Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 46.16A RCW
REGISTRATION
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
46.16A.010Definitions.
46.16A.020Registration year assigned—Registration month—Registration period—When registration does not expire.
46.16A.025Adjustment of vehicle registration periods to stagger renewal periods.
46.16A.030Registration and display of plates required—Penalties—Expired registration, impoundment.
46.16A.040Original registration—Application—Form and contents.
46.16A.050Registration—Requirements before issuance—Penalty—Rules.
46.16A.060Registration—Emission control inspections required—Exemptions—Educational information—Rules.
46.16A.070Registration—Cancellation, refusal, etc.—Appeals.
46.16A.080Registration—Exemptions.
46.16A.090Registration—Voluntary and opt-out donations—Discover pass.
46.16A.100Registration—Federal heavy vehicle use tax.
46.16A.110Registration renewal—Exemptions.
46.16A.115Open safety recalls—Notice—Liability.
46.16A.120Forwarding and payment of standing, stopping, and parking violations and other infractions required before registration renewal.
46.16A.130Notice of liability insurance requirement.
46.16A.140"Resident" defined—Natural person residency requirements—Vehicle registration required.
46.16A.150Purchasing a vehicle with foreign plates.
46.16A.160Nonresident exemption—Reciprocity—Rules.
46.16A.170Exemptions from vehicle license fees—State and publicly owned vehicles.
46.16A.175Exemptions from vehicle license fees—Vehicles owned by Indian tribes—Conditions.
46.16A.180Registration certificates—Formats—Requirements—Penalty—Exception—Manual removal of registrant's address.
46.16A.185Requirement for commercial motor vehicle registration certificate.
46.16A.190Replacement registration certificates.
46.16A.200License plates.
46.16A.210Emblems—Material, display requirements.
46.16A.215Military emblems—Fees.
46.16A.220Rules.
46.16A.230Tribal license plates and vehicle registration—Compacts.
PERMITS AND USES
46.16A.300Temporary license plates—Authority—Dealer fees—Secure system.
46.16A.305Temporary license plates—Application form and contents—Display and duration—Application fee—Department may adopt rules.
46.16A.320Vehicle trip permits—Restrictions and requirements—Fee—Penalty—Rules.
46.16A.330Farm vehicle trip permits—Restrictions and requirements—Fee—Rules.
46.16A.340Temporary permits for nonresident members of armed forces—Fee—Rules.
46.16A.350Temporary letter of authority for movement of unregistered vehicle for special community activity.
46.16A.360Thirty, sixty, or ninety-day permits for registered out-of-state commercial vehicles.
SPECIFIC VEHICLES
46.16A.405Campers, mopeds, and wheelchair conveyances.
46.16A.410Commercial motor vehicles.
46.16A.420Farm vehicles—Farm exempt decal—Fee—Rules.
46.16A.425Farm vehicles based on gross weight—Farm tabs—Penalty.
46.16A.428Intermittent-use trailers—Permanent registration—Penalty—License plates—Definition—Rules.
46.16A.435Off-road motorcycles—Declaration required—Contents.
46.16A.440Private use, single-axle trailers—Reduced license fee.
46.16A.445Street rod or custom vehicles.
46.16A.450Trailers—Permanent license plates and registration—Penalty—Rules.
46.16A.455Trucks, buses, and for hire vehicles based on gross weight.
46.16A.460Motorcycles and snow bikes—Concurrent, separate registrations—Declaration required—Department may adopt rules.
LIABILITY AND VIOLATIONS
46.16A.500Liability of operator, owner, lessee for violations.
46.16A.510Immunity from liability for issuing a vehicle registration or license plates to nonroadworthy vehicle.
46.16A.520Allowing unauthorized person to drive—Penalty.
46.16A.530Unlawful to carry passengers for hire without vehicle registration.
46.16A.540Overloading registered capacity—Additional registration—Penalties—Exceptions.
46.16A.545Overloading registered capacity—Penalties.
46.16A.550Illegible license plate—Penalty.