CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2286

                   Chapter 246, Laws of 2002

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

STOLEN VEHICLES--CERTIFICATES OF OWNERSHIP

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

Passed by the House February 12, 2002   Yeas 97   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP 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.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 29, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 29, 2002 - 3:41 p.m.
GARY LOCKE 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.

Correcting language regarding certificates of ownership for stolen vehicles. 

    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.

    Passed the House February 12, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 8, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 29, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2002.