RCW 16.65.010
Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term "public livestock market" means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a "public livestock market", "livestock auction market", "livestock sales ring", yards selling on commission, or the like, conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public livestock market, consisting of pens or other enclosures, and their appurtenances in which livestock is received, held, sold, kept for sale or shipment. The term does not include the operation of a person licensed under this chapter to operate a special open consignment horse sale.
(2) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.
(3) "Director" means the director of the department or his or her duly authorized representative.
(4) "Licensee" means any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
(5) "Livestock" includes horses, mules, burros, cattle, sheep, swine, and goats.
(6) "Person" means a natural person, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, and association, and every officer, agent or employee thereof. This term shall import either the singular or the plural as the case may be.
(7) "Stockyard" means any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as a stockyard consisting of pens or other enclosures and their appurtenances in which livestock services such as feeding, watering, weighing, sorting, receiving and shipping are offered to the public: PROVIDED, That stockyard shall not include any facilities where livestock is offered for sale at public auction, feed lots, or quarantined registered feed lots.
(8) "Packer" means any person engaged in the business of slaughtering, manufacturing, preparing meat or meat products for sale, marketing meat, meat food products or livestock products.
(9) "Special open consignment horse sale" means a sale conducted by a person other than the operator of a public livestock market which is limited to the consignment of horses and donkeys only for sale on an occasional and seasonal basis.
(10) "Livestock inspection" or "inspection" means the examination of livestock or livestock hides for brands or any means of identifying livestock or livestock hides including the examination of documents providing evidence of ownership.
[ 2003 c 326 § 62; 1983 c 298 § 1; 1961 c 182 § 1; 1959 c 107 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2003 c 326: See RCW 16.57.902.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 16 - Animals and Livestock
Chapter 16.65 - Public Livestock Markets.
16.65.015 - Application of chapter—Exceptions.
16.65.030 - Public livestock market license—Application—Contents—Fee—Public hearing.
16.65.037 - License—Restrictions—Fees.
16.65.040 - Public livestock market license—Expiration—Renewal—Penalty.
16.65.044 - Public livestock market—Open consignment horse sale—Consignor's name.
16.65.050 - Disposition of fees.
16.65.060 - License to be posted.
16.65.080 - Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Reasons—Hearing.
16.65.090 - Livestock inspection—Consignor's fee—Inspection fee—Call out fee.
16.65.100 - Livestock inspection—Purchaser's fee.
16.65.120 - Disposition of proceeds of sale—Limitations on licensee.
16.65.130 - Unlawful use of consignor's net proceeds.
16.65.140 - Custodial account for consignor's proceeds—Authorized withdrawals—Accounts and records.
16.65.150 - Penalty for failure to disclose unsatisfied lien, mortgage.
16.65.160 - Delivery of proceeds and invoice to consignor or shipper.
16.65.170 - Records of licensee—Contents.
16.65.180 - Unjust, unreasonable, discriminatory rates or charges prohibited.
16.65.190 - Schedule of rates and charges.
16.65.200 - Licensee's bond to operate market or special open consignment horse sale.
16.65.230 - Licensee's bond to operate market—One bond for each market.
16.65.235 - Cash or other security in lieu of surety bond—Rules.
16.65.240 - Action on bond—Fraud of licensee.
16.65.250 - Action on bond—Failure to comply with chapter.
16.65.260 - Licensee's failure to pay vendor, consignor—Complaint—Director's powers and duties.
16.65.270 - Licensee's failure to pay vendor, consignor—Failure of vendor, consignor to file claim.
16.65.320 - Investigations by director—Complaints.
16.65.330 - Investigations—Powers of director.
16.65.350 - Examinations—Sanitary and health practices and standards—Rules.
16.65.360 - Facilities—Sanitation—Requirements.
16.65.370 - Watering, feeding facilities—Unlawful acts.
16.65.380 - Adequate facilities and space required for veterinarians to function.
16.65.400 - Weighing of livestock at public livestock market.
16.65.410 - Packer's interest in market limited.
16.65.424 - Additional sales days limited to sales of horses and/or mules.
16.65.430 - Information and records available to director and news services.