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HOUSE BILL 1157
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By Representatives Murray, Hankins, Lovick, Fisher and Keiser
Read first time 01/18/2001. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to identifying rebuilt vehicles; and amending RCW 46.12.005 and 46.12.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.12.005 and 1996 c 26 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) The words
"delivery," "notice," "send," and "security
interest" have the same meaning as these terms are defined in RCW
62A.1-201; the word "secured party" has the same meaning as this term
is defined in RCW ((62A.9‑105)) 62A.9A-102.
(2) "Salvage
vehicle" means a vehicle whose certificate of ownership has been
surrendered to the department under RCW 46.12.070 due to the vehicle's
destruction or declaration as a total loss or for which there is documentation
indicating that the vehicle has been declared salvage or has been damaged to
the extent that the owner, an insurer, or other person acting on behalf of the
owner, has determined that the cost of parts and labor plus the salvage value
has made it uneconomical to repair the vehicle. The term does not include a
motor vehicle having a model year designation of a calendar year that is at
least ((six)) twenty-five years before the calendar year in which
the vehicle was wrecked, destroyed, or damaged.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.12.050 and 1996 c 26 s 2 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 a certificate of ownership thereof in the applicant's name, shall issue an appropriate electronic record of ownership or a written certificate of ownership, over the director's signature, authenticated by seal, and if required, a new written certificate of license registration if certificate of license registration is required.
The certificates of ownership and the certificates 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, 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 has ever been rebuilt after becoming a salvage vehicle it shall state "rebuilt", such fact shall be clearly shown thereon.
All certificates of ownership of motor vehicles issued after April 30, 1990, shall reflect the odometer reading as provided by the odometer disclosure statement submitted with the title application involving a transfer of ownership.
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.
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