(1) A
contractor may register/renew/reregister/reinstate if it:
(a) Complete an application for contractor
registration, have it notarized, and submit it to the department as required by
RCW
18.27.030;
(b) Satisfies one of the following:
(i) Obtains a continuous surety bond in the
total amount specified in WAC
296-200A-030 and submits the
original bond to the department or submits the bond information through the
department of labor and industries' electronic bond and insurance policy system
(EBIPS) (see
RCW
18.27.040); or
(ii) Assigns, to the department, a security
deposit in the form of a savings account held in a Washington state bank on a
department issued form (F625-000-008) in the amounts specified in WAC
296-200A-030;
(c) Obtains public liability and
property damage insurance and submits the original insurance certificate to the
department or submits the insurance information through the department of labor
and industries' electronic bond and insurance policy system (EBIPS) (see
RCW
18.27.050); and
(d) Pays the
issuance/renewal/reregistration/reinstatement fee shown in WAC
296-200A-900.
(2) A contractor may renew its
registration if it submits, to the department, a completed contractor
registration renewal notice and the material required in subsection (1)(b) and
(c) of this section and pays the renewal fee shown in WAC
296-200A-900. No more than
forty-five days before the contractor's registration expires, the department
must send a renewal notice to the contractor's last recorded address with the
contractor registration program. It is the responsibility of the contractor to
notify the department within ten days and
in writing of a change
in address.
(3) The contractor must
submit all required documents to the department in a manner approved by the
department as set forth in this subsection:
(a) Include, on each document, the name
exactly as it appears on the contractor registration application or renewal
notice;
(b) Include, if renewing a
registration, the contractor's registration number on each of the
documents;
(c) Include a copy of
the certificate or document (when required) by the secretary of state for the
contractor to do business in the state of Washington; and
(d) Have and maintain an active and valid
unified business identifier (certificate of registration) with the department
of revenue.
(4) The
department will not register, renew, or reinstate the registration of a
contractor if:
(a) Any of the required
documents are missing, false, or are incomplete;
(b) The documents do not have the legal name
of the contractor as documented on official governmental issued photo
identification;
(c) In the case of
a renewal, the documents do not include the registration number or UBI number;
or
(d) The applicant or person
pursuant to
RCW
18.27.030 has an unsatisfied final judgment
based on work which is subject to chapter 18.27 RCW and this chapter.
(5) The contractor may request, in
a letter filed with the application or renewal materials, that the registration
period end on a particular day. However, the registration period cannot exceed
two years.
