18.185.020 - Agent license requirements.

Agent license requirements.

An applicant must meet the following minimum requirements to obtain a bail bond agent 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 in the preceding ten years, if the director determines that the applicant's particular crime directly relates to a capacity to perform the duties of a bail bond agent and the director determines that the license should be withheld to protect the citizens of Washington state. If the director shall make a determination to withhold a license because of previous convictions, the determination shall be consistent with the restoration of employment rights act, chapter 9.96A RCW;

     (4) Be employed by a bail bond agency or be licensed as a bail bond agency; and

     (5) Pay the required fee.

[1993 c 260 § 3.]