I believe I could restate your question in the following way: “What is the penalty for being cited while hunting or fishing in violation of RCW 77.32.014?”
This section of law states, in part:
“Licenses, tags, and stamps issued pursuant to this chapter shall be revoked and the privileges suspended for any period in which a person is certified by the department of social and health services or a court of competent jurisdiction as a person in noncompliance with a support order.”
The penalty for hunting or fishing while a person’s license has been suspended under RCW 77.32.014 is found in RCW 77.15.670:
(1) A person is guilty of violating a suspension of department privileges in the second degree if the person engages in any activity that is licensed by the department and the person’s privileges to engage in that activity were revoked or suspended by any court or the department.
(3)(a) Violating a suspension of department privileges in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the department shall order permanent suspension of the person’s privileges to engage in such hunting or fishing activities.
In short, hunting or fishing while your license is suspended under RCW 77.32.014 is a gross misdemeanor and results, upon conviction, in an automatic permanent suspension of a person’s right to purchase a license for that recreational activity. In addition, this is a criminal offense, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and up to one year in jail.
Even if the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) later releases the person from suspension under RCW 77.32.014, WDFW’s permanent suspension of the person under RCW 77.15.670 still remains in effect because the person violated the DSHS suspension while it was active.
The only remedy for a DSHS suspension under RCW 77.32.014 is to obtain a “certificate of compliance” from DSHS pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320(9). Once the person has the certificate of compliance, he or she must present it to WDFW to have the suspension for unpaid child support lifted. If the person also was suspended by WDFW under RCW 77.15.670 for hunting or fishing while suspended for unpaid child support, the person can request an appeal hearing from WDFW. But if WDFW can show that the person was in suspended status by DSHS at the time he or she was cited or charged with RCW 77.15.670, then WDFW’s permanent suspension of the person stands.
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I hope this helps to answer your question.