Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 48 Insurance - Chapter 48.110 Service Contracts And Protection Product Guarantees

48.110.010 Finding -- Declaration -- Purpose
The legislature finds that increasing numbers of businesses are selling service contracts for repair, replacement, and maintenance of motor vehicles, appliances, computers, electronic equipment, and ...
48.110.015 Exempt from title -- Application of chapter
(1) The following are exempt from this title: (a) Warranties; (b) Maintenance agreements; and (c) Service contracts: (i) Paid for with separate and additional consideration; ...
48.110.020 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Administrator" means the person who is responsible for the administration of the service contracts, the ...
48.110.030 Registration required -- Application -- Required information -- Grounds for refusal -- Annual renewal
(1) A person may not act as, or offer to act as, or hold himself or herself out to be a service contract provider in ...
48.110.033 Application of RCW 48.110.030--Exceptions
(1) Except for service contract providers or protection product guarantee providers, persons marketing, selling, or offering to sell service contracts or protection products for providers ...
48.110.040 Filing of annual report -- Fee -- Investigations -- Confidentiality
(1) Every registered service contract provider must file an annual report for the preceding calendar year with the commissioner on or before March 1st of ...
48.110.050 Obligations of service contract provider -- Limited application
(1) Service contracts shall not be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state or sold to consumers in this state unless the service ...
48.110.055 Protection product guarantee providers -- Obligations -- Application -- Required information -- Grounds for refusal -- Annual renewal
(1) This section applies to protection product guarantee providers. (2) A person shall not act as, or offer to act as, or hold himself or ...
48.110.060 Reimbursement insurance policies insuring service contracts or protection product guarantees
(1) Reimbursement insurance policies insuring service contracts or protection product guarantees issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state or issued or sold to ...
48.110.070 Service contracts -- Form -- Required contents -- Limited application
(1) Service contracts marketed, sold, offered for sale, issued, made, proposed to be made, or administered in this state or sold to residents of this ...
48.110.073 Service contract forms -- Motor vehicles -- Reliance on reimbursement insurance policy
(1) If the service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider is using [the] reimbursement insurance policy to satisfy the requirements of RCW 48.110.050(2)(a), 48.110.055(2)(b), ...
48.110.075 Service contracts on motor vehicles -- Obligations of provider -- Contract requirements
(1) This section applies to service contracts on motor vehicles. (2) Service contracts shall not be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state ...
48.110.080 Name of service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider -- Use of legal name -- False or misleading statements -- Restrictions on requirement to purchase service contract
(1) A service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider shall not use in its name the words insurance, casualty, guaranty, surety, mutual, or any ...
48.110.090 Recordkeeping of service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider -- Requirements -- Duration -- Form
(1) The service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider shall keep accurate accounts, books, and records concerning transactions regulated under this chapter. (2) The ...
48.110.100 Termination of reimbursement insurance policy
As applicable, an insurer that issued a reimbursement insurance policy shall not terminate the policy until a notice of termination in accordance with RCW 48.18.290 ...
48.110.110 Service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider -- Agent of insurer which issued reimbursement insurance policy
(1) Service contract providers or protection product guarantee providers are considered to be the agent of the insurer which issued the reimbursement insurance policy for ...
48.110.120 Commissioner may conduct investigations
(1) The commissioner may conduct investigations of service contract providers or protection product guarantee providers, administrators, service contract sellers or protection product sellers, insurers, and ...
48.110.130 Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration -- Immediate suspension without notice or hearing -- Fine
(1) The commissioner may, subject to chapter 48.04 RCW, deny, suspend, or revoke the registration of a service contract provider or protection product guarantee provider ...
48.110.140 Application of consumer protection act
The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection ...
48.110.150 Rules
The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and administer this chapter.[1999 c 112 § 16.] ...
48.110.900 Date of application to service contracts
This chapter applies to all service contracts, other than on motor vehicles, sold or offered for sale ninety or more days after July 25, 1999. ...
48.110.901 Severability -- 1999 c 112
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
48.110.902 Application of chapter to motor vehicle manufacturers or import distributors
(1) RCW 48.110.030 (2)(a) and (b), (3), and (4), 48.110.040, 48.110.060, 48.110.100,48.110.110 , 48.110.075 (2)(a) and (b) and (4)(e), and 48.110.073 (1) and (2) do ...
48.110.903 Severability -- 2006 c 274
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
48.110.904 Effective date -- 2006 c 274
This act takes effect October 1, 2006.[2006 c 274 § 24.] ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009