CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2286

57th Legislature

2002 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 12, 2002

Yeas 97 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2002

Yeas 46 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2286 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 2286

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Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher, Hatfield, Mitchell and Haigh; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 01/14/2002. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to certificates of ownership for stolen vehicles; and amending RCW 46.12.047.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 46.12.047 and 2001 c 125 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

The department shall institute software and systems modifications to enable a WACIC/NCIC stolen vehicle search of out-of-state vehicles as part of the title transaction. During the stolen vehicle search, if the information obtained indicates the vehicle is stolen, that information shall be immediately reported to the state patrol and the applicant shall not be ((~~permitted to register~~)) issued a certificate of ownership for the vehicle. Vehicles for which the stolen vehicle check is negative shall be ((~~registered~~)) issued a certificate of ownership if the department is satisfied that all other requirements have been met.