RCW 19.16.260 Licensing prerequisite to suit.
No collection agency or out-of-state collection agency may bring or maintain an action in any court of this state involving the collection of its own claim or a claim of any third party without alleging and proving that he, she, or it is duly licensed under this chapter and has satisfied the bonding requirements hereof, if applicable: PROVIDED, That in any case where judgment is to be entered by default, it shall not be necessary for the collection agency or out-of-state collection agency to prove such matters.
A copy of the current collection agency license or out-of-state collection agency license, certified by the director to be a true and correct copy of the original, shall be prima facie evidence of the licensing and bonding of such collection agency or out-of-state collection agency as required by this chapter.
[ 2013 c 148 § 3; 2011 c 336 § 521; 1994 c 195 § 8; 1971 ex.s. c 253 § 17.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2013 c 148 §§ 1 and 3: See note following RCW 19.16.100.
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