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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.11 Effective Date and Transition Provisions. › 62A.11-113 - Effective date—1995 c 48.

RCW 62A.11-113
Effective date—1995 c 48.
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1995.
[ 1995 c 48 § 72.]
NOTES:
Savings—1995 c 48: See RCW 62A.8-601.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12 Controllable Electronic Records. › 62A.12-101 - Short title.

RCW 62A.12-101
Short title. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
This Article may be cited as uniform commercial code—controllable electronic records.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1001.]
NOTES:
Construction—2023 c 266: "Nothing in this act may be construed to support, endorse, create, or implement a national digital currency." [ 2023 c 266 § 1201.]
Effective date—2023 c 266: "This act takes effect January 1, 2024." [ 2023 c 266 § 1204.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12 Controllable Electronic Records. › 62A.12-102 - Definitions.

RCW 62A.12-102
Definitions. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Article 12 definitions. In this Article:
(1) "Controllable electronic record" means a record stored in an electronic medium that can be subjected to control under RCW 62A.12-105. The term does not include a controllable account, a controllable payment intangible, a deposit account, an electronic copy of a record evidencing chattel paper, an electronic document of title, electronic money, investment property, or a transferable record.
(2) "Qualifying purchaser" means a purchaser of a controllable electronic record or an interest in a controllable electronic record that obtains control of the controllable electronic record for value, in good faith, and without notice of a claim of a property right in the controllable electronic record.
(3) "Transferable record" has the meaning provided for that term in:
(A) Section 201(a)(1) of the electronic signatures in global and national commerce act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7021(a)(1); or
(B) RCW 1.80.150(1).
(4) "Value" has the meaning provided in RCW 62A.3-303(a), as if references in that subsection to an "instrument" were references to a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible.
(b) Definitions in Article 9A. The definitions in Article 9A of this title of "account debtor," "controllable account," "controllable payment intangible," "chattel paper," "deposit account," "electronic money," and "investment property" apply to this Article.
(c) Article 1 definitions and principles. Article 1 of this title contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1002.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12 Controllable Electronic Records. › 62A.12-103 - Relation to Article 9 and consumer laws.

RCW 62A.12-103
Relation to Article 9 and consumer laws. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Article 9A governs in case of conflict. If there is conflict between this Article and Article 9A of this title, Article 9A of this title governs.
(b) Applicable consumer law and other laws. A transaction subject to this Article is subject to any applicable rule of law that establishes a different rule for consumers and chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1003.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12 Controllable Electronic Records. › 62A.12-104 - Rights in controllable account, controllable electronic record, and controllable payment intangible.

RCW 62A.12-104
Rights in controllable account, controllable electronic record, and controllable payment intangible. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Applicability of section to controllable account and controllable payment intangible. This section applies to the acquisition and purchase of rights in a controllable account or controllable payment intangible, including the rights and benefits under subsections (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h) of this section of a purchaser and qualifying purchaser, in the same manner this section applies to a controllable electronic record.
(b) Control of controllable account and controllable payment intangible. To determine whether a purchaser of a controllable account or a controllable payment intangible is a qualifying purchaser, the purchaser obtains control of the account or payment intangible if it obtains control of the controllable electronic record that evidences the account or payment intangible.
(c) Applicability of other law to acquisition of rights. Except as provided in this section, law other than this Article determines whether a person acquires a right in a controllable electronic record and the right the person acquires.
(d) Shelter principle and purchase of limited interest. A purchaser of a controllable electronic record acquires all rights in the controllable electronic record that the transferor had or had power to transfer, except that a purchaser of a limited interest in a controllable electronic record acquires rights only to the extent of the interest purchased.
(e) Rights of qualifying purchaser. A qualifying purchaser acquires its rights in the controllable electronic record free of a claim of a property right in the controllable electronic record.
(f) Limitation of rights of qualifying purchaser in other property. Except as provided in subsections (a) and (e) of this section for a controllable account and a controllable payment intangible or law other than this Article, a qualifying purchaser takes a right to payment, right to performance, or other interest in property evidenced by the controllable electronic record subject to a claim of a property right in the right to payment, right to performance, or other interest in property.
(g) No-action protection for qualifying purchaser. An action may not be asserted against a qualifying purchaser based on both a purchase by the qualifying purchaser of a controllable electronic record and a claim of a property right in another controllable electronic record, whether the action is framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory.
(h) Filing not notice. Filing of a financing statement under Article 9A of this title is not notice of a claim of a property right in a controllable electronic record.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1004.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-101 - Short title.

RCW 62A.12A-101
Short title. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
This Article may be cited as transitional provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022).
[ 2023 c 266 § 1101.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-102 - Definitions.

RCW 62A.12A-102
Definitions. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Article A Definitions. In this Article:
(1) "Adjustment date" means July 1, 2025, or the date that is one year after January 1, 2024, whichever is later.
(2) "Article 12" means Article 12 of this title.
(3) "Article 12 property" means a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible.
(b) Definitions in other articles. The following definitions in other articles of this title apply to this Article.
"Controllable account." RCW 62A.9A-102.
"Controllable electronic record." RCW 62A.12-102.
"Controllable payment intangible." RCW 62A.9A-102.
"Electronic money." RCW 62A.9A-102.
"Financing statement." RCW 62A.9A-102.
(c) Article 1 definitions and principles. Article 1 of this title contains general definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable throughout this Article.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1102.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-201 - Saving clause.

RCW 62A.12A-201
Saving clause. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
Except as provided in RCW 62A.12A-301 through 62A.12A-306, a transaction validly entered into before January 1, 2024, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from the transaction remain valid thereafter and may be terminated, completed, consummated, or enforced as required or permitted by law other than this title or, if applicable, this title, as though chapter 266, Laws of 2023 had not taken effect.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1103.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-301 - Saving clause.

RCW 62A.12A-301
Saving clause. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Preeffective-date transaction, lien, or interest. Except as provided in this part, Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 and Article 12 apply to a transaction, lien, or other interest in property, even if the transaction, lien, or interest was entered into, created, or acquired before January 1, 2024.
(b) Continuing validity. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and *sections 1005 [1105] through 1109 of this act:
(1) A transaction, lien, or interest in property that was validly entered into, created, or transferred before January 1, 2024, and was not governed by this title, but would be subject to Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 or Article 12 if it had been entered into, created, or transferred on or after January 1, 2024, including the rights, duties, and interests flowing from the transaction, lien, or interest, remains valid on and after January 1, 2024; and
(2) The transaction, lien, or interest may be terminated, completed, consummated, and enforced as required or permitted by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 or by the law that would apply if chapter 266, Laws of 2023 had not taken effect.
(c) Preeffective-date proceeding. Chapter 266, Laws of 2023 does not affect an action, case, or proceeding commenced before January 1, 2024.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1104.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The reference to "sections 1005 through 1109 of this act" contains a typographical error. Reference to "sections 1105 through 1109 of this act" was apparently intended. Sections 1105 through 1109, chapter 266, Laws of 2023 are codified as RCW 62A.12A-302 through 62A.12A-306.
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-302 - Security interest perfected before effective date.

RCW 62A.12A-302
Security interest perfected before effective date. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Continuing perfection: Perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest that is enforceable and perfected immediately before January 1, 2024, is a perfected security interest under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 if, on January 1, 2024, the requirements for enforceability and perfection under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 are satisfied without further action.
(b) Continuing perfection: Enforceability or perfection requirements not satisfied. If a security interest is enforceable and perfected immediately before January 1, 2024, but the requirements for enforceability or perfection under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 are not satisfied on January 1, 2024, the security interest:
(1) Is a perfected security interest until the earlier of the time perfection would have ceased under the law in effect immediately before January 1, 2024, or the adjustment date;
(2) Remains enforceable thereafter only if the security interest satisfies the requirements for enforceability under RCW 62A.9A-203, as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023, before the adjustment date; and
(3) Remains perfected thereafter only if the requirements for perfection under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 are satisfied before the time specified in (1) of this subsection.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1105.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-303 - Security interest unperfected before effective date.

RCW 62A.12A-303
Security interest unperfected before effective date. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
A security interest that is enforceable immediately before January 1, 2024, but is unperfected at that time:
(a) Remains an enforceable security interest until the adjustment date;
(b) Remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under RCW 62A.9A-203, as amended chapter 266, Laws of 2023, on January 1, 2024, or before the adjustment date; and
(c) Becomes perfected:
(1) Without further action, on January 1, 2024, if the requirements for perfection under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 are satisfied before or at that time; or
(2) When the requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1106.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-304 - Effectiveness of actions taken before effective date.

RCW 62A.12A-304
Effectiveness of actions taken before effective date. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Preeffective-date action; attachment and perfection before adjustment date. If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before January 1, 2024, and the action would have resulted in perfection of the security interest had the security interest become enforceable before January 1, 2024, the action is effective to perfect a security interest that attaches under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 before the adjustment date. An attached security interest becomes unperfected on the adjustment date unless the security interest becomes a perfected security interest under chapter 266, Laws of 2023 before the adjustment date.
(b) Preeffective-date filing. The filing of a financing statement before January 1, 2024, is effective to perfect a security interest on January 1, 2024, to the extent the filing would satisfy the requirements for perfection under chapter 266, Laws of 2023.
(c) Preeffective-date enforceability action. The taking of an action before January 1, 2024, is sufficient for the enforceability of a security interest on January 1, 2024, if the action would satisfy the requirements for enforceability under chapter 266, Laws of 2023.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1107.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-305 - Priority.

RCW 62A.12A-305
Priority. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Determination of priority. Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, chapter 266, Laws of 2023 determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral.
(b) Established priorities. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if the priorities of claims to collateral were established before January 1, 2024, Article 9A of this title as in effect before January 1, 2024, determines priority.
(c) Determination of certain priorities on adjustment date. On the adjustment date, to the extent the priorities determined by Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 modify the priorities established before January 1, 2024, the priorities of claims to Article 12 property and electronic money established before January 1, 2024, cease to apply.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1108.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code › 62A.12A Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022). › 62A.12A-306 - Priority of claims when priority rules of Article 9A do not apply.

RCW 62A.12A-306
Priority of claims when priority rules of Article 9A do not apply. (Effective January 1, 2024.)
(a) Determination of priority. Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, Article 12 determines the priority of conflicting claims to Article 12 property when the priority rules of Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 do not apply.
(b) Established priorities. Subject to subsection (c) of this section, when the priority rules of Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 do not apply and the priorities of claims to Article 12 property were established before January 1, 2024, law other than Article 12 determines priority.
(c) Determination of certain priorities on adjustment date. When the priority rules of Article 9A of this title as amended by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 do not apply, to the extent the priorities determined by chapter 266, Laws of 2023 modify the priorities established before January 1, 2024, the priorities of claims to Article 12 property established before January 1, 2024, cease to apply on the adjustment date.
[ 2023 c 266 § 1109.]
NOTES:
Construction—Effective date—2023 c 266: See notes following RCW 62A.12-101.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.04 UNIFORM SALES ACT

Sections
63.04.010 through 63.04.780
[1925 ex.s. c 142 §§ 1 through 79.]
Repealed effective midnight June 30, 1967, by section 10-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1965 ex.s. c 157 (Title 62A RCW).
Comparative Table
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.08 BULK SALES LAW

Sections
63.08.010 through 63.08.060
[1953 c 247 §§ 1 through 4; 1943 c 98 § 1; 1939 c 122 §§ 1 through 4; 1925 ex.s. c 135 §§ 1 through 4.]
Repealed effective midnight June 30, 1967, by section 10-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1965 ex.s. c 157 (Title 62A RCW).
Comparative Table
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.10 CONSUMER LEASES

Sections
63.10.900 Severability-1983 c 158.
[1983 c 158 § 9.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
63.10.901 Severability-1995 c 112.
[1995 c 112 § 6.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.12 CONDITIONAL SALES CONTRACTS

Sections
63.12.010 through 63.12.030
[1963 c 236 § 22; 1961 c 159 § 1; 1937 c 196 §§ 1, 2; 1933 c 129 §§ 1, 2; 1925 ex.s. c 120 § 1; 1915 c 95 § 1; 1903 c 6 §§ 1, 2; 1893 c 106 §§ 1, 2.]
Repealed effective midnight June 30, 1967, by section 10-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1965 ex.s. c 157 (Title 62A RCW).
Comparative Table
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.14 RETAIL INSTALLMENT SALES OF GOODS AND SERVICES

Sections
63.14.135 Retail installment contracts and charge agreements — Maximum allowable service charge — Computation — Publication in the Washington State Register — Suspended application.
[1992 c 193 § 2; 1989 c 112 § 2; 1988 c 72 § 1; 1986 c 60 § 2.]
Repealed by 1995 c 249 § 1.
Notes:
Application--Savings--1995 c 249:
See RCW 63.10.924 and 63.10.925.
63.14.900 Severability-1963 c 236.
[1963 c 236 § 23.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
63.14.901 Severability-1967 c 234.
[1967 c 234 § 16.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
63.14.902 Severability-1981 c 77.
[1981 c 77 § 12.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
63.14.904 Severability-1984 c 280.
[1984 c 280 § 13.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
63.14.923 Severability-1993 sp.s. c 5.
[1993 sp.s. c 5 § 5.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.16 ASSIGNMENT OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

Sections
63.16.010 through 63.16.900
[1947 c 8 §§ 1 through 12.]
Repealed effective midnight June 30, 1967, by section 10-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code, 1965 ex.s. c 157 (Title 62A RCW).
Comparative Table
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.20 LOST AND FOUND PROPERTY

Sections
63.20.010 Finder of property of five dollars value — Notice.
[Code 1881 § 3266; RRS § 8430. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 15; 1854 p 382 § 10.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.20.020 Liability of finder for failure to give notice.
[Code 1881 § 3270; RRS § 8434. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 19; 1854 p 383 § 14.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.20.030 Finder of property of ten dollars value — Notice — Appraisal.
[Code 1881 § 3267; RRS § 8431. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 16; 1854 p 382 § 11.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.20.040 Owner may recover within one year.
[Code 1881 § 3268; RRS § 8432. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 17; 1854 p 382 § 12.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.20.050 Finder to pay half the value to the county — Action to recover.
[Code 1881 § 3269; RRS § 8433. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 18; 1854 p 382 § 13.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.24 UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN HANDS OF BAILEE

Sections
63.24.010 Bailee to keep record of stored property.
[Code 1881 § 3252; RRS § 8416. Prior: 1863 p 437 § 1; 1854 p 383 § 1.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.020 Notice to owner.
[Code 1881 § 3253; RRS § 8417. Prior: 1863 p 438 § 2; 1854 p 383 § 2.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.030 Property unclaimed — Sale authorized.
[Code 1881 § 3254; RRS § 8418. Prior: 1863 p 438 § 3; 1854 p 384 § 3.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.040 Notice of intention to sell.
[Code 1881 § 3255; RRS § 8419. Prior: 1863 p 438 § 4; 1854 p 384 § 4.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.050 Affidavit to be filed with justice of the peace.
[Code 1881 § 3256; RRS § 8420. Prior: 1863 p 438 § 5; 1854 p 384 § 5.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.060 Inventory by justice.
[Code 1881 § 3257; RRS § 8421. Prior: 1863 p 438 § 6; 1854 p 384 § 6.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.070 Notice of sale.
[Code 1881 § 3258; RRS § 8422. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 7; 1854 p 384 § 7.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.080 Return of sale and proceeds.
[Code 1881 § 3259; RRS § 8429. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 8; 1854 p 384 § 8.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.090 Disposition of proceeds — Statement.
[Code 1881 § 3260; RRS § 8424. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 9; 1854 p 384 § 9.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.100 Duty of county treasurer.
[Code 1881 § 3261; RRS § 8425. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 10; 1854 p 385 § 10.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.110 Claim by owner.
[Code 1881 § 3262; RRS § 8426. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 11; 1854 p 385 § 11.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.120 Unclaimed proceeds to school fund.
[Code 1881 § 3263; RRS § 8427. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 12; 1854 p 385 § 12.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.130 Perishable property, how sold.
[Code 1881 § 3264; RRS § 8428. Prior: 1863 p 439 § 13; 1854 p 385 § 13.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
63.24.140 Fees.
[Code 1881 § 3265; RRS § 8429. Prior: 1863 p 440 § 14; 1854 p 385 § 14.]
Repealed by 1981 c 154 § 8.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.36 UNCLAIMED PROPERTY IN HANDS OF CITY OR TOWN

Sections
63.36.010 Publication and contents of notice of unclaimed personal property or moneys.
[1975 1st ex.s. c 28 § 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 44 § 2; 1959 c 289 § 2.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.36.020 Sale authorized — Notice.
[1975 1st ex.s. c 28 § 2; 1973 1st ex.s. c 44 § 3; 1959 c 289 § 3.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.36.030 Disposition of proceeds of sale.
[1975 1st ex.s. c 28 § 3; 1959 c 289 § 4.]
Repealed by 1979 ex.s. c 85 § 10. Later enactment, see chapter 63.21 RCW.
63.36.040 Uniform disposition of unclaimed property act not applicable.
Cross-reference section, decodified.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › RCW Dispositions › 63.42 UNCLAIMED INMATE PERSONAL PROPERTY

Sections
63.42.900 Severability-1983 1st ex.s. c 52.
[1983 1st ex.s. c 52 § 9.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.010 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 63.10.010
Legislative declaration.
The leasing of motor vehicles, furniture and fixtures, appliances, commercial equipment, and other personal property has become an important and widespread form of business transaction that is beneficial to the citizens and to the economy of the state. Users of personal property of all types and lessors throughout the state have relied upon the distinct nature of leasing as a modern means of transacting business that creates different relationships and legal consequences from those of lender and borrower in loan transactions and those of seller and buyer in installment sale transactions. The utility of lease transactions and the well-being of the state's economy and of the leasing industry require that leasing be a legally recognized and distinct form of transaction, creating legal relationships and having legal consequences different from loans or installment sales.
[ 1983 c 158 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.020 - Definitions.

RCW 63.10.020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The term "adjusted capitalized cost" means the agreed-upon amount that serves as the basis for determining the periodic lease payment, computed by subtracting from the gross capitalized cost any capitalized cost reduction.
(2) The term "gross capitalized cost" means the amount ascribed by the lessor to the vehicle including optional equipment, plus taxes, title, license fees, lease acquisition and administrative fees, insurance premiums, warranty charges, and any other product, service, or amount amortized in the lease. However, any definition of gross capitalized cost adopted by the federal reserve board to be used in the context of mandatory disclosure of the gross capitalized cost to lessees in consumer motor vehicle lease transactions supersedes the definition of gross capitalized cost in this subsection.
(3) The term "capitalized cost reduction" means any payment made by cash, check, or similar means, any manufacturer rebate, and net trade in allowance granted by the lessor at the inception of the lease for the purpose of reducing the gross capitalized cost but does not include any periodic lease payments due at the inception of the lease or all of the periodic lease payments if they are paid at the inception of the lease.
(4) The term "consumer lease" means a contract of lease or bailment for the use of personal property by a natural person for a period of time exceeding four months, and for a total contractual obligation not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, whether or not the lessee has the option to purchase or otherwise become the owner of the property at the expiration of the lease, except that such term shall not include any lease which meets the definition of a retail installment contract under RCW 63.14.010 or the definition of a lease-purchase agreement under chapter 63.19 RCW. The twenty-five thousand dollar total contractual obligation in this subsection shall not apply to consumer leases of motor vehicles. The inclusion in a lease of a provision whereby the lessee's or lessor's liability, at the end of the lease period or upon an earlier termination, is based on the value of the leased property at that time, shall not be deemed to make the transaction other than a consumer lease. The term "consumer lease" does not include a lease for agricultural, business, or commercial purposes, or to a government or governmental agency or instrumentality, or to an organization.
(5) The term "lessee" means a natural person who leases or is offered a consumer lease.
(6) The term "lessor" means a person who is regularly engaged in leasing, offering to lease, or arranging to lease under a consumer lease.
[ 1998 c 113 § 1; 1995 c 112 § 1; 1992 c 134 § 15; 1983 c 158 § 2.]
NOTES:
Short title—1992 c 134: See RCW 63.19.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.030 - Liability at expiration of lease—Residual value—Attorneys' fees—Lease terms.

RCW 63.10.030
Liability at expiration of lease—Residual value—Attorneys' fees—Lease terms.
(1) Where the lessee's liability on expiration of a consumer lease is based on the estimated residual value of the property, such estimated residual value shall be a reasonable approximation of the anticipated actual fair market value of the property on lease expiration. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that the estimated residual value is unreasonable to the extent that the estimated residual value exceeds the actual residual value by more than three times the average payment allocable to a monthly period under the lease. In addition, where the lessee has such liability on expiration of a consumer lease there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the lessor's estimated residual value is not in good faith to the extent that the estimated residual value exceeds the actual residual value by more than three times the average payment allocable to a monthly period under the lease and such lessor shall not collect from the lessee the amount of such excess liability on expiration of a consumer lease unless the lessor brings a successful action with respect to such excess liability. In all actions, the lessor shall pay the lessee's reasonable attorneys' fees. The presumptions stated in this section shall not apply to the extent the excess of estimated over actual residual value is due to physical damage to the property beyond reasonable wear and use, or to excessive use, and the lease may set standards for such wear and use if such standards are not unreasonable. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the right of a willing lessee to make any mutually agreeable final adjustment with respect to such excess residual liability, provided such an agreement is reached after termination of the lease.
(2) Penalties or other charges for delinquency, default, or early termination may be specified in the lease but only at an amount which is reasonable in the light of the anticipated or actual harm caused by the delinquency, default, or early termination, the difficulties of proof of loss, and the inconvenience or nonfeasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy.
(3) If a lease has a residual value provision at the termination of the lease, the lessee may obtain, at his or her expense, a professional appraisal of the leased property by an independent third party agreed to be both parties. Such appraisal shall be final and binding on the parties.
[ 2012 c 117 § 165; 1983 c 158 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.045 - Unlawful acts or practices—Consumer lease of a motor vehicle.

RCW 63.10.045
Unlawful acts or practices—Consumer lease of a motor vehicle.
Each of the following acts or practices are unlawful in the context of offering a consumer lease of a motor vehicle:
(1) Advertising that is false, deceptive, misleading, or in violation of *12 C.F.R. Sec. 213.5 (a) through (d) and 15 U.S.C. 1667, Regulation M;
(2) Misrepresenting any of the following:
(a) The material terms or conditions of a lease agreement;
(b) That the transaction is a purchase agreement as opposed to a lease agreement; or
(c) The amount of any equity or value the leased vehicle will have at the end of the lease; and
(3) Failure to comply with the disclosure requirements of Title I of the federal consumer protection act (90 Stat. 257, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1667 et seq.), which is also known as the federal consumer leasing act, including, but not limited to, failure to disclose all fees that will be due when a consumer exercises the option to purchase.
[ 1995 c 112 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: 12 C.F.R. Sec. 213.5 (a) through (d) has been amended. See 12 C.F.R. Sec. 213.7 (a) through (f).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.050 - Violations—Unfair acts under consumer protection act—Damages.

RCW 63.10.050
Violations—Unfair acts under consumer protection act—Damages.
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 or practice in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
Regarding damages awarded under this section, the court may award damages allowed under chapter 19.86 RCW or 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1667d (a) and 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1640, but not both.
[ 1995 c 112 § 4; 1983 c 158 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.055 - Remedies—Effect of chapter.

RCW 63.10.055
Remedies—Effect of chapter.
The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy available at law or in equity.
[ 1995 c 112 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.060 - Defense or action of usury—Limitations.

RCW 63.10.060
Defense or action of usury—Limitations.
No person may plead the defense of usury or maintain any action thereon based upon a transaction heretofore entered into if such transaction:
(1) Constitutes a "consumer lease" as defined in RCW 63.10.020; or
(2) Would constitute such a consumer lease but for the fact that:
(i) The lessee was not a natural person;
(ii) The lease was not primarily for personal, family, or household purposes; or
(iii) The total contractual obligation exceeded twenty-five thousand dollars.
[ 1983 c 158 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.070 - Dog or cat ownership contracts.

RCW 63.10.070
Dog or cat ownership contracts.
A contract entered into on or after July 28, 2019, to transfer ownership of a live dog or cat in which ownership is contingent upon the making of payments over a period of time subsequent to the transfer of possession of the live dog or cat, or provides for or offers the option of transferring ownership of the dog or cat at the end of a lease term, is void and unenforceable.
[ 2019 c 340 § 1.]
NOTES:
Construction—2019 c 340: "Nothing in this act may be construed to apply to contracts for payments to repay an unsecured loan for the purchase of a live dog or cat." [ 2019 c 340 § 6.]
Additional remedies—Dog or cat ownership contracts—2019 c 340: "In addition to any other remedies provided by law, the consumer taking possession of a live dog or cat that is transferred under a contract declared to be void and unenforceable under section 1, 2, or 3 of this act is deemed the owner of the dog or cat and is also entitled to the return of all amounts the consumer paid under the contract." [ 2019 c 340 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.10 - Consumer Leases. › 63.10.080 - Consumer lease for a dog or cat—Prohibition.

RCW 63.10.080
Consumer lease for a dog or cat—Prohibition.
A lessor shall not finance a consumer lease for the purchase of a dog or cat. A lease contract entered into on or after July 23, 2023, for the purchase of a dog or cat is void and unenforceable and the lessor shall have no right to collect, receive, or retain any principal, interest, or charges related to the lease contract.
[ 2023 c 208 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.020 - Retail installment contracts—Number of documents—Promissory notes—Date—Signatures—Completion—Type size.

RCW 63.14.020
Retail installment contracts—Number of documents—Promissory notes—Date—Signatures—Completion—Type size.
Every retail installment contract shall be contained in a single document which shall contain the entire agreement of the parties including any promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness between the parties relating to the transaction, except as provided in RCW 63.14.050, 63.14.060 and 63.14.110: PROVIDED, That where the buyer's obligation to pay the time balance is represented by a promissory note secured by a chattel mortgage, the promissory note may be a separate instrument if the mortgage recites the amount and terms of payment of such note and the promissory note recites that it is secured by a mortgage: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any such promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness executed by the buyer shall not, when assigned or negotiated, cut off as to third parties any right of action or defense which the buyer may have against the seller, and each such promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness shall contain a statement to that effect: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That in a transaction involving the repair, alteration or improvement upon or in connection with real property, the contract may be secured by a mortgage on the real property contained in a separate document. Home improvement retail sales transactions which are financed or insured by the Federal Housing Administration are not subject to this chapter.
The contract shall be dated, signed by the retail buyer and completed as to all essential provisions, except as otherwise provided in RCW 63.14.060 and 63.14.070. The printed or typed portion of the contract, other than instructions for completion, shall be in a size equal to at least eight point type.
[ 1967 c 234 § 1; 1963 c 236 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.030 - Retail installment contracts—Delivery to buyer of copy—Acknowledgment of delivery.

RCW 63.14.030
Retail installment contracts—Delivery to buyer of copy—Acknowledgment of delivery.
The retail seller shall deliver to the retail buyer, at the time the buyer signs the contract, a copy of the contract as signed by the buyer, unless the contract is completed by the buyer in situations covered by RCW 63.14.060, and if the contract is accepted at a later date by the seller, the seller shall mail to the buyer at his or her address shown on the retail installment contract a copy of the contract as accepted by the seller or a copy of the memorandum as required in RCW 63.14.060. Until the seller does so, the buyer shall be obligated to pay only the sale price. Any acknowledgment by the buyer of delivery of a copy of the contract shall be in a size equal to at least ten point bold type and, if contained in the contract, shall appear directly above the buyer's signature.
[ 2012 c 117 § 166; 1981 c 77 § 2; 1967 c 234 § 2; 1963 c 236 § 3.]
NOTES:
Application, saving—1981 c 77: See RCW 63.14.903.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.043 - Retail installment contracts—Purchase of motor vehicle—Secondary products.

RCW 63.14.043
Retail installment contracts—Purchase of motor vehicle—Secondary products.
(1) If a retail installment contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle meets the requirements of this chapter and meets the requirements of any federal law applicable to a retail installment contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle, the retail installment contract shall be accepted for consideration by any lender, except for lenders licensed and regulated under the provisions of chapter 31.04 RCW, to whom application for credit relating to the retail installment contract is made.
(2) If a retail installment contract for the purchase of a motor vehicle includes the purchase of a secondary product, a lender who shares common control with a brand owner may not directly or indirectly require, as a condition of acceptance of assignment of the retail installment contract, that the buyer purchase a secondary product from a particular provider, administrator, or insurer. A violation of this subsection is deemed to affect the public interest and constitutes an unlawful and unfair practice under chapter 19.86 RCW.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "secondary product," "common control," and "brand owner" have the same meanings as provided in RCW 46.96.196.
[ 2020 c 174 § 2; 2006 c 288 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.050 - Retail installment contracts—Multiple documents permissible where original applies to purchases from time to time.

RCW 63.14.050
Retail installment contracts—Multiple documents permissible where original applies to purchases from time to time.
A retail installment contract may be contained in more than one document, provided that one such document shall be an original document signed by the retail buyer, stated to be applicable to purchases of goods or services to be made by the retail buyer from time to time. In such case such document, together with the sales slip, account book or other written statement relating to each purchase, shall set forth all of the information required by RCW 63.14.040 and shall constitute the retail installment contract for each purchase. On each succeeding purchase pursuant to such original document, the sales slip, account book or other written statement may at the option of the seller constitute the memorandum required by RCW 63.14.110.
[ 1963 c 236 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.060 - Retail installment contracts—Mail orders based on catalog or other printed solicitation.

RCW 63.14.060
Retail installment contracts—Mail orders based on catalog or other printed solicitation.
Retail installment contracts negotiated and entered into by mail or telephone without solicitation in person by salespersons or other representatives of the seller and based upon a catalog of the seller, or other printed solicitation of business, if such catalog or other printed solicitation clearly sets forth the cash sale prices and other terms of sales to be made through such medium, may be made as provided in this section. The provisions of this chapter with respect to retail installment contracts shall be applicable to such sales, except that the retail installment contract, when completed by the buyer need not contain the items required by RCW 63.14.040.
When the contract is received from the retail buyer, the seller shall prepare a written memorandum containing all of the information required by RCW 63.14.040 to be included in a retail installment contract. In lieu of delivering a copy of the contract to the retail buyer as provided in RCW 63.14.030, the seller shall deliver to the buyer a copy of such memorandum prior to the due date of the first installment payable under the contract: PROVIDED, That if the catalog or other printed solicitation does not set forth all of the other terms of sales in addition to the cash sales prices, such memorandum shall be delivered to the buyer prior to or at the time of delivery of the goods or services.
[ 2012 c 117 § 168; 1967 c 234 § 4; 1963 c 236 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.070 - Retail installment contracts—Seller not to obtain buyer's signature when essential blank spaces not filled—Exceptions.

RCW 63.14.070
Retail installment contracts—Seller not to obtain buyer's signature when essential blank spaces not filled—Exceptions.
The seller shall not obtain the signature of the buyer to any contract when it contains blank spaces of items which are essential provisions of the transaction except as provided in RCW 63.14.060: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if delivery of the goods is not made at the time of the execution of the contract, the identifying numbers or marks of the goods or similar information and the due date of the first installment may be inserted by the seller in the seller's counterpart of the contract after it has been signed by the buyer.
[ 1963 c 236 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 63 - Personal Property › Chapter 63.14 - Retail Installment Sales of Goods and Services. › 63.14.080 - Retail installment contracts—Prepayment in full of unpaid time balance—Refund of unearned service charge—"Rule of seventy-eighths."

RCW 63.14.080
Retail installment contracts—Prepayment in full of unpaid time balance—Refund of unearned service charge—"Rule of seventy-eighths."
For the purpose of this section, "periodic time balance" means the unpaid portion of the time balance as of the last day of each month, or other uniform time interval established by the regular consecutive payment period scheduled in a retail installment contract.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail installment contract to the contrary, and if the rights of the purchaser have not been terminated or forfeited under the terms of the contract, any buyer may prepay in full the unpaid portion of the time balance thereof at any time before its final due date and, if he or she does so, he or she shall receive a refund credit of the unearned portion of the service charge for such prepayment. The amount of such refund credit shall be computed according to the "rule of seventy-eighths," that is it shall represent at least as great a portion of the original service charge, as the sum of the periodic time balances not yet due bears to the sum of all the periodic time balances under the schedule of payments in the contract: PROVIDED, That where the earned service charge (total service charge minus refund credit) thus computed is less than the following minimum service charge: Fifteen dollars where the principal balance is not in excess of two hundred and fifty dollars, twenty-five dollars where the principal balance exceeds two hundred and fifty dollars but is not in excess of five hundred dollars, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents where the principal balance exceeds five hundred dollars but is not in excess of one thousand dollars, and fifty dollars where the principal balance exceeds one thousand dollars; then such minimum service charge shall be deemed to be the earned service charge: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That where the amount of such refund credit is less than one dollar, no refund credit need be made.
[ 2012 c 117 § 169; 1967 c 234 § 5; 1963 c 236 § 8.]