If no person shall claim the animal within ten days after the date of publication or posting of the notice, it shall be sold at the next succeeding public livestock market sale to be held at the sales yard where impounded, provided that in the director’s discretion the department of agriculture may otherwise cause the animal to be sold at public sale.

Terms Used In Washington Code 16.24.150

  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
The legislature intends this to be a clarification of existing law; therefore, this section shall have retroactive effect as of December 1, 1994.

NOTES:

Effective date1995 c 374 §§ 69, 70, and 72-79: See note following RCW 16.24.130.