RCW 64.90.645 Earnest money deposit, reservation deposit—Escrow.
Any earnest money deposit, as defined in RCW 64.04.005, or any reservation deposit made in connection with the right to purchase a unit from a person required to deliver a public offering statement pursuant to RCW 64.90.605(3) must be placed in escrow and held in this state in an escrow or trust account designated solely for that purpose by a licensed title insurance company or agent, a licensed attorney, a real estate broker or independent bonded escrow company, or an institution whose accounts are insured by a governmental agency or instrumentality until: (1) Delivered to the declarant at closing, (2) delivered to the declarant because of the purchaser's default under a contract to purchase the unit, (3) refunded to the purchaser, or (4) delivered to a court in connection with the filing of an interpleader action.
[ 2018 c 277 § 410.]