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WA Rev Code § 19.158.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.090 - Injunctive relief—Other applicable law.

RCW 19.158.090 Injunctive relief—Other applicable law.The director of the department of licensing may refer such evidence as may be available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or order hereunder to the attorney general or the proper prosecuting attorney, who may in his or her discretion, with or without such a reference, in addition to any other action they might commence, bring an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain and prevent the doing of any act or practice herein prohibited or declared unlawful: PROVIDED, That this chapter shall be considered in conjunction with chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW and the powers and duties of the attorney general and the prosecuting attorney as they may appear in chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW shall apply against all persons subject to this chapter.[ 1989 c 20 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.100 - Requiring payment by credit card prohibited.

RCW 19.158.100 Requiring payment by credit card prohibited.It is a violation of this chapter for a commercial telephone solicitor to require that payment be by credit card authorization or otherwise to announce a preference for that method of payment over any other for unfair or deceptive reasons.[ 1989 c 20 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.110 - Commercial telephone solicitor—Duties and prohibited acts—Notice to customers.

RCW 19.158.110 Commercial telephone solicitor—Duties and prohibited acts—Notice to customers.(1) Within the first minute of the telephone call, a commercial telephone solicitor or salesperson shall:(a) Identify himself or herself, the company on whose behalf the solicitation is being made, the property, goods, or services being sold; and(b) Terminate the telephone call within ten seconds if the purchaser indicates he or she does not wish to continue the conversation.(2) If at any time during the telephone contact, the purchaser states or indicates that he or she does not wish to be called again by the commercial telephone solicitor or wants to have his or her name and individual telephone number removed from the telephone lists used by the commercial telephone solicitor:(a) The commercial telephone solicitor shall not make any additional commercial telephone solicitation of the called party at that telephone number within a period of at least one year; and(b) The commercial telephone solicitor shall not sell or give the called party's name and telephone number to another commercial telephone solicitor: PROVIDED, That the commercial telephone solicitor may return the list, including the called party's name and telephone number, to the company or organization from which it received the list.(3) The utilities and transportation commission shall by rule ensure that telecommunications companies inform their residential customers of the provisions of this section. The notification may be made by:(a) Annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to residential customers; or(b) Conspicuous publication of the notice in the consumer information pages of local telephone directories.(4) If a sale or an agreement to purchase is completed, the commercial telephone solicitor must inform the purchaser of his or her cancellation rights as enunciated in this chapter, state the registration number issued by the department of licensing, and give the street address of the seller.(5) If, at any time prior to sale or agreement to purchase, the commercial telephone solicitor's registration number is requested by the purchaser, it must be provided.(6) All oral disclosures required by this section shall be made in a clear and intelligible manner.[ 1989 c 20 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.130 - Damages, costs, attorneys' fees—Remedies not limited.

RCW 19.158.130 Damages, costs, attorneys' fees—Remedies not limited.In addition to any other penalties or remedies under chapter 19.86 RCW, a person who is injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action for recovery of actual damages, including court costs and attorneys' fees. No provision in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right or remedy provided under chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 1989 c 20 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.140 - Civil penalties.

RCW 19.158.140 Civil penalties.A civil penalty shall be imposed by the court for each violation of this chapter in an amount not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars per violation.[ 1989 c 20 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.150 - Registration required—Penalty.

RCW 19.158.150 Registration required—Penalty.No salesperson shall solicit purchasers on behalf of a commercial telephone solicitor who is not currently registered with the department of licensing pursuant to this chapter. Any salesperson who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.[ 1989 c 20 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 19.158.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.160 - Penalties.

RCW 19.158.160 Penalties.(1) Except as provided in RCW 19.158.150, any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or who knowingly, directly or indirectly employs any device, scheme or artifice to deceive in connection with the offer or sale by any commercial telephone solicitor is guilty of the following:(a) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is less than fifty dollars, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor;(b) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is fifty dollars or more, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and(c) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is two hundred fifty dollars or more, then the person is guilty of a class C felony.(2) When any series of transactions which constitute a violation of this section would, when considered separately, constitute a series of misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors because of the value of the transactions, and the series of transactions are part of a common scheme or plan, the transactions may be aggregated in one count and the sum of the value of all the transactions shall be the value considered in determining whether the violations are to be punished as a class C felony or a gross misdemeanor.[ 2003 c 53 § 160; 1989 c 20 § 16.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 19.158.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.170 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.

RCW 19.158.170 Uniform regulation of business and professions act.The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[ 2002 c 86 § 286.]NOTES:Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.
WA Rev Code § 19.158.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation.|19.158.901 - Effective date—1989 c 20.

RCW 19.158.901 Effective date—1989 c 20.The effective date of this act shall be January 1, 1990.[ 1989 c 20 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 19.160.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings.|19.160.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.160.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Local telephone directory" means a publication listing telephone numbers for various businesses in a certain geographic area and distributed free of charge to some or all telephone subscribers in that area.(2) "Local telephone number" means a specific telephone number, area code and prefix, assigned for the purpose of completing local calls between a calling party or station and any other party or station within a designated exchange or all of its designated local calling areas. The term "local telephone number" does not include long distance telephone numbers or any toll-free telephone numbers listed in a local telephone directory.(3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, or limited liability corporation.[ 2015 c 168 § 1; 1999 c 156 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.160.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings.|19.160.020 - Finding—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.160.020 Finding—Application of consumer protection act.The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Violations of this chapter are not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.[ 1999 c 156 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.160.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings.|19.160.030 - Floral or ornamental products or services—Misrepresentation of geographic location—Penalty—Exemptions.

RCW 19.160.030 Floral or ornamental products or services—Misrepresentation of geographic location—Penalty—Exemptions.(1) For purposes of this section, "floral or ornamental products or services" means floral arrangements, cut flowers, floral bouquets, potted plants, balloons, floral designs, and related products and services.(2) It is a violation for a provider or vendor of floral or ornamental products or services to misrepresent the geographic location of its business by doing either of the following:(a) Listing a local telephone number in any advertisement or listing, unless the advertisement or listing identifies the true physical address, including the city, of the provider's or vendor's business; or(b) Listing a fictitious business name or an assumed business name in any advertisement or listing if both of the following criteria are met:(i) The name of the business misrepresents the provider's or vendor's geographic location; and(ii) The advertisement or listing does not identify the true physical address, including the city and state, of the provider's or vendor's business.(3) A violation of this section is punishable, exclusively, by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.(4) This section does not create or impose any duty or obligation on a person other than a vendor or provider of floral or ornamental products or services.(5) This section does not apply to any of the following:(a) A publisher of a telephone directory or other publication or a provider of a directory assistance service publishing or providing information about another business.(b) An internet website that aggregates and provides information about other businesses.(c) An owner or publisher of a print advertising medium providing information about other businesses.(d) An internet service provider.(e) An internet service that displays or distributes advertisements for other businesses.[ 2015 c 168 § 2; 1999 c 156 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.010 - Application of consumer protection act—Scope.

RCW 19.162.010 Application of consumer protection act—Scope.(1) The legislature finds that the deceptive use of pay-per-call information delivery services is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.(2) The deceptive use of pay-per-call information delivery services is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW, and constitutes an act of deceptive pay-per-call information delivery service.(3) This chapter applies to a communication made by a person in Washington or to a person in Washington.[ 1991 c 191 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.030 - Program message preamble.

RCW 19.162.030 Program message preamble.(1) An information provider that does business in Washington must include a preamble in all program messages for:(a) Programs costing more than five dollars per minute; or(b) Programs having a total potential cost of greater than ten dollars.(2) The preamble must:(a) Accurately describe the service that will be provided by the program;(b) Advise the caller of the price of the call, including:(i) Any per minute charge;(ii) Any flat rate charge; and(iii) Any minimum charge;(c) State that billing will begin shortly after the end of the introductory message; and(d) Be clearly articulated, at a volume equal to that of the program message, in plain English or the language used to promote the information delivery service, and spoken in a normal cadence.(3) Mechanisms that provide for the option of bypassing the preamble are only permitted when:(a) The caller has made use of the information provider's service in the past, at which time the preamble required by this section was part of the program message; and(b) The cost of the call has not changed during the thirty-day period before the call.(4) When an information provider's program message consists of a polling application that permits the caller to register an opinion or vote on a matter by completing a call, this section does not apply.[ 1991 c 191 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.040 - Advertisement of services.

RCW 19.162.040 Advertisement of services.An information provider that does business in Washington shall comply with the following provisions in its advertisement of information delivery services:(1) Advertisements for information delivery services that are broadcast by radio or television, contained in home videos, or that appear on movie screens must include a voice-over announcement that is clearly audible and articulates the price of the service provided. The announcement must be made at a volume equal to that used to announce the telephone number, spoken in a normal cadence, and in plain English or the language used in the advertisement.(2) Advertisements for information delivery services that are broadcast by television, contained in home videos, or that appear on movie screens must include, in clearly visible letters and numbers, the cost of calling the advertised number. This visual disclosure of the cost of the call must be displayed adjacent to the number to be called whenever the number is shown in the advertisement, and the lettering of the visual disclosure of the cost must be in the same size and typeface as that of the number to be called.(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, advertisements for information delivery services that appear in print must include, in clearly visible letters and numbers, the cost of calling the advertised number. The printed disclosure of the cost of the call must be displayed adjacent to the number to be called wherever the number is shown in the advertisement.(b) In telephone directory yellow page display advertising and in printed materials published not more than three times a year, instead of disclosing the cost of the service, advertisements for information delivery services, shall include the conspicuous disclosure that the call is a pay-per-call service.(4) The advertised price or cost of the information delivery service must include:(a) Any per minute charge;(b) Any flat rate charge; and(c) Any minimum charge.[ 1991 c 191 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.050 - Services directed at children.

RCW 19.162.050 Services directed at children.An information provider that does business in the state of Washington shall not direct information delivery services to children under the age of twelve years unless the information provider complies with the following provisions:(1) Interactive calls where children under the age of twelve years can speak to other children under the age of twelve years are prohibited.(2) Programs directed to children under the age of twelve where the children are asked to provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other identifying information are prohibited.(3) Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve years must contain a visual disclosure that clearly and conspicuously in the case of print and broadcast advertising, and audibly in the case of broadcast advertising, states that children under the age of twelve years must obtain parental consent before placing a call to the advertised number.(4) Program messages that encourage children under the age of twelve years to make increased numbers of calls in order to obtain progressively more valuable prizes, awards, or similarly denominated items are prohibited.(5) Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve years must contain, in age-appropriate language, an accurate description of the services being provided. In the case of print advertising, the information must be clear and conspicuous and in the case of broadcast advertising, it must be visually displayed clearly and conspicuously and verbally disclosed in an audible, clearly articulated manner.(6) Program messages that are directed to children under the age of twelve years that employ broadcast advertising where an electronic tone signal is emitted during the broadcast of the advertisement that automatically dials the program message are prohibited.[ 1991 c 191 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.060 - Nonpayment of charges.

RCW 19.162.060 Nonpayment of charges.An information provider's failure to substantially comply with any of the provisions of RCW 19.162.030 through 19.162.050 is a defense to the nonpayment of charges accrued as a result of using the information provider's services, billed by any entity, including but not limited to telecommunications companies and interexchange carriers.[ 1991 c 191 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 19.162.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services.|19.162.070 - Violations—Action for damages.

RCW 19.162.070 Violations—Action for damages.A person who suffers damage from a violation of this chapter may bring an action against an information provider. In an action alleging a violation of this chapter, the court may award the greater of three times the actual damages sustained by the person or five hundred dollars; equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction and restitution of money and property; attorneys' fees and costs; and any other relief that the court deems proper. For purposes of this section, a telecommunications company or interexchange carrier is a person.[ 1991 c 191 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 19.166.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange.|19.166.010 - Intent.

RCW 19.166.010 Intent.It is the intent of the legislature to:(1) Promote the health, safety, and welfare of international student exchange visitors in Washington in accordance with uniform national standards;(2) Promote quality education and living experiences for international student exchange visitors living in Washington;(3) Promote international awareness among Washington residents, by encouraging Washington residents to interact with international student exchange visitors;(4) Encourage public confidence in international student exchange visitor placement organizations operating in Washington;(5) Encourage and assist with compliance with United States information agency regulations and nationally established standards; and(6) Promote the existence and quality of international student visitor exchange programs operating in Washington.[ 1991 c 128 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 19.166.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange.|19.166.020 - Definitions.

RCW 19.166.020 Definitions.Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "International student exchange visitor placement organization" or "organization" means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity that regularly arranges the placement of international student exchange visitors for the purpose, in whole or in part, of allowing the student an opportunity to attend school in the United States.(2) "International student exchange visitor" or "student" means any person eighteen years of age or under, or up to age twenty-one if enrolled or to be enrolled in high school in this state, placed by an international student exchange visitor placement organization, who enters the United States with a nonimmigrant visa.[ 1991 c 128 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 19.166.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous|Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange.|19.166.030 - Organization registration.

RCW 19.166.030 Organization registration.(1) All international student exchange visitor placement organizations that place students in public schools in the state shall register with the secretary of state.(2) Failure to register is a violation of this chapter.(3) Information provided to the secretary of state under this chapter is a public record.(4) Registration shall not be considered or be represented as an endorsement of the organization by the secretary of state or the state of Washington.(5) On a date established by rule by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall provide annually to the superintendent of public instruction a list of all currently registered international student placement organizations. The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute annually the list of all currently registered international student placement organizations to all Washington state school districts.[ 1995 c 60 § 1; 1991 c 128 § 3.]