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WA Rev Code § 18.160.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.070 - Local government regulation—Application to state and government contractors.

RCW 18.160.070 Local government regulation—Application to state and government contractors.(1) Nothing in this chapter limits the power of a municipality, county, or the state to regulate the quality and character of work performed by contractors, through a system of permits, fees, and inspections which are designed to assure compliance with and aid in the implementation of state and local building laws or to enforce other local laws for the protection of the public health and safety. Nothing in this chapter limits the power of the municipality, county, or the state to adopt any system of permits requiring submission to and approval by the municipality, county, or the state, of technical drawings and specifications for work to be performed by contractors before commencement of the work. The official authorized to issue building or other related permits shall ascertain that the fire protection sprinkler system contractor is duly licensed by requiring evidence of a valid fire protection sprinkler system contractor's license.(2) This chapter applies to any fire protection sprinkler system contractor performing work for any municipality, county, or the state. Officials of any municipality, county, or the state are required to determine compliance with this chapter before awarding any contracts for the installation, repair, service, alteration, fabrication, addition, or inspection of a fire protection sprinkler system.[ 1990 c 177 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 18.160.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.100 - Unlicensed operations—Penalty.

RCW 18.160.100 Unlicensed operations—Penalty.Any fire protection sprinkler system contractor who constructs, installs, or maintains a fire protection sprinkler system in any occupancy, except an owner-occupied single-family dwelling, without first obtaining a fire sprinkler contractor's license from the state of Washington, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. This section may not be construed to create any criminal liability for a prime contractor or an owner of an occupancy unless it is proved that the prime contractor or owner had actual knowledge of an illegal construction, installation, or maintenance of a fire protection sprinkler system by a fire protection sprinkler system contractor.[ 1992 c 116 § 3.]NOTES:Wrongful acts by contractor, criminal penalty: RCW 9.45.260.
WA Rev Code § 18.160.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.110 - Enforcement—Civil proceedings.

RCW 18.160.110 Enforcement—Civil proceedings.Civil proceedings to enforce this chapter may be brought by the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of any county where a violation occurs on his or her own motion or at the request of the state director of fire protection.[ 1992 c 116 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 18.160.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.120 - Infractions—Failure to obtain certificate of competency—Fines.

RCW 18.160.120 Infractions—Failure to obtain certificate of competency—Fines.(1) A fire protection sprinkler system contractor found to have committed an infraction under this chapter as defined in rule under RCW 18.160.030(2)(b)(iii) shall be assessed a fine of not less than two hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars.(2) A fire protection sprinkler system contractor who fails to obtain a certificate of competency under RCW 18.160.040 shall be assessed a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars.(3) All fines collected under this section shall be deposited into the fire protection contractor license fund.[ 2003 c 74 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.160.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.900 - Prospective application.

RCW 18.160.900 Prospective application.This chapter applies prospectively only and not retroactively. A municipal or county order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that is in effect as of May 1, 1991, is not invalid because of the provisions of this chapter. This chapter does not prohibit municipalities or counties from adopting stricter guidelines that will assure the proper installation of fire sprinkler systems within their jurisdictions.[ 1990 c 177 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 18.160.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.160 - Fire Sprinkler System Contractors.|18.160.901 - Effective date—1990 c 177.

RCW 18.160.901 Effective date—1990 c 177.RCW 18.160.010 through 18.160.080 shall take effect May 1, 1991.[ 1990 c 177 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.020 - Exemptions.

RCW 18.165.020 Exemptions.The requirements of this chapter do not apply to:(1) A person who is employed exclusively or regularly by one employer and performs investigations solely in connection with the affairs of that employer, if the employer is not a private investigator agency;(2) An officer or employee of the United States or of this state or a political subdivision thereof, while engaged in the performance of the officer's official duties;(3) A person engaged exclusively in the business of obtaining and furnishing information about the financial rating of persons;(4) An attorney-at-law while performing the attorney's duties as an attorney;(5) A licensed collection agency or its employee, while acting within the scope of that person's employment and making an investigation incidental to the business of the agency;(6) Insurers, agents, and insurance brokers licensed by the state, while performing duties in connection with insurance transacted by them;(7) A bank subject to the jurisdiction of the department of financial institutions or the comptroller of currency of the United States, or a savings and loan association subject to the jurisdiction of this state or the federal home loan bank board;(8) A licensed insurance adjuster performing the adjuster's duties within the scope of the adjuster's license;(9) A secured creditor engaged in the repossession of the creditor's collateral, or a lessor engaged in the repossession of leased property in which it claims an interest;(10) A person who is a forensic scientist, accident reconstructionist, or other person who performs similar functions and does not hold himself or herself out to be an investigator in any other capacity;(11) A person solely engaged in the business of securing information about persons or property from public records; or(12) A certified public accountant regulated under chapter 18.04 RCW or the employee of a certified public accountant performing duties within the scope of public accountancy.[ 2015 c 105 § 1; 2000 c 171 § 37; 1995 c 277 § 18; 1991 c 328 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.030 - Private investigator license—Requirements.

RCW 18.165.030 Private investigator license—Requirements.An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain a private investigator license:(1) Be at least eighteen years of age;(2) Be a citizen or resident alien of the United States;(3) Not have been convicted of a crime in any jurisdiction, if the director determines that the applicant's particular crime directly relates to his or her capacity to perform the duties of a private investigator and the director determines that the license should be withheld to protect the citizens of Washington state. The director shall make her or his determination to withhold a license because of previous convictions notwithstanding the restoration of employment rights act, chapter 9.96A RCW;(4) Be employed by or have an employment offer from a private investigator agency or be licensed as a private investigator agency;(5) Submit a set of fingerprints; however, if an applicant has been issued a license as a private security guard under chapter 18.170 RCW within the last twelve months, the applicant is not required to undergo a separate background check to become licensed under this chapter;(6) Pay the required nonrefundable fee for each application; and(7) Submit a fully completed application that includes proper identification on a form prescribed by the director for each company of employment.[ 2012 c 118 § 1; 1995 c 277 § 19; 1991 c 328 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.040 - Armed private investigator license—Requirements.

RCW 18.165.040 Armed private investigator license—Requirements.(1) An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain an armed private investigator license:(a) Be licensed as a private investigator;(b) Be at least twenty-one years of age;(c) Have a current firearms certificate issued by the commission; (d) Have a license to carry a concealed pistol; and(e) Pay the fee established by the director.(2) The armed private investigator license may take the form of an endorsement to the private investigator license if deemed appropriate by the director.[ 1995 c 277 § 21; 1991 c 328 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.050 - Private investigator agency license—Requirements, restrictions—Assignment or transfer.

RCW 18.165.050 Private investigator agency license—Requirements, restrictions—Assignment or transfer.(1) In addition to meeting the minimum requirements to obtain a license as a private investigator, an applicant, or, in the case of a partnership or limited partnership, each partner, or, in the case of a corporation, the qualifying agent must meet the following additional requirements to obtain a private investigator agency license:(a) Pass an examination determined by the director to measure the person's knowledge and competence in the private investigator agency business; or(b) Have had at least three years' experience in investigative work or its equivalent as determined by the director. A year's experience means not less than two thousand hours of actual compensated work performed before the filing of an application. An applicant shall substantiate the experience by written certifications from previous employers. If the applicant is unable to supply written certifications from previous employers, applicants may offer written certifications from professional persons other than employers who, based on personal professional knowledge, can substantiate the employment.(2) An agency license issued pursuant to this section may not be assigned or transferred without prior written approval of the director.(3) No license to own or operate a private investigator company may be issued to an applicant if the name of the company portrays the company as a public law enforcement agency, or in association with a public law enforcement agency, or includes the word "police."[ 1995 c 277 § 22; 1991 c 328 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.060 - Armed private investigator license authority—Registration of firearms.

RCW 18.165.060 Armed private investigator license authority—Registration of firearms.(1) An armed private investigator license grants authority to the holder, while in the performance of his or her duties, to carry a firearm with which the holder has met the proficiency requirements established by the commission.(2) All firearms carried by armed private investigators in the performance of their duties must be owned by the employer and, if required by law, must be registered with the proper government agency.[ 1995 c 277 § 23; 1991 c 328 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.070 - Investigation of applicants.

RCW 18.165.070 Investigation of applicants.(1) Applications for licenses required under this chapter shall be filed with the director on a form provided by the director. The director may require any information and documentation that reasonably relates to the need to determine whether the applicant meets the criteria.(2) After receipt of an application for a license, the director shall conduct an investigation to determine whether the facts set forth in the application are true and shall request that the Washington state patrol compare the fingerprints submitted with the application to fingerprint records available to the Washington state patrol. The Washington state patrol shall forward the fingerprints of applicants for an armed private investigator license to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history records check. The director may require that fingerprint cards of licensees be periodically reprocessed to identify criminal convictions subsequent to registration.(3) The director shall solicit comments from the chief law enforcement officer of the county and city or town in which the applicant's employer is located on issuance of a permanent private investigator license.(4) A summary of the information acquired under this section, to the extent that it is public information, may be forwarded by the department to the applicant's employer.[ 1995 c 277 § 25; 1991 c 328 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.080 - License cards and certificates—Issuance and requirements.

RCW 18.165.080 License cards and certificates—Issuance and requirements.(1) The director shall issue a private investigator license card to each licensed private investigator and an armed private investigator license card to each armed private investigator.(a) The license card may not be used as security clearance.(b) A private investigator shall carry the license card whenever he or she is performing the duties of a private investigator and shall exhibit the card upon request.(c) An armed private investigator shall carry the license card whenever he or she is performing the duties of an armed private investigator and shall exhibit the card upon request.(2) The director shall issue a license certificate to each licensed private investigator agency.(a) Within seventy-two hours after receipt of the license certificate, the licensee shall post and display the certificate in a conspicuous place in the principal office of the licensee within the state.(b) It is unlawful for any person holding a license certificate to knowingly and willfully post the license certificate upon premises other than those described in the license certificate or to materially alter a license certificate.(c) Every advertisement by a licensee that solicits or advertises business shall contain the name of the licensee, the address of record, and the license number as they appear in the records of the director.(d) The licensee shall notify the director within thirty days of any change in the licensee's officers or directors or any material change in the information furnished or required to be furnished to the director.[ 1995 c 277 § 26; 1991 c 328 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.090 - Preassignment training and testing.

RCW 18.165.090 Preassignment training and testing.(1) The director shall adopt rules establishing preassignment training and testing requirements. The director may establish, by rule, continuing education requirements for private investigators.(2) The director shall consult with the private investigator industry and law enforcement before adopting or amending the preassignment training or continuing education requirements of this section.[ 1995 c 277 § 27; 1991 c 328 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.100 - Agency license—Surety bond or certificate of insurance required.

RCW 18.165.100 Agency license—Surety bond or certificate of insurance required.(1) No private investigator agency license may be issued under the provisions of this chapter unless the applicant files with the director a surety bond, executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, in the sum of ten thousand dollars conditioned to recover against the principal and its servants, officers, agents, and employees by reason of its wrongful or illegal acts in conducting business licensed under this chapter. The bond shall be made payable to the state of Washington, and anyone so injured by the principal or its servants, officers, agents, or employees shall have the right and shall be permitted to sue directly upon this obligation in his or her own name. This obligation shall be subject to successive suits for recovery until the face amount is completely exhausted.(2) Every licensee must at all times maintain on file with the director the surety bond required by this section in full force and effect. Upon failure by a licensee to do so, the director shall suspend the licensee's license and shall not reinstate the license until this requirement is met.(3) In lieu of posting bond, a licensed private investigator agency may file with the director a certificate of insurance as evidence that it has comprehensive general liability coverage of at least twenty-five thousand dollars for bodily or personal injury and twenty-five thousand dollars for property damage.(4) The director may approve alternative methods of guaranteeing financial responsibility.[ 1995 c 277 § 28; 1991 c 328 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.110 - Regulatory provisions exclusive—Authority of the state and political subdivisions.

RCW 18.165.110 Regulatory provisions exclusive—Authority of the state and political subdivisions.(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to the licensing for regulatory purposes of private investigators, armed private investigators, and private investigator agencies are exclusive. No governmental subdivision of this state may enact any laws or rules licensing for regulatory purposes such persons, except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.(2) This section shall not be construed to prevent a political subdivision of this state from levying a business fee, business and occupation tax, or other tax upon private investigator agencies if such fees or taxes are levied by the state on other types of businesses within its boundaries.(3) This section shall not be construed to prevent this state or a political subdivision of this state from licensing for regulatory purposes private investigator agencies with respect to activities that are not regulated under this chapter.[ 1995 c 277 § 29; 1991 c 328 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.120 - Out-of-state private investigators operating across state lines.

RCW 18.165.120 Out-of-state private investigators operating across state lines.Private investigators or armed private investigators whose duties require them to operate across state lines may operate in this state for up to thirty days per year, if they are properly registered and certified in another state with training and certification requirements that the director finds are at least equal to the requirements of this state.[ 1995 c 277 § 30; 1991 c 328 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.130 - Required notice of certain occurrences.

RCW 18.165.130 Required notice of certain occurrences.(1) A private investigator agency shall notify the director within thirty days after the death or termination of employment of any employee who is a licensed private investigator or armed private investigator by returning the license to the department with the word "terminated" written across the face of the license, the date of termination, and the signature of the principal of the private investigator company.(2) A private investigator agency shall notify the director within seventy-two hours and the chief law enforcement officer of the county, city, or town in which the agency is located immediately upon receipt of information affecting a licensed private investigator's or armed private investigator's continuing eligibility to hold a license under the provisions of this chapter.(3) A private investigator company shall notify the local law enforcement agency whenever an employee who is an armed private investigator discharges his or her firearm while on duty other than on a supervised firearm range. The notification shall be made within ten business days of the date the firearm is discharged.[ 2000 c 171 § 38; 1995 c 277 § 31; 1991 c 328 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 18.165.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.165 - Private Investigators.|18.165.140 - Out-of-state private investigators—Application—Fee—Temporary assignment.

RCW 18.165.140 Out-of-state private investigators—Application—Fee—Temporary assignment.(1) Any person from another state that the director determines has selection, training, and other requirements at least equal to those required by this chapter, and who holds a valid license, registration, identification, or similar card issued by the other state, may apply for a private investigator license card or armed private investigator license card on a form prescribed by the director. Upon receipt of an application fee to be determined by the director, the director shall issue the individual a private investigator license card or armed private investigator license card.(2) A valid license, registration, identification, or similar card issued by any other state of the United States is valid in this state for a period of ninety days, but only if the licensee is on temporary assignment for the same employer that employs the licensee in the state in which he or she is a permanent resident.(3) A person from another state on temporary assignment in Washington may not solicit business in this state or represent himself or herself as licensed in this state.[ 1995 c 277 § 32; 1991 c 328 § 14.]