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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6548

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator McCaslin)

Read first time 02/08/2000.

Selling a vehicle by consignment at wholesale motor vehicle auctions.

    AN ACT Relating to vehicle sales by consignment at wholesale motor vehicle auctions; and amending RCW 46.70.028.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.70.028 and 1989 c 337 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:

    Dealers who transact dealer business by consignment shall obtain a consignment contract for sale and shall comply with applicable provisions of chapter 46.70 RCW.  The dealer shall place all funds received from the sale of the consigned vehicle in a trust account until the sale is completed, except that the dealer shall pay any outstanding liens against the vehicle from these funds.  Where title has been delivered to the purchaser, the dealer shall pay the amount due a consignor within ten days after the sale.  However, in the case of a consignment from a licensed vehicle dealer from any state, the wholesale auto auction shall pay the consignor within twenty days.

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