SB 5610-S.2E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Authorizes the director to levy and collect a civil penalty, in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation, against a person found by the director to be curbstoning, as that term is defined in this act.  A person against whom a civil penalty has been imposed must receive reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing on the issue.  The civil penalty is due ten days after receipt of the notice, or if a hearing is requested, within ten days after an order is entered upon a final adjudication of the issue.

     Provides that, for the purposes of this act, "curbstoning" means a person or firm engaged in buying and offering for sale, or buying and selling, five or more vehicles that are each less than thirty years old in a twelve-month period without holding a vehicle dealer license.  Curbstoning does not include the sale of equipment or vehicles used in farming as defined in RCW 46.04.183 and sold by a farmer as defined in RCW 46.04.182.