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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.290 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Notice of lien.

RCW 17.10.290
Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Notice of lien.
Every county noxious weed control board furnishing labor, materials, or supplies or renting, leasing, or otherwise supplying equipment to be used in the control of noxious weeds upon any property pursuant to RCW 17.10.160 and 17.10.170 or pursuant to an order under RCW 17.10.210 as now or hereafter amended, shall give to the owner or reputed owner or his or her agent a notice in writing, within ninety days from the date of the cessation of the performance of such labor, the furnishing of such materials, or the supplying of such equipment, which notice shall cover the labor, material, supplies, or equipment furnished or leased, as well as all subsequent labor, materials, supplies, or equipment furnished or leased, stating in substance and effect that such county noxious weed control board is furnishing or has furnished labor, materials and supplies or equipment for use thereon, with the name of the county noxious weed control board ordering the same, and that a lien may be claimed for all materials and supplies or equipment furnished by such county noxious weed control board for use thereon, which notice shall be given by mailing the same by registered or certified mail in an envelope addressed to the owner at his or her place of residence or reputed residence.
[ 2011 c 336 § 457; 1987 c 438 § 36; 1975 1st ex.s. c 13 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.300 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Claim—Filing—Contents.

RCW 17.10.300
Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Claim—Filing—Contents.
No lien created by RCW 17.10.280 exists, and no action to enforce the same shall be maintained, unless within ninety days from the date of cessation of the performance of the labor, furnishing of materials, or the supplying of equipment, a claim for the lien is filed for record as provided in this section, in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the property, or some part of the property to be affected by the claim for a lien, is situated. The claim shall state, as nearly as may be, the time of the commencement and cessation of performing the labor, furnishing the material, or supplying the equipment, the name of the county noxious weed control board that performed the labor or caused the labor to be performed, furnished the material, or supplied the equipment, a description of the property to be charged with the lien sufficient for identification, the name of the owner, or reputed owner if known, or his or her agent, and if the owner is not known, that fact shall be mentioned, the amount for which the lien is claimed, and shall be signed by the county noxious weed control board, and be verified by the oath of the county noxious weed control board, to the effect that the affiant believes that claim to be just; and the claim of lien may be amended in case of action brought to foreclose the same, by order of the court, as pleadings may be, insofar as the interest of third parties shall not be affected by such an amendment.
[ 1997 c 353 § 29; 1975 1st ex.s. c 13 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.310 - Notice of infraction—Issuance.

RCW 17.10.310
Notice of infraction—Issuance.
The county noxious weed control board may issue a notice of civil infraction if after investigation it has reasonable cause to believe an infraction has been committed. A civil infraction may be issued pursuant to RCW 7.80.005, 7.80.070 through 7.80.110, 7.80.120 (3) and (4), and 7.80.130 through 7.80.900.
[ 1997 c 353 § 30; 1987 c 438 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.350 - Infraction—Penalty.

RCW 17.10.350
Infraction—Penalty.
(1) Any person found to have committed a civil infraction under this chapter shall be assessed a monetary penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars. The state noxious weed control board shall adopt a schedule of monetary penalties for each violation of this chapter classified as a civil infraction and submit the schedule to the appropriate court. If a monetary penalty is imposed by the court, the penalty is immediately due and payable. The court may, at its discretion, grant an extension of time, not to exceed thirty days, in which the penalty must be paid.
(2) Failure to pay any monetary penalties imposed under this chapter is punishable as a misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 117; 1997 c 353 § 31; 1987 c 438 § 28.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.890 - Deactivation of county noxious weed control board—Hearing.

RCW 17.10.890
Deactivation of county noxious weed control board—Hearing.
A county noxious weed control board may be deactivated only if there are neither any class A noxious weeds nor any class B noxious weeds in the county. Upon receiving documentation of the absence in the county of both class A noxious weeds and class B noxious weeds, the county legislative authority may initiate the following procedures:
(1) The county legislative authority holds a hearing to determine whether there continues to be a need for an activated county noxious weed control board if:
(a) A petition is filed by one hundred registered voters within the county;
(b) A petition is filed by a county noxious weed control board as provided in RCW 17.10.240; or
(c) The county legislative authority passes a motion to hold such a hearing.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the hearing shall be held within sixty days of final action taken under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) If, after a hearing, the county legislative authority determines that no need exists for a county noxious weed control board, due to the absence of class A or class B noxious weeds designated for control in the region, the county legislative authority shall deactivate the board.
(4) The county legislative authority shall not convene a hearing as provided for in subsection (1) of this section more frequently than once a year.
[ 2021 c 217 § 13; 1997 c 353 § 32; 1987 c 438 § 37.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards. › 17.10.900 - Weed districts—Continuation—Dissolution—Transfer of assessment funds.

RCW 17.10.900
Weed districts—Continuation—Dissolution—Transfer of assessment funds.
Any weed district formed under chapter 17.04 or 17.06 RCW prior to the enactment of this chapter, continues to operate under the provisions of the chapter under which it was formed: PROVIDED, That if ten percent of the landowners subject to any such weed district, and the county noxious weed control board upon its own motion, petition the county legislative authority for a dissolution of the weed district, the county legislative authority shall provide for an election to be conducted in the same manner as required for the election of directors under the provisions of chapter 17.04 RCW, to determine by majority vote of those casting votes, if the weed district will continue to operate under the chapter it was formed. The land area of any dissolved weed district becomes subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any district assessment funds may be transferred after the dissolution election under contract to the county noxious weed control board to fund the noxious weed control program.
[ 1997 c 353 § 33; 1987 c 438 § 38; 1975 1st ex.s. c 13 § 12; 1969 ex.s. c 113 § 26.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.010 - Pest districts authorized.

RCW 17.12.010
Pest districts authorized.
For the purpose of destroying or exterminating squirrels, prairie dogs, gophers, moles or other rodents, or of rabbits or any predatory animals that destroy or interfere with the crops, fruit trees, shrubs, valuable plants, fodder, seeds or other agricultural plants or products, thing or pest injurious to any agricultural plant or product, or to prevent the introduction, propagation, growth or increase in number of any of the above described animals, or rodents, the board of county commissioners of any county may create a pest district or pest districts within such county and may enlarge any district containing a lesser territory than the whole county, or reduce any district already created, or combine or consolidate districts or divide, or create new districts from time to time in the manner hereinafter set forth.
[ 1919 c 152 § 1; RRS § 2801.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.020 - Petition—Notice—Hearing.

RCW 17.12.020
Petition—Notice—Hearing.
Whenever ten or more resident freeholders in any county petition the board of county commissioners, asking that their lands be included, either separately or with other lands designated in the petition in a district to be formed for the purpose of preventing, destroying, or exterminating any of the animals, rodents or other such things described in RCW 17.12.010, or that such lands be included within a district already formed by the enlargement of such district, or a new district or districts be formed out of a district or districts then in existence or out of territory partly in districts already formed and not included in any district, and such petition indicating the boundaries of such proposed district, whether all or any part of such county, and stating the purpose of such district, the board shall fix a time for the hearing of such petition and shall give at least thirty days notice of the time and place of such hearing by posting copies of such notice of the time and place of such hearing in three conspicuous places within the proposed district and posting one copy of such notice at the courthouse or place of business of the board, and also by mailing to each freeholder within the proposed district a copy of such notice, to his last known residence, if known, and if not known to the clerk of such board, then and in that event the posting shall be deemed sufficient: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, If the board shall deem it impractical to mail notices to each freeholder, within the proposed district, or if the post office address of all the freeholders are not known, then in that event when recited in a resolution adopted by the board, the notice in addition to posting, shall be published once a week for three successive weeks in the county official paper if there is such, and if there be no official paper, then in some paper published in said county, and if there be no paper published in said county, then in some paper of general circulation within the proposed district. The persons in whose name the property is assessed shall be deemed the owners thereof for the purpose of notice as herein required: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That for lands belonging to the state, the commissioner of public lands shall be notified, and for lands belonging to the county, the county auditor shall be notified, and if such lands are under lease or conditional sale the lessee or purchaser shall also be notified in the manner above provided. Any person interested may appear at the time of such hearing and may under such rules and regulations as the board may prescribe give his or her reasons for or objections to the creation of such a district.
[ 1919 c 152 § 2; RRS § 2802.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.030 - Determination—Boundaries of district.

RCW 17.12.030
Determination—Boundaries of district.
Upon the hearing of such petition the board shall determine whether such a district shall be created and shall fix the boundaries thereof, but shall not enlarge the boundaries of proposed districts or enlarge or change the boundary or boundaries of any district or districts already formed without first giving the notice to all parties interested as provided in RCW 17.12.020.
[ 1919 c 152 § 3; RRS § 2803.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.040 - Designation of district.

RCW 17.12.040
Designation of district.
If the board shall deem the interests of the county or of any particular section thereof will be benefited by the creation of such a district or districts, or the changing thereof, it shall make a record thereof upon the minutes of the board and shall designate such territory in each such district as "Pest District . . . . . . for . . . . . . County".
[ 1919 c 152 § 4; RRS § 2804.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.050 - Treasurer—Tax levies.

RCW 17.12.050
Treasurer—Tax levies.
The county treasurer shall be ex officio treasurer for each of such districts so formed and the county assessor and other county officers shall take notice of the formation of such district or districts and shall be governed thereby according to the provisions of this chapter. The assessment or the tax levies as hereinafter provided for shall be extended on the tax rolls against the property liable therefor the same as other assessments or taxes are extended, and shall become a part of the general tax against such property and be collected and accounted for the same as other taxes are, with the terms and penalties attached thereto. The moneys so collected shall be held and disbursed as a special fund for such district and shall be paid out only on warrant issued by the county auditor upon voucher approved by the board of county commissioners.
[ 1919 c 152 § 5; RRS § 2805.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.060 - Supervision of the district.

RCW 17.12.060
Supervision of the district.
The agricultural expert in counties having an agricultural expert, shall under the direction of Washington State University have general supervision of the methods and means of preventing, destroying, or exterminating any animals or rodents as herein mentioned within his or her county, and of how the funds of any pest district shall be expended to best accomplish the purposes for which such funds were raised; in counties having no such agricultural expert each county commissioner shall be within his or her respective commissioner district, ex officio supervisor, or the board may designate some such person to so act, and shall fix his or her compensation therefor. Whenever any member of the board shall act as supervisor he or she shall be entitled to his or her actual expenses and his or her per diem as county commissioner the same as if he or she were doing other county business.
[ 2011 c 336 § 458; 1977 ex.s. c 169 § 4; 1919 c 152 § 6; RRS § 2806.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The law authorizing the employment of agricultural experts was 1913 c 18 as amended by 1919 c 193 but since repealed by 1949 c 181 which authorizes cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics. See RCW 36.50.010.
Severability—Nomenclature—Savings—1977 ex.s. c 169: See notes following RCW 28B.10.016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.080 - Levies on state and county lands—Levies on state lands to be added to rental or purchase price.

RCW 17.12.080
Levies on state and county lands—Levies on state lands to be added to rental or purchase price.
Whenever there shall be included within any pest district lands belonging to the state or to the county the board of county commissioners shall determine the amount of the tax or assessment for which such land would be liable if the same were in private ownership for each subdivision of forty acres or fraction thereof. The assessor shall transmit to the county commissioners a statement of the amounts so due from county lands and the county commissioners shall appropriate from the current expense fund of the county sufficient money to pay such amounts. A statement of the amounts due from state lands within each county shall be annually forwarded to the commissioner of public lands who shall examine the same and if he or she finds the same correct and that the determination was made according to law, he or she shall certify the same and issue a warrant for the payment of same against any funds in the state treasury appropriated for such purposes.
The commissioner of public lands shall keep a record of the amounts so paid on account of any state lands which are under lease or contract of sale and such amounts shall be added to and become a part of the annual rental or purchase price of the land, and shall be paid annually at the time of payment of rent or payment of interest or purchase price of such land. When such amounts shall be collected by the commissioner of public lands it shall be paid into the general fund in the state treasury.
[ 2011 c 336 § 459; 1973 c 106 § 11; 1919 c 152 § 8; RRS § 2808. Formerly RCW 17.12.080 and 17.12.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.12 - Agricultural Pest Districts. › 17.12.100 - Limit of indebtedness.

RCW 17.12.100
Limit of indebtedness.
No district shall be permitted to contract obligations in excess of the estimated revenues for the two years next succeeding the incoming [incurring] of such indebtedness and it shall be unlawful for the county commissioners to approve of any bills which will exceed the revenue to any district which shall be estimated to be received by such district during the next two years.
[ 1919 c 152 § 9; RRS § 2809.]
NOTES:
County budget as limitation on incurring liability: RCW 36.40.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.15 - Integrated Pest Management. › 17.15.005 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 17.15.005
Legislative declaration.
The legislature declares that it is the policy of the state of Washington to require all state agencies that have pest control responsibilities to follow the principles of integrated pest management.
[ 1997 c 357 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.15 - Integrated Pest Management. › 17.15.010 - Definitions.

RCW 17.15.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Integrated pest management" means a coordinated decision-making and action process that uses the most appropriate pest control methods and strategy in an environmentally and economically sound manner to meet agency programmatic pest management objectives. The elements of integrated pest management include:
(a) Preventing pest problems;
(b) Monitoring for the presence of pests and pest damage;
(c) Establishing the density of the pest population, that may be set at zero, that can be tolerated or correlated with a damage level sufficient to warrant treatment of the problem based on health, public safety, economic, or aesthetic thresholds;
(d) Treating pest problems to reduce populations below those levels established by damage thresholds using strategies that may include biological, cultural, mechanical, and chemical control methods and that must consider human health, ecological impact, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness; and
(e) Evaluating the effects and efficacy of pest treatments.
(2) "Pest" means, but is not limited to, any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, weed, and any form of plant or animal life or virus, except virus, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in a living person or other animal or in or on processed food or beverages or pharmaceuticals, which is normally considered to be a pest, or which the director of the department of agriculture may declare to be a pest.
[ 1997 c 357 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.15 - Integrated Pest Management. › 17.15.020 - Implementation of integrated pest management practices.

RCW 17.15.020
Implementation of integrated pest management practices.
Each of the following state agencies or institutions or county agencies shall implement integrated pest management practices when carrying out the agency's or institution's duties related to pest control:
(1) The department of agriculture;
(2) The state noxious weed control board;
(3) The department of ecology;
(4) The department of fish and wildlife;
(5) The department of transportation;
(6) The parks and recreation commission;
(7) The department of natural resources;
(8) The department of corrections;
(9) The department of enterprise services;
(10) Each state institution of higher education, for the institution's own building and grounds maintenance;
(11) Each county noxious weed control board; and
(12) Each weed district.
[ 2021 c 217 § 17; 2015 c 225 § 16; 1997 c 357 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.15 - Integrated Pest Management. › 17.15.030 - Integrated pest management training—Designated coordinator.

RCW 17.15.030
Integrated pest management training—Designated coordinator.
(1) A state agency or institution listed in RCW 17.15.020 shall provide integrated pest management training for employees responsible for pest management.
(2) A state agency or institution listed in RCW 17.15.020 shall designate an integrated pest management coordinator.
[ 2011 c 103 § 36; 1997 c 357 § 4.]
NOTES:
Purpose—2011 c 103: See note following RCW 15.26.120.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.010 - Declaration of police power and purpose.

RCW 17.21.010
Declaration of police power and purpose.
The application and the control of the use of various pesticides is important and vital to the maintenance of a high level of public health and welfare both immediate and future, and is hereby declared to be affected with the public interest. The provisions of this chapter are enacted in the exercise of the police power of the state for the purpose of protecting the immediate and future health and welfare of the people of the state.
[ 1967 c 177 § 1; 1961 c 249 § 1.]
NOTES:
Washington pesticide control act: Chapter 15.58 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.030 - Director's authority—Rules.

RCW 17.21.030
Director's authority—Rules.
The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.
(1) The director may adopt rules:
(a) Governing the loading, mixing, application and use, or prohibiting the loading, mixing, application, or use of any pesticide;
(b) Governing the time when, and the conditions under which restricted use pesticides shall or shall not be used in different areas as prescribed by the director in the state;
(c) Providing that any or all restricted use pesticides shall be purchased, possessed or used only under permit of the director and under the director's direct supervision in certain areas and/or under certain conditions or in certain quantities of concentrations; however, any person licensed to sell such pesticides may purchase and possess such pesticides without a permit;
(d) Establishing recordkeeping requirements for licensees, permittees, and certified applicators;
(e) Governing the fixing and collecting of examination fees;
(f) Fixing and collecting fees for recertification course sponsorship;
(g) Establishing testing procedures, licensing classifications, and requirements for licenses and permits, and criteria for assigning recertification credit to and procedures for department approval of courses as provided by this chapter;
(h) Concerning training by employers for employees who mix and load pesticides;
(i) Concerning minimum performance standards for spray boom and nozzles used in pesticide applications to minimize spray drift and establishing a list of approved spray nozzles that meet these standards; and
(j) Fixing and collecting permit fees.
(2) The director may adopt any other rules necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter.
[ 2020 c 180 § 3; 1994 c 283 § 2; 1989 c 380 § 34; 1987 c 45 § 26; 1979 c 92 § 2; 1961 c 249 § 3.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.040 - Rules subject to administrative procedure act.

RCW 17.21.040
Rules subject to administrative procedure act.
All rules adopted under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW as enacted or hereafter amended, concerning the adoption of rules.
[ 1989 c 380 § 35; 1961 c 249 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.050 - Hearings—Administrative procedure act.

RCW 17.21.050
Hearings—Administrative procedure act.
All hearings for the imposition of a civil penalty and/or the suspension, denial, or revocation of a license, certification, or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW concerning adjudicative proceedings.
[ 1994 c 283 § 3. Prior: 1989 c 380 § 36; 1989 c 175 § 58; 1985 c 158 § 4; 1961 c 249 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.060 - Subpoenas—Witness fees.

RCW 17.21.060
Subpoenas—Witness fees.
The director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and/or production of books, documents, and records anywhere in the state in any hearing affecting the authority or privilege granted by a license, certification, or permit issued under the provisions of this chapter. Witnesses shall be entitled to fees for attendance and travel as provided for in chapter 2.40 RCW as enacted or hereafter amended.
[ 1994 c 283 § 4; 1961 c 249 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.065 - Classification of licenses.

RCW 17.21.065
Classification of licenses.
The director may classify licenses to be issued under the provisions of this chapter. These classifications may include but are not limited to pest control operators, ornamental sprayers, agricultural crop sprayers or right-of-way sprayers; separate classifications may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods used by any licensee to apply pesticides.
Each such classification shall be subject to separate testing procedures and requirements. No person shall be required to pay an additional license fee if such person desires to be licensed in one or all of the license classifications provided for by the director under the authority of this section, except as provided for in RCW 17.21.110.
[ 1994 c 283 § 5; 1967 c 177 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.070 - Commercial pesticide applicator license—Requirements.

RCW 17.21.070
Commercial pesticide applicator license—Requirements.
It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of applying pesticides to the land of another without a commercial pesticide applicator license. Application for a commercial applicator license must be accompanied by a fee of two hundred forty-three dollars and in addition a fee of twenty-seven dollars for each apparatus, exclusive of one, used by the applicant in the application of pesticides.
[ 2021 c 244 § 8; 2008 c 285 § 21; 1997 c 242 § 11; 1994 c 283 § 6; 1993 sp.s. c 19 § 4; 1991 c 109 § 30; 1989 c 380 § 37; 1981 c 297 § 21; 1967 c 177 § 3; 1961 c 249 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 244: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Effective date—2008 c 285 §§ 15-26: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Intent—Captions not law—2008 c 285: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
Effective date—1997 c 242: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Severability—1981 c 297: See note following RCW 15.36.201.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.080 - Commercial pesticide applicator license—Application—Form.

RCW 17.21.080
Commercial pesticide applicator license—Application—Form.
Application for a commercial pesticide applicator license provided for in RCW 17.21.070 shall be on a form prescribed by the director.
(1) The application shall include the following information:
(a) The full name of the individual applying for such license.
(b) The full name of the business the individual represents with the license.
(c) If the applicant is an individual, receiver, trustee, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any other organized group of persons whether incorporated or not, the full name of each member of the firm or partnership, or the names of the officers of the association, corporation or group.
(d) The principal business address of the applicant in the state or elsewhere.
(e) The name of a person whose domicile is in the state, and who is authorized to receive and accept services of summons and legal notice of all kinds for the applicant.
(f) The model, make, horsepower, and size of any apparatus used by the applicant to apply pesticides.
(g) License classification or classifications for which the applicant is applying.
(h) A list of the names of individuals allowed to apply pesticides under the authority of the commercial applicator's license.
(i) Any other necessary information prescribed by the director.
(2) Any changes to the information provided on the prescribed commercial applicator form shall be reported by the business to the department within thirty days of the change.
[ 1994 c 283 § 7; 1989 c 380 § 38; 1967 c 177 § 4; 1961 c 249 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.091 - Commercial pesticide applicator license—Persons who may apply under license authority.

RCW 17.21.091
Commercial pesticide applicator license—Persons who may apply under license authority.
(1) No commercial pesticide applicator shall allow a person to apply pesticides under the authority of the commercial pesticide applicator's license unless the commercial pesticide applicator has, by mail or facsimile transmissions, submitted the name to the department on a form prescribed by the department as provided in RCW 17.21.080(2). The department shall maintain a list for each commercial pesticide applicator of persons authorized to apply pesticides under the authority of the commercial pesticide applicator's license.
(2) Violations of this chapter by a person acting as an employee, agent, or otherwise acting on behalf of or under the license authority of a commercial pesticide applicator, may, in the discretion of the department, be treated as a violation by the commercial pesticide applicator.
[ 1994 c 283 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.110 - Commercial pesticide operator license—Requirements.

RCW 17.21.110
Commercial pesticide operator license—Requirements.
It is unlawful for any person to act as an employee of a commercial pesticide applicator and apply pesticides manually or as the operator directly in charge of any apparatus which is licensed or should be licensed under this chapter for the application of any pesticide, without having obtained a commercial pesticide operator license from the director. The commercial pesticide operator license is in addition to any other license or permit required by law for the operation or use of any such apparatus. Application for a commercial operator license must be accompanied by a fee of seventy-eight dollars. This section does not apply to any individual who is a licensed commercial pesticide applicator.
[ 2021 c 244 § 9; 2008 c 285 § 22; 1997 c 242 § 12; 1994 c 283 § 10; 1993 sp.s. c 19 § 5; 1992 c 170 § 5; 1991 c 109 § 31; 1989 c 380 § 40; 1981 c 297 § 22; 1967 c 177 § 6; 1961 c 249 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 244: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Effective date—2008 c 285 §§ 15-26: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Intent—Captions not law—2008 c 285: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
Effective date—1997 c 242: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Severability—1981 c 297: See note following RCW 15.36.201.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.122 - Private-commercial pesticide applicator license—Requirements.

RCW 17.21.122
Private-commercial pesticide applicator license—Requirements.
It is unlawful for any person to act as a private-commercial pesticide applicator without having obtained a private-commercial pesticide applicator license from the director. Application for a private-commercial pesticide applicator license must be accompanied by a fee of thirty-eight dollars.
[ 2021 c 244 § 10; 2008 c 285 § 23; 1997 c 242 § 13; 1994 c 283 § 11; 1993 sp.s. c 19 § 6; 1992 c 170 § 6; 1991 c 109 § 32; 1989 c 380 § 41; 1979 c 92 § 6.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 244: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Effective date—2008 c 285 §§ 15-26: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Intent—Captions not law—2008 c 285: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
Effective date—1997 c 242: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.126 - Private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator—Requirements—Application for license—Fees.

RCW 17.21.126
Private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator—Requirements—Application for license—Fees.
It is unlawful for any person to act as a private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator without first complying with requirements determined by the director as necessary to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on the environment, including injury to the pesticide applicator or other persons, for each specific pesticide use.
(1) Certification standards to determine the individual's competency with respect to the use and handling of the pesticide or class of pesticides for which the private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator is certified must be relative to hazards of the particular type of application, class of pesticides, or handling procedure. In determining these standards the director must take into consideration standards of the EPA and is authorized to adopt these standards by rule.
(2) Application for a private applicator license must be accompanied by a fee of thirty-eight dollars. Application for a limited private applicator license must be accompanied by a fee of thirty-three dollars. Application for a rancher private applicator license must be accompanied by a fee of one hundred three dollars. Individuals with a valid certified applicator license, pest control consultant license, or dealer manager license who qualify in the appropriate statewide or agricultural license categories are exempt from the private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator fee requirements. However, licensed public pesticide operators, otherwise exempted from the public pesticide operator license fee requirement, are not also exempted from the fee requirements under this subsection.
[ 2021 c 244 § 11; 2008 c 285 § 24; 2004 c 100 § 2; 1997 c 242 § 14; 1994 c 283 § 12; 1993 sp.s. c 19 § 7; 1992 c 170 § 7; 1991 c 109 § 33; 1989 c 380 § 42; 1979 c 92 § 8.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 244: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Effective date—2008 c 285 §§ 15-26: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Intent—Captions not law—2008 c 285: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
Effective date—2004 c 100: See note following RCW 17.21.020.
Effective date—1997 c 242: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.128 - Renewal of certificate or license—Recertification standards.

RCW 17.21.128
Renewal of certificate or license—Recertification standards.
(1) The director may renew any certification or license issued under authority of this chapter subject to the recertification standards identified in subsection (2) of this section or an examination requiring new knowledge that may be required to apply pesticides.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, all individuals licensed under this chapter shall meet the recertification standards identified in (a) or (b) of this subsection, every five years, in order to qualify for continuing licensure.
(a) Licensed pesticide applicators may qualify for continued licensure through accumulation of recertification credits.
(i) Private applicators shall accumulate a minimum of twenty department-approved credits every five years with no more than ten credits allowed per year;
(ii) Limited private applicators shall accumulate a minimum of eight department-approved credits every five years. All credits must be applicable to the control of weeds with at least one-half of the credits directly related to weed control and the remaining credits in topic areas indirectly related to weed control, such as the safe and legal use of pesticides;
(iii) Rancher private applicators shall accumulate a minimum of twelve department-approved credits every five years;
(iv) All other license types established under this chapter shall accumulate a minimum of forty department-approved credits every five years with no more than fifteen credits allowed per year.
(b) Certified pesticide applicators may qualify for continued licensure through meeting the examination requirements necessary to become licensed in those areas in which the licensee operates.
(3) At the termination of a licensee's five-year recertification period, the director may waive the requirements identified in subsection (2) of this section if the licensee can demonstrate that he or she is meeting comparable recertification standards through another state or jurisdiction or through a federal environmental protection agency approved government agency plan.
[ 2005 c 397 § 1; 2004 c 100 § 3; 1994 c 283 § 13; 1986 c 203 § 9; 1979 c 92 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2004 c 100: See note following RCW 17.21.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.129 - Demonstration and research license—Fees—Requirements.

RCW 17.21.129
Demonstration and research license—Fees—Requirements.
Except as provided in RCW 17.21.203, it is unlawful for a person to use or supervise the use of any experimental use pesticide or any restricted use pesticide on small experimental plots for research purposes when no charge is made for the pesticide and its application without a demonstration and research applicator's license.
(1) Application for a demonstration and research license must be accompanied by a fee of forty-three dollars.
(2) Persons licensed under this section are exempt from the requirements of RCW 17.21.160, 17.21.170, and 17.21.180.
[ 2021 c 244 § 12; 2008 c 285 § 25; 1997 c 242 § 15; 1994 c 283 § 14; 1993 sp.s. c 19 § 8; 1992 c 170 § 8; 1991 c 109 § 34; 1989 c 380 § 43; 1987 c 45 § 30; 1981 c 297 § 26.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2021 c 244: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Effective date—2008 c 285 §§ 15-26: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Intent—Captions not law—2008 c 285: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
Effective date—1997 c 242: See note following RCW 15.58.070.
Construction—Severability—1987 c 45: See notes following RCW 15.54.270.
Severability—1981 c 297: See note following RCW 15.36.201.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.130 - Revocation, suspension, or denial.

RCW 17.21.130
Revocation, suspension, or denial.
(1) Any license, permit, or certification provided for in this chapter may be revoked or suspended, and any license, permit, or certification application may be denied by the director for cause. If the director suspends a license under this chapter with respect to activity of a continuing nature under chapter 34.05 RCW, the director may elect to suspend the license for a subsequent license year during a period that coincides with the period commencing 30 days before and ending 30 days after the date of the incident or incidents giving rise to the violation.
(2) The director shall immediately suspend the license or certificate of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. If the person has continued to meet all other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the license or certificate shall be automatic upon the director's receipt of a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the licensee is in compliance with the order.
(3) The director may elect to suspend or revoke any license or certification that is based in whole or in part on a license or certification from another state or jurisdiction upon notification that the applicator's original certification was terminated because the certified applicator has been convicted under section 14(b) of FIFRA or has been subject to a final order imposing a civil penalty under section 14(a) of FIFRA.
[ 2023 c 186 § 2; 1997 c 58 § 877; 1994 c 283 § 15; 1989 c 380 § 46; 1986 c 203 § 10; 1961 c 249 § 13.]
NOTES:
Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.
Effective dates—Intent—1997 c 58: See notes following RCW 74.20A.320.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.132 - License, certification—Applications—Fee—Expiration dates.

RCW 17.21.132
License, certification—Applications—Fee—Expiration dates.
Any person applying for a license or certification authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall file an application on a form prescribed by the director.
(1) The application shall state the license or certification and the classification(s) for which the applicant is applying and the method in which the pesticides are to be applied.
(2) For all classes of licenses, all applicants shall be at least 18 years of age on the date that the application is made.
(3) Application for a license to apply pesticides shall be accompanied by the required fee. No license may be issued until the required fee has been received by the department.
(4) Each classification of license issued under this chapter except the limited private applicator and the rancher private applicator expires annually on a date set by rule by the director. Limited and rancher private applicator licenses expire on the fifth December 31st after issuance. Renewal applications shall be filed on or before the applicable expiration date.
[ 2023 c 186 § 3; 2004 c 100 § 4; 1997 c 242 § 16; 1994 c 283 § 16; 1991 c 109 § 35; 1989 c 380 § 44.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2004 c 100: See note following RCW 17.21.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.134 - Licenses—Examination requirements—Fees.

RCW 17.21.134
Licenses—Examination requirements—Fees.
(1) The director shall not issue a commercial pesticide applicator license until the applicant, if he or she is the sole owner and manager of the business has passed examinations in all classifications that the business operates. If there is more than one owner or the owner does not participate in the pesticide application activities, the person managing the pesticide application activities of the business shall be licensed in all classifications that the business operates. The director shall not issue a commercial pesticide operator, public operator, private commercial applicator, or demonstration and research applicator license until the applicant has passed an examination demonstrating knowledge of:
(a) How to apply pesticides under the classification for which he or she has applied, manually or with the various apparatuses that he or she may operate;
(b) The nature and effect of pesticides he or she may apply under such classifications; and
(c) Any other matter the director determines to be a necessary subject for examination.
(2) The director may charge examination fees established by the director by rule. The director may administer or contract with a public or private third-party entity to administer any or all parts of either the examination or the collection of examination fees, or both. Examinations administered by third-party entities must be the same as the examination that would otherwise be administered by the department. The department may direct that the applicant pay the fees to the third-party entity in accordance with department rules governing third-party examinations and fees.
(3) The director may prescribe separate testing procedures and requirements for each license.
[ 2020 c 180 § 4; 1994 c 283 § 17; 1989 c 380 § 45.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests › Chapter 17.21 - Washington Pesticide Application Act. › 17.21.140 - Renewal—Delinquency.

RCW 17.21.140
Renewal—Delinquency.
(1) If the application for renewal of any license provided for in this chapter is not filed on or prior to the expiration date of the license under this chapter or as set by rule by the director, a penalty of twenty-five dollars for the commercial pesticide applicator's license and the rancher private applicator license, and a penalty equivalent to the license fee for any other license, shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license is issued. However, the penalty does not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that he or she has not acted as a licensee subsequent to the expiration of the license.
(2) Any license for which a timely renewal application has been made, all other requirements have been met, and the proper fee paid, continues in full force and effect until the director notifies the applicant that the license has been renewed or the application has been denied.
[ 2004 c 100 § 5; 1991 c 109 § 36; 1989 c 380 § 47; 1961 c 249 § 14.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2004 c 100: See note following RCW 17.21.020.