Title 46 — Title 46 MOTOR VEHICLES
54 chapters · 1,673 sections in this title.
RCW 46.52.010 Duty on striking unattended car or other property—Penalty.
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(1) The operator of any vehicle which collided with any other vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the operator and owner of the vehicle striking the u…
RCW 46.52.020 Duty in case of personal injury or death or damage to attended vehicle or other property—Penalties.
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(1) A driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in the injury to or death of any person or involving striking the body of a deceased person shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident or as close thereto as possible but shall then forthwith ret…
RCW 46.52.030 Accident reports.
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(1) Unless a report is to be made by a law enforcement officer under subsection (3) of this section, the driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any one person to an apparent extent equal to or great…
RCW 46.52.035 Accident reports—Suspension of license or permit for failure to make report.
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The director may suspend the license or permit to drive and any nonresident operating privileges of any person failing to report an accident as provided in RCW 46.52.030 until such report has been filed.[ 1988 c 8 s 1; 1965 ex.s. c 119 s 2.]
RCW 46.52.040 Accident reports—Report when operator disabled.
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Whenever the driver of the vehicle involved in any accident, concerning which accident report is required, is physically incapable of making the required accident report and there is another occupant other than a passenger for hire therein, in the vehicle at the time of the accid…
RCW 46.52.050 Coroner's reports to sheriff and state patrol.
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Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall on or before the tenth day of each month, report in writing to the sheriff of the county in which he or she holds office and to the chief of the Washington state patrol the death of any person within his or her juris…
RCW 46.52.060 Tabulation and analysis of reports—Availability for use.
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It shall be the duty of the chief of the Washington state patrol to file, tabulate, and analyze all accident reports and to publish annually, immediately following the close of each fiscal year, and monthly during the course of the year, statistical information based thereon show…
RCW 46.52.065 Blood samples to state toxicologist—Analysis—Availability, admissibility of reports.
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Every coroner or other official performing like functions shall submit to the state toxicologist a blood sample taken from all drivers and all pedestrians who are killed in any traffic accident where the death occurred within four hours after the accident. Blood samples shall be …
RCW 46.52.070 Police officer's report.
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(1) Any police officer of the state of Washington or of any county, city, town, or other political subdivision, present at the scene of any accident or in possession of any facts concerning any accident whether by way of official investigation or otherwise shall make report there…
RCW 46.52.080 Confidentiality of reports—Information required to be disclosed—Evidence.
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All required accident reports and supplemental reports and copies thereof shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the county prosecuting attorney and chief of police or county sheriff, as the case may be, and the director…
RCW 46.52.083 Confidentiality of reports—Availability of factual data to interested parties.
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All of the factual data submitted in report form by the officers, together with the signed statements of all witnesses, except the reports signed by the drivers involved in the accident, shall be made available upon request to the interested parties named in RCW 46.52.080.[ 1965 …
RCW 46.52.085 Confidentiality of reports—Fee for written information.
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Any information authorized for release under RCW 46.52.080 and 46.52.083 may be furnished in written form for a fee sufficient to meet, but not exceed, the costs incurred. All fees received by the Washington state patrol for such copies shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fun…
RCW 46.52.088 Reports—False information.
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A person shall not give information in oral or written reports as required in chapter 46.52 RCW knowing that such information is false.[ 1975 c 62 s 16.]Notes:Severability—1975 c 62: See note following RCW 36.75.010.
RCW 46.52.090 Reports of major repairs, etc.—Violations, penalties—Rules—Exceptions for older vehicles.
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(1) Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the business of repairs of any kind to vehicles or any person, firm, corporation, or association which may at any time engage in any kind of major repair, restoration, or substantial alteration to a vehicle required to …
RCW 46.52.101 Records of traffic charges, dispositions.
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(1) Every district court, municipal court, and clerk of a superior court shall keep or cause to be kept a record of every traffic complaint, traffic citation, notice of infraction, or other legal form of traffic charge deposited with or presented to the court or a traffic violati…
RCW 46.52.120 Case record of convictions and infractions.
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(1) The director shall keep a case record on every motor vehicle driver licensed under the laws of this state, together with information on each driver, showing all the convictions and findings of traffic infractions certified by the courts, together with an index cross-reference…
RCW 46.52.130 Abstract of driving record—Access—Fee—Violations.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2034-S2.SL) ***Upon a proper request, the department may only furnish information contained in an abstract of a person's driving record as permitted under this section.(1) Contents of abstract of driving record. An abstract of a person's driving record…