Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.
20.01.560 - Effective date of RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550.

RCW 20.01.560
Effective date of RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550.

RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550 shall take effect beginning on September 1, 1972.

[ 1971 ex.s. c 182 § 21.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 20 - Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products

Chapter 20.01 - Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.

20.01.010 - Definitions.

20.01.020 - Rules and regulations—Enforcement of chapter—Interference prohibited.

20.01.030 - Exemptions.

20.01.038 - License required of persons dealing in livestock, hay, grain, or straw.

20.01.040 - License—Generally.

20.01.050 - License renewals.

20.01.060 - Licensee in one class may obtain license in another—Additional fee.

20.01.070 - Application for license—Contents.

20.01.080 - Commission merchant's schedule of commissions and charges—Changes, posting.

20.01.086 - Waiver of reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements prohibited.

20.01.090 - Agent to disclose principal licensee and his endorsement.

20.01.100 - Issuance of license—Expiration date—Fraudulent application grounds for refusal, revocation.

20.01.110 - Publication of list of licensees and rules—Posting license.

20.01.120 - Vehicle license plates.

20.01.125 - Hay or straw—Certified vehicle tare and load weights—Violations.

20.01.130 - Disposition of moneys.

20.01.140 - Change in organization of firm to be reported.

20.01.150 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Authority.

20.01.160 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Procedure.

20.01.170 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Subpoenas, witnesses, testimony, fees.

20.01.180 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Findings and conclusions—Record.

20.01.190 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Final action in writing—Appeal to superior court.

20.01.200 - Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses, probationary orders—Appellate review.

20.01.205 - License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

20.01.210 - Commission merchants, dealers—Bonds.

20.01.211 - Alternative bonding provision for certain dealers.

20.01.212 - Livestock dealers bonded under federal law.

20.01.214 - Appeal from rejected bond claim.

20.01.220 - Action on bond for fraud.

20.01.230 - Action on bond for failure to comply with chapter.

20.01.240 - Claims against commission merchant, dealer.

20.01.250 - Failure of consignor to file claim, time limitation.

20.01.260 - Director not liable if circumstances prevent ascertainment of creditors—Demand on bond.

20.01.270 - Demand on bond after claims ascertained—Power of director to settle, compromise.

20.01.280 - Action on bond after refusal to pay—New bond, failure to file.

20.01.300 - Verified complaints of consignor—Investigations.

20.01.310 - Oaths, testimony, witnesses, subpoenas—Contempt proceedings—Records as evidence.

20.01.320 - Investigations, examinations, inspections—Search warrants—Subpoenas.

20.01.330 - Denial, revocation, suspension, or condition of licenses, probationary orders—Grounds.

20.01.340 - Denial, revocation, suspension of licenses, probationary orders—Previous violations as grounds.

20.01.350 - Denial, revocation, suspension of licenses, probationary orders—Hearing, investigation—Findings required—Notices.

20.01.360 - Order of revocation, suspension.

20.01.370 - Commission merchants—Recordkeeping.

20.01.380 - Dealers, cash buyers, livestock dealers—Recordkeeping—Carrying identification and health documents.

20.01.385 - Failure to comply—Construction of transaction.

20.01.390 - When dealer must pay for products delivered to him or her.

20.01.400 - Broker's memorandum of sale.

20.01.410 - Manifest of cargo—Bill of lading.

20.01.420 - Commission merchant's report of sale to consignor.

20.01.430 - Commission merchant's remittance to consignor.

20.01.440 - Commission merchant's copy of records to be retained—Inspection—Department's certificate of condition, quality, etc.

20.01.450 - Claims against seller by dealer, cash buyer—Credit to dealer, cash buyer against consignor—Certificate of proof.

20.01.460 - Prohibited acts—Penalties.

20.01.465 - Time of sale requirement—Unlawful practice.

20.01.470 - Action to enjoin violation of chapter.

20.01.475 - Licensee under chapter—Prima facie evidence acting as licensee handling agricultural products.

20.01.480 - Violations resulting in improper or nonpayment—Charges.

20.01.482 - Civil infractions—Notice—Misdemeanors.

20.01.484 - Civil infractions—Response to notice.

20.01.486 - Civil infractions—Hearing to contest charge—Order—Appeal.

20.01.488 - Civil infractions—Informal hearing on mitigating circumstances—Order—No appeal.

20.01.490 - Civil infractions—Monetary penalty—Failure to pay, misdemeanor.

20.01.500 - "Grower," "processor" defined—Application of exemption contained in RCW 20.01.030(1).

20.01.510 - Processor's form showing maximum processing capacity.

20.01.520 - Processor to have grower contracts and commitments on file.

20.01.530 - Grower may file form showing crops processor is committed to purchase.

20.01.540 - Committing to purchase more crops than plants can process—Violation.

20.01.550 - Discrimination by processor.

20.01.560 - Effective date of RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550.

20.01.570 - Cash or other security in lieu of surety bond.

20.01.610 - Authority to stop vehicle violating chapter—Failure to stop, civil infraction.

20.01.900 - Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.

20.01.920 - Effective date—1959 c 139.

20.01.930 - Repealer.

20.01.940 - Repealer—Savings—1979 ex.s. c 115.