RCW 48.29.020: Certificate of authority—Qualifications.

A title insurer is not entitled to have a certificate of authority unless:

(1) It is a stock corporation;

(2) It owns or leases and maintains a complete set of tract indexes of the county in this state in which its principal office is located; and

(3) It has and maintains the capital and surplus requirements set forth in RCW 48.05.340.