Washington’s ordinary both-full-line pathway uses the Property and Casualty Producer Combo examination, an application, and post-application fingerprints. Separate full-line exams remain alternatives. Mandatory producer PLE ended July 23, 2023 despite stale PSI text.
Eligibility
- Minimum age
- 18
- Residency requirement / status
- Resident individual applicant
- General eligibility explanation
- Ordinary initial Washington resident seeking both Property and Casualty full lines.
Prelicensing education
- Prelicensing education required
- No
- Education requirement explanation
- OIC eliminated producer PLE effective 2023-07-23; stale PSI language is superseded.
- Exemptions available
- Yes
- Exemption explanation
- A qualifying same-authority 90-day resident transfer may be exam-exempt.
Background
- Fingerprints required
- Yes
- Background check required
- Yes
- Fingerprint / background instructions
- After applying, submit resident electronic fingerprints through IdentoGO. Current total on 2026-08-21: $49; OIC announces $52 effective 2026-10-01.
Application
- Application required
- Yes
- Application fee
- $55 initial full-lines producer fee; NIPR or other processing charges may be additional
- Application channel / system
- NIPR
- Application instructions
- Pass the combo exam, apply, then follow OIC instructions for post-application fingerprints.
- Official application reference
- https://nipr.com/licensing-center/state-requirements/washington-resident-licensing-individual
Renewal & maintenance
- Renewal cycle
- Biennial, birth-month expiration
- Renewal fee
- $55 on time; $82.50 at 1–30 days late; $110 at 31–60 days late; $165 reinstatement through one year
- CE required
- Yes
- CE hours
- 24
- CE cycle
- Each two-year term
- Ethics hours
- 3
- CE explanation
- Excess CE does not carry forward; conditional product training is separate.
Portability
- Nonresident licensing available
- Yes
- Reciprocity / nonresident overview
- A qualifying same-authority resident transfer may avoid examination within 90 days.
Military / veteran / spouse
- Veteran-specific provisions
- A requested active-duty CE waiver requires documentation; qualifying veterans may separately seek federal VA exam-fee reimbursement.
Source governance
- Primary authoritative source
- https://www.insurance.wa.gov/producers-adjusters/licensing/get-licensed
- Secondary official sources
- OIC PLE, fee, fingerprint and CE pages; PSI bulletin 6608; NIPR
- Statute / regulation reference
- RCW 48.17 and WAC 284-17
- Source reference URL
- https://www.insurance.wa.gov/producers-adjusters/licensing/get-licensed/fingerprint-requirements
- Last verified date
- 2026-08-21
- Verification status
- Verified
- Review / recheck date
- 2026-11-19
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