22.09.160 - Rights and duties of licensees -- Disposition of hazardous commodities. - Washington Statutes

Rights and duties of licensees — Disposition of hazardous commodities.

(1) If a warehouseman discovers that as a result of a quality or condition of a certain commodity placed in his warehouse, including identity preserved commodities as provided for in RCW 22.09.130(2), of which he had no notice at the time of deposit, such commodity is a hazard to other commodities or to persons or to the warehouse he may notify the depositor that it will be removed. If the depositor does not accept delivery of such commodity upon removal the warehouseman may sell the commodity at public or private sale without advertisement but with reasonable notification of the sale to all persons known to claim an interest in the commodity. If the warehouseman after a reasonable effort is unable to sell the commodity, he may dispose of it in any other lawful manner and shall incur no liability by reason of such disposition.

     (2) At any time prior to sale or disposition as authorized in this section, the warehouseman shall deliver the commodity to any person entitled to it, upon proper demand and payment of charges.

     (3) From the proceeds of sale or other disposition of the commodity the warehouseman may satisfy his charges for which otherwise he would have a lien, and shall hold the balance thereof for delivery on the demand of any person to whom he would have been required to deliver the commodity.

[1963 c 124 § 16.]