2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 48.17.090: Application for license.

(1) Application for a license to be an agent, broker, solicitor, or adjuster shall be made to the commissioner upon forms furnished by the commissioner. As a part of or in connection with any such application, the applicant shall furnish information concerning his or her identity, including fingerprints for submission to the Washington state patrol, the federal bureau of investigation, and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive this information for a state and national criminal history background check, personal history, experience, business record, purposes, and other pertinent facts, as the commissioner may reasonably require.

(2) Persons resident in the United States but not in Washington may apply for such a license on a form prepared by the national association of insurance commissioners or others, if those forms are approved by the commissioner by rule. An applicant shall also furnish any other information required to be submitted but not provided for in that form.

(3) Any person willfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any such application shall be liable to penalties as provided by this code.

(4) If in the process of verifying fingerprints under subsection (1) of this section, business records, or other information the commissioner's office incurs fees or charges from another governmental agency or from a business firm, the amount of such fees or charges shall be paid to the commissioner's office by the applicant.

[2002 c 227 § 2; 2001 c 56 § 1; 1982 c 181 § 6; 1981 c 339 § 10; 1967 c 150 § 15; 1947 c 79 § .17.09; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.17.09.]

Effective date -- 2002 c 227: See note following RCW 48.06.040.      Severability -- 1982 c 181: See note following RCW 48.03.010.