# Terms — cpa-wa

> What this site is, what it is not, and the conditions the source attaches to its data.

## Terms

An independent site. Not the Board of Accountancy, and not a background-check service.

### What this site is

An independent search layer over one public file. Not affiliated with,
endorsed by, or connected to the Washington State Board of Accountancy or the State of Washington. It is
not the official register, and nothing obtained here is a certified record.
For anything official, go to 
the Board .

Our copy of the file is dated **2026-08-21**. The Board
updates its own file nightly, and roughly 206 licences are
issued each month.

Although this information is updated nightly, the information found through this service is not guaranteed to be accurate or timely. The Board does not guarantee the use of this information for any purpose and as such, the information obtained from this database should not be considered an official endorsement of any individual or firm.

### ⚠️ Not a consumer reporting agency

This site is **not** a consumer reporting agency as defined by
the **Fair Credit Reporting Act** (15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.), and
nothing published or sold here is a consumer report.

You may not use this site, its pages, its search, its API or any dataset
obtained from it, in whole or in part, as a factor in deciding a person's
eligibility for:

- **employment**, promotion, reassignment or retention;
- **credit** or insurance underwriting;
- **housing** or tenancy;
- any other purpose covered by the FCRA.

Verifying that a licence exists, directly with the issuing authority, is a
different act from screening a person — and where a decision about someone
depends on it, the check belongs with a screening company that operates as a
consumer reporting agency and carries the obligations that come with it.

### Names, and why they appear here

This site republishes a public register that names people in their
professional capacity. It does not use anyone's name or identity to endorse,
advertise or sell anything, which is what Washington's Personality Rights Act (RCW 63.60) prohibits in Washington.

The distinction is not a technicality and we hold ourselves to it: no name
on this site appears in an advertisement, and no name is used to suggest that
someone recommends, supplies or is associated with anything sold here. If you
think a page crosses that line, tell us and it comes down.

### Having your entry removed

If you are named on this site and would rather not be, [write to us](/contact.md) and we will remove you. You do not have to explain why, and we
will not ask.

Two things this cannot do, and we say so plainly rather than let you find
out later: it does not change the official register, which is where the record
actually lives; and it does not remove you from anyone else's copy of the same
public data.

### The sources, and what they require

This site republishes public registers. Source by source: the licence it is published under, and the condition its publisher sets — read from the publisher's own terms page, on the date shown.

| Source | Licence | What the publisher requires |
|---|---|---|
| Washington State Certified Public Accountants — Washington State Board of Accountancy | Public Domain | The Board attaches a disclaimer to this data and we carry it word for word: « Although this information is updated nightly, the information found through this service is not guaranteed to be accurate or timely », and « The Board does not guarantee the use of this information for any purpose and as such, the information obtained from this database should not be considered an official endorsement of any individual or firm. » The Board states the purpose of the file plainly — it is provided « to aid in verifying credentials and disciplinary history » — and asks that questions about disciplinary action go to its enforcement line on (360) 664-9266. — Terms read on 2026-08-21, terms |

### Errors

If a page here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. If the underlying
record is wrong, we cannot fix that — it has to be corrected with
the Washington State Board of Accountancy, and our copy follows once the published file does. The Board
asks that questions about disciplinary action go to its enforcement line on
(360) 664-9266, and everything else to customer service on
(360) 753-2586.

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Página: https://cpa-wa.pages.dev/terms/
Fonte: Washington State Certified Public Accountants — Washington State Board of Accountancy
Recolha: 2026-08-21