RCW 16.65.005 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure the orderly marketing of livestock, to ensure the financial stability of public livestock markets, and to protect persons who consign livestock to markets and sales. [ 2003 c 326 § 61.] NOTES: Effective dates—2003 c 326: See RCW 16.57.902.
RCW 16.65.010 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1) The term “public livestock market” means any place, establishment or facility commonly known as a “public livestock market”, “livestock auction market”, “livestock sales ring”, yards selling on commission, or the like, conducted or operated for compensation or profit as a public livestock market, consisting of […]
RCW 16.65.015 Application of chapter—Exceptions. (1) Except under subsection (2) of this section, this chapter does not apply to: (a) A farmer selling his or her own livestock. (b) A farmers’ cooperative association or an association of livestock breeders when any class of their own livestock is assembled and offered for sale at a special […]
RCW 16.65.020 Supervision of markets and special open consignment horse sales—Rules—Interference with director’s duties. Public livestock markets and special open consignment horse sales shall be under the direction and supervision of the director, and the director may adopt those rules as are necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter. It shall be the […]
RCW 16.65.030 Public livestock market license—Application—Contents—Fee—Public hearing. (1) No person shall operate a public livestock market without first having obtained a license from the director. Application for a license shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the director, and shall include the following: (a) A nonrefundable original license application fee of two thousand dollars. […]
RCW 16.65.037 License—Restrictions—Fees. (1) Any license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall only be valid at the location and for the sales day or days for which the license was issued. (2) The license fee shall be based on the average gross sales volume per official sales day of a market in the […]
RCW 16.65.040 Public livestock market license—Expiration—Renewal—Penalty. (1) All public livestock market licenses provided for in this chapter expire on March 1st subsequent to the date of issue. (2) Application for renewal of a public livestock market license shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the director, and shall include: (a) All information under RCW […]
RCW 16.65.042 Special open consignment horse sale license required—Application—Fee—Where and when valid. (1) A person shall not operate a special open consignment horse sale without first obtaining a license from the director. The application for the license shall include: (a) The schedule of rates and charges the applicant proposes to impose on the owners of […]
RCW 16.65.044 Public livestock market—Open consignment horse sale—Consignor’s name. It is lawful for the operator of a public livestock market or an open consignment horse sale, upon receiving a request to do so, to allow the announcement of the correct and accurate name of the consignor of any cattle or horses being presented for sale […]
RCW 16.65.050 Disposition of fees. All fees provided for under this chapter shall be deposited in an account in the agricultural local fund and used for enforcing and carrying out the purpose and provisions of this chapter and chapter 16.57 RCW. [ 2003 c 326 § 69; 1959 c 107 § 5.] NOTES: Effective dates—2003 […]
RCW 16.65.060 License to be posted. The licensee’s license shall be posted conspicuously in the main office of such licensee’s public livestock market or special open consignment horse sale. [ 1983 c 298 § 7; 1959 c 107 § 6.]
RCW 16.65.080 Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Reasons—Hearing. (1) The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license when the director finds that a licensee (a) has misrepresented titles, charges, numbers, brands, weights, proceeds of sale, or ownership of livestock; (b) has attempted payment to a consignor or the department by a check the licensee knows […]
RCW 16.65.090 Livestock inspection—Consignor’s fee—Inspection fee—Call out fee. (Effective until July 1, 2024.) When livestock inspection is required the licensee shall collect from the consignor and pay to the department an inspection fee, as provided by law, for each animal inspected. However, if in any one sale day the total fees collected for inspection do […]
RCW 16.65.100 Livestock inspection—Purchaser’s fee. The licensee of each public livestock market or special open consignment horse sale shall collect from any purchaser of livestock requesting inspection a fee as provided by law for each animal inspected. This fee shall be in addition to the fee charged to the consignor for inspection and shall not […]
RCW 16.65.120 Disposition of proceeds of sale—Limitations on licensee. A licensee shall not, except as provided in this chapter, pay the net proceeds or any part thereof arising from the sale of livestock consigned to the said licensee for sale, to any person other than the consignor of such livestock except upon an order from […]
RCW 16.65.130 Unlawful use of consignor’s net proceeds. It shall be unlawful for the licensee to use for his or her own purposes consignor’s net proceeds, or funds received by such licensee to purchase livestock on order, through recourse to the so-called “float” in the bank account, or in any other manner. [ 2011 c […]
RCW 16.65.140 Custodial account for consignor’s proceeds—Authorized withdrawals—Accounts and records. Each licensee shall establish a custodial account for consignor’s proceeds. All funds derived from the sale of livestock handled on a commission or agency basis shall be deposited in that account. The account shall be drawn on only for the payment of net proceeds to […]
RCW 16.65.150 Penalty for failure to disclose unsatisfied lien, mortgage. The delivery of livestock, for the purpose of sale, by any consignor or vendor to a public livestock market or special open consignment horse sale without making a full disclosure to the agent or licensee of such public livestock market or special open consignment horse […]
RCW 16.65.160 Delivery of proceeds and invoice to consignor or shipper. The licensee shall deliver the net proceeds together with an invoice to the consignor or shipper within twenty-four hours after the sale or by the end of the next business day if the licensee is not on notice that any other person or persons […]
RCW 16.65.170 Records of licensee—Contents. The licensee shall keep accurate records which shall be available for inspection to all parties directly interested therein, and the records shall contain the following information: (1) The date on which each consignment of livestock was received and sold. (2) The name and address of the buyer and seller of […]
