RCW 19.94.005 Findings. The legislature finds: (1) The accuracy of weighing and measuring instruments and devices used in commerce in the state of Washington affects every consumer throughout the state and is of vital importance to the public interest. (2) Fair weights and measures are equally important to business and the consumer. (3) This chapter […]
RCW 19.94.010 Definitions—Director may prescribe by rule. (1) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter and to any rules adopted pursuant to this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) “Charging session” means an event starting when a user or a vehicle initiates a refueling event and stops when a user or […]
RCW 19.94.015 Commercial use of instrument or device—Registration—Fees. (1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section for the initial registration of an instrument or device, no weighing or measuring instrument or device may be used for commercial purposes in the state unless its commercial use is registered annually. If its commercial use is […]
RCW 19.94.150 Standards recognized. The system of weights and measures in customary use in the United States and the metric system of weights and measures are jointly recognized, and either one or both of these systems shall be used for all commercial purposes in this state. The definitions of basic units of weight and measure […]
RCW 19.94.160 State standards. Physical weights and measures standards that conform to the standards of the United States obtained by the state for use as state weights and measures standards are the primary standards for weight and measure, when certified as such by the national institute of standards and technology or any successor organization. The […]
RCW 19.94.163 Testing by department—Ensuring enforcement—Issuance of seal of approval—Exception. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section and *RCW 19.94.190(1)(d), the department shall test and inspect each biennium a sufficient number of weighing and measuring instruments and devices to ensure that the provisions of this chapter are enforced. (2) The department may […]
RCW 19.94.175 Registration—Inspection and testing—Fees—Report. (1) Pursuant to RCW 19.94.015, the following annual registration fees shall be charged for each weighing or measuring instrument or device used for commercial purposes in this state: (a) Weighing devices: (i) Small scales “zero to four hundred pounds capacity” . . . . $ 16.00 (ii) Intermediate scales “four hundred […]
RCW 19.94.185 Deposit of moneys—Weights and measures account—General fund. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all moneys collected under this chapter shall be payable to the director and placed in the weights and measures account hereby established in the agricultural local fund. Moneys deposited in this account shall be used solely […]
RCW 19.94.190 Enforcement—Rules—Penalties. (1) The director and duly appointed city sealers must enforce the provisions of this chapter. (2) The department’s enforcement proceedings under this chapter are subject to the requirement to provide technical assistance in chapter 43.05 RCW and the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW. City sealers undertaking enforcement actions must provide equivalent […]
RCW 19.94.205 Correct and incorrect—Instruments, devices, weights, measures—When deemed. All weighing or measuring instruments or devices used for commercial purposes within this state must be correct. For the purposes of this chapter, weighing or measuring instruments or devices and weights and measures standards are deemed to be “correct” when they conform to all applicable requirements […]
RCW 19.94.216 Department inspection—City sealer—Fees. The department must biennially inspect and test the secondary weights and measures standards of any city having a city sealer appointed under this chapter and must issue an official seal of approval for the same when found to be correct. The department must, by rule, establish a reasonable fee for […]
RCW 19.94.220 Investigations. In promoting the general objective of ensuring accuracy of weighing or measuring instruments or devices and the proper representation of weights and measures in commercial transactions, the director or a city sealer shall, upon his or her own initiative and as he or she deems appropriate and advisable, investigate complaints made concerning […]
RCW 19.94.230 Inspections and tests to determine conformity to law—Off sale order—Marks, tags, stamps. (1) The director or a city sealer may, from time to time, inspect and test packages or amounts of commodities kept, offered, exposed for sale, sold, or in the process of delivery to determine whether the same contain the amounts represented […]
RCW 19.94.240 Stop-use, stop-removal, and removal orders. (1) The director or a city sealer shall have the power to issue stop-use orders, stop-removal orders, and removal orders with respect to weighing or measuring devices being, or susceptible of being, commercially used within this state. (2) The director or a city sealer shall also have the […]
RCW 19.94.250 Inspection of instrument or device to determine if correct—Rejection or seizure—Confiscation or destruction—Use of incorrect instrument or device—Notice. (1) If the director or a city sealer discovers upon inspection that a weighing or measuring instrument or device is “incorrect,” but in his or her best judgment is susceptible of satisfactory repair, he or […]
RCW 19.94.255 Correction of rejected weights and measures. (1) Weighing or measuring instruments or devices that have been rejected under the authority of the director or a city sealer shall remain subject to the control of the rejecting authority until such time as suitable repair or disposition thereof has been made as required by this […]
RCW 19.94.258 Service agent—Registration certificate. (1) Except as authorized by the department, a service agent must be certified by the department before providing services to place a weighing or measuring instrument or device to be placed into commercial use under RCW 19.94.255(3). This registration requirement does not apply to the department or a city sealer. […]
RCW 19.94.2582 Service agent—Registration certificate—Renewal—Competency examination—Fee—Decision—Denial—Notice—Refund. (1) Each request for a renewal or new official registration certificate must be in writing and on a form prescribed by the department and must contain any relevant information as the director may require, including but not limited to the following: (a) The name and address of the person, […]
RCW 19.94.2584 Service agent—Registration certificate—Revocation, suspension, refusal to renew—Appeal. (1) The department may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the official registration certificate of any service agent for any of the following reasons: (a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining an official registration certificate under this chapter; (b) A finding by the department of a pattern […]
RCW 19.94.260 Rejection—Seizure for use as evidence—Entry of premises—Search warrant. (1) With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other acts dealing with weights and measures that he or she is, or may be empowered to enforce, the director or a city sealer may reject or seize for use as evidence incorrect weighing […]
