RCW 88.02.220
Receipt of cash or negotiable instrument before delivery of vessel -- Trust account. (Effective until July 1, 2011. Recodified as RCW 88.02.770.)

A vessel dealer who receives cash or a negotiable instrument of deposit in excess of one thousand dollars, or a deposit of any amount that will be held for more than fourteen calendar days, shall place the funds in a separate trust account.

     (1) The cash or negotiable instrument must be set aside immediately upon receipt for the trust account, or endorsed to such a trust account immediately upon receipt.

     (2) The cash or negotiable instrument must be deposited in the trust account by the close of banking hours on the day following the receipt.

     (3) After delivery of the purchaser's vessel the vessel dealer shall remove the deposited funds from the trust account.

     (4) The dealer shall not commingle the purchaser's funds with any other funds at any time.

     (5) The funds shall remain in the trust account until the delivery of the purchased vessel. However, upon written agreement from the purchaser, the vessel dealer may remove and release trust funds before delivery.

[1991 c 339 § 33; 1987 c 149 § 11.]

NOTES:

     Effective date -- 1987 c 149: See note following RCW 88.02.060.