§ 48.17.180. Licenses to firms and corporations
(1) A firm or corporation may be licensed as an agent, adjuster, or broker if each individual empowered to exercise the authority conferred by the corporate or firm license is also licensed. Exercise or attempted exercise of the powers of the firm or corporation by an unlicensed person, with the knowledge or consent of the firm or corporation, shall constitute cause for the revocation or suspension of the license.
(2) Licenses shall be issued in a trade name only upon proof satisfactory to the commissioner that the trade name has been lawfully registered.
(3) For the purpose of this section, a firm shall include a duly licensed individual acting as a sole proprietorship having associated licensees authorized to act on the proprietor's behalf in the proprietor's business or trade name.
[1990 1st ex.s. c 3 § 4; 1979 ex.s. c 269 § 4; 1947 c 79 § .17.18; Rem. Supp. 1947 §45.17.18 .]
Notes:
Effective date, implementation -- 1979 ex.s. c 269: See note following RCW 48.14.010.
Title insurance agents, separate licenses for individuals not required: RCW 48.29.170.
RCW 48.17.180
An insurance producer or title insurance agent doing business under any name other than the insurance producer's or title insurance agent's legal name is required to register the name in accordance with chapter 19.80 RCW and notify the commissioner before using the assumed name.
[2007 c 117 § 15; 1990 1st ex.s. c 3 § 4; 1979 ex.s. c 269 § 4; 1947 c 79 § .17.18; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.17.18.]
Notes:
Effective date, implementation -- 1979 ex.s. c 269: See note following RCW 48.14.010.
Title insurance agents, separate licenses for individuals not required: RCW 48.29.170.
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