RCW 19.100.020
Unlawful in certain instances to sell or offer to sell franchise if unregistered or not exempt.
(1) It is unlawful for any franchisor or subfranchisor to sell or offer to sell any franchise in this state unless the offer of the franchise has been registered under this chapter or exempted under RCW 19.100.030.
(2) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell a franchise is made in this state when: (a) The offer is directed by the offeror into this state from within or outside this state and is received where it is directed, (b) the offer originates from this state and violates the franchise or business opportunity law of the state or foreign jurisdiction into which it is directed, (c) the prospective franchisee is a resident of this state, or (d) the franchise business that is the subject of the offer is to be located or operated, wholly or partly, in this state.
(3) For the purpose of this section, a sale of any franchise is made in this state when: (a) An offer to sell is accepted in this state, (b) an offer originating from this state is accepted and violates the franchise or business opportunity law of the state or foreign jurisdiction in which it is accepted, (c) the purchaser of the franchise is a resident of this state, or (d) the franchise business that is the subject of the sale is to be located or operated, wholly or partly, in this state.
(4) For the purpose of this section, an offer to sell is not made in this state solely because the offer appears: (a) In a newspaper or other publication of general and regular circulation if the publication has had more than two-thirds of its circulation outside this state during the twelve months before the offer is published, or (b) in a broadcast or transmission originating outside this state.
[ 2012 c 121 § 2; 1991 c 226 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 252 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous
Chapter 19.100 - Franchise Investment Protection.
19.100.030 - Exemptions from registration requirements.
19.100.040 - Application for registration—Contents—Filing.
19.100.060 - Registration statement—Effective, when.
19.100.070 - Registration—Claim of exemption filing—Duration—Renewal—Supplemental report.
19.100.080 - Unlawful acts—Sale of franchise—Terms of franchise agreement.
19.100.090 - Filings, registration, or finding of director—Construction.
19.100.100 - Advertisements—Copy to be filed.
19.100.110 - Advertisements—False or misleading—Notice—Procedure.
19.100.120 - Registration statement—Stop order—Grounds.
19.100.130 - Registration statement—Stop order—Notice—Hearing—Modification or vacation of order.
19.100.140 - Registration of franchise brokers required.
19.100.150 - Records and accounts—Reports.
19.100.160 - Application of chapter—Jurisdiction—Service of process—Consent.
19.100.180 - Relation between franchisor and franchisee—Rights and prohibitions.
19.100.184 - Terms and conditions from negotiations initiated by franchisee.
19.100.190 - Unfair or deceptive acts—Suits for damages—Violations of other acts, use in evidence.
19.100.200 - Pendency of other proceedings tolls limitation of action.
19.100.230 - Referral of evidence to attorney general or prosecuting attorney.
19.100.242 - Investigations by director.
19.100.243 - Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
19.100.245 - Investigatory powers—Proceedings for contempt.
19.100.248 - Cease and desist orders.
19.100.250 - Powers of director as to rules, forms, orders and defining terms—Interpretive opinions.
19.100.252 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of franchise broker by director.
19.100.255 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of exemption by director.
19.100.260 - Applicability of administrative procedure act.
19.100.270 - Administrator of securities.
19.100.900 - Chapter applicable to existing and future franchises and contracts.
19.100.910 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.