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70.58A.300 | Registration of reports of marriage. | The state registrar shall register reports of marriage received from a state county auditor pursuant to chapter 26.04 RCW.
[ 2019 c 148 s 15 .] |
70.58A.310 | Registration of reports of legal separation, dissolution, and declaration of invalidity of marriage or domestic partnership. | The state registrar shall register reports of legal separation, dissolution of marriage, dissolution of domestic partnership, declaration of invalidity of marriage, and declaration of invalidity of domestic partnership from the clerk of each state superior court pursuant to chapter 26.09 RCW.
[ 2019 c 148 s 16 .] |
70.58A.400 | Adoption—Amendment of birth record or registration of birth—Sealing of original birth record. | (1) The state registrar shall amend the birth record of a child born in state to reflect an adoption decree received from a Washington state court of competent jurisdiction upon receipt of: (a) An application to register an adoption; (b) A certified copy of the adoption decree entered pursuant to chapter 26.33 RCW; and... |
70.58A.500 | Amendment of vital records—When authorized—Grounds for denial. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6081-S.SL ) ***
(1) The state registrar may amend certification items on state vital records. (2) The state registrar may amend a live birth record to change the name of a person born in state: (a) Upon receipt of a complete and signed amendment application with applicable fees and a certifi... |
70.58A.510 | Preservation of vital records—Transfer to state archives. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6081-S.SL ) ***
(1) The state registrar shall develop and implement a preservation management policy for the vital records system for permanent preservation while in the custody of the state registrar. (2) The state registrar shall transfer the custody of vital records to the state archives ... |
70.58A.520 | Disclosure of vital records, data, and vital statistics—When authorized. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6081-S.SL ) ***
(1) The department may disclose vital records information for persons named in any birth, death, or fetal death record only as provided under this chapter. (2) Proposals for research and public health purposes must be reviewed and approved as to scientific merit and adequacy ... |
70.58A.530 | Issuance of certifications and informational copies of vital records. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6081-S.SL ) ***
(1)(a) A certification issued in accordance with this section is considered for all purposes the same as the original vital record and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (b) An informational copy is not considered the same as the original vital record and do... |
70.58A.540 | Vital records not subject to public disclosure—Exceptions. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6081-S.SL ) ***
(1) All or part of any vital records, reports, supporting documentation, vital statistics, data, or information contained therein are not subject to public inspection and copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. (2) With the exception of certifications and informational copies issued... |
70.58A.550 | Adjudicative proceedings. | (1) This section governs any case in which the state registrar takes one of the following adverse actions: (a) Denies or revokes registration of a report or application for an amendment; (b) Withholds or denies issuance of a certification under this chapter; or (c) Denies a request for data under RCW 70.58A.520 . (2) T... |
70.58A.560 | Fees for certifications or informational copies of vital records—Exceptions. | (1) The department and local registrars shall charge a fee of $25 for a certification or informational copy of a vital record or for a search of the vital records system when no matching record was identified, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) The department and local registrars may not charge a... |
70.58A.570 | Duty of local registrar to submit monthly reports—Duty of state registrar to periodically test and audit fraud prevention procedures. | (1) The local registrar shall, on a monthly basis, submit the following to the state registrar: (a) A summary of the number of certifications and informational copies issued by vital life event type in a format provided by the state registrar; (b) A log of all numbered paper certifications issued and destroyed in a for... |
70.58A.580 | Enforcement—Duties of local registrars—Investigations. | (1) All requirements of this chapter must be uniformly complied with by all local registrars in state. (2) Local registrars are charged with the strict and thorough enforcement of the provisions of this chapter in their health jurisdictions, under the supervision and direction of the state registrar, and: (a) Shall imm... |
70.58A.590 | Penalties. | (1) Every person who violates or willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to comply with any provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. (2) Every person who willfully furnishes false information or who makes any false statement to establish a vital record or obtain a certification required by this chapter is g... |
70.58A.900 | Applicability—2019 c 148. | (1) This act applies to all causes of action commenced on or after January 1, 2021, regardless of when the cause of action arose. (2) The requirements of this act apply to all records covered by this act that are held by the department or state registrar, regardless of the date the record was created or modified. (3) I... |
70.58A.901 | Effective date—2019 c 148. | Except for sections 3 and 43 of this act, this act takes effect January 1, 2021.
[ 2019 c 148 s 42 .] |
70.58A.902 | Rule-making authority—2019 c 148. | The secretary and state board of health may adopt rules as authorized by this act to ensure that the sections in this act are implemented on their effective dates.
[ 2019 c 148 s 43 .] |
70.62.200 | Purpose. | The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of standards for the maintenance and operation of transient accommodations through a licensing program to promote the protection of the health and safety of individuals using such accommodations in this state.
[ 1994 c 250 s 1... |
70.62.210 | Definitions. | The following terms whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following respective meanings for the purposes of this chapter, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) The term "transient accommodation" shall mean any facility such as a hotel, motel, condominium, res... |
70.62.220 | License required—Fee—Display. | The person operating a transient accommodation as defined in this chapter shall secure each year an annual operating license and shall pay a fee to cover the cost of licensure and enforcement activities as established by the department under RCW 43.70.110 and 43.70.250 . The initial licensure period shall run for one y... |
70.62.240 | Rules. | The board shall adopt such rules as may be necessary to assure that each transient accommodation will be operated and maintained in a manner consistent with the health and safety of the members of the public using such facilities. Such rules shall provide for adequate light, heat, ventilation, cleanliness, and sanitati... |
70.62.250 | Powers and duties of department. | The department is hereby granted and shall have and exercise, in addition to the powers herein granted, all the powers necessary and appropriate to carry out and execute the purposes of this chapter, including but not limited to the power: (1) To develop such rules and regulations for proposed adoption by the board as ... |
70.62.260 | Licenses—Applications—Expiration—Renewal. | (1) No person shall operate a transient accommodation as defined in this chapter without having a valid license issued by the department. Applications for a transient accommodation license shall be filed with the department sixty days or more before initiating business as a transient accommodation. All licenses issued ... |
70.62.270 | Suspension or revocation of licenses—Civil fine. | (1) Licenses issued under this chapter may be suspended or revoked upon the failure or refusal of the person operating a transient accommodation to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or of any rules adopted under this chapter by the board. All such proceedings shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 34.... |
70.62.280 | Violations—Penalty. | Any violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder by any person operating a transient accommodation shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punished as such. Each day of operation of a transient accommodation in violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate offense.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 239... |
70.62.290 | Adoption of fire and safety rules. | Rules establishing fire and life safety requirements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall continue to be adopted by the director of commerce, through the director of fire protection.
[ 2023 c 470 s 2113 ; 1994 c 250 s 8 ; 1986 c 266 s 95 ; 1971 ex.s. c 239 s 11 .]
Explanatory statement — 2023 c ... |
70.74.010 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) The terms "authorized," "approved," or "approval" shall be held to mean authorized, approved, or approval by the department of labor and industries. (2) The term "blasting agent" shall be held to mean and include any material or... |
70.74.013 | Funds collected by department. | All funds collected by the department under RCW 70.74.137 through 70.74.146 and 70.74.360 shall be transferred to the state treasurer for deposit into the accident and medical aid funds under RCW 51.44.010 and 51.44.020 .
[ 2008 c 285 s 11 .]
Intent — Captions not law — Effective date — 2008 c 285: See notes following ... |
70.74.020 | Restrictions on manufacture, sale, or storage—Users—Reports on storage—Waiver. | (1) No person shall manufacture, possess, store, sell, purchase, transport, or use explosives or blasting agents except in compliance with this chapter. (2) The director of the department of labor and industries shall make and promulgate rules and regulations concerning qualifications of users of explosives and shall h... |
70.74.022 | License required to manufacture, purchase, sell, use, possess, transport, or store explosives—Penalty—Surrender of explosives by unlicensed person—Other relief. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, purchase, sell, offer for sale, use, possess, transport, or store any explosive, improvised device, or components that are intended to be assembled into an explosive or improvised device without having a validly issued license from the department of labor and industries... |
70.74.025 | Magazines—Classification, location and construction—Standards—Use. | The director of the department of labor and industries shall establish by rule or regulation requirements for classification, location and construction of magazines for storage of explosives in compliance with accepted applicable explosive safety standards. All explosives shall be kept in magazines which meet the requi... |
70.74.030 | Quantity and distance tables for storage—Adoption by rule. | All explosive manufacturing buildings and magazines in which explosives or blasting agents except small arms ammunition and smokeless powder are had, kept, or stored, must be located at distances from inhabited buildings, railroads, highways, and public utility transmission systems in conformity with the quantity and d... |
70.74.040 | Limit on storage quantity. | No quantity in excess of three hundred thousand pounds, or the equivalent in blasting caps shall be had, kept or stored in any factory building or magazine in this state.
[ 1970 ex.s. c 72 s 2 ; 1931 c 111 s 4 ; RRS s 5440-4.] |
70.74.050 | Quantity and distance table for explosives manufacturing buildings. | All explosives manufacturing buildings shall be located one from the other and from other buildings on explosives manufacturing plants in which persons are regularly employed, and all magazines shall be located from factory buildings and buildings on explosives plants in which persons are regularly employed, in conform... |
70.74.061 | Quantity and distance tables for separation between magazines—Adoption by rule. | Magazines containing blasting caps and electric blasting caps shall be separated from other magazines containing like contents, or from magazines containing explosives by distances set in the quantity and distance tables adopted by the department of labor and industries by rule. The department of labor and industries s... |
70.74.100 | Storage of caps with explosives prohibited. | No blasting caps, or other detonating or fulminating caps, or detonators, or flame-producing devices shall be kept or stored in any magazine in which other explosives are kept or stored.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 137 s 12 ; 1931 c 111 s 10 ; RRS s 5440-10.] |
70.74.110 | Manufacturer's report—Inspection—License. | All persons engaged in the manufacture of explosives, or any process involving explosives, or where explosives are used as a component part in the manufacture of any article or device, on August 11, 1969, shall within sixty days thereafter, and all persons engaging in the manufacture of explosives, or any process invol... |
70.74.120 | Storage report—Inspection—License—Cancellation. | All persons engaged in keeping or storing and all persons having in their possession explosives on August 11, 1969, shall within sixty days thereafter, and all persons engaging in keeping or storing explosives or coming into possession thereof after August 11, 1969, shall before engaging in the keeping or storing of ex... |
70.74.130 | Dealer in explosives—Application—License. | Every person desiring to engage in the business of dealing in explosives shall apply to the department of labor and industries for a license therefor. Said application shall state, among other things: (1) The name and address of applicant; (2) The reason for desiring to engage in the business of dealing in explosives; ... |
70.74.135 | Purchaser of explosives—Application—License. | All persons desiring to purchase explosives except handloader components shall apply to the department of labor and industries for a license. Said application shall state, among other things: (1) The location where explosives are to be used; (2) The kind and amount of explosives to be used; (3) The name and address of ... |
70.74.137 | Purchaser's license fee. | Every person applying for a purchaser's license, or renewal thereof, shall pay an annual license fee of twenty-five dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Said license fee... |
70.74.140 | Storage license fee. | Every person engaging in the business of keeping or storing of explosives shall pay an annual license fee for each magazine maintained, to be graduated by the department of labor and industries according to the quantity kept or stored therein, of fifty dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount... |
70.74.142 | User's license or renewal—Fee. | Every person applying for a user's license, or renewal thereof, under this chapter shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars. Said lic... |
70.74.144 | Manufacturer's license fee—Manufacturers to comply with dealer requirements when selling. | Every person engaged in the business of manufacturing explosives shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars. Businesses licensed to man... |
70.74.146 | Seller's license fee—Sellers to comply with dealer requirements. | Every person engaged in the business of selling explosives shall pay an annual license fee of fifty dollars. The director of labor and industries may adjust the amount of the license fee to reflect the administrative costs of the department. The fee shall not exceed two hundred dollars. Businesses licensed to sell expl... |
70.74.150 | Annual inspection. | The department of labor and industries shall make, or cause to be made, at least one inspection during every year, of each licensed explosives plant or magazine.
[ 1931 c 111 s 14 ; RRS s 5440-14.] |
70.74.160 | Unlawful access to explosives. | No person, except the director of labor and industries or the director's authorized agent, the owner, the owner's agent, or a person authorized to enter by the owner or owner's agent, or a law enforcement officer acting within his or her official capacity, may enter any explosives manufacturing building, magazine or ca... |
70.74.170 | Discharge of firearms or igniting flame near explosives. | No person shall discharge any firearms at or against any magazine or explosives manufacturing buildings or ignite any flame or flame-producing device nearer than two hundred feet from said magazine or explosives manufacturing building.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 137 s 20 ; 1931 c 111 s 16 ; RRS s 5440-16.] |
70.74.180 | Explosive devices prohibited—Penalty. | Any person who has in his or her possession or control any shell, bomb, or similar device, charged or filled with one or more explosives, intending to use it or cause it to be used for an unlawful purpose, is guilty of a class A felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for a term ... |
70.74.191 | Exemptions. | The laws contained in this chapter and regulations prescribed by the department of labor and industries pursuant to this chapter shall not apply to: (1) Explosives or blasting agents in the course of transportation by way of railroad, water, highway, or air under the jurisdiction of, and in conformity with, regulations... |
70.74.201 | Municipal or county ordinances unaffected—State preemption. | This chapter shall not affect, modify or limit the power of a city, municipality or county in this state to make an ordinance that is more stringent than this chapter which is applicable within their respective corporate limits or boundaries: PROVIDED, That the state shall be deemed to have preempted the field of regul... |
70.74.210 | Coal mining code unaffected. | All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this act shall be construed as amending, limiting, or repealing any provision of chapter 36, session laws of 1917, known as the coal mining code.
[ 1931 c 111 s 22 ; RRS s 5440-22.] |
70.74.230 | Shipments out of state—Dealer's records. | If any manufacturer of explosives or dealer therein shall have shipped any explosives into another state, and the laws of such other state shall designate an officer or agency to regulate the possession, receipt or storage of explosives, and such officer or agency shall so require, such manufacturer shall, at least onc... |
70.74.240 | Sale to unlicensed person prohibited. | No dealer shall sell, barter, give or dispose of explosives to any person who does not hold a license to purchase explosives issued under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1970 ex.s. c 72 s 4 ; 1969 ex.s. c 137 s 17 ; 1941 c 101 s 5 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 5440-24.] |
70.74.250 | Blasting near fur farms and hatcheries. | Between the dates of January 15th and June 15th of each year it shall be unlawful for any person to do, or cause to be done, any blasting within fifteen hundred feet from any fur farm or commercial hatchery except in case of emergency without first giving to the person in charge of such farm or hatchery twenty-four hou... |
70.74.270 | Malicious placement of an explosive—Penalties. | A person who maliciously places any explosive or improvised device in, upon, under, against, or near any building, car, vessel, railroad track, airplane, public utility transmission system, or structure, in such manner or under such circumstances as to destroy or injure it if exploded is guilty of: (1) Malicious placem... |
70.74.272 | Malicious placement of an imitation device—Penalties. | (1) A person who maliciously places any imitation device in, upon, under, against, or near any building, car, vessel, railroad track, airplane, public utility transmission system, or structure, with the intent to give the appearance or impression that the imitation device is an explosive or improvised device, is guilty... |
70.74.275 | Intimidation or harassment with an explosive—Class C felony. | Unless otherwise allowed to do so under this chapter, a person who exhibits a device designed, assembled, fabricated, or manufactured, to convey the appearance of an explosive or improvised device, and who intends to, and does, intimidate or harass a person, is guilty of a class C felony.
[ 1993 c 293 s 4 .]
Severabili... |
70.74.280 | Malicious explosion of a substance—Penalties. | A person who maliciously, by the explosion of gunpowder or any other explosive substance or material, destroy or damage any building, car, airplane, vessel, common carrier, railroad track, or public utility transmission system or structure is guilty of: (1) Malicious explosion of a substance in the first degree if the ... |
70.74.285 | "Terrorist act" defined. | For the purposes of RCW 70.74.270 , 70.74.272 , and 70.74.280 "terrorist act" means an act that is intended to: (1) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (2) influence the policy of a branch or level of government by intimidation or coercion; (3) affect the conduct of a branch or level of government by intimidati... |
70.74.295 | Abandonment of explosives. | It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon explosives or improvised devices. Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.
[ 1993 c 293 s 7 ; 1972 ex.s. c 88 s 3 .]
Severability — 1993 c 293: See note following RCW 70.74.010 . |
70.74.297 | Separate storage of components capable of detonation when mixed. | Any two components which, when mixed, become capable of detonation by a No. 6 cap must be stored in separate locked containers or in a licensed, approved magazine.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 88 s 4 .] |
70.74.300 | Explosive containers to be marked—Penalty. | Every person who shall put up for sale, or who shall deliver to any warehouse operator, dock, depot, or common carrier any package, cask, or can containing any explosive, nitroglycerin, dynamite, or powder, without having been properly labeled thereon to indicate its explosive classification, shall be guilty of a gross... |
70.74.310 | Gas bombs, explosives, stink bombs, etc. | Any person other than a lawfully constituted peace officer of this state who shall deposit, leave, place, spray, scatter, spread, or throw in any building, or any place, or who shall counsel, aid, assist, encourage, incite, or direct any other person or persons to deposit, leave, place, spray, scatter, spread, or throw... |
70.74.320 | Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Transportation regulations. | The federal regulations of the United States department of transportation on the transportation of small arms ammunition, of small arms ammunition primers, and of small arms smokeless propellants are hereby adopted in this chapter by reference. The director of the department of labor and industries has the authority to... |
70.74.330 | Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Separation from flammable materials. | Small arms ammunition shall be separated from flammable liquids, flammable solids and oxidizing materials by a fire-resistant wall of one-hour rating or by a distance of twenty-five feet.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 137 s 29 .] |
70.74.340 | Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Transportation, storage and display requirements. | Quantities of small arms smokeless propellant (class B) in shipping containers approved by the federal department of transportation not in excess of fifty pounds may be transported in a private vehicle. Quantities in excess of twenty-five pounds but not to exceed fifty pounds in a private passenger vehicle shall be tra... |
70.74.350 | Small arms ammunition, primers and propellants—Primers, transportation and storage requirements. | Small arms ammunition primers shall not be transported or stored except in the original shipping container approved by the federal department of transportation. Truck or rail transportation of small arms ammunition primers shall be in accordance with the federal regulation of the United States department of transportat... |
70.74.360 | Licenses—Fingerprint and criminal record checks—Fee—Licenses prohibited for certain persons—License fees. | (1) The director of labor and industries shall require, as a condition precedent to the original issuance and upon renewal every three years thereafter of any explosive license, fingerprinting and criminal history record information checks of every applicant. In the case of a corporation, fingerprinting and criminal hi... |
70.74.370 | License revocation, nonrenewal, or suspension. | (1) The department of labor and industries shall revoke and not renew the license of any person holding a manufacturer, dealer, purchaser, user, or storage license upon conviction of any of the following offenses, which conviction has become final: (a) A violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 ; (b) A crime involvi... |
70.74.380 | Licenses—Expiration—Extension of storage licenses. | With the exception of storage licenses for permanent facilities, every license issued under the authority of this chapter shall expire after one year from the date issued unless suspended or revoked. The director of labor and industries may extend the duration of storage licenses for permanent facilities to two years p... |
70.74.390 | Implementation of chapter and rules pursuant to chapter49.17RCW. | Unless specifically provided otherwise by statute, this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder shall be implemented and enforced, including penalties, violations, citations, appeals, and other administrative procedures, pursuant to the Washington industrial safety and health act, chapter 49.17 RCW.
[ 1988 c 198 s 11 ... |
70.74.400 | Seizure and forfeiture.(Effective until January 1, 2026.) | (1) Explosives, improvised devices, and components of explosives and improvised devices that are possessed, manufactured, delivered, imported, exported, stored, sold, purchased, transported, abandoned, detonated, or used, or intended to be used, in violation of a provision of this chapter are subject to seizure and for... |
70.74.410 | Reporting theft or loss of explosives. | A person who knows of a theft or loss of explosives for which that person is responsible under this chapter shall report the theft or loss to the local law enforcement agency within twenty-four hours of discovery of the theft or loss. The local law enforcement agency shall immediately report the theft or loss to the de... |
70.75.010 | Standard thread specified—Exceptions. | All equipment for fire protection purposes, other than for forest firefighting, purchased by state and municipal authorities, or any other authorities having charge of public property, shall be equipped with the standard threads designated as the national standard thread as adopted by the American Insurance Association... |
70.75.020 | Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol. | The standardization of existing fire protection equipment in this state shall be arranged for and carried out by or under the direction of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection. He or she shall provide the appliances necessary for carrying on this work, shall proceed with suc... |
70.75.030 | Duties of chief of the Washington state patrol—Notification of industrial establishments and property owners having equipment. | The chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, shall notify industrial establishments and property owners having equipment, which may be necessary for fire department use in protecting the property or putting out fire, of any changes necessary to bring their equipment up to the requi... |
70.75.040 | Sale of nonstandard equipment as misdemeanor—Exceptions. | Any person who, without approval of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, sells or offers for sale in Washington any fire hose, fire engine or other equipment for fire protection purposes which is fitted or equipped with other than the standard thread is guilty of a misdemea... |
70.77.111 | Intent. | The legislature declares that fireworks, when purchased and used in compliance with the laws of the state of Washington, are legal. The legislature intends that this chapter is regulatory only, and not prohibitory.
[ 1995 c 61 s 1 .]
Severability — 1995 c 61: "If any provision of this act or its application to any pers... |
70.77.120 | Definitions—To govern chapter. | The definitions set forth in this chapter shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires.
[ 1961 c 228 s 1 .] |
70.77.124 | Definitions—"City." | "City" means any incorporated city or town.
[ 1995 c 61 s 2 ; 1994 c 133 s 2 .]
Severability — Effective date — 1995 c 61: See notes following RCW 70.77.111 .
Severability — Effective date — 1994 c 133: See notes following RCW 70.77.146 . |
70.77.126 | Definitions—"Fireworks." | "Fireworks" means any composition or device designed to produce a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration, or detonation, and which meets the definition of articles pyrotechnic or consumer fireworks or display fireworks.
[ 2002 c 370 s 4 ; 1995 c 61 s 3 ; 1984 c 249 s 1 ; 1982 c 230 s 1 .]
Severability — ... |
70.77.131 | Definitions—"Display fireworks." | "Display fireworks" means large fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation and includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than 2 grains (130 mg) of explosive materials, aerial shells containing more than 40 grams of pyrotechnic composition... |
70.77.136 | Definitions—"Consumer fireworks." | "Consumer fireworks" means any small firework device designed to produce visible effects by combustion and which must comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States consumer product safety commission, as set forth in 16 C.F.R. Parts 1500 and 1507 and including some sma... |
70.77.138 | Definitions—"Articles pyrotechnic." | "Articles pyrotechnic" means pyrotechnic devices for professional use similar to consumer fireworks in chemical composition and construction but not intended for consumer use which meet the weight limits for consumer fireworks but which are not labeled as such and which are classified as UN0431 or UN0432 by the United ... |
70.77.141 | Definitions—"Agricultural and wildlife fireworks." | "Agricultural and wildlife fireworks" includes fireworks devices distributed to farmers, ranchers, and growers through a wildlife management program administered by the United States department of the interior or an equivalent state or local governmental agency.
[ 2002 c 370 s 8 ; 1982 c 230 s 4 .]
Severability — 2002 ... |
70.77.146 | Definitions—"Special effects." | "Special effects" means any combination of chemical elements or chemical compounds capable of burning independently of the oxygen of the atmosphere, and designed and intended to produce an audible, visual, mechanical, or thermal effect as an integral part of a motion picture, radio, television, theatrical, or opera pro... |
70.77.160 | Definitions—"Public display of fireworks." | "Public display of fireworks" means an entertainment feature where the public is or could be admitted or allowed to view the display or discharge of display fireworks.
[ 2002 c 370 s 9 ; 1997 c 182 s 1 ; 1982 c 230 s 6 ; 1961 c 228 s 9 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 .
Severability — 1997... |
70.77.165 | Definitions—"Fire nuisance." | "Fire nuisance" means anything or any act which increases, or may cause an increase of, the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing, suppressing, or extinguishing fire; or which may obstruct, delay, or hinder, or may become the ca... |
70.77.170 | Definitions—"License." | "License" means a nontransferable formal authorization which the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, is authorized to issue under this chapter to allow a person to engage in the act specifically designated therein.
[ 2002 c 370 s 10 ; 1995 c 369 s 44 ; 1986 c 266 s 99 ; 1982 c... |
70.77.175 | Definitions—"Licensee." | "Licensee" means any person issued a fireworks license in conformance with this chapter.
[ 2002 c 370 s 11 ; 1961 c 228 s 12 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 . |
70.77.177 | Definitions—"Local fire official." | "Local fire official" means the chief of a local fire department or a chief fire protection officer or such other person as may be designated by the governing body of a city or county to act as a local fire official under this chapter.
[ 1994 c 133 s 3 ; 1984 c 249 s 6 .]
Severability — Effective date — 1994 c 133: See... |
70.77.180 | Definitions—"Permit." | "Permit" means the official authorization granted by a city or county for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a place within the jurisdiction of the city or county where fireworks are manufactured, constructed, produced, packaged, stored, sold, or exchanged and the official authorization granted by a city or co... |
70.77.182 | Definitions—"Permittee." | "Permittee" means any person issued a fireworks permit in conformance with this chapter.
[ 2002 c 370 s 13 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 . |
70.77.190 | Definitions—"Person." | "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, concern, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
[ 1961 c 228 s 15 .] |
70.77.200 | Definitions—"Importer." | "Importer" includes any person who for any purpose other than personal use: (1) Brings fireworks into this state or causes fireworks to be brought into this state; (2) Procures the delivery or receives shipments of any fireworks into this state; or (3) Buys or contracts to buy fireworks for shipment into this state.
[ ... |
70.77.205 | Definitions—"Manufacturer." | "Manufacturer" includes any person who manufactures, makes, constructs, fabricates, or produces any fireworks article or device but does not include persons who assemble or fabricate sets or mechanical pieces in public displays of fireworks or persons who assemble consumer fireworks items or sets or packages containing... |
70.77.210 | Definitions—"Wholesaler." | "Wholesaler" includes any person who sells fireworks to a retailer or any other person for resale and any person who sells display fireworks to public display licensees.
[ 2002 c 370 s 15 ; 1982 c 230 s 9 ; 1961 c 228 s 19 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 . |
70.77.215 | Definitions—"Retailer." | "Retailer" includes any person who, at a fixed location or place of business, offers for sale, sells, or exchanges for consideration consumer fireworks to a consumer or user.
[ 2002 c 370 s 16 ; 1982 c 230 s 10 ; 1961 c 228 s 20 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 . |
70.77.230 | Definitions—"Pyrotechnic operator." | "Pyrotechnic operator" includes any individual who by experience and training has demonstrated the required skill and ability for safely setting up and discharging display fireworks.
[ 2002 c 370 s 17 ; 1982 c 230 s 11 ; 1961 c 228 s 23 .]
Severability — 2002 c 370: See note following RCW 70.77.126 . |
70.77.236 | Definitions—"New fireworks item." | (1) "New fireworks item" means any fireworks initially classified or reclassified as articles pyrotechnic, display fireworks, or consumer fireworks by the United States department of transportation after June 13, 2002, and which comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United ... |
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