Membership Categories

Individual Active Member – Includes CEA, AEA and one Regional Association. Individual Active members shall be a person currently in the escrow settlement profession with a Regional membership or a person formerly in the escrow settlement profession, with a Regional membership, who currently holds a CEA Professional Designation. This category shall allow for full voting privileges at the Regional level, in the California Escrow Association and the American Escrow Association.

Individual Intern Member – Includes CEA and one Regional Association, no AEA. (An Intern membership may be granted one time for a period not to exceed two consecutive years, and will be available to an individual who participates in the escrow or settlement process as a secretary, assistant, or any other position that is clerical and/or at an entry level. This category of membership is not available to an escrow officer or any other person in a management or supervisory position. This category of membership provides for no voting rights in the California Escrow Association and no membership in the American Escrow Association. This category allows for Regional membership.)

Individual Associate Member – Includes CEA, AEA and one Regional Association. (An Individual Associate membership shall be available to those individuals in allied fields not engaged in the practice of escrow. This category also allows for Regional membership and membership in the American Escrow Association but has no voting rights in the California Escrow Association.)

State Membership – Individual Active Member – Includes CEA and AEA only; no Regional Association. (A State Individual Active membership shall be available to those persons currently in the escrow settlement profession without Regional membership, or a person formerly in the escrow settlement profession without Regional membership who currently holds a CEA Professional Designation. This category allows for full voting privileges in the California Escrow Association but no voting rights in the American Escrow Association, as defined in the Bylaws of the American Escrow Association.)

State Membership – Individual Intern Member – Includes CEA only; no AEA and no Regional Association. (A State Individual Intern membership may be granted one time for a period not to exceed two consecutive years, and will be available to an individual who participates in the escrow or settlement process as a secretary, assistant, or any other position that is clerical and/or at an entry level. This category of membership is not available to an escrow officer or any other person in a management or supervisory position. This category of membership provides for no voting rights in the California Escrow Association and no membership in the American Escrow Association. This category allows for no regional membership.)

Inactive – Includes CEA and one Regional Association; no AEA. (Inactive members shall be those past Individual Active members or State Individual Active members who are no longer engaged in their profession, either permanently or temporarily. An Inactive member shall not be entitled to vote or hold office, but may serve on any special committee or committees. An Individual Active member or State Individual Active member shall be considered inactive only subsequent to a period of one (1) year after such member has ceased to meet requirements of an Individual Active or State Individual Active member. At such time an Inactive member is deemed to subsequently meet requirements for an Individual Active membership or State Individual Active membership, they may be reinstated.)