(1) The following are exempt from this title:

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Terms Used In Washington Code 48.110.015

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
(a) Warranties;
(b) Maintenance agreements;
(c) Service contracts:
(i) Paid for with separate and additional consideration;
(ii) Issued at the point of sale, or within sixty days of the original purchase date of the property; and
(iii) On tangible property when the tangible property for which the service contract is sold has a purchase price of fifty dollars or less, exclusive of sales tax; and
(d) Agreements whereby a third party contracted by an employer provides mileage reimbursement and incidental maintenance and repairs to the employer’s employees for personal vehicles used for business purposes, provided that such agreement does not provide indemnification or repairs for a loss caused by theft, collision, fire, or other peril typically covered in the comprehensive section of an automobile insurance policy.
(2) This chapter does not apply to:
(a) Vehicle mechanical breakdown insurance;
(b) Service contracts on tangible personal property purchased by persons who are not consumers; and
(c) Home heating fuel service contracts offered by home heating energy providers.