BILL REQ. #:  H-4514.1 

Read first time 01/18/08.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

     AN ACT Relating to transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle offenses; and amending RCW 46.64.015.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.64.015 and 2006 c 270 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     Whenever any person is arrested for any violation of the traffic laws or regulations which is punishable as a misdemeanor or by imposition of a fine, the arresting officer may serve upon him or her a traffic citation and notice to appear in court. Such citation and notice shall conform to the requirements of RCW 46.64.010, and in addition, shall include spaces for the name and address of the person arrested, the license number of the vehicle involved, the driver's license number of such person, if any, the offense or violation charged, and the time and place where such person shall appear in court. Such spaces shall be filled with the appropriate information by the arresting officer. An officer may not serve or issue any traffic citation or notice for any offense or violation except either when the offense or violation is committed in his or her presence; or when a person may be arrested pursuant to RCW 10.31.100, as now or hereafter amended; or when the officer has probable cause to believe that the person has committed an offense of RCW 46.12.101. The detention arising from an arrest under this section may not be for a period of time longer than is reasonably necessary to issue and serve a citation and notice, except that the time limitation does not apply under any of the following circumstances:
     (1) Where the arresting officer has probable cause to believe that the arrested person has committed any of the offenses enumerated in RCW 10.31.100(3);
     (2) When the arrested person is a nonresident and is being detained for a hearing under RCW 46.64.035.