H-1853 _______________________________________________
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1287
_______________________________________________
C 051 L 89
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1989 Regular Session
By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Day, Chandler, Crane, Winsley, Dellwo, Schmidt and P. King)
Read first time 2/17/89.
AN ACT Relating to the license renewal of escrow officers; and amending RCW 18.44.310.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 24, chapter 156, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. as amended by section 6, chapter 340, Laws of 1985 and RCW 18.44.310 are each amended to read as follows:
The license of an escrow officer shall be retained and displayed at all times by the certificated escrow agent, and when the officer ceases to represent the agent, the license shall cease to be in force. Notice of such termination shall be given by the next regular business day by the escrow agent to the director and such notice shall be accompanied by and include the surrender of the escrow officer's license. Failure to notify the director of such termination after demand by the affected escrow officer shall work a forfeiture of the escrow agent's certificate of registration.
The
director may hold the escrow officer's license inactive ((for a period not
exceeding three consecutive years)) upon application of the escrow
officer: PROVIDED, That the escrow officer shall pay the annual renewal fee.
Such license may be activated upon application of a certificated escrow agent
on a form provided by the director((, endorsement by an escrow officer,))
and the payment of a fee. The director shall thereupon issue a new license for
the unexpired term if such escrow officer is otherwise entitled thereto. An escrow
officer's first license shall not be issued inactive.