(1) The following table summarizes the license fee requirements for commission merchants, dealers, brokers, cash buyers, or agents:
| License Class | License Fee | Annual
Expiration Date | Annual
Renewal Date | Penalty Amount for Not Renewing Before January 1 |
| Commission merchant | $560.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Dealer | $560.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Limited dealer | $310.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Broker | $375.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Cash buyer | $125.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Agent | $61.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
| Additional license per class | $25.00 | December 31 | Before January 1 | A late renewal penalty of twenty-five percent of the total fees |
(2) A licensee can be licensed in more than one class for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars per class. The principal license must be in the class requiring the greatest fee and all requirements must be met for each class in which a license is being requested.
(3) All fees and penalties must be paid before the department issues a license.
(4) Applications for licenses are considered incomplete unless an effective bond or other acceptable form of security is also filed with the director.
(5) Licenses may be obtained by contacting the department's commission merchants program at 360-902-1854 or e-mail at: commerch@agr.wa.gov. Application forms, bond forms, and forms for securities in lieu of a surety bond are available on the department's web site at: http://www.agr.wa.gov/Inspection/CommissionMerchants/.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 20.01.020, 20.01.040, chapter 34.05 RCW, and 2009 c 564. 09-20-047, § 16-623-010, filed 10/1/09, effective 11/1/09. Statutory Authority: Chapters 20.01 and 34.05 RCW. 07-13-097, § 16-623-010, filed 6/20/07, effective 7/21/07. Statutory Authority: Chapters 20.01 and 34.05 RCW, 2003 1st sp.s. c 25. 05-09-094, § 16-623-010, filed 4/20/05, effective 5/21/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 20.01.040,[20.01.]125 , [20.01.]370, [20.01.]380, [20.01.]410,[20.01.]510 . 00-22-071, § 16-623-010, filed 10/30/00, effective 11/30/00.]