An out-of-state trust institution desiring to engage in trust business in Washington state shall provide, or cause its home state regulator to provide, written notice to the director of its intent to engage in trust business in Washington state, accompanied by a written application containing:

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Terms Used In Washington Code 30B.38.030

  • Director: means the director of the Washington state department of financial institutions. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • 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.
  • Home state: means :
Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Home state regulator: means the trust institutions supervisory agency with primary responsibility for chartering and supervising an out-of-state trust institution. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Out-of-state trust institution: means a trust institution that is not a state trust company under this title. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Trust business: means the performance of, or holding out by, a person to the public by advertisement, solicitation, or other means that the person is available to perform one or more of the essential functions of trust business set forth in RCW 30B. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • Trust institution: means a depository institution or foreign bank engaged in trust business, or a trust company. See Washington Code 30B.04.005
  • (1) Satisfactory evidence of a certificate of authority to engage in trust business in its home state, or equivalent, from its home state regulator;
    (2) A copy of the resolution adopted by the board of directors of such out-of-state trust institution authorizing the out-of-state trust institution to engage in trust business in Washington state;
    (3) Evidence of compliance with the requirements of the director set forth in RCW 30B.38.020 or a request for waiver of certain requirements of RCW 30B.38.020 satisfactory to the director; and
    (4) A filing fee, if any, as prescribed by the director under authority of RCW 30A.04.070.