§ 46.10.050. Snowmobile dealers' registration -- Fee -- Dealer number plates, use -- Sale or demonstration unlawful without registration
(1) Each dealer of snowmobiles in this state shall register with the department in such manner and upon such forms as the department shall prescribe. Upon receipt of a dealer's application for registration and the registration fee provided for in subsection (2) of this section, such dealer shall be registered and a registration number assigned.
(2) The registration fee for dealers shall be twenty-five dollars per year, and such fee shall cover all of the snowmobiles offered by a dealer for sale and not rented on a regular, commercial basis: PROVIDED, That snowmobiles rented on a regular commercial basis by a dealer shall be registered separately under the provisions of RCW 46.10.020, 46.10.040, 46.10.060, and 46.10.070.
(3) Upon registration each dealer may purchase, at a cost to be determined by the department, dealer number plates of a size and color to be determined by the department, which shall contain the registration number assigned to that dealer. Each snowmobile operated by a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer for the purposes of demonstration or testing shall display such number plates in a clearly visible manner.
(4) No person other than a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer shall display a dealer number plate, and no dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer shall use a dealer's number plate for any purpose other than the purposes described in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) Dealer registration numbers are nontransferable.
(6) It is unlawful for any dealer to sell any snowmobile at wholesale or retail, or to test or demonstrate any snowmobile, within the state, unless registered in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[1990 c 250 § 26; 1982 c 17 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 29 § 5.]
Notes:
Severability -- 1990 c 250: See note following RCW 46.16.301.
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