Section 460-33A-120. Preservation of records.  


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  • The records required in WAC 460-33A-115 of these rules shall be preserved according to the following requirements:
    (1) Every mortgage broker-dealer shall preserve in this state for a period of not less than three years, the first two years of which shall be in an easily accessible place:
    (a) All records required to be made pursuant to WAC 460-33A-115 of these rules.
    (b) All check books, bank statements, cancelled checks and cash reconciliations except for the loan files required to be kept by WAC 460-33A-115(1) which shall be kept in an accessible place for the life of the loans involved.
    (c) All bills receivable or payable (or copies thereof), paid or unpaid, relating to the business of the broker-dealer, as such.
    (d) Originals of all communications received and copies of all communications sent by the broker-dealer (including inter-office memoranda and communications) relating to his business, as such.
    (e) All trial balances, computations of net liquid assets (and working papers in connection therewith), financial statements, branch office reconciliations and internal audit working papers, relating to the business of the broker-dealer, as such.
    (f) All guarantees of accounts and all powers of attorney and other evidence of the granting of any discretionary authority given in respect of any account, and copies of resolutions empowering an agent to act on behalf of a corporation.
    (g) All written agreements (or copies thereof) entered into by the mortgage broker-dealer relating to its business as such, including agreements with respect to any account.
    (2) Every mortgage broker-dealer shall preserve during the life of the enterprise and of any successor enterprise all partnership articles or, in the case of a corporation, all charter documents, minute books and stock certificate books.
    (3) Every mortgage broker-dealer shall maintain and preserve in an easily accessible place all records required under WAC 460-33A-115(7) of these rules until at least three years after the agent has terminated his or her employment and any other connection with the broker-dealer.
    (4) If a mortgage broker-dealer who has been subject to the requirements of this section ceases to hold a certificate as a mortgage broker-dealer, such mortgage broker-dealer shall, for the remainder of the periods of time specified in this section, continue to preserve the records which it theretofore preserved pursuant to this section.
    [Statutory Authority: RCW 21.20.450. WSR 01-23-002, § 460-33A-120, filed 11/7/01, effective 12/8/01; WSR 86-21-107 (Order SDO-140-86), § 460-33A-120, filed 10/20/86.]
RCW 21.20.450. WSR 01-23-002, § 460-33A-120, filed 11/7/01, effective 12/8/01; WSR 86-21-107 (Order SDO-140-86), § 460-33A-120, filed 10/20/86.

Rules

460-33A-115,460-33A-115,460-33A-115,460-33A-115,