CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2674

Chapter 12, Laws of 2014

63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session



MOTOR VEHICLES--QUICK TITLES--PROCESSING BY SUBAGENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/14

Passed by the House February 17, 2014
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 4, 2014
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2674 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 13, 2014, 2:21 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 14, 2014







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2674
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Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By Representatives Warnick and Sawyer

Read first time 01/24/14.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to the processing of quick titles by subagents; and amending RCW 46.12.555.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.12.555 and 2011 c 326 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The application for a quick title of a vehicle must be submitted by the owner or the owner's representative to the department, participating county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director on a form furnished or approved by the department and must contain:
     (a) A description of the vehicle, including make, model, vehicle identification number, type of body, and the odometer reading at the time of delivery of the vehicle, when required;
     (b) The name and address of the person who is to be the registered owner of the vehicle and, if the vehicle is subject to a security interest, the name and address of the secured party; and
     (c) Other information as may be required by the department.
     (2) The application for a quick title must be signed by the person applying to be the registered owner and be sworn to by that person in the manner described under RCW 9A.72.085. The department must keep a copy of the application.
     (3) The application for a quick title must be accompanied by:
     (a) All fees and taxes due for an application for a certificate of title, including a quick title service fee under RCW 46.17.160; and
     (b) The most recent certificate of title or other satisfactory evidence of ownership.
     (4) All applications for quick title must meet the requirements established by the department.
     (5) For the purposes of this section, "quick title" means a certificate of title printed at the time of application.
     (6) The quick title process authorized under this section may not be used to obtain the first title issued to a vehicle previously designated as a salvage vehicle as defined in RCW 46.04.514.
     (7) A subagent may process a quick title under this section ((only after (a) the department has instituted a process in which blank certificates of title can be inventoried; (b) the county auditor of the county in which the subagent is located has processed quick titles for a minimum of six months; and (c) the county auditor approves a request from a subagent in its county to process quick titles)) in accordance with rules adopted by the department.


         Passed by the House February 17, 2014.
         Passed by the Senate March 4, 2014.
         Approved by the Governor March 13, 2014.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2014.