RCW 48.170.005 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Commissioner” means the insurance commissioner of this state. (2) “Occupant” means a person, or his or her sublessee, successor, or assign, who is entitled to the use of the storage space at a self-service storage facility […]
RCW 48.170.007 Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement and administer this chapter. [ 2009 c 119 § 9.]
RCW 48.170.010 License required. (1) An owner; or officer, director, or employee of an owner; may not offer, sell, or solicit the purchase of self-service storage insurance unless that person is: (a) Licensed as an insurance producer with a property line of authority under chapter 48.17 RCW; or (b) Licensed as a self-service storage insurance […]
RCW 48.170.020 Application for a license—Requirements. An owner may apply to be licensed as a self-service storage insurance producer under, and if in compliance with, this chapter by filing the following documents with the commissioner: (1) A written application for licensure, signed by the applicant or by an officer of the applicant, in the form […]
RCW 48.170.030 Licensee exempt from continuing education requirements. An owner issued a self-service storage insurance producer license under this chapter is not subject to the prelicensure or continuing education requirements in chapter 48.17 RCW. [ 2009 c 119 § 4.]
RCW 48.170.040 Authority conveyed by license. (1) A self-service storage insurance producer license authorizes a self-service storage insurance producer and its employees to offer and sell to, enroll in, and bill and collect premiums from occupants for insurance covering the loss of or damage to personal property stored at a facility on a master, corporate, […]
RCW 48.170.050 Preconditions to soliciting insurance. A self-service storage insurance producer may not solicit insurance under RCW 48.170.010 unless: (1) At every location where occupants are enrolled in self-service storage insurance programs, written disclosure material regarding the program is made available to prospective occupants; and (2) All employees who offer and sell to, enroll in, […]
RCW 48.170.060 Required written disclosure material—Contents. The written disclosure material required in RCW 48.170.050(1) must: (1) Summarize the material terms of insurance coverage offered to occupants, including the name, address, telephone number of the insurer, price, benefits, exclusions, and conditions; (2) Prominently and conspicuously disclose that the policies offered by the self-service storage insurance producer […]
RCW 48.170.070 Employee acting under authority of license—Conditions—Limitations. (1) An employee of a self-service storage insurance producer may be authorized to offer, sell, or solicit self-service storage insurance under the authority of the self-service storage insurance producer’s license, if all of the following conditions have been satisfied: (a) The employee is eighteen years of age […]
RCW 48.170.900 Effective date—2009 c 119. This act takes effect July 1, 2010. [ 2009 c 119 § 13.]
