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.