(b) Violation of this subsection using a trap other than a body-gripping trap is punishable under RCW
77.15.190, Unlawful trapping -- Penalty.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-01-053 (Order 03-303), § 232-12-086, filed 12/11/03, effective 1/11/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020. 84-21-086 (Order 255), § 232-12-086, filed 10/19/84.]