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Shed hunting trespassers and rule breakers
Platensek-po:
If not wearing your seatbelt is a $150 dollar ticket then trespassing should be at least twice that. Then it should escalate with each consecutive incident. Would be nice to see some of that fine go back to the landowners who were the victims of the trespassing or dumping. If you have to get new signs or fencing or etc that should be paid by the trespasser as restitution.
Rainier10:
My guess is after you get to a certain dollar figure it can’t just be a ticket that the courts don’t get involved in. @bigtex might know what that line is before it goes to a prosecutor.
Platensek-po:
--- Quote from: Platensek-po on May 16, 2024, 02:44:57 PM ---If not wearing your seatbelt is a $150 dollar ticket then trespassing should be at least twice that. Then it should escalate with each consecutive incident. Would be nice to see some of that fine go back to the landowners who were the victims of the trespassing or dumping. If you have to get new signs or fencing or etc that should be paid by the trespasser as restitution.
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Also if caught trespassing while hunting after multiple instances a suspension of hunting privileges and retaking of hunters ed should be a requirement :twocents:
Platensek-po:
--- Quote from: Rainier10 on May 16, 2024, 02:47:10 PM ---My guess is after you get to a certain dollar figure it can’t just be a ticket that the courts don’t get involved in. @bigtex might know what that line is before it goes to a prosecutor.
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That could be and sounds right. Might be other punishments available like suspension of hunting licenses, community service etc?
bigtex:
--- Quote from: Rainier10 on May 16, 2024, 02:47:10 PM ---My guess is after you get to a certain dollar figure it can’t just be a ticket that the courts don’t get involved in. @bigtex might know what that line is before it goes to a prosecutor.
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Has nothing to do with the fine but rather the classification of the offense (infraction, misdemeanor, etc.) Prosecutors handle misdemeanors and felonies. Infractions (simple tickets) are not handled by prosecutors and are just filed directly with the court and the defendant can immediately pay without seeing a judge.
There are several different types of infractions in WA including traffic, natural resource, and class 1, 2, 3, and 4 civil infractions. All of these have minimums and maximums written into law, however the legislature can (and has) write into law a higher fine for a specific offense(s). A perfect example are agricultural offenses which actually have the highest infraction fines in the state with some over $10,000 (repeat offenses).
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