Everett, WA Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

120(A), no person may possess, breed, import, export, barter, buy, sell, or attempt to buy or sell: all nonhuman primates; all wild cats of the family Felidae and their hybrids (except the domestic cat); all species of bear; all wild carnivores of the family Canidae and their hybrids (except the domestic dog); venomous reptiles and amphibians; reticulated pythons, Burmese pythons and any snake that may reach ten feet or more in length; and all members of the alligator, crocodile and caiman families. Subsection B requires any licensed exotic-animal seller to mail the Everett animal shelter a statement within 24 hours of any sale of an exotic animal not on the banned list, naming the animal type, the purchaser, and the purchaser's address and phone number.

Subsection C gave owners who already possessed a banned animal as of the ordinance's effective date thirty calendar days to register it with the animal shelter; the shelter then sets conditions for keeping the animal and a deadline for its disposal, and failing to register on time or to follow the registration conditions is itself a violation of the chapter. Subsection E exempts facilities that were already constructed and operating on or before January 1, 2000 (and any reasonable adjacent expansion), provided they are licensed and comply with the federal exotic-animal notice at 55 FR 15210 (April 20, 1990), as amended. 110, who can issue citations and impound animals, including in pursuit onto vacant or unenclosed private property.