{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-46.70.045","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 46.70.045","heading":"Denial of license.","body":"(1) The director may deny a license under this chapter when the application is a subterfuge that conceals the real person in interest whose license has been denied, suspended, or revoked for cause under this chapter and the terms have not been fulfilled or a civil penalty has not been paid, or the director finds that the application was not filed in good faith.\n(2) The director must deny a license under this chapter if the issuance of a license would cause a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or factory representative, or an agent, officer, parent company, wholly or partially owned subsidiary, affiliated entity, or other person controlled by or under common control with a manufacturer, distributor, factory branch, or factory representative, to be in violation of chapter 46.96 RCW.\n(3) This section does not preclude the department from taking an action against a current licensee.","path":["Title 46","Chapter 46.70"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.70.045","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:24:55Z","sha256":"4ffd2e3ea25c54d192205aee1c337339534940288472ff9f1da5c0d3d60b8689","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-46.70.042","next":"us-wa/rcw-46.70.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}