HCCLR 19
                      Justification of Sureties


  (A) Any person or corporation desiring to post bail bonds
      in a Superior Court of this District shall first obtain
      an Order of Justification.

  (B) All petitions for an Order of Justification shall be
      in writing to the court and filed with the respective
      Superior Court Clerk, and shall contain the following information:

      All Sureties:

     1.   Types of bonds, an outline of the types of bonds
          posted by the surety.

     2.   Current suretyship obligations, a current list of
          all suretyship obligations to all courts within the
          geographical limits of Washington State, including
          the name of the court,the name of the defendant,
          the amount of the bond, and the date issued.

     3.   Current bond foreclosures.  A list of the current
          obligations to the courts in the way of bond
          forfeitures or other obligations incurred by the surety
          which have not been paid, or a statement that there are none.

     4.   Presentation.  The identity of the names and
          addresses of all persons who will be delivering or
          presenting bonds on behalf of the bonding surety.

     5.   Jurisdictions where surety has previously been
          authorized to post bonds and jurisdictions denying
          such authorization.

      Corporations.

     1.   Power of Attorney.

             a. Names of the agents authorized to execute bonds on
                behalf of the surety.

             b. The maximum dollar amount of any single bond which each
                agent is authorized to execute.

      2.  A copy of the current Certificate of Authority
          issued by theinsurance commissioner for the State of Washington.

      3.  Resident corporate agent.

          a.  The name and resident agent(s) for the
              corporate surety in the State of Washington authorized to appear
              and accept service on behalf of the corporate surety.

          b. A copy of the power of attorney appointing
              said person(s)as resident agent(s).

      Individuals.

        1.   Individual name(s) of applicant(s).

        2.   Any fictitious names used by the applicant(s).

        3.   Resident address of individual applicant(s).

        4.   Business address of individual applicant(s).

        5.   Marital status of applicant(s) and, if applicable,
             name(s) of spouse(s).

        6.   Verified financial statement, including the following
             for real property assets:  Street address and legal
             description of property, current appraisal of the property
             by a qualified real estate appraiser, who is a
             member of the American Institute of Appraisers,
             or a statement of the appraiser that there has
             been no change in the value of the property
             since the last appraisal of the property,
             whether the real estate is being purchased on
             contract or subject to mortgage, deed of trust,
             or other encumbrance, disclose  how the property
             is being obtained, purchase price, unpaid
             balance, notarized confirmation that real
             property taxes and all hazard insurance are
             current and coverage limits. For personal
             property include all financial accounts, stocks,
             bonds cash, and other investments.

         7.  Liabilities, Including Unsatisfied Judgments.
             If unsatisfied Judgment(s) are included, list
             court, title of cause, cause number, date of
             Judgment, judgment creditor, and amount of
             unsatisfied Judgment.

         8.   Net worth.

         9.  Current property bond obligations in the State
             of Washington by name of Court, name of
             defendant, amount of the bond, date of issuance of bond.

         10. Driver's license number, state, and expiration date.

         11. Criminal history.  Provide any criminal history conviction
             information for each applicant or employee of
             applicant  who will be performing services
             hereunder, including name of crime convicted of
             committing, name of court, case number, date of
             offense and date of conviction.

  (C) All Petitions for Order of Justification shall be
      verified. All initial Orders of Justification shall be
      effective until the next April 30 following entry of the
      Order. All Orders of Justification, other than the
      initial order, shall be effective from May 1 of one year
      to the following April 30.  All petitions shall be
      accompanied by a proposed Order of Justification.  An
      initial Petition shall be accompanied by a full filing
      fee. Renewal petitions shall be accompanied by an ex
      parte fee.  Petition for Renewals must be filed on or
      before April 30 of each year otherwise a full filing
      fee is due.  The Petition for Renewal will include a verified
      statement that there have been no changes since the last
      petition or set forth the changes.


(Effective 9/1/03)