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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1553

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives van Dyke, Fuhrman, Sutherland, Sanders, Dobbs, Walker, Kremen, C. Smith and Isaacson

Read first time 1/17/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicles; and amending RCW 46.12.380.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 241, Laws of 1984 and RCW 46.12.380 are each amended to read as follows:

          Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 42.17 RCW, the name or address of an individual vehicle owner shall not be released by the department, county auditor or other public agency except upon written request, signed by the person requesting disclosure, stating their full legal name ((and)), address, and purpose of the disclosure.  The request shall be accompanied by a five dollar nonrefundable application fee.  The request for disclosure is itself a public record, subject to inspection and copying, and shall be retained by the disclosing agency for two years.

          ((When deemed appropriate by the disclosing agency, notice that such a disclosure request has been honored may be sent to the affected vehicle owner, indicating the name and address of the person requesting disclosure)) If the department determines that disclosure would be appropriate it shall mail a copy of the request for information to the vehicle owner prior to the release of information.

          This section shall not apply to persons who routinely request disclosure of vehicle registration information for use in the course of their business or occupation.