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.

• § 46.37.140 — Lamps, reflectors, and flags on projecting load
• § 46.37.150 — Lamps on vehicles—Parked or stopped vehicles, lighting requirements
• § 46.37.160 — Hazard warning lights and reflectors on farm equipment—Slow-moving vehicle emblem
• § 46.37.170 — Lamps and reflectors on other vehicles and equipment—Slow-moving vehicle emblem on animal-drawn vehicles
• § 46.37.180 — Spot lamps and auxiliary lamps
• § 46.37.184 — Red flashing lights on fire department vehicles—Rear-facing blue lights—Combination
• § 46.37.185 — Green light on firefighters' private cars
• § 46.37.186 — Fire department sign or plate on private car
• § 46.37.187 — Green light, sign or plate—Identification card required
• § 46.37.188 — Penalty for violation of RCW 46.37.184 through 46.37.188
• § 46.37.190 — Warning devices on vehicles—Other drivers yield and stop
• § 46.37.191 — Implementing rules
• § 46.37.193 — Signs on buses
• § 46.37.194 — Authorized emergency vehicles—State patrol authority, maintenance, and applicant and driver screening
• § 46.37.195 — Sale of emergency vehicle lighting equipment restricted—Removal of emergency vehicle equipment, when required—Exception
• § 46.37.196 — Red lights on emergency tow trucks—Rear facing blue lights
• § 46.37.200 — Stop lamps and electric turn signals displayed
• § 46.37.210 — Additional lighting equipment
• § 46.37.215 — Hazard warning lamps
• § 46.37.220 — Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
• § 46.37.230 — Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment
• § 46.37.240 — Single-beam road-lighting equipment
• § 46.37.260 — Alternate road lighting equipment
• § 46.37.270 — Number of lamps required—Number of additional lamps permitted
• § 46.37.280 — Special restrictions on lamps
• § 46.37.290 — Special lighting equipment on school buses and private carrier buses
• § 46.37.300 — Standards for lights on snow-removal or highway maintenance and service equipment
• § 46.37.310 — Selling or using lamps or equipment
• § 46.37.320 — Authority of state patrol regarding lighting devices or other safety equipment
• § 46.37.330 — Revocation of certificate of approval on devices—Reapproval, conditions
• § 46.37.340 — Braking equipment required
• § 46.37.351 — Performance ability of brakes
• § 46.37.360 — Maintenance of brakes—Brake system failure indicator
• § 46.37.365 — Hydraulic brake fluid—Defined—Standards and specifications
• § 46.37.369 — Wheels and front suspension
• § 46.37.375 — Steering and suspension systems
• § 46.37.380 — Horns, warning devices, and theft alarms
• § 46.37.390 — Mufflers required—Smoke and air contaminant standards—Definitions—Penalty, exception
• § 46.37.395 — Compression brakes (Jake brakes)
• § 46.37.400 — Mirrors, backup devices
• § 46.37.410 — Windshields required, exception—Must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers
• § 46.37.420 — Tires—Restrictions
• § 46.37.4215 — Lightweight and retractable studs—Certification by sellers
• § 46.37.4216 — Lightweight and retractable studs—Sale of tires containing
• § 46.37.423 — Pneumatic passenger car tires—Standards—Exception for off-highway use—Penalty
• § 46.37.424 — Regrooved tires—Standards—Exception for off-highway use—Penalty
• § 46.37.425 — Tires—Unsafe—State patrol's authority—Penalty
• § 46.37.427 — Studded tire fee
• § 46.37.430 — Safety glazing—Sunscreening or coloring
• § 46.37.435 — Unlawful installation of safety glazing or film sunscreening material, penalty—Unlawful purchase or sale of safety glazing or film sunscreening material installation services, penalty
• § 46.37.440 — Flares or other warning devices required on certain vehicles
• § 46.37.450 — Disabled vehicle—Display of warning devices
• § 46.37.465 — Fuel system
• § 46.37.467 — Alternative fuel source—Placard required
• § 46.37.470 — Air conditioning equipment
• § 46.37.480 — Headsets, earphones
• § 46.37.490 — Safety load chains and devices required
• § 46.37.495 — Safety chains for towing
• § 46.37.500 — Fenders or splash aprons
• § 46.37.505 — Child passenger restraint systems
• § 46.37.510 — Seat belts and shoulder harnesses
• § 46.37.513 — Bumpers
• § 46.37.517 — Body and body hardware
• § 46.37.518 — Street rod, custom, and kit vehicles—Optional and required equipment
• § 46.37.5185 — Street rod and custom vehicles—Blue dot taillights
• § 46.37.519 — Kit vehicles
• § 46.37.520 — Beach vehicles with soft tires—"Dune buggies"—Inspection and approval required—Fee
• § 46.37.522 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—When head lamps and tail lamps to be lighted
• § 46.37.523 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—Head lamps
• § 46.37.524 — Motor-driven cycles—Head lamps
• § 46.37.525 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—Tail lamps, reflectors, and stop lamps
• § 46.37.527 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—Brake requirements
• § 46.37.528 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—Performance ability of brakes
• § 46.37.529 — Motor-driven cycles—Braking system inspection
• § 46.37.530 — Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, mopeds, electric-assisted bicycles—Helmets, other equipment—Children—Rules
• § 46.37.535 — Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, or mopeds—Helmet requirements when rented
• § 46.37.537 — Motorcycles—Exhaust system
• § 46.37.539 — Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles—Additional requirements and limitations
• § 46.37.540 — Odometers—Disconnecting, resetting, or turning back prohibited
• § 46.37.550 — Odometers—Selling motor vehicle knowing odometer turned back unlawful
• § 46.37.560 — Odometers—Selling motor vehicle knowing odometer replaced unlawful
• § 46.37.570 — Odometers—Selling, advertising, using, or installing device registering false mileage
• § 46.37.590 — Odometers—Purchaser plaintiff to recover costs and attorney's fee, when
• § 46.37.600 — Liability of operator, owner, lessee for violations
• § 46.37.610 — Wheelchair conveyance standards
• § 46.37.620 — School buses—Crossing arms
• § 46.37.630 — Private school buses
• § 46.37.640 — Air bags—Definitions
• § 46.37.650 — Air bags—Manufacture, importation, sale, or installation of counterfeit, nonfunctional, damaged, or previously deployed—Penalties
• § 46.37.660 — Air bags—Replacement requirements, diagnostic system—Penalties
• § 46.37.670 — Signal preemption devices—Prohibited—Exceptions
• § 46.37.671 — Signal preemption device—Possession—Penalty
• § 46.37.672 — Signal preemption device—Use, sale, purchase—Penalty
• § 46.37.673 — Signal preemption device—Accident—Property damage or less than substantial bodily harm—Penalty
• § 46.37.674 — Signal preemption device—Accident—Substantial bodily harm—Penalty
• § 46.37.675 — Signal preemption device—Accident—Death—Penalty
• § 46.37.680 — Sound system attachment
• § 46.37.685 — License plate flipping device—Unlawful use, display, sale—Penalty
• § 46.37.690 — Electric-assisted bicycles—Label—Compliance with equipment and manufacturing requirements—No tampering unless label is replaced—Bicycle and bicycle rider provisions apply
• § 46.44.010 — Outside width limit
• § 46.44.013 — Appurtenances on recreational vehicles
• § 46.44.020 — Maximum height—Impaired clearance signs
• § 46.44.030 — Maximum lengths
• § 46.44.034 — Maximum lengths—Front and rear protrusions
• § 46.44.036 — Combination of units—Limitation
• § 46.44.037 — Combination of units—Lawful operations
• § 46.44.041 — Maximum gross weights—Wheelbase and axle factors
• § 46.44.042 — Maximum gross weights—Axle and tire factors
• § 46.44.043 — Cement trucks—Axle loading controls
• § 46.44.047 — Excess weight—Logging trucks—Special permits—County or city permits—Fees—Discretion of arresting officer
• § 46.44.049 — Effect of weight on highways—Study authorized
• § 46.44.050 — Minimum length of wheelbase
• § 46.44.060 — Outside load limits for passenger vehicles
• § 46.44.070 — Drawbar requirements—Trailer whipping or weaving—Towing flag
• § 46.44.080 — Local regulations—State highway regulations
• § 46.44.090 — Special permits for oversize or overweight movements
• § 46.44.091 — Special permits—Gross weight limit
• § 46.44.0915 — Heavy haul industrial corridors—Overweight sealed containers and vehicles
• § 46.44.092 — Special permits—Overall width limits, exceptions—Application for permit
• § 46.44.093 — Special permits—Discretion of issuer—Conditions
• § 46.44.0941 — Special permits—Fees
• § 46.44.095 — Temporary additional tonnage permits—Fees
• § 46.44.096 — Special permits—Determining fee—To whom paid
• § 46.44.098 — Increase in federal limits on sizes and weights—Increases by commission
• § 46.44.101 — Interstate travel by specialized equipment
• § 46.44.105 — Enforcement procedures—Penalties—Exception—Rules
• § 46.44.110 — Liability for damage to highways, bridges, etc
• § 46.44.120 — Liability of owner, others, for violations
• § 46.44.130 — Farm implements—Gross weight and size limitation exception—Penalty
• § 46.44.140 — Farm implements—Special permits—Penalty
• § 46.44.150 — Highway improvement vehicles—Gross weight limit excesses authorized—Limitations
• § 46.44.170 — Mobile home or park model trailer movement special permit and decal—Responsibility for taxes—License plates—Rules
• § 46.44.173 — Notice to treasurer and assessor of county where mobile home or park trailer to be located
• § 46.44.175 — Penalties—Hearing
• § 46.44.180 — Operation of mobile home pilot vehicle without insurance unlawful—Amounts—Exception—Penalty
• § 46.44.190 — Firefighting apparatus
• § 46.44.200 — Vehicles or combination of vehicles with weight rating over forty thousand pounds and transporting cattle—Mandatory stops at state patrol-operated ports of entry—Exception—Penalty—Application
• § 46.48.170 — State patrol authority—Rules and regulations
• § 46.48.175 — Rules—Penalties—Responsibility for compliance
• § 46.48.185 — Inspections
• § 46.52.010 — Duty on striking unattended car or other property—Penalty
• § 46.52.020 — Duty in case of personal injury or death or damage to attended vehicle or other property—Penalties
• § 46.52.030 — Accident reports
• § 46.52.035 — Accident reports—Suspension of license or permit for failure to make report
• § 46.52.040 — Accident reports—Report when operator disabled
• § 46.52.050 — Coroner's reports to sheriff and state patrol
• § 46.52.060 — Tabulation and analysis of reports—Availability for use
• § 46.52.065 — Blood samples to state toxicologist—Analysis—Availability, admissibility of reports
• § 46.52.070 — Police officer's report
• § 46.52.080 — Confidentiality of reports—Information required to be disclosed—Evidence
• § 46.52.083 — Confidentiality of reports—Availability of factual data to interested parties
• § 46.52.085 — Confidentiality of reports—Fee for written information
• § 46.52.088 — Reports—False information
• § 46.52.090 — Reports of major repairs, etc.—Violations, penalties—Rules—Exceptions for older vehicles
• § 46.52.101 — Records of traffic charges, dispositions
• § 46.52.120 — Case record of convictions and infractions
• § 46.52.130 — Abstract of driving record—Access—Fee—Violations
• § 46.53.010 — Registered tow truck operators, vehicle wreckers, scrap processors, and scrap metal businesses may apply for cost reimbursement for towing, transporting, storing, dismantling, and disposing abandoned recreational vehicles—Department to develop rules—Stakeholder work group
• § 46.55.010 — Definitions
• § 46.55.020 — Registration required—Penalty
• § 46.55.025 — Registration or insurance required—Penalty
• § 46.55.030 — Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate
• § 46.55.035 — Prohibited acts—Penalty
• § 46.55.037 — Compensation for private impounds
• § 46.55.040 — Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities
• § 46.55.050 — Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty
• § 46.55.060 — Business location—Requirements
• § 46.55.063 — Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices
• § 46.55.065 — License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements
• § 46.55.070 — Posting requirements—Exception
• § 46.55.075 — Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures
• § 46.55.080 — Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted
• § 46.55.085 — Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way
• § 46.55.090 — Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle
• § 46.55.100 — Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report
• § 46.55.105 — Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies
• § 46.55.110 — Notice to legal and registered owners
• § 46.55.113 — Removal by police officer—Definition
• § 46.55.115 — State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal
• § 46.55.117 — Impounds under RCW 64.44.050
• § 46.55.118 — Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds
• § 46.55.120 — Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment
• § 46.55.125 — Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form
• § 46.55.130 — Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges
• § 46.55.140 — Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability
• § 46.55.150 — Vehicle transaction file
• § 46.55.160 — Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection
• § 46.55.170 — Complaints, where forwarded
• § 46.55.180 — Presiding officer at licensing hearing
• § 46.55.190 — Rules
• § 46.55.200 — Penalties for certain acts or omissions
• § 46.55.210 — Cease and desist order
• § 46.55.220 — Refusal to issue license, grounds for
• § 46.55.230 — Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment
• § 46.55.240 — Local ordinances—Requirements
• § 46.55.300 — Vehicle immobilization
• § 46.55.360 — Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition
• § 46.55.370 — Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion
• § 46.55.400 — Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability
• § 46.55.700 — Program to compensate registered tow truck operators—Private property impounds, impounds performed under law enforcement direction—Form—Disbursement of excess funds—Annual report—Lien, deficiency claim—Notice