Washington — dangerous dog definitions (RCW 16.08.070)
Washington's RCW 16.08.070 provides the statutory definitions for dangerous-dog regulation (RCW 16.08.070–16.08.100). It defines 'potentially dangerous dog' and 'dangerous dog' by conduct (bites, attacks, severe injury), and defines 'severe injury.'
Source: Washington RCW 16.08.070 (Dangerous dogs and related definitions), app.leg.wa.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright). First-hand statute text; C1 substring-verified against pdf-raw/banned-dog-breeds/wa_16_08_070_dangerous_dog.txt.
Verbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file):
- "RCW 16.08.070"
- "Dangerous dogs and related definitions."
- ""Potentially dangerous dog" means any dog that when unprovoked: (a) Inflicts bites on a human or a domestic animal either on public or private property, or (b) chases or approaches a person upon the streets, sidewalks, or any public grounds in a menacing fashion or apparent attitude of attack, or any dog with a known propensity, tendency, or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury, or to cause injury or otherwise to threaten the safety of humans or domestic animals."
- ""Dangerous dog" means any dog that (a) inflicts severe injury on a human being without provocation on public or private property, (b) kills a domestic animal without provocation while the dog is off the owner's property, or (c) has been previously found to be potentially dangerous because of injury inflicted on a human, the owner having received notice of such and the dog again aggressively bites, attacks, or endangers the safety of humans."
- ""Severe injury" means any physical injury that results in broken bones or disfiguring lacerations requiring multiple sutures or cosmetic surgery."