(1) Pursuant to RCW 21.20.050, the director designates the Central Registration Depository (CRD) operated by FINRA to receive and store filings and collect related fees on behalf of the director with respect to broker-dealers that are members of FINRA and their salespersons.

(2) For the purposes of a filing made through CRD, a document is considered filed with the director when all fees are received and the filing is accepted by CRD on behalf of Washington.

(3) When a signature or signatures are required by the particular instructions of any filing to be made through CRD, the applicant or a duly authorized officer of the applicant, as required, must affix their electronic signature to the filing by typing their name in the appropriate fields and submitting the filing through CRD. Submission of a filing in this manner will constitute irrefutable evidence of legal signature by any individuals whose names are typed on the filings.