Title 46 — Title 46 MOTOR VEHICLES
54 chapters · 1,673 sections in this title.
RCW 46.29.010 Purpose.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to adopt in substance the provisions of the uniform vehicle code relating to financial responsibility in order to achieve greater uniformity with the laws of other states and thereby reduce the conflicts in laws confronting motorists as they trav…
RCW 46.29.020 Definitions.
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(1) The term "owner" as used in this chapter shall mean registered owner as defined in RCW 46.04.460.(2) The term "registration" as used in this chapter shall mean the certificate of license registration issued under the laws of this state.[ 1963 c 169 s 2.]
RCW 46.29.030 Director to administer chapter.
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(1) The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration.(2) The director shall prescribe and provide suitable forms requisite or deemed necessary for the purposes of this chapter.[ 1963 c 169…
RCW 46.29.033 Application of chapter to RCW 48.177.010.
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This chapter does not apply to the coverage exclusions under *RCW 48.177.010(6).[ 2015 c 236 s 6.]Notes:*Reviser's note: RCW 48.177.010 was recodified as RCW 46.72B.180 pursuant to 2022 c 281 s 35.
RCW 46.29.040 Court review.
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Any order of the director under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review, at the instance of any party in interest, by appeal to the superior court of Thurston county, or at his or her option to the superior court of the county of his or her residence. The scope …
RCW 46.29.050 Furnishing driving record and evidence of ability to respond in damages—Fees.
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(1) The department shall upon request furnish any person or his or her attorney a certified abstract of his or her driving record, which abstract shall include enumeration of any motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved. Such abstract shall (a) indicate the …
RCW 46.29.060 Application of sections requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security.
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The provisions of this chapter, requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state which is i…
RCW 46.29.070 Department to determine amount of security required—Notices.
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(1) The department, not less than twenty days after receipt of a report of an accident as described in the preceding section, shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in its judgment to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages resulting from such acci…
RCW 46.29.080 Exceptions as to requirement of security.
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The requirements as to security and suspension in this chapter shall not apply:(1) To the driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the vehicle involved in the accident, except that a driver shall…
RCW 46.29.090 Requirements as to policy or bond.
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(1) No policy or bond is effective under RCW 46.29.080 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in this state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nor unless such policy or bond is subject, if the accident has resulted in…
RCW 46.29.100 Form and amount of security.
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(1) The security required under this chapter shall be in such form and in such amount as the department may require, but in no case in excess of the limits specified in RCW 46.29.090 in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond.(2) Every depositor of security shall d…
RCW 46.29.110 Failure to deposit security—Suspensions.
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If a person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit such security within sixty days after the department has sent the notice as hereinbefore provided, the department shall thereupon suspend:(1) The driver's license of each driver in any manner involved in…
RCW 46.29.120 Release from liability.
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(1) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he or she is released from liability by such other person.(2) In the event the department has evaluated the …
RCW 46.29.130 Adjudication of nonliability.
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A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event such person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim.[ 1963 c 169 s 13.]
RCW 46.29.140 Agreements for payment of damages.
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(1) Any two or more of the persons involved in or affected by an accident as described in RCW 46.29.060 may at any time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of such persons because of bodily injury to or death or pro…
RCW 46.29.150 Payment upon judgment.
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The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon such judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evidenced…
RCW 46.29.160 Termination of security requirement.
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The department, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under RCW 46.29.120, 46.29.130, 46.29.140 or 46.29.150 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this chapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from…
RCW 46.29.170 Duration of suspension.
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Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this chapter, any order of suspension by the department under this chapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended until:(1) Such person shall depo…
RCW 46.29.180 Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states.
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(1) In case the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident within this state has no driver's license in this state, then such driver shall not be allowed a driver's license until he or she has complied w…
RCW 46.29.190 Authority of department to decrease amount of security.
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The department may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case if in its judgment the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his or her…
RCW 46.29.200 Correction of action by department.
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Whenever the department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information, then upon receiving correct information within three years after the date of an accident the department shall take appropriate acti…
RCW 46.29.210 Custody of security.
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The department shall place any security deposited with it under this chapter in the custody of the state treasurer.[ 1963 c 169 s 21.]
RCW 46.29.220 Disposition of security.
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(1) Such security shall be applicable and available only:(a) For the payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising out of the accident upon instruction of the person who made the deposit, or(b) For the payment of a judgment or judgments, rendered against the pers…
RCW 46.29.230 Return of deposit.
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Upon the expiration of three years from the date of the accident resulting in the security requirement, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the person who made such deposit or to his or her personal representative if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory …
RCW 46.29.240 Certain matters not evidence in civil suits.
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The report required following an accident, the action taken by the department pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the department upon which such action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter, shall not be referred to in any way, and shall not …
RCW 46.29.250 Application of sections requiring deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future.
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The provisions of this chapter requiring the deposit of proof of financial responsibility for the future, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply with respect to persons who have been convicted of or forfeited bail for certain offenses under motor vehicle laws, or who have fai…
RCW 46.29.260 "Proof of financial responsibility for the future" defined.
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The term "proof of financial responsibility for the future" as used in this chapter means: Proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of …
RCW 46.29.270 "Judgment," "state" defined.
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The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section.(1) The term "judgment" shall mean: Any judgment which shall have become final by expiration without appeal of the tim…
RCW 46.29.280 Suspension continues until proof furnished.
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Whenever, under any law of this state, the license of any person is suspended or revoked by reason of a conviction, forfeiture of bail, or finding that a traffic infraction has been committed, the suspension or revocation hereinbefore required shall remain in effect and the depar…
RCW 46.29.290 Action in respect to unlicensed person.
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If a person has no license, but by final order or judgment is convicted of or forfeits any bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance for trial for any offense requiring the suspension or revocation of license, no license shall be thereafter issued to such person unless…
RCW 46.29.300 Action in respect to nonresidents.
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Whenever the department suspends or revokes a nonresident's driving privilege by reason of a conviction, forfeiture of bail, or finding that a traffic infraction has been committed such privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless such person shall have previously given …
RCW 46.29.310 When judgment creditors to report nonpayment of judgments.
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Whenever any person fails within thirty days to satisfy any judgment, then it shall be the duty of the judgment creditor to forward immediately to the department the following:(1) A certified copy or abstract of such judgment;(2) A certificate of facts relative to such judgment;(…
RCW 46.29.320 Further action with respect to nonresidents.
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If the defendant named in any certified copy or abstract of a judgment reported to the department is a nonresident, the department shall transmit those certificates furnished to it under RCW 46.29.310 to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registrations of the …
RCW 46.29.330 Suspension for nonpayment of judgments.
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The department upon receipt of the certificates provided for by RCW 46.29.310, on a form provided by the department, shall forthwith suspend the license and any nonresident's driving privilege of any person against whom such judgment was rendered, except as otherwise provided in …
RCW 46.29.340 Exception in relation to government vehicles.
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The provisions of RCW 46.29.330 shall not apply with respect to any such judgment arising out of an accident caused by the ownership or operation, with permission, of a vehicle owned or leased to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or a munici…
RCW 46.29.350 Exception when consent granted by judgment creditor.
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If the judgment creditor consents in writing, in such form as the department may prescribe, that the judgment debtor be allowed a license or nonresident's driving privilege, the same may be allowed by the department, in its discretion, for six months from the date of such consent…
RCW 46.29.360 Exception when insurer liable.
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No license or nonresident's driving privilege of any person shall be suspended under the provisions of this chapter if the department shall find that an insurer was obligated to pay the judgment upon which suspension is based, at least to the extent and for the amounts required i…
RCW 46.29.370 Suspension continues until judgments paid and proof given.
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Such license and nonresident's driving privilege shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless and until every such judgment is stayed, sati…
RCW 46.29.390 Payments sufficient to satisfy requirements.
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(1) Judgments herein referred to are, for the purpose of this chapter only, deemed satisfied:(a) When twenty-five thousand dollars has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one person as the result o…
RCW 46.29.400 Installment payment of judgments—Default.
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(1) A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which such judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying such judgment in installments and the court, in its discretion and without prejudice to any other legal remedies which the judgmen…
RCW 46.29.410 Action if breach of agreement.
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In the event the judgment debtor fails to pay any installment as specified by such order, then upon notice of such default, the department shall forthwith suspend the license or nonresident's driving privilege of the judgment debtor until such judgment is satisfied, as provided i…
RCW 46.29.420 Proof required in addition to deposit of security after accident.
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Any person required to deposit security under RCW 46.29.070, for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in an accident, shall in addition be required to give proof of financial responsibility for the future. The department shall give written notice of such…
RCW 46.29.430 Additional proof required—Suspension or revocation for failure to give proof.
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If a person required to give proof of financial responsibility under RCW 46.29.420 fails to give such proof within sixty days after the department has sent notice as hereinbefore provided, the department shall suspend, or continue in effect any existing suspension or revocation o…
RCW 46.29.440 Additional proof required—Suspension to continue until proof given and maintained.
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Such license or nonresident's driving privilege shall remain so suspended and shall not be renewed, nor shall any such license be thereafter issued in the name of such person, including any such person not previously licensed, unless and until such person shall give and thereafte…
RCW 46.29.450 Alternate methods of giving proof.
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Proof of financial responsibility when required under this chapter, with respect to such a vehicle or with respect to a person who is not the owner of such a vehicle, may be given by filing:(1) A certificate of insurance as provided in RCW 46.29.460 or 46.29.470;(2) A bond as pro…
RCW 46.29.460 Certificate of insurance as proof.
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Proof of financial responsibility for the future may be furnished by filing with the department the written certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a motor vehicle liability policy for the benefit of the…
RCW 46.29.470 Certificate furnished by nonresident as proof.
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A nonresident may give proof of financial responsibility by filing with the department a written certificate or certificates of an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in the state in which the vehicle, or vehicles, owned by such nonresident is registered, or in the …
RCW 46.29.480 Default by nonresident insurer.
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If any insurance carrier not authorized to transact business in this state, which has qualified to furnish proof of financial responsibility, defaults in any said undertakings or agreements, the department shall not thereafter accept as proof any certificate of said carrier wheth…
RCW 46.29.490 "Motor vehicle liability policy" defined.
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(1) Certification. A "motor vehicle liability policy" as said term is used in this chapter means an "owner's policy" or an "operator's policy" of liability insurance, certified as provided in RCW 46.29.460 or 46.29.470 as proof of financial responsibility for the future, and issu…
RCW 46.29.500 Notice of cancellation or termination of certified policy.
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When an insurance carrier has certified a motor vehicle liability policy under RCW 46.29.460 or 46.29.470 the insurance so certified shall not be canceled or terminated until at least ten days after a notice of cancellation or termination of the insurance so certified shall be fi…