# RCW 17.21.190: RCW 17.21.190: Damages due to use or application of pesticide—Report of loss required > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S190 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 17.21.190 - **Heading:** RCW 17.21.190: Damages due to use or application of pesticide—Report of loss required - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 48 / Chapter 21 / Section 190 ## Text Any person suffering property loss or damage resulting from the use or application by others of any pesticide shall file with the director a verified report of loss. (1) The report shall set forth, so far as known to the claimant, the following: (a) The name and address of the claimant; (b) The type, kind, property alleged to be injured or damaged; (c) The name of the person applying the pesticide and allegedly responsible; and (d) The name of the owner or occupant of the property for whom such application of the pesticide was made. (2) The report shall be filed within thirty days from the time that the property loss or damage becomes known to the claimant. If a growing crop is alleged to have been damaged, the report shall be filed prior to harvest of fifty percent of that crop, unless the loss or damage was not then known. The department shall establish time periods by rule to determine investigation response time. Time periods shall range from immediate to forty-eight hours to initiate an investigation, depending on the severity of the damage. (3) Any person filing a report of loss under this section shall cooperate with the department in conducting an investigation of such a report and shall provide the department or authorized representatives of the department access to any affected property and any other necessary information relevant to the report. If a claimant refuses to cooperate with the department, the report shall not be acted on by the department. (4) The filing of a report or the failure to file a report need not be alleged in any complaint which might be filed in a court of law, and the failure to file the report shall not be considered any bar to the maintenance of any criminal or civil action. (5) The failure to file a report shall not be a violation of this chapter. However, if the person failing to file such report is the only one suffering loss from such use or application of a pesticide by a pesticide applicator or operator, the director may refuse to act upon the complaint. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 17.21.020 RCW 17.21.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S020.md) - [RCW 17.21.060 RCW 17.21.060: Subpoenas—Witness fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S060.md) - [RCW 17.21.070 RCW 17.21.070: Commercial pesticide applicator license—Requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S070.md) - [RCW 17.21.080 RCW 17.21.080: Commercial pesticide applicator license—Application—Form.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S080.md) - [RCW 17.21.100 RCW 17.21.100: Recordkeeping by licensees and agricultural users.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S100.md) - [RCW 17.21.140 RCW 17.21.140: Renewal—Delinquency.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S140.md) - [RCW 17.21.180 RCW 17.21.180: Commercial pesticide applicator license—Suspension of license for failure to meet financial responsibility criteria.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S180.md) - [RCW 17.21.190 RCW 17.21.190: Damages due to use or application of pesticide—Report of loss required.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S190.md) - [RCW 17.21.220 RCW 17.21.220: Application of chapter to governmental entities—Public operator license required—Exemption—Liability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S220.md) - [RCW 17.21.290 RCW 17.21.290: Pesticide application apparatuses—License plate as identification.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S290.md) - [RCW 17.21.320 RCW 17.21.320: Access to public or private premises—Search warrants—Prosecuting attorney's duties—Injunctions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S320.md) - [RCW 48.21.010 RCW 48.21.010: "Group disability insurance" defined—Issuance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S010.md) - [RCW 48.21.015 RCW 48.21.015: "Group stop loss insurance" defined for the purpose of exemption—Scope of application.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S015.md) - [RCW 48.21.030 RCW 48.21.030: Health care groups.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S030.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T48_C21_S190. 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