PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: February 10, 1999.
Purpose: To authorize the extension of driver licenses of persons who are outside of the state at the time their license expires.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.24.140.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 99-02-052 on January 5, 1999.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
February 10, 1999
Judith Giniger
Assistant Director
OTS-2743.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 308-104-109
Extension of driver's license.
A person who is outside the state when his or her driver's license expires may extend the driver's license for the period he or she is outside of the state, plus sixty days. Regardless of the length of time for which it has been extended, a license that has been extended must be renewed within sixty days of the person's return to the state. No license shall be extended for more than four years beyond the date of its expiration.
To extend his or her driver's license, an applicant must apply in writing on a form provided by the department. The form shall require the applicant to state under penalty of perjury that he or she will be out of the state when his or her license expires and that he or she will be unable to return to the state to renew his or her license before it expires. The director may require such information or examination as the director deems necessary to determine whether any facts exist which would bar the issuance of an extension or to determine the applicant's fitness to operate a motor vehicle safely, including a medical examination or a vision examination.
An extension of a person's driver's license does not change the expiration date of a license for purposes of RCW 46.20.181.
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