Washington Consumer Protection Act Per Se and Public Interest Statutes
Academic credentials (granting/claiming): RCW 28B.85.220
Adult family home (licensure): RCW 70.128.058
Advertisement of children for adoption: RCW 26.33.400
Agriculture (declarations of “Washington state grown”): RCW 15.04.410
Animals, research: RCW 19.86.145, referring to RCW 9.08.070; 16.52.220
Auctioneers: RCW 18.11.260
Automotive repair: RCW 46.71.070
Bail bond agents: RCW 18.185.210
Body Art, Body Piercing, Tattooing, RCW 18.235.130 + new chapter RCW 18
Breastfeeding, Public: RCW 49.60.030 and 49.60.215
Business opportunity fraud: RCW 19.110.170
Camping clubs/resorts: RCW 19.105.405; .500
Cemetery sales: RCW 68.05.330
Charitable solicitations: RCW 19.09.340
Check cashers and sellers: RCW 31.45.190
Cigarettes (sales below cost): RCW 19.91.300
Cigarettes (Tax): RCW 82.24.035
Collection agencies: RCW 19.16.110; .250; .440
Construction liens / Mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens (coercion): RCW 60.04.035
Consumer leases: RCW 63.10.050
Consumer loan act: RCW 31.04.208
Consumer rebates: RCW 19.315.030
Contractor registration: RCW 18.27.350
Cord blood banks [effective July 1, 2010]: RCW 70.54.222
Cosmetologists / barbers / manicurists: RCW 18.16.250
Credit reporting agencies (Fair Credit Reporting Act): RCW 19.182.150; .170
Credit service agencies: RCW 19.134.070
Debt adjusting: RCW 18.28.185
Deed of Trust Sales: RCW 61.24.135
Degree granting institutions: RCW 28B.85.180; .220
Disclosure of personal wireless numbers (with exemptions): RCW 19.250.40; .070
Discrimination/Civil Rights: RCW 49.60.030
Distressed Home Consultant: RCW 61.34.040; .050; .060
Distressed Home Purchaser (Property Conveyances): RCW 61.34.040; .080; .090; .120
Electronic Communications Devices: RCW 19.300.030
Electronic mail, commercial (generally): RCW 19.190.100
Electronic mail, commercial (spamming): RCW 19.190.030
Electronic mail, commercial (unpermitted or misleading): RCW 19.190.20
Electronic signatures: RCW 19.34.100
Electronic text messaging, commercial: RCW 19.190.060; .070
Embalmers and funeral directors: RCW 18.39.350
Employment agencies: RCW 19.31.210
Enhanced services facilities (licensure): RCW 70.97.130
Energy Efficiency-Low-Income Weatherization Programs, RCW 70.164.020
Equity skimming: RCW 61.34.040
Escrow agents: RCW 18.44.400; .450.; 48.29.190
Estate Distribution Documents: RCW 19.295.030
Exchange facilitators: RCW 19.310.160
Franchise investment protection: RCW 19.100.030; .160; .190; .200
Foreclosures-Homeowner Assistance and Protection: RCW 61.24.135, 61.24.031
Going-out-of-business sales: RCW 19.178.110
Health studios: RCW 19.142.100
Hearing and Speech Services: RCW 18.35.110; .120; .180
Heating oil pollution liability protection act: RCW 70.149.100
House-to-house sales by minors: RCW 49.12.310
Identity crimes: RCW 9.35.040; 9.35.040.800; RCW 9A.58.030
Identity information procurement (via internet): RCW 19.190.80
Immigration assistants: RCW 19.154.090
In-home services agency (licensure): RCW 70.127.216
Insurance (viatical settlements): RCW 48.102.055
Interest/Usury: RCW 19.52.036
International matchmaking: RCW 19.220.030
Kosher food labels: RCW 69.90.030
Land development law: RCW 58.19.270
Law against discrimination: RCW 49.60.030
Lease-purchase agreements: RCW 63.19.110
Leases: RCW 62A.2A-104
Life Settlements Act: RCW 45.56.400; RCW 48.102
Living trusts: RCW 19.295.030
Manufactured and mobile home installation and warranty: RCW 43.22.440; 18.27.117, .350
Mortgage brokers: RCW 19.146.100
Motor Vehicle Business Practices, RCW 46.70.220
Motor vehicle buyer’s agent: RCW 46.70.320
Motor vehicle dealers (licensure): RCW 46.70.021
Motor Vehicle Dealers/Manuf., Gross Misdemeanors, Deportation, RCW 46.70.021
Motor vehicle manufacturer/dealer relations; RCW 46.96.185
Motor Vehicle Recording Devices: RCW 46.63.020
Motor vehicle sales: RCW 46.70.310; .180
Motor vehicle service contracts: RCW 48.110.140
Motor vehicle subleasing or transfer: RCW 19.116.010; .030
Motor vehicle warranties ("Lemon Law"): RCW 19.118.041; .120
Motor vehicle, used (price disclosure): RCW 46.70.125
Motorsports Vehicles – Cancellation or Return of New, RCW 46.93.170
Music Advertising: RCW 19.25
Nursing homes (discrimination against Medicaid recipients): RCW 74.42.055
On-site sewage additive manufacturers: RCW 70.118.080
Organic food labels: RCW 19.86.023; 15.86.030
Prizes and promotions: RCW 19.170.010
Pyramid Promotional Schemes: RCW 19.275.040
Radio communications service companies not regulated by the WUTC: RCW 80.66.010
Rebates, consumer: RCW 19.315. 030
Recording devices in motor vehicles: RCW 46.35.050
Remote reading of identification devices: RCW 19.300
Recreational vehicle show (temporary subagency licenses): RCW 46.70.340
Roofing and siding contractors and sales: RCW 19.186.050
Service contracts and protection product guarantees: RCW 48.110.140
Social Workers- Use of Title: RCW 18.320.020
Student exchanges, international: RCW 19.166.100
Tax refund anticipation loans: RCW 19.265.070
Telecommunications - Automatic dial/answer devices: RCW 80.36.400
Telecommunications - Long distance fee disclosure: RCW 80.36.530
Telecommunications - Operator services: RCW 80.36.360; .400; .530; .540
Telecommunications - Telefacsimile solicitation: RCW 80.36.540
Telecommunications - Telephone alternative operator services: RCW 80.36.530
Telephone equipment: RCW 19.130.060
Telephone listings, business (out-of-state florists): RCW 19.160.010; .020
Telephone pay per call information delivery services: RCW 19.162.010
Telephone solicitation, commercial: RCW 19.158.030
Timeshare sales: RCW 64.36.330; .170
Tobacco product manufacturers (mandatory participation in MSA): RCW 70.158.060
Tobacco Sales – Internet and Mail Order: RCW 70.155
Travel (sellers of travel): RCW 19.138.010; 290
Unclaimed Property- Recovery Fees: RCW 63.29.350
Unsolicited goods or services: RCW 19.56.030
Veterans’ benefit-related services: RCW 19.335
Vocational schools, private: RCW 28C.10.210
Water companies exempt from WUTC regulation: RCW 80.04.010
Weatherization of leased or rented residences: RCW 70.164.060