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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.205 - Structured Settlement Protection. › 19.205.050 - Application/approval of transfer—Notice—Content.

RCW 19.205.050
Application/approval of transfer—Notice—Content.
(1) An application under this chapter for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall be made by the transferee and may be brought in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or in any court or before any responsible administrative authority which approved the structured settlement agreement.
(2) Not less than twenty days prior to the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under RCW 19.205.030, the transferee shall file with the court or responsible administrative authority and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, including with such notice:
(a) A copy of the transferee's application;
(b) A copy of the transfer agreement;
(c) A copy of the disclosure statement required under RCW 19.205.020;
(d) A listing of each of the payee's dependents, together with each dependent's age;
(e) Notification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or responsible administrative authority or by participating in the hearing; and
(f) Notification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed, which may not be less than fifteen days after service of the transferee's notice, in order to be considered by the court or responsible administrative authority.
[ 2001 c 178 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.205 - Structured Settlement Protection. › 19.205.060 - Transfer agreements—Further provisions.

RCW 19.205.060
Transfer agreements—Further provisions.
(1) The provisions of this chapter may not be waived by any payee.
(2) Any transfer agreement entered into on or after July 22, 2001, by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under such transfer agreement, including any claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. Such a transfer agreement may not authorize the transferee or any other party to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.
(3) Transfer of structured settlement payment rights do not extend to any payments that are life contingent unless, prior to the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for (a) periodically confirming the payee's survival, and (b) giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.
(4) No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights may incur any penalty, forfeit any application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee or any assignee based on any failure of such a transfer to satisfy the conditions of this chapter.
(5) This chapter does not authorize any transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of any law, nor does it imply that any transfer under a transfer agreement entered into prior to July 22, 2001, is valid or invalid.
(6) Compliance with the requirements set forth in RCW 19.205.020 and fulfillment of the conditions set forth in RCW 19.205.030 is the sole responsibility of the transferee in any transfer of structured settlement payment rights, and neither the structured settlement obligor nor the annuity issuer bear any responsibility for, or any liability arising from, noncompliance with the requirements or failure to fulfill the conditions.
[ 2001 c 178 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.205 - Structured Settlement Protection. › 19.205.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 19.205.901
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 58.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.210 - Unused Property Merchants. › 19.210.020 - Prohibited sales.

RCW 19.210.020
Prohibited sales.
No unused property merchant shall offer at an unused property market for sale or knowingly permit the sale of baby food, infant formula, cosmetics, nonprescription drugs, or medical devices. This section does not apply to a person who keeps available for public inspection a written authorization identifying that person as an authorized representative of the manufacturer or distributor of such product, as long as the authorization is not false, fraudulent, or fraudulently obtained.
[ 2001 c 160 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.210 - Unused Property Merchants. › 19.210.030 - Chapter not applicable—Trade show, certain persons.

RCW 19.210.030
Chapter not applicable—Trade show, certain persons.
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) Business conducted in any industry or association trade show; or
(2) Anyone who sells by sample, catalog, or brochure for future delivery.
[ 2001 c 160 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.210 - Unused Property Merchants. › 19.210.040 - Penalties.

RCW 19.210.040
Penalties.
(1) A first violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
(2) A second violation of this chapter within five years is a gross misdemeanor.
(3) A third or subsequent violation of this chapter within five years is a class C felony.
[ 2001 c 160 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.215 - Disposal of Personal Information. › 19.215.005 - Finding.

RCW 19.215.005
Finding.
The legislature finds that the careless disposal of personal information by commercial, governmental, or other entities poses a significant threat of identity theft, thus risking a person's privacy, financial security, and other interests. The alarming increase in identity theft crimes and other problems associated with the improper disposal of personal information can be traced, in part, to disposal policies and methods that make it easy for unscrupulous persons to obtain and use that information to the detriment of the public. Accordingly, the legislature declares that all organizations and individuals have a continuing obligation to ensure the security and confidentiality of personal information during the process of disposing of that information.
[ 2002 c 90 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.215 - Disposal of Personal Information. › 19.215.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.215.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Entity" includes a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, association, financial institution, governmental entity, other than the federal government, and any other individual or group, engaged in a trade, occupation, enterprise, governmental function, or similar activity in this state, however organized and whether organized to operate at a profit.
(2) "Destroy personal information" means shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying personal information in records to make the personal information unreadable or undecipherable through any reasonable means.
(3) "Individual" means a natural person, except that if the individual is under a legal disability, "individual" includes a parent or duly appointed legal representative.
(4) "Personal financial" and "health information" mean information that is identifiable to an individual and that is commonly used for financial or health care purposes, including account numbers, access codes or passwords, information gathered for account security purposes, credit card numbers, information held for the purpose of account access or transaction initiation, or information that relates to medical history or status.
(5) "Personal identification number issued by a government entity" means a tax identification number, social security number, driver's license or permit number, state identification card number issued by the department of licensing, or any other number or code issued by a government entity for the purpose of personal identification that is protected and is not available to the public under any circumstances.
(6) "Record" includes any material, regardless of the physical form, on which information is recorded or preserved by any means, including in written or spoken words, graphically depicted, printed, or electromagnetically transmitted. "Record" does not include publicly available directories containing information an individual has voluntarily consented to have publicly disseminated or listed, such as name, address, or telephone number.
[ 2002 c 90 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.215 - Disposal of Personal Information. › 19.215.020 - Destruction of information—Liability—Exception—Civil action.

RCW 19.215.020
Destruction of information—Liability—Exception—Civil action.
(1) An entity must take all reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of, personal financial and health information and personal identification numbers issued by government entities in an individual's records within its custody or control when the entity is disposing of records that it will no longer retain.
(2) An entity is not liable under this section for records it has relinquished to the custody and control of the individual to whom the records pertain.
(3) This subsection [section] does not apply to the disposal of records by a transfer of the records, not otherwise prohibited by law, to another entity, including a transfer to archive or otherwise preserve public records as required by law.
(4) An individual injured by the failure of an entity to comply with subsection (1) of this section may bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction. The court may:
(a) If the failure to comply is due to negligence, award a penalty of two hundred dollars or actual damages, whichever is greater, and costs and reasonable attorneys' fees; and
(b) If the failure to comply is willful, award a penalty of six hundred dollars or damages equal to three times actual damages, whichever is greater, and costs and reasonable attorneys' fees. However, treble damages may not exceed ten thousand dollars.
(5) An individual having reason to believe that he or she may be injured by an act or failure to act that does not comply with subsection (1) of this section may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the act or failure to act. The court may grant an injunction with terms and conditions as the court may deem equitable.
(6) The attorney general may bring a civil action in the name of the state for damages, injunctive relief, or both, against an entity that fails to comply with subsection (1) of this section. The court may award damages that are the same as those awarded to individual plaintiffs under subsection (4) of this section.
(7) The rights and remedies provided under this section are in addition to any other rights or remedies provided by law.
[ 2002 c 90 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.215 - Disposal of Personal Information. › 19.215.030 - Compliance with federal regulations.

RCW 19.215.030
Compliance with federal regulations.
Any bank, financial institution, health care organization, or other entity that is subject to the federal regulations under the interagency guidelines establishing standards for safeguarding customer information (12 C.F.R. 208 Appendix D-2, 12 C.F.R. 364 Appendix B, 12 C.F.R. 30 Appendix B, 12 C.F.R. 570 Appendix B); the guidelines for safeguarding member information (12 C.F.R. 748 Appendix A); and the standards for privacy of individually identifiable health information (45 C.F.R. 160 and 164), and which is in compliance with these federal guidelines, is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
[ 2002 c 90 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.220 - International Matchmaking Organizations. › 19.220.005 - Intent.

RCW 19.220.005
Intent.
The legislature intends to provide increased consumer awareness on the part of persons living abroad regarding Washington residents who utilize international matchmaking services for purposes of establishing relationships with those living abroad. The legislature recognizes that persons living abroad are already required to provide background information to the federal government during visa applications, but, unlike residents of the United States, are unlikely to have the means to access and fully verify personal history information about prospective spouses residing in the United States. The legislature does not intend to impede the ability of any person to establish a marital or romantic relationship, but rather to increase the ability of persons living abroad to make informed decisions about Washington residents.
The legislature does not intend to adversely impact in any way those businesses who offer international matchmaking services on a not for fee basis.
[ 2002 c 115 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.220 - International Matchmaking Organizations. › 19.220.020 - Jurisdiction.

RCW 19.220.020
Jurisdiction.
For purposes of establishing personal jurisdiction under chapter 115, Laws of 2002, an international matchmaking organization is deemed to be doing business in Washington and therefore subject to specific jurisdiction if it contracts for matchmaking services with a Washington resident or if it is considered to be doing business under any other provision or rule of law.
[ 2002 c 115 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.220 - International Matchmaking Organizations. › 19.220.030 - Finding—Consumer protection act—Application to chapter.

RCW 19.220.030
Finding—Consumer protection act—Application to chapter.
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. A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and 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.
[ 2002 c 115 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.220 - International Matchmaking Organizations. › 19.220.900 - Effective date—2002 c 115.

RCW 19.220.900
Effective date—2002 c 115.
This act takes effect September 1, 2002.
[ 2002 c 115 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.220 - International Matchmaking Organizations. › 19.220.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 19.220.901
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 59.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.020 - Service of process.

RCW 19.225.020
Service of process.
By acting as an athlete agent in this state, a nonresident individual appoints the secretary of state as the individual's agent for service of process in any civil action in this state related to acting as an athlete agent in this state.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 2; 2002 c 131 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.030 - Athlete agents—Delivery of disclosure form required.

RCW 19.225.030
Athlete agents—Delivery of disclosure form required.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, an individual may not act as an athlete agent in this state unless on the day of initial contact with any student athlete the athlete agent delivers to the student athlete the athlete agent disclosure form as required by RCW 19.225.040.
(2) An individual may act as an athlete agent before delivering an athlete agent disclosure form for all purposes except signing an agency contract if:
(a) A student athlete or another person acting on behalf of the athlete initiates communication with the individual; and
(b) Not later than seven days after an initial act as an athlete agent, the individual delivers an athlete agent disclosure form to the student athlete.
(3) An agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of this section is void, and the athlete agent shall return any consideration received under the contract.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 3; 2002 c 131 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.050 - Disqualifications.

RCW 19.225.050
Disqualifications.
No person may engage in the business of an athlete agent who has:
(1) Pleaded guilty or no contest to, has been convicted of, or has charges pending for, a felony or other crime involving moral turpitude;
(2) Made a materially false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation as an athlete agent or in the application for licensure or registration as an athlete agent in another state;
(3) Engaged in conduct prohibited by RCW 19.225.100;
(4) Had a registration or licensure as an athlete agent suspended, revoked, or denied in any state;
(5) Been refused renewal of registration as an athlete agent in any state; or
(6) Engaged in conduct resulting in imposition of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or professional athletic event on a student athlete or a sanction on an educational institution.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 5; 2002 c 131 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.060 - Form of contract.

RCW 19.225.060
Form of contract.
(1) An agency contract must be in a record signed by the parties.
(2) An agency contract must contain:
(a) The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and any other consideration the athlete agent has received or will receive from any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the services;
(b) The name of any person other than the athlete agent who will be compensated because the student athlete signed the contract;
(c) A description of any expenses the student athlete agrees to reimburse;
(d) A description of the services to be provided to the athlete;
(e) The duration of the contract; and
(f) The date of execution.
(3) Subject to subsection (7) of this section, an agency contract must contain a conspicuous notice in boldface type and in substantially the following form:
WARNING TO STUDENT ATHLETE
IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT:
(a) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT;
(b) BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AT LEAST SEVENTY-TWO HOURS PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO AN AGENCY CONTRACT THAT YOU INTEND TO ENTER INTO THIS CONTRACT AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE ATHLETE AGENT AND AGAIN WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER ENTERING INTO AN AGENCY CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS CONTRACT AND PROVIDE THE NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE ATHLETE AGENT; AND
(c) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY AS A STUDENT ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT.
(4) An agency contract must be accompanied by a separate record signed by the student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete acknowledging that signing the contract may result in the loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport.
(5) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may void an agency contract that does not conform to this section. If the contract is voided, any consideration received from the athlete agent under the contract to induce entering into the contract is not required to be returned.
(6) At the time an agency contract is executed, the athlete agent shall give the student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete a copy in a record of the contract and the separate acknowledgment required in subsection (4) of this section.
(7) If a student athlete is a minor, an agency contract must be signed by the parent or guardian of the minor and the notice required by subsection (3) of this section must be revised accordingly.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 6; 2002 c 131 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.080 - Student athlete's right to cancel.

RCW 19.225.080
Student athlete's right to cancel.
(1) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice in a record of cancellation to the athlete agent not later than fourteen days after the contract is signed.
(2) A student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, the parent or guardian of the athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract.
(3) If a student athlete, parent, or guardian cancels an agency contract, the athlete, parent, or guardian is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to influence the athlete to enter into the contract.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 8; 2002 c 131 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.090 - Required records—Retention.

RCW 19.225.090
Required records—Retention.
(1) An athlete agent shall create and retain for five years records of the following:
(a) The name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent;
(b) Each agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and
(c) The direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the recruitment or solicitation of each student athlete to enter into an agency contract.
(2) Records described in subsection (1) of this section are subject to subpoena in a judicial proceeding.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 9; 2002 c 131 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.100 - Prohibited acts.

RCW 19.225.100
Prohibited acts.
An athlete agent may not intentionally:
(1) Give a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation with the intent to influence the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter into an agency contract;
(2) Furnish anything of value to a student athlete or another individual, if to do so may result in loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport, unless:
(a) The agent notifies the athletic director of the educational institution at which the athlete is enrolled or at which the agent has reasonable grounds to believe the athlete intends to enroll, not later than seventy-two hours after giving the thing of value; and
(b) The athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete acknowledges to the agent in a record that receipt of the thing of value may result in loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport;
(3) Initiate contact, directly or indirectly, with a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, to recruit or solicit the athlete, parent, or guardian to enter an agency contract unless providing the athlete with the athlete agent disclosure form as provided in RCW 19.225.030;
(4) Refuse or willfully fail to retain or produce in response to subpoena the records required by RCW 19.225.090;
(5) Fail to disclose information required by RCW 19.225.040;
(6) Provide materially false or misleading information in an athlete agent disclosure form;
(7) Predate or postdate an agency contract;
(8) Fail to notify a student athlete or, if the athlete is a minor, a parent or guardian of the athlete, before the athlete, parent, or guardian signs an agency contract for a particular sport that the signing may result in loss of the athlete's eligibility to participate in the athlete's sport;
(9) Encourage another individual to do any of the acts described in subsections (1) through (8) of this section on behalf of the agent;
(10) Encourage another individual to assist any other individual in doing any of the acts described in subsections (1) through (8) of this section on behalf of the agent;
(11) Ask or allow a student athlete to waive or attempt to waive rights under this chapter;
(12) Fail to give notice required under RCW 19.225.070; or
(13) Engage in the business of an athlete agent in this state: (a) At any time after conviction under RCW 19.225.110; or (b) within five years of entry of a civil judgment under RCW 19.225.120.
[ 2020 c 157 § 1; 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 10; 2002 c 131 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.110 - Criminal/civil penalties.

RCW 19.225.110
Criminal/civil penalties.
The commission of any act prohibited by RCW 19.225.100 by an athlete agent is a class C felony punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW. In addition to any criminal penalties, the court may assess a civil penalty of up to ten thousand dollars for a violation of RCW 19.225.100.
[ 2002 c 131 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.120 - Civil remedies—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.225.120
Civil remedies—Application of consumer protection act.
(1) An educational institution or student athlete may bring an action for damages against an athlete agent if the institution or athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the agent in violation of this chapter. An educational institution or student athlete is adversely affected by an act or omission of the athlete agent only if, because of the act or omission, the institution or an individual who was a student athlete at the time of the act or omission and enrolled in the institution:
(a) Is suspended or disqualified from participation in an interscholastic or intercollegiate sport event by or under the rules of a state or national federation or association that promotes or regulates interscholastic or intercollegiate sports; or
(b) Suffers financial damage.
(2) A plaintiff that prevails in an action under this section may recover actual damages and costs, and reasonable attorneys' fees. An athlete agent found liable under this section forfeits any right of payment for anything of benefit or value provided to the student athlete and shall refund any consideration paid to the athlete agent by or on behalf of the athlete.
(3) A violation of this chapter is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business and is an unfair or deceptive act in trade and commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purposes of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 11; 2002 c 131 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.901 - Application—Construction—2002 c 131.

RCW 19.225.901
Application—Construction—2002 c 131.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter of this chapter among states that enact it.
[ 2002 c 131 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.904 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 19.225.904
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 60.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.225 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act. › 19.225.905 - Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.

RCW 19.225.905
Relation to electronic signatures in global and national commerce act.
Chapter 13, Laws of 2016 sp. sess. modifies, limits, or supersedes the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 7003(b).
[ 2016 sp.s. c 13 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.005 - Intent.

RCW 19.230.005
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature to establish a state system of licensure and regulation to ensure the safe and sound operation of money transmission and currency exchange businesses, to ensure that these businesses are not used for criminal purposes, to promote confidence in the state's financial system, and to protect the public interest.
[ 2003 c 287 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.030 - Money transmitter license required.

RCW 19.230.030
Money transmitter license required.
(1) A person may not engage in the business of money transmission, or advertise, solicit, or hold itself out as providing money transmission, unless the person is:
(a) Licensed as a money transmitter under this chapter;
(b) An authorized delegate of a person licensed as a money transmitter under this chapter; or
(c) Excluded under RCW 19.230.020.
(2) A money transmitter license is not transferable or assignable.
[ 2017 c 30 § 3; 2003 c 287 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.033 - Multistate licensing system—Director's discretion.

RCW 19.230.033
Multistate licensing system—Director's discretion.
Applicants may be required to make application through a multistate licensing system as prescribed by the director. Existing licensees may be required to transition onto a multistate licensing system as prescribed by the director.
[ 2012 c 17 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.050 - Money transmitters—Surety bond.

RCW 19.230.050
Money transmitters—Surety bond.
(1) Each money transmitter licensee shall maintain a surety bond in an amount based on the previous year's money transmission dollar volume; and the previous year's payment instrument dollar volume. The minimum surety bond must be at least ten thousand dollars, and not to exceed five hundred fifty thousand dollars. The director may adopt rules to implement this section.
(2) The surety bond shall run to the state of Washington as obligee, and shall run to the benefit of the state and any person or persons who suffer loss by reason of a licensee's or licensee's authorized delegate's violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter. A claimant against a money transmitter licensee may maintain an action on the bond, or the director may maintain an action on behalf of the claimant.
(3) The surety bond shall be continuous and may be canceled by the surety upon the surety giving written notice to the director of its intent to cancel the bond. The cancellation is effective thirty days after the notice of cancellation is received by the director or the director's designee. Whether or not the bond is renewed, continued, replaced, or modified, including increases or decreases in the penal sum, it is considered one continuous obligation, and the surety upon the bond is not liable in an aggregate or cumulative amount exceeding the penal sum set forth on the face of the bond. In no event may the penal sum, or any portion thereof, at two or more points in time, be added together in determining the surety's liability.
(4) A surety bond must cover claims for at least five years after the date of a money transmitter licensee's violation of this chapter, or at least five years after the date the money transmitter licensee ceases to provide money services in this state, whichever is longer. However, the director may permit the amount of the surety bond to be reduced or eliminated before the expiration of that time to the extent the amount of the licensee's obligations outstanding in this state are reduced.
(5) In the event that a money transmitter licensee does not maintain a surety bond in the amount required under subsection (1) of this section, the director may issue a temporary cease and desist order under RCW 19.230.260.
(6) The director may increase the amount of the bond required up to a maximum of one million dollars based on the nature and volume of business activities, the financial health of the company, and other criteria specified by the director in rule.
[ 2017 c 30 § 5; 2010 c 73 § 3; 2003 c 287 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.055 - Online currency exchangers—Surety bond.

RCW 19.230.055
Online currency exchangers—Surety bond.
(1) Each online currency exchanger licensee shall maintain a surety bond in an amount based on the previous year's currency exchange dollar volume. The minimum surety bond must be at least ten thousand dollars, and not to exceed fifty thousand dollars. The director may adopt rules to implement this section.
(2) The surety bond shall run to the state of Washington as obligee, and shall run to the benefit of the state and any person or persons who suffer loss by reason of a licensee's violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter. A claimant against the bond may maintain an action on the bond, or the director may maintain an action on behalf of the claimant.
(3) The surety bond must be continuous and may be canceled by the surety upon the surety giving written notice to the director of its intent to cancel the bond. The cancellation is effective thirty days after the notice of cancellation is received by the director or the director's designee. Whether or not the bond is renewed, continued, replaced, or modified, including increases or decreases in the penal sum, it is considered one continuous obligation, and the surety upon the bond is not liable in an aggregate or cumulative amount exceeding the penal sum set forth on the face of the bond. In no event may the penal sum, or any portion thereof, at two or more points in time, be added together in determining the surety's liability.
(4) A surety bond must cover claims for at least one year after the date of an online currency exchanger licensee's violation of this chapter, or at least one year after the date the online currency exchanger licensee ceases to provide online currency exchange services in this state, whichever is longer. However, the director may permit the amount of the surety bond to be reduced or eliminated before the expiration of that time to the extent the amount of the licensee's obligations outstanding in this state are reduced.
(5) In the event that an online currency exchanger licensee does not maintain a surety bond in the amount required under subsection (1) of this section, the director may issue a temporary cease and desist order under RCW 19.230.260.
(6) The director may increase the amount of the bond required up to a maximum of one million dollars based on the nature and volume of the business activities, the financial health of the company, and other criteria specified by the director in rule.
[ 2017 c 30 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.060 - Tangible net worth for money transmitter.

RCW 19.230.060
Tangible net worth for money transmitter.
A money transmitter licensed under this chapter shall maintain a tangible net worth, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as determined in rule by the director. The director shall require a tangible net worth of at least ten thousand dollars and not more than three million dollars. In the event that a licensee's tangible net worth, as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, falls below the amount required in rule, the director or the director's designee may initiate action under RCW 19.230.230 and 19.230.260. The licensee may request a hearing on such an action under chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2010 c 73 § 4; 2003 c 287 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.080 - Currency exchange license required.

RCW 19.230.080
Currency exchange license required.
(1) A person may not engage in the business of currency exchange or advertise, solicit, or hold itself out as able to engage in currency exchange for which the person receives revenue equal to or greater than five percent of total revenues, unless the person is:
(a) Licensed to provide currency exchange under this chapter;
(b) Licensed for money transmission under this chapter; or
(c) An authorized delegate of a person licensed under this chapter.
(2) A license under this chapter is not transferable or assignable.
[ 2003 c 287 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.100 - Issuance of a currency exchange license—Surrender of license.

RCW 19.230.100
Issuance of a currency exchange license—Surrender of license.
(1) When an application for a currency exchange license is filed under this chapter, the director or the director's designee shall investigate the applicant's financial condition and responsibility, financial and business experience, competence, character, and general fitness. The director or the director's designee may conduct an on-site investigation of the applicant, the cost of which must be paid by the applicant as specified in RCW 19.230.320 or rules adopted under this chapter. The director shall issue a currency exchange license to an applicant under this chapter if the director or the director's designee finds that all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:
(a) The applicant has complied with RCW 19.230.090;
(b) The financial and business experience, competence, character, and general fitness of the applicant; and the competence, financial and business experience, character, and general fitness of the executive officers, proposed responsible individual, board directors, and persons in control of the applicant indicate that it is in the interest of the public to permit the applicant to engage in the business of providing currency exchange; and
(c) Neither the applicant, nor any executive officer, nor person who exercises control over the applicant, nor the proposed responsible individual are listed on the specially designated nationals and blocked persons list prepared by the United States department of treasury or department of state under Presidential Executive Order No. 13224.
(2) The director may for good cause extend the application review period.
(3) An applicant whose application is denied by the director under this chapter may appeal under chapter 34.05 RCW.
(4) A currency exchange license issued under this chapter is valid from the date of issuance and remains in effect with no fixed date of expiration unless otherwise suspended or revoked by the director, or unless the license expires for nonpayment of the annual assessment and any late fee, if applicable.
(5) A currency exchange licensee may surrender a license by providing the director with a written notice of surrender through the nationwide licensing system. The written notice of surrender must include notice of where the records of the licensee will be stored and the name, address, telephone number, and other contact information of a responsible party who is authorized to provide access to the records. The surrender of a license does not reduce or eliminate the licensee's civil or criminal liability arising from acts or omissions occurring prior to the surrender of the license, including any administrative actions undertaken by the director or the director's designee to revoke or suspend a license, to assess fines, to order payment of restitution, or to exercise any other authority authorized under this chapter.
[ 2017 c 30 § 8; 2003 c 287 § 12.]
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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.120 - Relationship between licensee and authorized delegate.

RCW 19.230.120
Relationship between licensee and authorized delegate.
(1) In this section, "remit" means to make direct payments of money to a licensee or its representative authorized to receive money or to deposit money in a bank in an account specified by the licensee.
(2) A contract between a licensee and an authorized delegate must require the authorized delegate to operate in full compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
(3) Neither the licensee nor an authorized delegate may authorize subdelegates.
(4) An authorized delegate shall remit all money owing to the licensee in accordance with the terms of the contract between the licensee and the authorized delegate.
(5) If a license is suspended or revoked or a licensee surrenders its license, the director shall notify all of the licensee's authorized delegates whose names are filed with the director, at the address of record with the director, of the suspension, revocation, or surrender and shall publish the name of the licensee. An authorized delegate shall immediately cease to provide money services as a delegate of the licensee upon receipt of notice, or after publication is made, that the licensee's license has been suspended, revoked, or surrendered.
(6) An authorized delegate may not provide money services other than those allowed the licensee under its license. In addition, an authorized delegate may not provide money services outside the scope of activity permissible under the contract between the authorized delegate and the licensee, except activity in which the authorized delegate is authorized to engage under RCW 19.230.030 or 19.230.080.
[ 2013 c 106 § 5; 2003 c 287 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.230 - Uniform Money Services Act. › 19.230.130 - Authority to conduct examinations and investigations.

RCW 19.230.130
Authority to conduct examinations and investigations.
(1) For the purpose of discovering violations of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, discovering unsafe and unsound practices, or securing information lawfully required under this chapter, the director may at any time, either personally or by designee, investigate or examine the business and, wherever located, the books, accounts, records, papers, documents, files, and other information used in the business of every licensee or its authorized delegates, and of every person who is engaged in the business of providing money services, whether the person acts or claims to act under or without the authority of this chapter. For these purposes, the director or designated representative shall have free access to the offices and places of business, books, accounts, papers, documents, other information, records, files, safes, and vaults of all such persons. The director or the director's designee may require the attendance of and examine under oath all persons whose testimony may be required about the business or the subject matter of any investigation, examination, or hearing and may require such person to produce books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, and any other information the director or designated person declares is relevant to the inquiry. The director may require the production of original books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, and other information; may require that such original books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, and other information be copied; or may make copies himself or herself or by designee of such original books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, or other information. The director or designated person may issue a directive, subpoena, or subpoena duces tecum requiring attendance or compelling production of the books, accounts, papers, documents, records, files, or other information.
(2) The licensee, applicant, or person subject to licensing under this chapter shall pay the cost of examinations and investigations as specified in RCW 19.230.320 or rules adopted under this chapter.
(3) Information obtained during an examination or investigation under this chapter may be disclosed only as provided in RCW 19.230.190.
[ 2017 c 30 § 10; 2003 c 287 § 15.]