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Chapter 20.01 RCW

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS—COMMISSION MERCHANTS, DEALERS, BROKERS, BUYERS, AGENTS

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

Notes:

Administrative Procedure Act: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Lien for transportation, storage, advancements, etc.: Chapter 60.60 RCW.