If an otherwise qualified applicant for a nonresident insurance producer's license holds a license in his or her home state that is not among the recognized lines of authority in this state, the commissioner will issue a nonresident license that is substantially equivalent to the license issued by the person's home state insurance regulator.

The nonresident licensee's authority to transact insurance in this state is limited to the scope of the license granted by the licensee's home state.

For example nonresident insurance producers holding a limited line crop insurance license in their home states will be issued Washington insurance producer licenses with a property line of authority.