Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.560 (2026)

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(1) The board may conduct controlled purchase programs to determine whether:

(a) A cannabis retailer is unlawfully selling cannabis to persons under the age of twenty-one;

(b) A cannabis retailer holding a medical cannabis endorsement is selling to persons under the age of eighteen or selling to persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who do not hold valid recognition cards; or

(2) Every person under the age of twenty-one years who purchases or attempts to purchase cannabis is guilty of a violation of this section. This section does not apply to:

(a) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who hold valid recognition cards and purchase cannabis at a cannabis retail outlet holding a medical cannabis endorsement;

(b) Persons between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one years who are participating in a controlled purchase program authorized by the board under rules adopted by the board. Violations occurring under a private, controlled purchase program authorized by the board may not be used for criminal or administrative prosecution.

(3) A cannabis retailer who conducts an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall provide his or her employees a written description of the employer's in-house controlled purchase program. The written description must include notice of actions an employer may take as a consequence of an employee's failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program.

(4) An in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section shall be for the purposes of employee training and employer self-compliance checks. A cannabis retailer may not terminate an employee solely for a first-time failure to comply with company policies regarding the sale of cannabis during an in-house controlled purchase program authorized under this section.

(5) Every person between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one who is convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided by RCW 9A.20.021.

[ 2022 c 16 s 105; 2015 c 70 s 33.]

Notes:

Intent—Finding—2022 c 16: See note following RCW 69.50.101.

Effective date—2015 c 70 ss 21, 22, 32, and 33: See note following RCW 69.51A.230.

Short title—Findings—Intent—References to Washington state liquor control board—Draft legislation—2015 c 70: See notes following RCW 66.08.012.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2021–2021 · leading case: Seattle 420 Llc, V. Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Bd. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021).

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Seattle 420 Llc, V. Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Bd. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 11× “There is only a purely legal question as to whether rule making was required in order for the agency to engage in a controlled purchase program under RCW 69.50.560. A. Whether Rule Making is Required by the Plain Language of RCW 69.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.560(1) — 1 case

Seattle 420 Llc, V. Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Bd. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “There is only a purely legal question as to whether rule making was required in order for the agency to engage in a controlled purchase program under RCW 69.50.560. A. Whether Rule Making is Required by the Plain Language of RCW 69.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 69.50.560(2) — 1 case

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