Cannabis Regulations in Yakima County, WA (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Yakima County, Washington.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Yakima County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Home Cultivation

Unincorporated Yakima County follows Washington's state medical cannabis law, RCW 69.51A.210, for home cultivation. A qualifying patient or designated provider can grow up to six plants at their domicile, rising to fifteen with a health care professional's higher-need authorization, or dropping to four if the patient never enrolls in the state authorization database.

Yakima County Medical Cannabis Home-Grow Limits

Some Restrictions

RCW 69.51A.210

(1) ... The qualifying patient or designated provider may also grow, in his or her domicile, up to six plants for the personal medical use of the qualifying patient and possess up to eight ounces of useable cannabis produced from his or her plants. These amounts shall be specified on the recognition card that is issued to the qualifying patient or designated provider. (2) If the health care pro...

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Dispensary Zoning

Yakima County Code Section 19.30.030(7) bans marijuana production, processing and retail sales outright in every zoning district of the unincorporated county. There is no dispensary-zoning map to check because the county opted out of Initiative 502 businesses entirely rather than designating allowed locations, so no license location can lawfully open on unincorporated land.

Yakima County Marijuana Business Ban

Heavy Restrictions

Yakima County Code § 19.30.030(7)

Production, processing and retail sales of marijuana and marijuana-infused products, all as defined in Initiative Measure No. 502, as codified in the Revised Code of Washington Chapter 69.50, and implementing regulations in Chapter 314-55 of the Washington Administrative Code, are each prohibited and not allowed in any zone within the unincorporated areas of Yakima County. (8) Development Pe...

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Cannabis Regulations by City in Yakima County

1 cities in Yakima County have their own cannabis regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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2 verified rules • Buffer Zones, Dispensary Zoning

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