Washington Administrative Code › Title 480 - Utilities and Transportation Commission › Chapter 480-15 - Household goods carriers › Part 1 - GENERAL › Part 1.1 - General Information › Section 480-15-020 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of this chapter, the words, terms, and
					 phrases in this section have the following meaning:
Accessorial services:
Any service provided by
					 a household goods carrier that supplements, or is incidental to, the
					 transportation of household goods. Examples include packing, unpacking,
					 wrapping, or protecting a portion of the shipment or providing special
					 equipment or services such as hoisting.
Agent:
A permitted carrier, who, under the
					 provisions of a formal written agreement, performs services on behalf of
					 another permitted carrier.
Application docket:
A commission publication
					 listing applications requesting operating authority.
Authority:
The rights granted to a carrier to
					 transport household goods.
Cancellation:
An act by the commission to
					 terminate a household goods carrier's authority.
Carrier, household goods carrier, or motor
					 carrier:
A person who transports for compensation, by motor vehicle
					 within this state, or who advertises, solicits, offers, or enters into an
					 agreement to transport household goods.
Commercial motor vehicle:
Any motor vehicle
					 used by a household goods carrier to transport household goods, if either the
					 vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating of
					 10,001 pounds or more or if the gross vehicle weight or gross combination
					 weight is 10,001 pounds or more.
Commission:
The Washington utilities and
					 transportation commission.
Customer:
Anyone who hires a household goods
					 carrier.
Engaging in business as a household goods
					 carrier:
Transporting household goods for compensation, by motor vehicle
					 within this state, or advertising, soliciting, offering, or entering into an
					 agreement to transport household goods.
Estimate:
(a) Nonbinding estimate: The written estimate
				  the carrier gives to the customer in advance of the move. A nonbinding estimate
				  is not binding on the mover. The final charges will be based upon the actual
				  cost of the move and the services provided, although a carrier may not charge
				  more than 25 percent over the nonbinding estimate.
(b) Binding estimate: The written estimate
				  the carrier gives to the customer in advance of the move, signed by the carrier
				  and the customer, and by which both the carrier and customer are bound. The
				  carrier may not charge any amount other than the binding estimate and the
				  customer must pay the amount of the binding estimate.
(c) Supplemental estimate: An amendment to
				  the original nonbinding estimate, necessary when the circumstances of a move
				  change in a way from the original written estimate that increases the cost of
				  the move.
Exempt motor carrier:
Any person operating a
					 motor vehicle exempt from certain provisions of Title 81 RCW as defined in
					 RCW
					 81.80.040.
Filing:
Any application, petition, tariff
					 proposal, annual report, comment, complaint, pleading, or other document
					 submitted to the commission.
Household goods:
The personal effects and
					 property used, or to be used, in a residence when transported or arranged to be
					 transported between residences or between a residence and a storage facility
					 with the intent to later transport to a residence or when referenced in
					 connection with advertising, soliciting, offering, or entering into an
					 agreement for such transportation. Transportation of the goods must be arranged
					 and paid for by the customer or by another individual, company, or organization
					 on behalf of the customer.
Local move:
A move taking place within the
					 limits of a city or town or moves where the shipment is transported 55 miles or
					 less.
Long distance move:
A move where the shipment
					 is transported 56 miles or more.
Motor vehicle
or
vehicle:
Any
					 vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semi-trailer propelled or drawn by
					 mechanical power, or any combination of such vehicles, used on the public roads
					 to transport household goods.
Permit:
A document issued by the commission
					 describing the authority granted to a household goods carrier.
Person:
Any individual, firm, corporation,
					 company, or partnership.
Private carrier:
Persons who transport their
					 own household goods, transport household goods bought or sold by them or
					 transport household goods purely as an incidental adjunct to an established
					 business.
Shipment:
A load of household goods moved by a
					 carrier from a single residence or as a single transaction.
State:
The state of Washington.
Suspension:
Also includes
suspend,
					 suspended, suspending:
An act by the commission to withhold temporarily
					 a household goods carrier's authority.
Tariff:
A publication containing rates and
					 charges carriers must assess on shipments of household goods and the rules that
					 govern how rates and charges are assessed.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						34.05.353, and 2009 c 94.
						09-24-104 (Docket TV-091038, General Order R-556), § 480-15-020, filed
						12/2/09, effective 1/2/10. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						80.01.040,
						80.04.160,
						81.04.250,
						81.28.040,
						81.80.120,
						81.80.130 and
						81.80.290. 08-02-049 (Docket
						TV-070466, General Order R-547), § 480-15-020, filed 12/27/07, effective
						1/27/08. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						81.04.160,
						81.04.250,
						81.28.040,
						81.80.090,
						81.80.120,
						81.80.130,
						81.80.290,
						81.80.211, and
						80.01.040. 00-14-010 (General
						Order No. R-471, Docket No. TV-991559), § 480-15-020, filed 6/27/00,
						effective 7/28/00. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						81.04.160 and
						80.01.040. 99-01-077 (Order R-454,
						Docket No. TV-971477), § 480-15-020, filed 12/15/98, effective
						1/15/99.