RCW 48.06.030
Solicitation permit.
(1) No person forming or proposing to form in this state an insurer, or insurance holding corporation, or stock corporation to finance an insurer or insurance production therefor, or corporation to manage an insurer, or corporation to be attorney-in-fact for a reciprocal insurer, or a syndicate for any of such purposes, shall advertise, or solicit or receive any funds, agreement, stock subscription, or membership on account thereof unless he or she has applied for and has received from the commissioner a solicitation permit.
(2) Any person violating this section is guilty of a class B felony and shall be subject to a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or by both fine and imprisonment.
[ 2003 c 53 § 267; 1947 c 79 § .06.03; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.06.03.]
NOTES:
Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 48.06 - Organization of Domestic Insurers.
48.06.010 - Types of domestic insurers permitted.
48.06.020 - Assessment mutuals prohibited—Exceptions.
48.06.030 - Solicitation permit.
48.06.040 - Application for solicitation permit.
48.06.050 - Procedure upon application.
48.06.060 - Issuance of permit—Bond.
48.06.070 - Duration of permit—Contents.
48.06.080 - Permit as inducement.
48.06.090 - Solicitors' licenses.
48.06.100 - Modification, revocation of permit.
48.06.110 - Bond—Cash deposit.
48.06.130 - Liability of organizers—Organization expense.
48.06.150 - Payment for subscriptions—Forfeiture.
48.06.160 - Insurance applications—Mutual and reciprocal insurers.
48.06.170 - Procedure on failure to complete organization or to qualify.
48.06.180 - Subsequent financing.