License required.
Known as the Collection Agency Act
The act spans §§ 19.16.100 to 19.16.960 (44 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Gray v. Suttell & Associates (2014)
Most recently applied in Fireside Bank fka Fireside Thrift Co. v. John W. Askins and Lisa D. Askins (December 2018)
1994 c 195 s 2; 1971 ex.s. c 253 s 2.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
No person shall act, assume to act, or advertise as a collection agency or out-of-state collection agency as defined in this chapter, except as authorized by this chapter, without first having applied for and obtained a license from the director.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require a regular employee of a collection agency or out-of-state collection agency duly licensed under this chapter to procure a collection agency license.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.