Revised Code of Washington (RCW) (Last Updated: August 9, 2016) |
Title 20. COMMISSION MERCHANTS—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
Chapter 20.01. Agricultural products—Commission merchants, dealers, brokers, buyers, agents. |
Section 20.01.010. Definitions. |
Section 20.01.020. Rules and regulations—Enforcement of chapter—Interference prohibited. |
Section 20.01.030. Exemptions. |
Section 20.01.038. License required of persons dealing in livestock, hay, grain, or straw. |
Section 20.01.040. License—Generally. |
Section 20.01.050. License renewals. |
Section 20.01.060. Licensee in one class may obtain license in another—Additional fee. |
Section 20.01.070. Application for license—Contents. |
Section 20.01.080. Commission merchant's schedule of commissions and charges—Changes, posting. |
Section 20.01.086. Waiver of reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements prohibited. |
Section 20.01.090. Agent to disclose principal licensee and his endorsement. |
Section 20.01.100. Issuance of license—Expiration date—Fraudulent application grounds for refusal, revocation. |
Section 20.01.110. Publication of list of licensees and rules—Posting license. |
Section 20.01.120. Vehicle license plates. |
Section 20.01.125. Hay or straw—Certified vehicle tare and load weights—Violations. |
Section 20.01.130. Disposition of moneys. |
Section 20.01.140. Change in organization of firm to be reported. |
Section 20.01.150. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Authority. |
Section 20.01.160. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Procedure. |
Section 20.01.170. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Subpoenas, witnesses, testimony, fees. |
Section 20.01.180. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Findings and conclusions—Record. |
Section 20.01.190. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Final action in writing—Appeal to superior court. |
Section 20.01.200. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Appellate review. |
Section 20.01.205. License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. |
Section 20.01.210. Commission merchants, dealers—Bonds. |
Section 20.01.211. Alternative bonding provision for certain dealers. |
Section 20.01.212. Livestock dealers bonded under federal law. |
Section 20.01.214. Appeal from rejected bond claim. |
Section 20.01.220. Action on bond for fraud. |
Section 20.01.230. Action on bond for failure to comply with chapter. |
Section 20.01.240. Claims against commission merchant, dealer. |
Section 20.01.250. Failure of consignor to file claim, time limitation. |
Section 20.01.260. Director not liable if circumstances prevent ascertainment of creditors—Demand on bond. |
Section 20.01.270. Demand on bond after claims ascertained—Power of director to settle, compromise. |
Section 20.01.280. Action on bond after refusal to pay—New bond, failure to file. |
Section 20.01.300. Verified complaints of consignor—Investigations. |
Section 20.01.310. Oaths, testimony, witnesses, subpoenas—Contempt proceedings—Records as evidence. |
Section 20.01.320. Investigations, examinations, inspections—Search warrants—Subpoenas. |
Section 20.01.330. Denial, revocation, suspension, or condition of licenses, probationary orders—Grounds. |
Section 20.01.340. Denial, revocation, suspension of licenses, probationary orders—Previous violations as grounds. |
Section 20.01.350. Denial, revocation, suspension of licenses, probationary orders—Hearing, investigation—Findings required—Notices. |
Section 20.01.360. Order of revocation, suspension. |
Section 20.01.370. Commission merchants—Recordkeeping. |
Section 20.01.380. Dealers, cash buyers, livestock dealers—Recordkeeping—Carrying identification and health documents. |
Section 20.01.385. Failure to comply—Construction of transaction. |
Section 20.01.390. When dealer must pay for products delivered to him or her. |
Section 20.01.400. Broker's memorandum of sale. |
Section 20.01.410. Manifest of cargo—Bill of lading. |
Section 20.01.420. Commission merchant's report of sale to consignor. |
Section 20.01.430. Commission merchant's remittance to consignor. |
Section 20.01.440. Commission merchant's copy of records to be retained—Inspection—Department's certificate of condition, quality, etc. |
Section 20.01.450. Claims against seller by dealer, cash buyer—Credit to dealer, cash buyer against consignor—Certificate of proof. |
Section 20.01.460. Prohibited acts—Penalties. |
Section 20.01.465. Time of sale requirement—Unlawful practice. |
Section 20.01.470. Action to enjoin violation of chapter. |
Section 20.01.475. Licensee under chapter—Prima facie evidence acting as licensee handling agricultural products. |
Section 20.01.480. Violations resulting in improper or nonpayment—Charges. |
Section 20.01.482. Civil infractions—Notice—Misdemeanors. |
Section 20.01.484. Civil infractions—Response to notice. |
Section 20.01.486. Civil infractions—Hearing to contest charge—Order—Appeal. |
Section 20.01.488. Civil infractions—Informal hearing on mitigating circumstances—Order—No appeal. |
Section 20.01.490. Civil infractions—Monetary penalty—Failure to pay, misdemeanor. |
Section 20.01.500. "Grower," "processor" defined—Application of exemption contained in RCW 20.01.030(1). |
Section 20.01.510. Processor's form showing maximum processing capacity. |
Section 20.01.520. Processor to have grower contracts and commitments on file. |
Section 20.01.530. Grower may file form showing crops processor is committed to purchase. |
Section 20.01.540. Committing to purchase more crops than plants can process—Violation. |
Section 20.01.550. Discrimination by processor. |
Section 20.01.560. Effective date of RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550. |
Section 20.01.570. Cash or other security in lieu of surety bond. |
Section 20.01.610. Authority to stop vehicle violating chapter—Failure to stop, civil infraction. |
Section 20.01.900. Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive. |
Section 20.01.920. Effective date—1959 c 139. |
Section 20.01.930. Repealer. |
Section 20.01.940. Repealer—Savings—1979 ex.s. c 115. |