Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 19.100 - Franchise Investment Protection.
19.100.130 - Registration statement—Stop order—Notice—Hearing—Modification or vacation of order.

RCW 19.100.130
Registration statement—Stop order—Notice—Hearing—Modification or vacation of order.

Upon the entry of a stop order under any part of RCW 19.100.120, the director shall promptly notify the applicant that the order has been entered and that the reasons therefor and that within fifteen days after receipt of a written request, the matter will be set down for hearing. If no hearing is requested within twenty calendar days and none is ordered by the director, the director shall enter his or her written findings of fact and conclusions of law and the order will remain in effect until it is modified or vacated by the director. If a hearing is requested or ordered, the director after notice of an opportunity for hearings to the issuer and to the applicant or registrant shall enter his or her written findings of fact and conclusions of law and may modify or vacate the order. The director may modify or vacate a stop order if he or she finds that the conditions which prompted his or her entry have changed or that it is otherwise in the public interest to do so.

[ 2012 c 121 § 9; 2011 c 336 § 560; 1971 ex.s. c 252 § 13.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous

Chapter 19.100 - Franchise Investment Protection.

19.100.010 - Definitions.

19.100.020 - Unlawful in certain instances to sell or offer to sell franchise if unregistered or not exempt.

19.100.030 - Exemptions from registration requirements.

19.100.040 - Application for registration—Contents—Filing.

19.100.050 - Escrow or impoundment of franchise fees as registration condition—Rules or orders—Procedure to rescind.

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.

19.100.170 - Violations.

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.

19.100.210 - Violations—Injunctions—Assurance of discontinuance—Civil and criminal penalties—Chapter nonexclusive.

19.100.220 - Exceptions or exemptions—Burden of proof—Waivers of compliance void—Settlement release or waiver—Chapter as fundamental policy.

19.100.230 - Referral of evidence to attorney general or prosecuting attorney.

19.100.240 - Fees.

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.

19.100.920 - Effective date—1971 ex.s. c 252.

19.100.940 - Short title.