RCW 48.29.020: Certificate of authority

RCWs > Title 48 > Chapter 48.29 > Section 48.29.020

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48.29.018 << 48.29.020 >> 48.29.040

PDFRCW 48.29.020

Certificate of authority—Qualifications.

A title insurer is not entitled to have a certificate of authority unless:

(1) It is a stock corporation;

(2) It owns or leases and maintains a complete set of tract indexes of the county in this state in which its principal office is located; and

(3) It has and maintains the capital and surplus requirements set forth in RCW 48.05.340.

[ 2005 c 223 § 15; 1990 c 76 § 1; 1955 c 86 § 12; 1947 c 79 § .29.02; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.29.02.]

NOTES:

Effective date—Supervision of transfers—1955 c 86: See notes following RCW 48.05.080.