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Wash. Rev. Code § 70.74.022 (2026)

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(1) It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, purchase, sell, offer for sale, use, possess, transport, or store any explosive, improvised device, or components that are intended to be assembled into an explosive or improvised device without having a validly issued license from the department of labor and industries, which license has not been revoked or suspended. Violation of this section is a class C felony.
(2) Upon notice from the department of labor and industries or any law enforcement agency having jurisdiction, a person manufacturing, purchasing, selling, offering for sale, using, possessing, transporting, or storing any explosive, improvised device, or components of explosives or improvised devices without a license shall immediately surrender those explosives, improvised devices, or components to the department or to the respective law enforcement agency.
(3) At any time that the director of labor and industries requests the surrender of explosives, improvised devices, or components of explosives or improvised devices, from any person pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the director may in addition request the attorney general to make application to the superior court of the county in which the unlawful practice exists for a temporary restraining order or such other relief as appears to be appropriate under the circumstances.
[ 1993 c 293 s 2; 1988 c 198 s 10.]

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Severability—1993 c 293: See note following RCW 70.74.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1999–2016 · leading case: State v. Wiggins, 57 P.3d 1199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002).
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State v. Wiggins, 57 P.3d 1199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 23× “74 RCW, that governs the licensing, inspection, manufacture, purchase, sale, transportation, and storage of explosives. Specifically, RCW 70.74.022(1) is a licensing statute that sets forth the penalty for the failure to have the license required to “manufacture, purchase, sell,…”
State v. Wiggins, 57 P.3d 1199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 25× “74.022(1) is a licensing statute that sets forth the penalty for the failure to have the license required to "manufacture, purchase, sell, offer for sale, use, possess, transport, or store any explosive.”
In Re Yim, 989 P.2d 512 (Wash. 1999). · cites it 3× “[1] Yim ultimately pleaded guilty to three violations [2] of RCW 70.74.022 and Samphao pleaded guilty to two charges that he violated the same statute.”
State v. Yokley, 139 Wash. 2d 581 (Wash. 1999). · cites it 2× “1 Yim ultimately pleaded guilty to three *585 violations 2 of RCW 70.74.022 and Samphao pleaded guilty to two charges that he violated the same statute.”
State Of Washington v. Jose Arita (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 11× “120, but was instead charged with a violation of RCW 70.74.022. That crime contains no mental state requirement.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 70.74.022(1) — 4 cases
State v. Wiggins, 57 P.3d 1199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “74 RCW, that governs the licensing, inspection, manufacture, purchase, sale, transportation, and storage of explosives. Specifically, RCW 70.74.022(1) is a licensing statute that sets forth the penalty for the failure to have the license required to “manufacture, purchase, sell,…”
State v. Wiggins, 57 P.3d 1199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “74.022(1) is a licensing statute that sets forth the penalty for the failure to have the license required to "manufacture, purchase, sell, offer for sale, use, possess, transport, or store any explosive.”
In Re Yim, 989 P.2d 512 (Wash. 1999). “[1] Yim ultimately pleaded guilty to three violations [2] of RCW 70.74.022 and Samphao pleaded guilty to two charges that he violated the same statute.”
State Of Washington v. Jose Arita (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “120, but was instead charged with a violation of RCW 70.74.022. That crime contains no mental state requirement.”
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