48.06.030 - Solicitation permit. - Washington Statutes

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.