§ 48.111.005 Findings — Purpose
§ 48.111.010 Definitions
§ 48.111.020 Registration required — Application — Required information — Grounds for refusal — Annual renewal
§ 48.111.030 Filing of reports — Investigations — Confidentiality
§ 48.111.040 Obligations of contract provider
§ 48.111.050 Reimbursement insurance policies insuring home heating fuel service contracts
§ 48.111.053 Termination of reimbursement insurance policies
§ 48.111.055 Insurer issuing reimbursement insurance policy — Contract provider is agent
§ 48.111.060 Home heating fuel service contracts — Form — Required contents
§ 48.111.070 Name of contract provider — Use of legal name — False or misleading statements — Restrictions on requirement to purchase service contracts
§ 48.111.080 Recordkeeping of contract provider — Requirements — Form
§ 48.111.090 Commissioner may conduct investigations
§ 48.111.100 Denial, suspension, or revocation of registration — Immediate suspension without notice or hearing — Fine
§ 48.111.110 Rules
§ 48.111.900 Application

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 48.111 - Home heating fuel service contracts

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.