RCW 18.44.121
Fees.
(1) The director shall charge and collect the following fees:
(a) A fee for filing an original or a renewal application for an escrow agent license, a fee for each application for an additional licensed location, a fee for an application for a change of address for an escrow agent, annual fees for the first office or location and for each additional office or location, and under RCW 43.135.055 the director shall set the annual fee for an escrow agent license up to five hundred sixty-five dollars in fiscal year 2000.
(b) A fee for filing an original or a renewal application for an escrow officer license, a fee for an application for a change of address for each escrow officer license being so changed, a fee to activate an inactive escrow officer license or transfer an escrow officer license, and under RCW 43.135.055 the director shall set the annual fee for an escrow officer license up to two hundred thirty-five dollars in fiscal year 2000.
(c) A fee for filing an application for a duplicate of an escrow agent license or of an escrow officer license lost, stolen, destroyed, or for replacement.
(d) A fee for providing license examinations.
(e) An hourly audit fee. In setting this fee, the director shall ensure that every examination and audit, or any part of the examination or audit, of any person licensed or subject to licensing in this state requiring travel and services outside this state by the director or by employees designated by the director, shall be at the expense of the person examined or audited at the hourly rate established by the director, plus the per diem compensation and actual travel expenses incurred by the director or his or her employees conducting the examination or audit. When making any examination or audit under this chapter, the director may retain attorneys, appraisers, independent certified public accountants, or other professionals and specialists as examiners or auditors, the cost of which shall be borne by the person who is the subject of the examination or audit.
(2) In establishing these fees, the director shall set the fees at a sufficient level to defray the costs of administering this chapter.
(3) All fees received by the director under this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the financial services regulation fund.
[ 2010 c 34 § 6; 2001 c 177 § 3; 1999 c 30 § 10; 1995 c 238 § 2; 1985 c 340 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 156 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 245 § 5; 1965 c 153 § 8. Formerly RCW 18.44.080.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2001 c 177: See note following RCW 43.320.080.
Effective date—1995 c 238: See note following RCW 18.44.011.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.44 - Escrow Agent Registration Act.
18.44.021 - License required—Exceptions.
18.44.023 - Multistate licensing system—Director's discretion.
18.44.031 - License—Application, requisites.
18.44.041 - Branch offices—Application to establish—Requirements.
18.44.051 - Branch offices—Issuance of license.
18.44.061 - Change in business location, office location, business name—Written notice required.
18.44.081 - Escrow officer's license—Application—Form—Timely filing—Proof of moral character, etc.
18.44.091 - License—Fees—Renewal.
18.44.101 - License—Retention and display by agent—Termination—Inactive licenses.
18.44.111 - Licenses—Form and size—Contents.
18.44.127 - Certificate of registration suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
18.44.131 - License application—Issuance.
18.44.141 - License—Duration—Posting.
18.44.151 - License—Expiration and renewal—Fee.
18.44.161 - License—Reinstatement.
18.44.171 - Engaging in business without license—Penalty.
18.44.181 - Proof of licensure prerequisite to action for fee.
18.44.191 - Director—Educational conferences—Examinations.
18.44.201 - Financial responsibility—Fidelity bond—Errors and omissions policy—Surety bond.
18.44.211 - Cancellation of fidelity bond or surety bond, or both—New bond required.
18.44.231 - Corporation for insuring where bond or policy not reasonably available.
18.44.241 - Waiver of errors and omissions policy requirement—Criteria.
18.44.261 - Waiver—Determination.
18.44.270 - Application of administrative procedure act.
18.44.271 - Waiver—Certificate of waiver.
18.44.291 - Waiver—Application by escrow license applicant.
18.44.301 - Prohibited practices.
18.44.305 - Financial interest in an escrow agent—Prohibited practices.
18.44.311 - Prohibited employment practices.
18.44.410 - Powers of director.
18.44.413 - Informal settlement of complaints or enforcement actions.
18.44.420 - Investigation of violations—Procedure—Powers of director.
18.44.425 - Subpoena authority—Application—Contents—Notice—Fees.
18.44.430 - Actions against license—Grounds.
18.44.440 - Violations—Cease and desist orders.
18.44.450 - Referral fees prohibited—Consumer protection act—Application.
18.44.455 - Possession of property and business—Grounds for director's authority.
18.44.457 - Possession of property and business—Scope of director's authority.
18.44.460 - License suspension—Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship.
18.44.465 - Termination of license—Effect upon preexisting escrows—Notice to principals.
18.44.480 - Remedies—Affecting corporate franchise.
18.44.490 - Authority to prosecute—Grants of injunctive relief, temporary restraining orders.
18.44.500 - Committee to advise director—Members—Compensation and travel expenses.
18.44.510 - Compensation and travel expenses of committee members.