Washington

Revised Code of Washington — Title 46, Motor Vehicles

1,677 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 46.04.5221 — Seattle NHL hockey special license plates
• § 46.04.5222 — Seattle Reign FC license plates
• § 46.04.523 — Seattle Seahawks license plates
• § 46.04.524 — Seattle Sounders FC license plates
• § 46.04.525 — Seattle University license plates
• § 46.04.526 — Secured party
• § 46.04.527 — Security interest
• § 46.04.530 — Semitrailer
• § 46.04.535 — Share the road license plates
• § 46.04.540 — Sidewalk
• § 46.04.542 — Ski & ride Washington license plates
• § 46.04.544 — Smokey Bear license plates
• § 46.04.545 — Snow bike
• § 46.04.546 — Snowmobile
• § 46.04.550 — Solid tire
• § 46.04.551 — Special highway construction equipment
• § 46.04.552 — Special mobile equipment
• § 46.04.553 — Sport utility vehicle
• § 46.04.554 — Square dancer license plates
• § 46.04.555 — Stand or standing
• § 46.04.556 — Standard issue license plates
• § 46.04.559 — State flower license plates
• § 46.04.560 — State highway
• § 46.04.563 — State sport license plates
• § 46.04.565 — Stop
• § 46.04.566 — Stop or stopping
• § 46.04.570 — Streetcar
• § 46.04.572 — Street rod vehicle
• § 46.04.574 — Subagency
• § 46.04.575 — Subagent
• § 46.04.580 — Suspend
• § 46.04.581 — Tab
• § 46.04.582 — Tandem axle
• § 46.04.585 — Temporarily sojourning
• § 46.04.5851 — Temporary license plate
• § 46.04.5852 — Temporary operating authority
• § 46.04.586 — THC concentration
• § 46.04.587 — Total loss vehicle
• § 46.04.588 — Tow dolly
• § 46.04.589 — Tracked all-terrain vehicle
• § 46.04.590 — Traffic
• § 46.04.600 — Traffic control signal
• § 46.04.611 — Traffic-control devices
• § 46.04.620 — Trailer
• § 46.04.621 — Transit permit
• § 46.04.622 — Park trailer
• § 46.04.62240 — Share the Road license plates
• § 46.04.62250 — Signal preemption device
• § 46.04.62260 — Ski & Ride Washington license plates
• § 46.04.623 — Travel trailer
• § 46.04.630 — Train
• § 46.04.640 — Trolley vehicle
• § 46.04.650 — Tractor
• § 46.04.652 — Transportation network company
• § 46.04.653 — Truck
• § 46.04.655 — Truck tractor
• § 46.04.657 — United States Naval Academy license plates
• § 46.04.660 — Used vehicle
• § 46.04.670 — Vehicle
• § 46.04.671 — Vehicle license fee
• § 46.04.672 — Vehicle or pedestrian right-of-way
• § 46.04.681 — Vintage snowmobile
• § 46.04.683 — Washington apples license plate
• § 46.04.685 — Washington farmers and ranchers license plates
• § 46.04.686 — Washington honey bees and pollinators license plates
• § 46.04.691 — Washington Lighthouses license plates
• § 46.04.6910 — Washington state aviation license plates
• § 46.04.6911 — Washington state parks license plates
• § 46.04.6912 — Washington state wrestling license plates
• § 46.04.6913 — Washington tennis license plates
• § 46.04.6914 — Washington wine license plates
• § 46.04.6915 — Washington's fish license plate collection
• § 46.04.692 — Washington's National Park Fund license plates
• § 46.04.693 — Washington's wildlife license plate collection
• § 46.04.705 — We love our pets license plates
• § 46.04.710 — Wheelchair conveyance
• § 46.04.714 — Wild on Washington license plates
• § 46.04.725 — Working forests license plates
• § 46.04.900 — Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521
• § 46.08.010 — State preempts registration and licensing fields
• § 46.08.020 — Precedence over local vehicle and traffic regulations
• § 46.08.030 — Uniformity of application
• § 46.08.065 — Publicly owned vehicles to be marked—Exceptions
• § 46.08.066 — Publicly owned vehicles—Confidential license plates, drivers' licenses, identicards—Issuance, rules governing
• § 46.08.067 — Publicly owned vehicles—Violations concerning marking and confidential license plates
• § 46.08.068 — Publicly owned vehicles—Remarking not required, when
• § 46.08.070 — Nonresidents, application to
• § 46.08.150 — Control of traffic on capitol grounds
• § 46.08.160 — Control of traffic on capitol grounds—Enforcing officer
• § 46.08.170 — Control of traffic on capitol grounds—Violations, traffic infractions, misdemeanors—Jurisdiction
• § 46.08.172 — Parking rental fees—Establishment
• § 46.08.175 — Golf cart zones
• § 46.08.185 — Electric vehicle charging stations—Signage—Penalty
• § 46.08.190 — Jurisdiction of judges of district, municipal, and superior court
• § 46.08.195 — Name and address of record for license, permit, identicard, title, and registration applicants—Notice
• § 46.09.300 — Application of chapter—Permission necessary to enter upon private lands
• § 46.09.310 — Definitions
• § 46.09.320 — Certificates of title
• § 46.09.325 — Vehicle identification number inspection—Exemption for vehicles titled
• § 46.09.330 — Off-road vehicle dealers—Licenses—Fee—License plates—Title application upon sale—Violation
• § 46.09.340 — Nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities advisory committee
• § 46.09.350 — Accident reports
• § 46.09.360 — Regulation by local political subdivisions or state agencies
• § 46.09.370 — Statewide plan
• § 46.09.380 — Enforcement
• § 46.09.385 — Separate registration category for wheeled all-terrain vehicles
• § 46.09.390 — Concurrent licenses for use as a wheeled all-terrain vehicle and tracked all-terrain vehicle—Department shall establish a declaration—Department may adopt rules
• § 46.09.400 — Issuance—Decals—Fees
• § 46.09.410 — Registrations—Original and renewal application—Requirements—Decals—Out-of-state operators
• § 46.09.420 — Registrations and decals—Exemptions
• § 46.09.430 — Use permits—Application requirements
• § 46.09.440 — Prerequisite to operation
• § 46.09.442 — Wheeled all-terrain vehicles—Metal tags—Off-road, on-road registration, tabs—Exemption
• § 46.09.444 — Wheeled all-terrain vehicles—Driver's license requirement—Penalty—Training course
• § 46.09.450 — Authorized and prohibited uses for off-road vehicles
• § 46.09.455 — Authorized and prohibited uses for wheeled all-terrain vehicles
• § 46.09.457 — Equipment and declaration requirements for wheeled all-terrain vehicles—Exception
• § 46.09.460 — Operation by persons under sixteen
• § 46.09.470 — Operating violations—Exceptions
• § 46.09.480 — Additional violations—Penalty
• § 46.09.485 — Operating violations for wheeled all-terrain vehicles—Notice of infraction, issuance and procedure
• § 46.09.490 — General penalty—Civil liability
• § 46.09.495 — Failure to title or register an off-road vehicle—Penalty, circumstances when
• § 46.09.500 — Motor vehicle fuel excise taxes on fuel for nonhighway vehicles not refundable
• § 46.09.510 — Nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities program account
• § 46.09.520 — Refunds from motor vehicle fund—Distribution—Use
• § 46.09.530 — Administration and distribution of off-road vehicle moneys
• § 46.09.540 — Multiuse roadway safety account
• § 46.10.300 — Definitions
• § 46.10.310 — Registration prerequisite to operation
• § 46.10.320 — Snowmobile advisory committee
• § 46.10.330 — Accident reports
• § 46.10.340 — Regulation by political subdivisions or state agencies
• § 46.10.350 — Local authorities—Safety and convenience
• § 46.10.360 — Enforcement
• § 46.10.370 — Administration
• § 46.10.400 — Registration—Application—Renewal—Requirements—Decals
• § 46.10.410 — Registration—Exemptions
• § 46.10.415 — Registration—Motorcycle owners may apply
• § 46.10.418 — Registration—Owners of certain wheeled all-terrain vehicles converted as tracked all-terrain vehicles may apply
• § 46.10.420 — Snowmobile dealer licenses—Fee—License plates—Violation—License application upon sale
• § 46.10.430 — Decals—Registration certificates—License tabs
• § 46.10.440 — Decals—Affixing and displaying dealer license plates
• § 46.10.450 — Nonresident permits
• § 46.10.460 — Crossing public roadways and highways lawful, when
• § 46.10.470 — Operating upon public road or highway lawful, when
• § 46.10.480 — Restrictions on age of operators—Qualifications
• § 46.10.485 — Denial, suspension, or revocation of dealer license or assessment of monetary civil penalty
• § 46.10.490 — Operating violations
• § 46.10.495 — Additional violations—Penalty
• § 46.10.500 — Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions—Civil liability
• § 46.10.505 — Failure to register a snowmobile—Penalty, circumstances when
• § 46.10.510 — Refund of snowmobile fuel tax to snowmobile account
• § 46.10.520 — Snowmobile fuel excise tax nonrefundable
• § 46.10.530 — Amount of snowmobile fuel tax paid as motor vehicle fuel tax
• § 46.10.910 — Short title
• § 46.12.520 — Certificate required to operate and sell vehicle—Manufacturer or dealer testing—Security interest, how perfected
• § 46.12.530 — Application—Contents—Examination of vehicle
• § 46.12.540 — Issuance of certificates—Contents
• § 46.12.550 — Refusal or cancellation of certificate—Notice—Penalty for subsequent operation—Appeals
• § 46.12.555 — Quick title—Application requirements—Limitation—Subagents
• § 46.12.560 — Inspection by state patrol or other authorized inspector
• § 46.12.570 — Stolen vehicle check
• § 46.12.580 — Duplicate for lost, stolen, mutilated, etc
• § 46.12.590 — Procedure on installation of new or different motor—Penalty
• § 46.12.600 — Destruction of vehicle—Surrender of certificate, penalty—Report of settlement by insurance company—Market value threshold
• § 46.12.610 — Contaminated vehicles
• § 46.12.620 — Legal owner not liable for acts of registered owner
• § 46.12.630 — Lists of registered and legal owners of vehicles and vessels—Furnished for certain purposes—Contract—Fees—Penalty for unauthorized use—Definition
• § 46.12.635 — Disclosure of names and addresses of individual vehicle and vessel owners—Vehicle and vessel information—Address confidentiality program participants
• § 46.12.640 — Disclosure violations, penalties
• § 46.12.650 — Releasing interest—Reports of sale—Transfer of ownership—Requirements—Penalty, exceptions
• § 46.12.652 — Fraudulent report of sale filed—Procedure
• § 46.12.655 — Release of owner from liability
• § 46.12.660 — Transitional ownership record
• § 46.12.665 — Odometer disclosure statement required—Exemptions
• § 46.12.670 — Assigned certificates of title filed—Transfer of interest in vehicle
• § 46.12.675 — Perfection of security interest—Procedure
• § 46.12.680 — Ownership in doubt—Procedure
• § 46.12.690 — Campers
• § 46.12.691 — Custom vehicles
• § 46.12.695 — Kit vehicles
• § 46.12.700 — Manufactured homes—Manufactured/mobile or park model homes
• § 46.12.711 — Street rod vehicles
• § 46.12.720 — Buying, selling, etc
• § 46.12.725 — Seizure and impoundment—Notice to interested persons—Release to owner
• § 46.12.730 — Disposition authorized, when
• § 46.12.735 — Hearing—Appeal—Removal to court—Release after ruling
• § 46.12.740 — Release without hearing
• § 46.12.745 — Assignment of new number
• § 46.12.750 — Penalty for false statements, illegal transfers, alterations, or forgeries—Exception
• § 46.12.755 — Ownership of motor vehicle by person under eighteen prohibited—Exception
• § 46.16A.010 — Definitions
• § 46.16A.020 — Registration year assigned—Registration month—Registration period—When registration does not expire
• § 46.16A.025 — Adjustment of vehicle registration periods to stagger renewal periods
• § 46.16A.030 — Registration and display of plates required—Penalties—Expired registration, impoundment
• § 46.16A.040 — Original registration—Application—Form and contents
• § 46.16A.050 — Registration—Requirements before issuance—Penalty—Rules
• § 46.16A.060 — Registration—Emission control inspections required—Exemptions—Educational information—Rules
• § 46.16A.070 — Registration—Cancellation, refusal, etc.—Appeals—Failure to respond to request for information regarding collector vehicle insurance, use