Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.

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  2. Revised Code of Washington
  3. Commission Merchants—Agricultural Products
  4. Agricultural Products—Commission Merchants, Dealers, Brokers, Buyers, Agents.

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Section
20.01.010

Definitions.

Section
20.01.020

Rules and regulations—Enforcement of chapter—Interference prohibited.

Section
20.01.030

Exemptions.

Section
20.01.038

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

Section
20.01.040

License—Generally.

Section
20.01.050

License renewals.

Section
20.01.060

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

Section
20.01.070

Application for license—Contents.

Section
20.01.080

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

Section
20.01.086

Waiver of reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping requirements prohibited.

Section
20.01.090

Agent to disclose principal licensee and his endorsement.

Section
20.01.100

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

Section
20.01.110

Publication of list of licensees and rules—Posting license.

Section
20.01.120

Vehicle license plates.

Section
20.01.125

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

Section
20.01.130

Disposition of moneys.

Section
20.01.140

Change in organization of firm to be reported.

Section
20.01.150

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

Section
20.01.160

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

Section
20.01.170

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

Section
20.01.180

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

Section
20.01.190

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

Section
20.01.200

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

Section
20.01.205

License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

Section
20.01.210

Commission merchants, dealers—Bonds.

Section
20.01.211

Alternative bonding provision for certain dealers.

Section
20.01.212

Livestock dealers bonded under federal law.

Section
20.01.214

Appeal from rejected bond claim.

Section
20.01.220

Action on bond for fraud.

Section
20.01.230

Action on bond for failure to comply with chapter.

Section
20.01.240

Claims against commission merchant, dealer.

Section
20.01.250

Failure of consignor to file claim, time limitation.

Section
20.01.260

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

Section
20.01.270

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

Section
20.01.280

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

Section
20.01.300

Verified complaints of consignor—Investigations.

Section
20.01.310

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

Section
20.01.320

Investigations, examinations, inspections—Search warrants—Subpoenas.

Section
20.01.330

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

Section
20.01.340

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

Section
20.01.350

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

Section
20.01.360

Order of revocation, suspension.

Section
20.01.370

Commission merchants—Recordkeeping.

Section
20.01.380

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

Section
20.01.385

Failure to comply—Construction of transaction.

Section
20.01.390

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

Section
20.01.400

Broker's memorandum of sale.

Section
20.01.410

Manifest of cargo—Bill of lading.

Section
20.01.420

Commission merchant's report of sale to consignor.

Section
20.01.430

Commission merchant's remittance to consignor.

Section
20.01.440

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

Section
20.01.450

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

Section
20.01.460

Prohibited acts—Penalties.

Section
20.01.465

Time of sale requirement—Unlawful practice.

Section
20.01.470

Action to enjoin violation of chapter.

Section
20.01.475

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

Section
20.01.480

Violations resulting in improper or nonpayment—Charges.

Section
20.01.482

Civil infractions—Notice—Misdemeanors.

Section
20.01.484

Civil infractions—Response to notice.

Section
20.01.486

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

Section
20.01.488

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

Section
20.01.490

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

Section
20.01.500

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

Section
20.01.510

Processor's form showing maximum processing capacity.

Section
20.01.520

Processor to have grower contracts and commitments on file.

Section
20.01.530

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

Section
20.01.540

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

Section
20.01.550

Discrimination by processor.

Section
20.01.560

Effective date of RCW 20.01.500 through 20.01.550.

Section
20.01.570

Cash or other security in lieu of surety bond.

Section
20.01.610

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

Section
20.01.900

Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive.

Section
20.01.920

Effective date—1959 c 139.

Section
20.01.930

Repealer.

Section
20.01.940

Repealer—Savings—1979 ex.s. c 115.