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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.150 - Self-Service Storage Facilities. › 19.150.170 - Limit on value of personal property—Liability.

RCW 19.150.170
Limit on value of personal property—Liability.
If a rental agreement contains a condition on [the] occupant's use of the space that specifies a limit on the value of personal property that may be stored, that limit is the maximum value of the stored personal property in the occupant's space for the purposes of the [self-service] storage facility owner's liability only.
[ 2015 c 13 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.150 - Self-Service Storage Facilities. › 19.150.901 - Application of chapter.

RCW 19.150.901
Application of chapter.
This chapter shall only apply to rental agreements entered into, automatically extended, or automatically renewed after June 9, 1988. Rental agreements entered into before June 9, 1988, which provide for monthly rental payments but providing no specific termination date shall be subject to this chapter on the first monthly rental payment date next succeeding June 9, 1988.
[ 2008 c 61 § 4; 1988 c 240 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.150 - Self-Service Storage Facilities. › 19.150.902 - Existing rental agreements not affected.

RCW 19.150.902
Existing rental agreements not affected.
All rental agreements entered into before June 9, 1988, and not automatically extended or automatically renewed after that date, or otherwise made subject to this chapter pursuant to RCW 19.150.901, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them, shall remain valid, and may be enforced or terminated in accordance with their terms or as permitted by any other statute or law of this state.
[ 2008 c 61 § 5; 1988 c 240 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.150 - Self-Service Storage Facilities. › 19.150.903 - Chapter not applicable to owner subject to Article 62A.7 RCW.

RCW 19.150.903
Chapter not applicable to owner subject to Article 62A.7 RCW.
If an owner issues any warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title for the personal property stored, the owner and the occupant are subject to Article 62A.7 RCW (commencing with RCW 62A.7-101) of the uniform commercial code and this chapter does not apply.
[ 1988 c 240 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.010 - Findings.

RCW 19.154.010
Findings.
The legislature finds and declares that the practice by nonlawyers and other unauthorized persons of providing legal advice and legal services to others in immigration matters substantially affects the public interest. The practice of nonlawyers and other unauthorized persons providing immigration-related legal advice and legal services for compensation may impact the ability of their customers to reside and work within the United States and to establish and maintain stable families and business relationships. The legislature further finds and declares that the previous scheme for regulating the behavior of nonlawyers and other unauthorized persons who provide immigration-related services is inadequate to address the level of unfair and deceptive practices that exists in the marketplace and often contributes to the unauthorized practice of law. It is the intent of the legislature, through chapter 244, Laws of 2011, to prohibit nonlawyers and other unauthorized persons from providing immigration-related services that constitute the practice of law.
[ 2011 c 244 § 1; 1989 c 117 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 244: "This act takes effect one hundred eighty days after final adjournment of the legislative session in which it is enacted [The secretary of state has determined that the effective date of this act is October 20, 2011.]." [ 2011 c 244 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.020 - Definitions.

RCW 19.154.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Compensation" means money, property, or anything else of value.
(2) "Immigration matter" means any proceeding, filing, or action affecting the nonimmigrant, immigrant, or citizenship status of any person arising under immigration and naturalization law, executive order, or presidential proclamation, or pursuant to any action of the United States citizenship and immigration services, the United States department of labor, the United States department of state, the United States department of justice, the United States department of homeland security, the board of immigration appeals, or any other entity or agency having jurisdiction over immigration law.
(3) "Practice of law" has the definition given to it by the supreme court of Washington whether by rule or decision, and includes all exceptions and exclusions to that definition currently in place or hereafter created, whether by rule or decision.
[ 2011 c 244 § 2; 1989 c 117 § 2.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Effective date—2011 c 244: See note following RCW 19.154.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.065 - Immigration-related services not prohibited.

RCW 19.154.065
Immigration-related services not prohibited.
Persons who are not licensed to practice law in this state or who are not otherwise permitted to represent others under federal law in an immigration matter may engage in the following services for compensation:
(1) Translate words on a government form that the person seeking services presents to the person providing translation services;
(2) Secure existing documents for the person seeking services. Existing documents include, for example, birth and marriage certificates; and
(3) Offer other immigration-related services that are not prohibited under this chapter or any other provision of law or do not constitute the practice of law.
[ 2011 c 244 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 244: See note following RCW 19.154.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.090 - Unfair and deceptive act—Unfair method of competition—Civil remedy.

RCW 19.154.090
Unfair and deceptive act—Unfair method of competition—Civil remedy.
(1) The legislature finds and declares that any violation of this chapter substantially affects the public interest and is an unfair and deceptive act or practice and unfair method of competition in the conduct of trade or commerce as set forth in RCW 19.86.020.
(2) In addition to all remedies available in chapter 19.86 RCW, a person injured by a violation of this chapter may bring a civil action to recover the actual damages proximately caused by a violation of this chapter, or one thousand dollars, whichever is greater.
[ 2011 c 244 § 5; 1989 c 117 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 244: See note following RCW 19.154.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.100 - Penalty.

RCW 19.154.100
Penalty.
A violation of this chapter shall be punished as a gross misdemeanor according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 1989 c 117 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.800 - Application.

RCW 19.154.800
Application.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to or regulate any business to the extent such regulation is prohibited or preempted by federal law.
[ 2011 c 244 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 244: See note following RCW 19.154.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.154 - Immigration Services Fraud Prevention Act. › 19.154.900 - Short title.

RCW 19.154.900
Short title.
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "immigration services fraud prevention act."
[ 2011 c 244 § 8; 1989 c 117 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2011 c 244: See note following RCW 19.154.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.010 - Findings.

RCW 19.158.010
Findings.
The use of telephones for commercial solicitation is rapidly increasing. This form of communication offers unique benefits, but entails special risks and poses potential for abuse. The legislature finds that the widespread practice of fraudulent commercial telephone solicitation is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. For the general welfare of the public and in order to protect the integrity of the telemarketing industry, the commercial use of telephones must be regulated by law.
[ 1989 c 20 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.030 - Violation an unfair or deceptive act.

RCW 19.158.030
Violation an unfair or deceptive act.
Unfair and deceptive telephone solicitation is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1989 c 20 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.040 - Unprofessional conduct.

RCW 19.158.040
Unprofessional conduct.
In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director of the department of licensing may take disciplinary action for any of the following conduct, acts, or conditions:
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in unfair or deceptive commercial telephone solicitation.
(2) A commercial telephone solicitor shall not place calls to any person which will be received before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. at the call recipient's local time.
(3) A commercial telephone solicitor may not engage in any conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, intimidate, or torment any person in connection with the telephone call.
(4) A person making a telephone solicitation must identify him [himself] or herself and the company or organization on whose behalf the solicitation is being made and the purpose of the call within the first 30 seconds of the telephone call.
(5) A commercial telephone solicitor must end a call within 10 seconds if the called party states or indicates they want to end the call.
(6) A commercial telephone solicitor must promptly implement a call recipient's statement or indication they do not want to be called again, or want to be removed from the telephone lists used by the company or organization making the telephone solicitation.
[ 2022 c 195 § 2; 2002 c 86 § 284; 1989 c 20 § 4.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.
Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.070 - Appointment of agent to receive process.

RCW 19.158.070
Appointment of agent to receive process.
Each commercial telephone solicitor shall appoint the director of the department of licensing as an agent to receive civil process under this chapter if the commercial telephone solicitor has no properly registered agent, if the agent has resigned, or if the agent cannot, after reasonable diligence, be found.
[ 1989 c 20 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.080 - Duties of director.

RCW 19.158.080
Duties of director.
The director of the department of licensing may make rules, create forms, and issue orders as necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 1989 c 20 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.090 - Injunctive relief—Other applicable law.

RCW 19.158.090
Injunctive relief—Other applicable law.
The director of the department of licensing may refer such evidence as may be available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or order hereunder to the attorney general or the proper prosecuting attorney, who may in his or her discretion, with or without such a reference, in addition to any other action they might commence, bring an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain and prevent the doing of any act or practice herein prohibited or declared unlawful: PROVIDED, That this chapter shall be considered in conjunction with chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW and the powers and duties of the attorney general and the prosecuting attorney as they may appear in chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW shall apply against all persons subject to this chapter.
[ 1989 c 20 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.100 - Requiring payment by credit card prohibited.

RCW 19.158.100
Requiring payment by credit card prohibited.
It is a violation of this chapter for a commercial telephone solicitor to require that payment be by credit card authorization or otherwise to announce a preference for that method of payment over any other for unfair or deceptive reasons.
[ 1989 c 20 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.110 - Commercial telephone solicitor—Duties and prohibited acts—Notice to customers.

RCW 19.158.110
Commercial telephone solicitor—Duties and prohibited acts—Notice to customers.
(1) A person making a telephone solicitation must identify him [himself] or herself and the company or organization on whose behalf the solicitation is being made and the purpose of the call within the first 30 seconds of the telephone call.
(2) If, at any time during the telephone contact, the called party states or indicates that he or she wants to end the call, the telephone solicitor must end the call within 10 seconds.
(3) If at any time during the telephone contact, the called party states or indicates that he or she does not want to be called again by the commercial telephone solicitor or wants to have his or her name, individual telephone number, or other contact information removed from the telephone lists used by the commercial telephone solicitor:
(a) The commercial telephone solicitor shall inform the called party that his or her contact information will be removed from the telephone solicitor's telephone lists for at least one year;
(b) The commercial telephone solicitor shall end the call within 10 seconds;
(c) The commercial telephone solicitor shall not make any additional commercial telephone solicitation of the called party at any telephone number associated with that party within a period of at least one year; and
(d) The commercial telephone solicitor shall not sell or give the called party's name, telephone number, or other contact information to another commercial telephone solicitor: PROVIDED, That the commercial telephone solicitor may return the list, including the called party's name, telephone number, and other contact information to the company or organization from which it received the list.
(4) A commercial telephone solicitor shall not place calls to any person which will be received before 8:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. at the call recipient's local time.
(5) The utilities and transportation commission shall by rule ensure that telecommunications companies inform their residential customers of the provisions of this section. The notification may be made by:
(a) Annual inserts in the billing statements mailed to residential customers; or
(b) Conspicuous publication of the notice in the consumer information pages of local telephone directories.
(6) If a sale or an agreement to purchase is completed, the commercial telephone solicitor must inform the purchaser of his or her cancellation rights as enunciated in this chapter, state the registration number issued by the department of licensing, and give the street address of the seller.
(7) If, at any time prior to sale or agreement to purchase, the commercial telephone solicitor's registration number is requested by the purchaser, it must be provided.
(8) All oral disclosures required by this section shall be made in a clear and intelligible manner.
[ 2022 c 195 § 3; 1989 c 20 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.130 - Damages, costs, attorneys' fees—Remedies not limited.

RCW 19.158.130
Damages, costs, attorneys' fees—Remedies not limited.
In addition to any other penalties or remedies under chapter 19.86 RCW, a person who is injured by a violation of this chapter may bring an action for recovery of actual damages, including court costs and attorneys' fees. No provision in this chapter shall be construed to limit any right or remedy provided under chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1989 c 20 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.140 - Civil penalties.

RCW 19.158.140
Civil penalties.
A civil penalty shall be imposed by the court for each violation of this chapter in an amount not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars per violation.
[ 1989 c 20 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.150 - Registration required—Penalty.

RCW 19.158.150
Registration required—Penalty.
No salesperson shall solicit purchasers on behalf of a commercial telephone solicitor who is not currently registered with the department of licensing pursuant to this chapter. Any salesperson who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1989 c 20 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.160 - Penalties.

RCW 19.158.160
Penalties.
(1) Except as provided in RCW 19.158.150, any person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or who knowingly, directly or indirectly employs any device, scheme or artifice to deceive in connection with the offer or sale by any commercial telephone solicitor is guilty of the following:
(a) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is less than fifty dollars, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor;
(b) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is fifty dollars or more, then the person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and
(c) If the value of a transaction made in violation of RCW 19.158.040(1) is two hundred fifty dollars or more, then the person is guilty of a class C felony.
(2) When any series of transactions which constitute a violation of this section would, when considered separately, constitute a series of misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors because of the value of the transactions, and the series of transactions are part of a common scheme or plan, the transactions may be aggregated in one count and the sum of the value of all the transactions shall be the value considered in determining whether the violations are to be punished as a class C felony or a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2003 c 53 § 160; 1989 c 20 § 16.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.170 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.

RCW 19.158.170
Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.
[ 2002 c 86 § 286.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.
Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.180 - Attorney general to provide and maintain a web page.

RCW 19.158.180
Attorney general to provide and maintain a web page.
The office of the attorney general shall provide and maintain a web page informing the public of the laws and regulations governing telephone solicitation, including the provisions of this chapter and RCW 80.36.390, and the legal rights of those who receive telephone solicitations; and provide information on how members of the public may file a complaint for violations of the laws and regulations governing telephone solicitation.
[ 2022 c 195 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.158 - Commercial Telephone Solicitation. › 19.158.901 - Effective date—1989 c 20.

RCW 19.158.901
Effective date—1989 c 20.
The effective date of this act shall be January 1, 1990.
[ 1989 c 20 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings. › 19.160.010 - Definitions.

RCW 19.160.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Local telephone directory" means a publication listing telephone numbers for various businesses in a certain geographic area and distributed free of charge to some or all telephone subscribers in that area.
(2) "Local telephone number" means a specific telephone number, area code and prefix, assigned for the purpose of completing local calls between a calling party or station and any other party or station within a designated exchange or all of its designated local calling areas. The term "local telephone number" does not include long distance telephone numbers or any toll-free telephone numbers listed in a local telephone directory.
(3) "Person" means an individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, or limited liability corporation.
[ 2015 c 168 § 1; 1999 c 156 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings. › 19.160.020 - Finding—Application of consumer protection act.

RCW 19.160.020
Finding—Application of consumer protection act.
The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Violations of this chapter are not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1999 c 156 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.160 - Business Telephone Listings. › 19.160.030 - Floral or ornamental products or services—Misrepresentation of geographic location—Penalty—Exemptions.

RCW 19.160.030
Floral or ornamental products or services—Misrepresentation of geographic location—Penalty—Exemptions.
(1) For purposes of this section, "floral or ornamental products or services" means floral arrangements, cut flowers, floral bouquets, potted plants, balloons, floral designs, and related products and services.
(2) It is a violation for a provider or vendor of floral or ornamental products or services to misrepresent the geographic location of its business by doing either of the following:
(a) Listing a local telephone number in any advertisement or listing, unless the advertisement or listing identifies the true physical address, including the city, of the provider's or vendor's business; or
(b) Listing a fictitious business name or an assumed business name in any advertisement or listing if both of the following criteria are met:
(i) The name of the business misrepresents the provider's or vendor's geographic location; and
(ii) The advertisement or listing does not identify the true physical address, including the city and state, of the provider's or vendor's business.
(3) A violation of this section is punishable, exclusively, by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.
(4) This section does not create or impose any duty or obligation on a person other than a vendor or provider of floral or ornamental products or services.
(5) This section does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A publisher of a telephone directory or other publication or a provider of a directory assistance service publishing or providing information about another business.
(b) An internet website that aggregates and provides information about other businesses.
(c) An owner or publisher of a print advertising medium providing information about other businesses.
(d) An internet service provider.
(e) An internet service that displays or distributes advertisements for other businesses.
[ 2015 c 168 § 2; 1999 c 156 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.010 - Application of consumer protection act—Scope.

RCW 19.162.010
Application of consumer protection act—Scope.
(1) The legislature finds that the deceptive use of pay-per-call information delivery services is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
(2) The deceptive use of pay-per-call information delivery services is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW, and constitutes an act of deceptive pay-per-call information delivery service.
(3) This chapter applies to a communication made by a person in Washington or to a person in Washington.
[ 1991 c 191 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.030 - Program message preamble.

RCW 19.162.030
Program message preamble.
(1) An information provider that does business in Washington must include a preamble in all program messages for:
(a) Programs costing more than five dollars per minute; or
(b) Programs having a total potential cost of greater than ten dollars.
(2) The preamble must:
(a) Accurately describe the service that will be provided by the program;
(b) Advise the caller of the price of the call, including:
(i) Any per minute charge;
(ii) Any flat rate charge; and
(iii) Any minimum charge;
(c) State that billing will begin shortly after the end of the introductory message; and
(d) Be clearly articulated, at a volume equal to that of the program message, in plain English or the language used to promote the information delivery service, and spoken in a normal cadence.
(3) Mechanisms that provide for the option of bypassing the preamble are only permitted when:
(a) The caller has made use of the information provider's service in the past, at which time the preamble required by this section was part of the program message; and
(b) The cost of the call has not changed during the thirty-day period before the call.
(4) When an information provider's program message consists of a polling application that permits the caller to register an opinion or vote on a matter by completing a call, this section does not apply.
[ 1991 c 191 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.040 - Advertisement of services.

RCW 19.162.040
Advertisement of services.
An information provider that does business in Washington shall comply with the following provisions in its advertisement of information delivery services:
(1) Advertisements for information delivery services that are broadcast by radio or television, contained in home videos, or that appear on movie screens must include a voice-over announcement that is clearly audible and articulates the price of the service provided. The announcement must be made at a volume equal to that used to announce the telephone number, spoken in a normal cadence, and in plain English or the language used in the advertisement.
(2) Advertisements for information delivery services that are broadcast by television, contained in home videos, or that appear on movie screens must include, in clearly visible letters and numbers, the cost of calling the advertised number. This visual disclosure of the cost of the call must be displayed adjacent to the number to be called whenever the number is shown in the advertisement, and the lettering of the visual disclosure of the cost must be in the same size and typeface as that of the number to be called.
(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, advertisements for information delivery services that appear in print must include, in clearly visible letters and numbers, the cost of calling the advertised number. The printed disclosure of the cost of the call must be displayed adjacent to the number to be called wherever the number is shown in the advertisement.
(b) In telephone directory yellow page display advertising and in printed materials published not more than three times a year, instead of disclosing the cost of the service, advertisements for information delivery services, shall include the conspicuous disclosure that the call is a pay-per-call service.
(4) The advertised price or cost of the information delivery service must include:
(a) Any per minute charge;
(b) Any flat rate charge; and
(c) Any minimum charge.
[ 1991 c 191 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.050 - Services directed at children.

RCW 19.162.050
Services directed at children.
An information provider that does business in the state of Washington shall not direct information delivery services to children under the age of twelve years unless the information provider complies with the following provisions:
(1) Interactive calls where children under the age of twelve years can speak to other children under the age of twelve years are prohibited.
(2) Programs directed to children under the age of twelve where the children are asked to provide their names, addresses, telephone numbers, or other identifying information are prohibited.
(3) Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve years must contain a visual disclosure that clearly and conspicuously in the case of print and broadcast advertising, and audibly in the case of broadcast advertising, states that children under the age of twelve years must obtain parental consent before placing a call to the advertised number.
(4) Program messages that encourage children under the age of twelve years to make increased numbers of calls in order to obtain progressively more valuable prizes, awards, or similarly denominated items are prohibited.
(5) Advertisements for information delivery services that are directed to children under the age of twelve years must contain, in age-appropriate language, an accurate description of the services being provided. In the case of print advertising, the information must be clear and conspicuous and in the case of broadcast advertising, it must be visually displayed clearly and conspicuously and verbally disclosed in an audible, clearly articulated manner.
(6) Program messages that are directed to children under the age of twelve years that employ broadcast advertising where an electronic tone signal is emitted during the broadcast of the advertisement that automatically dials the program message are prohibited.
[ 1991 c 191 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.060 - Nonpayment of charges.

RCW 19.162.060
Nonpayment of charges.
An information provider's failure to substantially comply with any of the provisions of RCW 19.162.030 through 19.162.050 is a defense to the nonpayment of charges accrued as a result of using the information provider's services, billed by any entity, including but not limited to telecommunications companies and interexchange carriers.
[ 1991 c 191 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.162 - Pay-per-Call Information Delivery Services. › 19.162.070 - Violations—Action for damages.

RCW 19.162.070
Violations—Action for damages.
A person who suffers damage from a violation of this chapter may bring an action against an information provider. In an action alleging a violation of this chapter, the court may award the greater of three times the actual damages sustained by the person or five hundred dollars; equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction and restitution of money and property; attorneys' fees and costs; and any other relief that the court deems proper. For purposes of this section, a telecommunications company or interexchange carrier is a person.
[ 1991 c 191 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.010 - Intent.

RCW 19.166.010
Intent.
It is the intent of the legislature to:
(1) Promote the health, safety, and welfare of international student exchange visitors in Washington in accordance with uniform national standards;
(2) Promote quality education and living experiences for international student exchange visitors living in Washington;
(3) Promote international awareness among Washington residents, by encouraging Washington residents to interact with international student exchange visitors;
(4) Encourage public confidence in international student exchange visitor placement organizations operating in Washington;
(5) Encourage and assist with compliance with United States information agency regulations and nationally established standards; and
(6) Promote the existence and quality of international student visitor exchange programs operating in Washington.
[ 1991 c 128 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.020 - Definitions.

RCW 19.166.020
Definitions.
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "International student exchange visitor placement organization" or "organization" means a person, partnership, corporation, or other entity that regularly arranges the placement of international student exchange visitors for the purpose, in whole or in part, of allowing the student an opportunity to attend school in the United States.
(2) "International student exchange visitor" or "student" means any person eighteen years of age or under, or up to age twenty-one if enrolled or to be enrolled in high school in this state, placed by an international student exchange visitor placement organization, who enters the United States with a nonimmigrant visa.
[ 1991 c 128 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.030 - Organization registration.

RCW 19.166.030
Organization registration.
(1) All international student exchange visitor placement organizations that place students in public schools in the state shall register with the secretary of state.
(2) Failure to register is a violation of this chapter.
(3) Information provided to the secretary of state under this chapter is a public record.
(4) Registration shall not be considered or be represented as an endorsement of the organization by the secretary of state or the state of Washington.
(5) On a date established by rule by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall provide annually to the superintendent of public instruction a list of all currently registered international student placement organizations. The superintendent of public instruction shall distribute annually the list of all currently registered international student placement organizations to all Washington state school districts.
[ 1995 c 60 § 1; 1991 c 128 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.050 - Standards.

RCW 19.166.050
Standards.
The secretary of state shall adopt standards for international student exchange visitor placement organizations. In adopting the standards, the secretary of state shall strive to adopt standards established by the United States Information Agency and the council on standards for international educational travel and strive to achieve uniformity with national standards. The secretary of state may incorporate standards established by the United States Information Agency or the council on standards for international educational travel by reference and may accept an organization's designation by the United States Information Agency or acceptance for listing by the council on standards for international educational travel as evidence of compliance with such standards.
[ 1991 c 128 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.060 - Rules—Fee.

RCW 19.166.060
Rules—Fee.
The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to carry out its duties under this chapter. The rules may include providing for a reasonable registration fee, not to exceed fifty dollars, to defray the costs of processing registrations.
[ 1991 c 128 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.070 - Informational document.

RCW 19.166.070
Informational document.
International student exchange organizations that have agreed to provide services to place students in the state shall provide an informational document, in English, to each student, host family, and superintendent of the school district in which the student is being placed. The document shall be provided before placement and shall include the following:
(1) An explanation of the services to be performed by the organization for the student, host family, and school district;
(2) A summary of this chapter prepared by the secretary of state;
(3) Telephone numbers that the student, host family, and school district may call for assistance. The telephone numbers shall include, at minimum, an in-state telephone number for the organization, and the telephone numbers of the organization's national headquarters, if any, the United States Information Agency, and the office of the secretary of state.
[ 1991 c 128 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.080 - Complaints.

RCW 19.166.080
Complaints.
The secretary of state may, upon receipt of a complaint regarding an international student exchange organization, report the matter to the organization involved, the United States Information Agency, or the council on standards for international education travel, as he or she deems appropriate.
[ 1991 c 128 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.090 - Violations—Misdemeanor.

RCW 19.166.090
Violations—Misdemeanor.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or who willfully and knowingly gives false or incorrect information to the secretary of state, attorney general, or county prosecuting attorney in filing statements required by this chapter, whether or not such statement or report is verified, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 2000 c 171 § 75; 1991 c 128 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.100 - Violations—Consumer protection act.

RCW 19.166.100
Violations—Consumer protection act.
The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW. Violations of this chapter are not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce and an unfair method of competition for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1991 c 128 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.166 - International Student Exchange. › 19.166.901 - Effective date—1991 c 128.

RCW 19.166.901
Effective date—1991 c 128.
Sections 1 through 11 and 13 through 16 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1992.
[ 1991 c 128 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.010 - Finding—Violations—Consumer protection act—Application.

RCW 19.170.010
Finding—Violations—Consumer protection act—Application.
(1) The legislature finds that deceptive promotional advertising of prizes is a matter vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
(2) Deceptive promotional advertising of prizes is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter is an unfair or deceptive act in trade or commerce for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW, and constitutes an act of deceptive promotional advertising.
(3) This chapter applies to a promotion offer:
(a) Made to a person in Washington;
(b) Used to induce or invite a person to come to the state of Washington to claim a prize, attend a sales presentation, meet a promoter, sponsor, salesperson, or their agent, or conduct any business in this state; or
(c) Used to induce or invite a person to contact by any means a promoter, sponsor, salesperson, or their agent in this state.
[ 1991 c 227 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.040 - Disclosures—Prizes awarded—Rain checks.

RCW 19.170.040
Disclosures—Prizes awarded—Rain checks.
(1) Before a demonstration, seminar, or sales presentation begins, the promoter shall inform the person of the prize, if any, the person will receive.
(2) A prize or a voucher, certificate, or other evidence of obligation given instead of a prize shall be given to a person at the time the person is informed of the prize, if any, the person will receive.
(3) A copy of the offer shall be returned to the person receiving the prize at the time the prize is awarded.
(4) It is a violation of this chapter for a promoter or sponsor to include a prize in an offer when the promoter or sponsor knows or has reason to know that the prize will not be available in a sufficient quantity based upon the reasonably anticipated response to the offer.
(5)(a) If the prize is not available for immediate delivery to the recipient, the recipient shall be given, at the promoter or sponsor's option, a rain check for the prize, the verifiable retail value of the prize in cash, or a substitute item of equal or greater verifiable retail value.
(b) If the rain check cannot be honored within thirty days, the promoter or sponsor shall mail to the person a valid check or money order for the verifiable retail value of the prize described in this chapter.
(6) A sponsor shall fulfill the rain check within thirty days if the person named as being responsible fails to honor it.
(7) The offer shall contain the following clear and conspicuous statement of recipients' rights printed in type at least as large as the typeface used in the standard text of the offer:
"If you receive a rain check in lieu of the prize, you are entitled by law to receive the prize, an item of equal or greater value, or the cash equivalent of the offered prize within thirty days of the date on which you claimed the prize."
(8) It is a violation of this chapter to misrepresent the quality, type, value, or availability of a prize.
[ 1991 c 227 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.050 - Simulated checks—Continuing obligation checks—Notice.

RCW 19.170.050
Simulated checks—Continuing obligation checks—Notice.
(1) No person may produce, advertise, offer for sale, sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer for use in this state a simulated check unless the document bears the phrase "THIS IS NOT A CHECK," diagonally printed in type at least as large as the predominant typeface in the simulated check on the front of the check itself.
(2) No person, other than a financial institution, may produce, advertise, offer for sale, sell, distribute, or otherwise transfer for use in this state a continuing obligation check unless the document bears the phrase "THIS IS A LOAN" or "CASHING THIS REQUIRES REPAYMENT," diagonally printed in type at least as large as the predominant typeface in the continuing obligation check on the front of the check itself.
[ 1991 c 227 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.060 - Damages—Penalties.

RCW 19.170.060
Damages—Penalties.
(1) A person who suffers damage from an act of deceptive promotional advertising may bring an action against the sponsor or promoter of the advertising, or both. Damages include, but are not limited to, fees paid in violation of RCW 19.170.030(6) and the dollar value of a prize represented to be awarded to a person, but not received by that person.
(2) In an action for deceptive promotional advertising, the court may award the greater of five hundred dollars or three times the actual damages sustained by the person, not to exceed ten thousand dollars; equitable relief, including, but not limited to an injunction and restitution of money and property; attorneys' fees and costs; and any other relief that the court deems proper.
[ 1991 c 227 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.070 - Violation—Penalty.

RCW 19.170.070
Violation—Penalty.
A person who knowingly violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1991 c 227 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 19 - Business Regulations—Miscellaneous › Chapter 19.170 - Promotional Advertising of Prizes. › 19.170.080 - Remedies not exclusive.

RCW 19.170.080
Remedies not exclusive.
The remedies prescribed in this chapter do not limit or bar any existing remedies at law or equity.
[ 1991 c 227 § 8.]