Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.80 Weighmasters

15.80.300 Definitions -- Application
Terms used in this chapter shall have the meaning given to them in RCW 15.80.310 through 15.80.400 unless the context where used shall clearly indicate ...

15.80.310 "Department.
"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington.[1969 ex.s. c 100 § 2.] ...

15.80.320 "Director.
"Director" means the director of the department or his duly appointed representative.[1969 ex.s. c 100 § 3.] ...

15.80.330 "Person.
"Person" means a natural person, individual, or firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association. This term shall import either the singular or plural, as the ...

15.80.340 "Licensed public weighmaster.
"Licensed public weighmaster" also referred to as weighmaster, means any person, licensed under the provisions of this chapter, who weighs, measures or counts any commodity ...

15.80.350 "Weigher.
"Weigher" means any person who is licensed under the provisions of this chapter and who is an agent or employee of a weighmaster and authorized ...

15.80.360 "Vehicle.
"Vehicle" means any device, other than a railroad car, in, upon, or by which any commodity, is or may be transported or drawn.[1969 ex.s. c ...

15.80.370 "Certified weight.
"Certified weight" means any signed certified statement or memorandum of weight, measure or count issued by a weighmaster or weigher in accordance with the provisions ...

15.80.380 "Commodity.
"Commodity" means anything that may be weighed, measured or counted in a commercial transaction.[1969 ex.s. c 100 § 9.] ...

15.80.390 "Thing.
"Thing" means anything used to move, handle, transport or contain any commodity for which a certified weight, measure or count is issued when such thing ...

15.80.400 "Retail merchant.
"Retail merchant" means and includes any person operating from a bona fide fixed or permanent location at which place all of the retail business of ...

15.80.410 Director's duty to enforce -- Adoption of rules
The director shall enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter and may adopt the necessary rules to carry out its purpose. The adoption ...

15.80.420 Highway transport of commodities sold by weight -- Weighing required -- Exceptions
It shall be a violation of this chapter to transport by highway any hay, straw or grain which has been purchased by weight or will ...

15.80.430 Certificates of weight and invoices to be carried with loads
Certificates of weight issued by licensed public weighmasters and invoices for sales by a retail merchant, if the commodity is being hauled by or for ...

15.80.440 Reweighing -- Weighing -- Variance from invoiced weight
The driver of any vehicle previously weighed by a licensed public weighmaster may be required to reweigh the vehicle and load at the nearest scale. ...

15.80.450 Weighmaster's license -- Applications -- Fee -- Bond
Any person may apply to the director for a weighmaster's license. Such application shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall include: ...

15.80.460 Weighmaster's license -- Issuance -- Expiration date
The director shall issue a license to an applicant upon his satisfaction that the applicant has satisfied the requirements of this chapter and the rules ...

15.80.470 Weighmaster's license -- Renewal date -- Penalty fee
If an application for renewal of any license provided for in this chapter is not filed prior to the expiration date, there shall be assessed ...

15.80.480 Surety bond
Any applicant for a weighmaster's license shall execute and deliver to the director a surety bond executed by the applicant as principal and by a ...

15.80.490 Weigher's license -- Employees or agents to issue weight tickets -- Application -- Fee
Any weighmaster may file an application with the director for a license for any employee or agent to operate and issue certified weight tickets from ...

15.80.500 Weigher's license -- Issuance -- Expiration date
Upon the director's satisfaction that the applicant is of good moral character, has the ability to weigh accurately and make correct certified weight tickets and ...

15.80.510 Duties of weighmaster
A licensed public weighmaster shall: (1) Keep the scale or scales upon which he weighs any commodity or thing, in conformity with the standards of ...

15.80.520 Certification of weights -- Impression seal -- Fee -- Annual renewal
Certification of weights shall be made by means of an impression seal, the impress of which shall be placed by the weighmaster or weigher making ...

15.80.530 Certified weight ticket -- Form -- Contents -- Evidence
The certified weight ticket shall be of a form approved by the director and shall contain the following information: (1) The date of issuance; (2) ...

15.80.540 Copies of weight tickets
Certified weight tickets shall be made in triplicate, one copy to be delivered to the person receiving the weighed commodity at the time of delivery, ...

15.80.550 Weighmaster or weigher to determine weights -- Automatic devices
No weighmaster or weigher shall enter a weight value on a certified weight ticket that he has not determined and he shall not make a ...

15.80.560 Weighing devices to be suitable -- Testing of weighing and measuring devices
A licensed public weighmaster shall in making a weight determination as provided for in this chapter, use a weighing device that is suitable for the ...

15.80.570 Weighing devices -- Rated capacity to exceed weight of load
A weighmaster shall not use a weighing device to determine the weight of a load when the weight of such load exceeds the manufacturer's maximum ...

15.80.580 Weighing devices -- Platform size to sufficiently accommodate vehicles
No weighmaster shall weigh a vehicle or combination of vehicles to determine the weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles unless the weighing device ...

15.80.590 Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses -- Hearing
The director is hereby authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke a license subsequent to a hearing, if a hearing is requested, in any case in ...

15.80.600 Hearings for denial, suspension or revocation of licenses -- Notice -- Location
For hearings for revocations, suspension, or denial of a license, the director shall give the licensee or applicant such notice as is required under the ...

15.80.610 Subpoenas -- Oaths
The director, for the purposes of this chapter, may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, and/or the production of books and/or documents anywhere ...

15.80.620 Assuming to act as weighmaster or weigher
It shall be unlawful for any person not licensed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to: (1) Hold himself out, in any manner, as ...

15.80.630 Falsifying weight tickets, weight or count -- Unlawfully delegating -- Presealing before weighing
It shall be unlawful for a weighmaster or weigher to falsify a certified weight ticket, or to cause an incorrect weight, measure or count to ...

15.80.640 Writing, etc., false ticket or certificate -- Influence -- Penalty
Any person who shall mark, stamp or write any false weight ticket, scale ticket, or weight certificate, knowing it to be false, and any person ...

15.80.650 Violations -- Penalty
(1) Except as provided in RCW 15.80.640 or subsection (2) of this section, any person violating any provision of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder ...

15.80.660 Collected moneys -- Deposit
All moneys collected under this chapter shall be placed in the weights and measures account created in RCW 19.94.185.[1995 c 355 § 25.]Notes: Application -- ...

15.80.900 Chapter cumulative
The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy available at law.[1969 ex.s. c 100 § 37.] ...

15.80.910 Effective date -- 1969 ex.s. c 100
This act shall take effect on July 1, 1969.[1969 ex.s. c 100 § 38.] ...

15.80.920 Severability -- 1969 ex.s. c 100
If any section or provision of this act shall be adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the ...