Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.185 Bail Bond Agents
- 18.185.005 Declaration, intent, construction
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- 18.185.010 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means the department of licensing. (2) "Director" means ...
- 18.185.015 Cost of administration -- Fees
Pursuant to RCW 43.24.086 and 43.135.055, the department may increase fees as necessary to defray the cost of administering *chapter 105, Laws of 2008 (Engrossed ...
- 18.185.020 Agent license requirements
An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain a bail bond agent license: (1) Be at least eighteen years of age; (2) Be ...
- 18.185.030 Agency license requirements
(1) In addition to meeting the minimum requirements to obtain a license as a bail bond agent, a qualified agent must meet the following additional ...
- 18.185.040 License applications
(1) Applications for licenses required under this chapter shall be filed with the director on a form provided by the director. The director may require ...
- 18.185.050 License cards, certificates -- Advertising -- Notice of changes
(1) The director shall issue a bail bond agent license card to each licensed bail bond agent. A bail bond agent shall carry the license ...
- 18.185.055 License suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
The director shall suspend the license of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director for nonpayment or ...
- 18.185.057 License suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
The director shall immediately suspend any license issued under this chapter if the holder has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of ...
- 18.185.060 Prelicensing training and continuing education requirements
(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing prelicense training and testing requirements for bail bond agents, which shall include no less than four hours of ...
- 18.185.070 Bond
(1) No bail bond agency license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless the qualified agent files with the director a bond, ...
- 18.185.080 Relation of this chapter to local regulation, taxation
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing for regulatory purposes of bail bond agents and bail bond agencies are exclusive. No governmental ...
- 18.185.090 Notice concerning agent's status--Forced entry -- Discharge of firearm
(1) A bail bond agency shall notify the director within thirty days after the death or termination of employment of any employee who is a ...
- 18.185.100 Records -- Finances -- Disposition of security
(1) Every qualified agent shall keep adequate records for three years of all collateral and security received, all trust accounts required by this section, and ...
- 18.185.110 Unprofessional conduct
In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the following conduct, acts, or conditions constitute unprofessional conduct: (1) Violating any of the provisions ...
- 18.185.120 Director's powers
In addition to those powers set forth in RCW 18.235.030, the director or the director's designee has the authority to order restitution to the person ...
- 18.185.130 Complaints
Any person may submit a written complaint to the department charging a license holder or applicant with unprofessional conduct and specifying the grounds for the ...
- 18.185.140 Statement of charges -- Notice
When a statement of charges is issued against a license holder or applicant under RCW 18.235.050, notice of this action must be given to the ...
- 18.185.170 Unlicensed activity -- Criminal penalties
(1) Any person who performs the functions and duties of a bail bond agent in this state without being licensed in accordance with the provisions ...
- 18.185.200 Application of Administrative Procedure Act
The director, in implementing and administering the provisions of this chapter, shall act in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW.[1993 c 260 ...
- 18.185.210 Application of Consumer Protection Act
Failure to fulfill the fiduciary duties and other duties as prescribed in RCW 18.185.100 is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of ...
- 18.185.220 Branch office -- Qualified bail bond agent as manager
A branch office may not operate under a business name other than the name of the principal bail bond agency and must have a qualified ...
- 18.185.230 License required for branch office
If a licensee maintains a branch office, the licensee shall not operate that branch office until a branch office license has been received from the ...
- 18.185.240 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...
- 18.185.250 Bail bond recovery agent license--Requirements
An applicant must meet the following requirements to obtain a bail bond recovery agent license: (1) Submit a fully completed application that includes proper identification ...
- 18.185.260 Bail bond recovery agents--Prelicense training/testing requirements--Continuing education requirements--Rules
(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing prelicense training and testing requirements for bail bond recovery agents, which shall include no less than thirty-two hours ...
- 18.185.270 Bail bond agent/bail bond recovery agent--Each fugitive an individual contract--Format of contract
(1) Each fugitive criminal defendant to be recovered will be treated as an individual contract between the bail bond agent and the bail bond recovery ...
- 18.185.280 Bail bond recovery agent, generally
(1) A person may not perform the functions of a bail bond recovery agent unless the person is licensed by the department under this chapter. ...
- 18.185.290 Out-of-state bail bond recovery agent
A bail bond recovery agent from another state who is not licensed under this chapter may not perform the functions of a bail bond recovery ...
- 18.185.300 Bail bond recovery agent -- Planned forced entry -- Requirements
(1) Before a bail bond recovery agent may apprehend a person subject to a bail bond in a planned forced entry, the bail bond recovery ...
- 18.185.900 Severability -- 1993 c 260
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter or the application ...
- 18.185.901 Effective date -- 1993 c 260
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009