What marijuana law or rule violation history might prevent an applicant from receiving a marijuana license?
The WSLCB will conduct an investigation of all applicants' marijuana law or rule administrative violation history. The WSLCB will not normally issue a marijuana license to a person, or to an entity with a true party of interest, who has the following violation history; or to any person who has demonstrated a pattern of disregard for laws or rules.
Violation Type | Period of Consideration |
• | Three or more public safety violations; | • | Violations issued within three years of the date the application is received by the board's licensing and regulation division. |
• | Four or more regulatory violations; or | | |
• | One to four, or more license violations. | • | Violations issued within the last three years the true party(ies) of interest were licensed. |