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Title 18 - Businesses and P...
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Chapter 18.44 - Escrow Agent Registration Act.
Chapter 18.44 - Escrow Agent Registration Act.
18.44.011 Definitions.
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.
18.44.071 Escrow officer required for handling transactions—Responsibility of designated escrow officer—Branch escrow officers.
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.
18.44.121 Fees.
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.
18.44.195 Examination.
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.
18.44.221 Waiver of bond or policy where not reasonably available—Determination procedure—Waiver period.
18.44.231 Corporation for insuring where bond or policy not reasonably available.
18.44.241 Waiver of errors and omissions policy requirement—Criteria.
18.44.251 Waiver—Affidavit.
18.44.261 Waiver—Determination.
18.44.270 Application of administrative procedure act.
18.44.271 Waiver—Certificate of waiver.
18.44.281 Waiver—Denial.
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.
18.44.400 Records and accounts—Segregation and disbursements of funds—Violation of section, penalties.
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.
18.44.470 Receivership.
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.
18.44.901 Construction—1965 c 153.
18.44.902 Short title.