RCW 70.74.135
Purchaser of explosives—Application—License.
All persons desiring to purchase explosives except handloader components shall apply to the department of labor and industries for a license. Said application shall state, among other things:
(1) The location where explosives are to be used;
(2) The kind and amount of explosives to be used;
(3) The name and address of the applicant;
(4) The reason for desiring to use explosives;
(5) The citizenship of the applicant if the applicant is an individual;
(6) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of the partners and their citizenship;
(7) If the applicant is an association or corporation, the names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof and their citizenship; and
(8) Such other pertinent information as the director of the department of labor and industries shall require to effectuate the purpose of this chapter.
The department of labor and industries shall issue the license if the applicant demonstrates that either the applicant or the officers, agents or employees of the applicant are sufficiently experienced in the use of explosives to authorize a purchase license. However, no purchaser's license may be issued to any person who cannot document proof of possession or right to use approved and licensed storage facilities unless the person signs a statement certifying that explosives will not be stored.
[ 1988 c 198 § 8; 1971 ex.s. c 302 § 7; 1970 ex.s. c 72 § 3; 1969 ex.s. c 137 § 18.]
NOTES:
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 302: See note following RCW 9.41.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 70.74 - Washington State Explosives Act.
70.74.013 - Funds collected by department.
70.74.020 - Restrictions on manufacture, sale, or storage—Users—Reports on storage—Waiver.
70.74.025 - Magazines—Classification, location and construction—Standards—Use.
70.74.030 - Quantity and distance tables for storage—Adoption by rule.
70.74.040 - Limit on storage quantity.
70.74.050 - Quantity and distance table for explosives manufacturing buildings.
70.74.061 - Quantity and distance tables for separation between magazines—Adoption by rule.
70.74.100 - Storage of caps with explosives prohibited.
70.74.110 - Manufacturer's report—Inspection—License.
70.74.120 - Storage report—Inspection—License—Cancellation.
70.74.130 - Dealer in explosives—Application—License.
70.74.135 - Purchaser of explosives—Application—License.
70.74.137 - Purchaser's license fee.
70.74.140 - Storage license fee.
70.74.142 - User's license or renewal—Fee.
70.74.146 - Seller's license fee—Sellers to comply with dealer requirements.
70.74.150 - Annual inspection.
70.74.160 - Unlawful access to explosives.
70.74.170 - Discharge of firearms or igniting flame near explosives.
70.74.180 - Explosive devices prohibited—Penalty.
70.74.201 - Municipal or county ordinances unaffected—State preemption.
70.74.210 - Coal mining code unaffected.
70.74.230 - Shipments out of state—Dealer's records.
70.74.240 - Sale to unlicensed person prohibited.
70.74.250 - Blasting near fur farms and hatcheries.
70.74.270 - Malicious placement of an explosive—Penalties.
70.74.272 - Malicious placement of an imitation device—Penalties.
70.74.275 - Intimidation or harassment with an explosive—Class C felony.
70.74.280 - Malicious explosion of a substance—Penalties.
70.74.285 - "Terrorist act" defined.
70.74.295 - Abandonment of explosives.
70.74.297 - Separate storage of components capable of detonation when mixed.
70.74.300 - Explosive containers to be marked—Penalty.
70.74.310 - Gas bombs, explosives, stink bombs, etc.
70.74.320 - Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Transportation regulations.
70.74.330 - Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Separation from flammable materials.
70.74.370 - License revocation, nonrenewal, or suspension.
70.74.380 - Licenses—Expiration—Extension of storage licenses.
70.74.390 - Implementation of chapter and rules pursuant to chapter 49.17 RCW.