Washington Administrative Code
Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142)
SEEDS AND PLANTING STOCK CERTIFICATION
Chapter 16-303 - Seed assessment, fees for seed services and seed certification
SEED TESTING AND ANALYSIS FEES
Section 16-303-200 - Seed program testing fees
Current through Register Vol. 25-12, June 15, 2025
(1) Seed testing fees are as follows:
|
Category |
Purity W/ Noxious |
GERM *1 |
TZ |
Sample Processing per request |
Manual Sample Processing per request |
|
1 |
$76.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
2 |
$68.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
3*2 |
$70.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
4 |
$153.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
5 |
$118.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
6 |
$117.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
7 |
$106.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
8 |
$106.00 |
$76.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
9 |
$106.00 |
$76.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
10 |
$76.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
11 |
$70.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
12 |
$76.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
13 |
$68.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
14 |
$117.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
15 |
$76.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
16 |
$76.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
17 |
$68.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
18 *3 |
500 g. $68.00 |
$60.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
1000 g. $136.00 |
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|
19 |
$90.00 |
$146.00 *4 |
$202.00 *5 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
20 |
$90.00 |
$70.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
|
21 |
$90.00 |
$82.00 |
$101.00 |
$8.00 |
$13.00 |
*1 Standard 400 seed germination test.
*2 Additional sprout counts incur hourly charge.
*3 Includes sodium hydroxide test.
*4 Germ includes dormant TZ count.
*5 Test requires 400 seed TZ according to AOSA rules.
(2) There will be no refund on completed tests. Work will be billed proportional to the amount completed at the time of cancellation. Minimum billed will be one quarter of the hourly rate.
(3) Additional billing will be in 15-minute increments with a minimum of one quarter of the hourly rate for dirty or heavy inert samples which require hand picking for purity analysis.
(4) Additional requests will incur another sample processing check-in fee.
Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.310, chapter 34.05 RCW, and 2012 2nd sp.s. c 7 . 12-19-065, § 16-303-200, filed 9/17/12, effective 10/18/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.310 and chapter 34.05 RCW. 07-21-060, § 16-303-200, filed 10/12/07, effective 12/1/07. Statutory Authority: 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 § 309(2), RCW 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 34.05 RCW. 05-12-053, § 16-303-200, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW, 2003 c 308. 03-18-071, § 16-303-200, filed 8/29/03, effective 9/29/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.370(3), 15.49.310, and chapter 34.05 RCW. 03-08-005, § 16-303-200, filed 3/20/03, effective 4/20/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.49 and 34.05 RCW. 02-12-061, § 16-303-200, filed 5/30/02, effective 6/30/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 15.49.005, 15.49.081, 15.49.310, 15.49.370(3) and chapter 17.24 RCW. 01-01-015, § 16-303-200, filed 12/6/00, effective 1/6/01.
