RCW 16.65.260
Licensee's failure to pay vendor, consignor—Complaint—Director's powers and duties.
In case of failure by a licensee to pay amounts due a vendor or consignor creditor whose livestock was handled or sold through or at the licensee's public livestock market or special open consignment horse sale, as evidenced by a verified complaint filed with the director, the director may proceed immediately to ascertain the names and addresses of all vendor or consignor creditors of the licensee, together with the amounts due and owing to them and each of them by the licensee, and shall request all vendor and consignor creditors to file a verified statement of their respective claims with the director. This request shall be addressed to each known vendor or consignor creditor at his or her last known address.
[ 2003 c 326 § 78; 1983 c 298 § 14; 1959 c 107 § 26.]
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.