Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

RCW 82.38.090

Penalty for acting without license—Separate licenses for separate activities—Interstate commerce—Exception.

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 88 Wash. App. 925 - Tiger Oil Corp. v. Department of Licensing (1997)

Most recently applied in 88 Wash. App. 925 - Tiger Oil Corp. v. Department of Licensing (November 1997)

2013 c 225 s 112; 1998 c 176 s 61; 1995 c 20 s 13; 1994 c 262 s 23; 1993 c 54 s 6; 1991 c 339 s 6; 1990 c 250 s 84; 1986 c 29 s 2; 1979 c 40 s 5; 1971 ex.s. c 175 s 10.

How often courts cite this section

19891990199710
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(1) It is unlawful for any person to engage in business in this state as any of the following unless the person is the holder of a license issued by the department authorizing the person to engage in that business:

(a) Fuel supplier;

(b) Fuel distributor;

(c) Fuel blender;

(d) Terminal operator;

(e) Dyed special fuel user; or

(f) International fuel tax agreement licensee.

(2) A person engaged in more than one activity for which a license is required must have a separate license classification for each activity; however, a fuel supplier is not required to obtain a separate license classification for fuel distributor or fuel blender.

(3) Fuel users operating motor vehicles in interstate commerce having two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight not exceeding twenty-six thousand pounds are not required to be licensed. Fuel users operating motor vehicles in interstate commerce having two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding twenty-six thousand pounds, or having three or more axles regardless of weight, or a combination of vehicles, when the combination exceeds twenty-six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight, must comply with the licensing and reporting requirements of this chapter. A copy of the license must be carried in each motor vehicle entering this state from another state or province.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.