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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3891

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Peterson and Rasmussen

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to vehicle certificates of title; and amending RCW 46.12.050.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 46.12.050, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 9, chapter 25, Laws of 1975 and RCW 46.12.050 are each amended to read as follows:

          The department, if satisfied from the statements upon the application that the applicant is the legal owner of the vehicle or otherwise entitled to have the certificate of ownership thereof in the applicant's name, shall thereupon issue an appropriate certificate of ownership, over the director's signature, authenticated by seal, and a new certificate of license registration if certificate of license registration is required.

          Both the certificate of ownership and the certificate of license registration shall contain upon the face thereof, the date of application, the registration number assigned to the registered owner and to the vehicle, the name and address of the registered owner and legal owner, the vehicle identification number, the number of miles indicated on the odometer at the time of delivery of the vehicle, and such other description of the vehicle and facts as the department shall require, and in addition thereto, if the vehicle described in such certificates shall have ever been licensed and operated as an exempt vehicle or a taxicab, or if it is less than four years old and has been rebuilt after having been totaled out by an insurance carrier, such fact shall be clearly shown thereon.

          A blank space shall be provided on the face of the certificate of license registration for the signature of the registered owner.

          Upon issuance of the certificate of license registration and certificate of ownership and upon any reissue thereof, the department shall deliver the certificate of license registration to the registered owner and the certificate of ownership to the legal owner, or both to the person who is both the registered owner and legal owner.