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Chapter 46.16A RCW

REGISTRATION

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