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Cannabis producers, employees—Certain acts not criminal or civil offenses.
The following acts, when performed by a validly licensed cannabis producer or employee of a validly licensed cannabis producer in compliance with rules adopted by the board to implement and enforce this chapter, do not constitute criminal or civil offenses under Washington state law:
(1) Production or possession of quantities of cannabis that do not exceed the maximum amounts established by the board under RCW
69.50.345(3);
(2) Delivery, distribution, and sale of cannabis to a cannabis processor or another cannabis producer validly licensed under this chapter;
(3) Delivery, distribution, and sale of immature plants or clones and cannabis seeds to a licensed cannabis researcher, and to receive or purchase immature plants or clones and seeds from a licensed cannabis researcher; and
(4) Delivery, distribution, and sale of cannabis or useable cannabis to a federally recognized Indian tribe as permitted under an agreement between the state and the tribe entered into under RCW
43.06.490.
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW
69.50.101.
Findings—Application—2017 c 317: See notes following RCW
69.50.325.
Intent—Finding—2015 c 207: See note following RCW
43.06.490.
Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW
69.50.101.