Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 46 Motor Vehicles - Chapter 46.16 Vehicle Licenses

46.16.004 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Commercial motor vehicle," for the purposes of requiring a department of transportation ...

46.16.006 "Registration year" defined -- Registration months -- "Last day of the month" defined
(1) The term "registration year" for the purposes of chapters 46.16, 82.44, and 82.50 RCW means the effective period of a vehicle license issued by ...

46.16.010 Licenses and plates required -- Penalties -- Exceptions -- Expired registration, impoundment
(1) It is unlawful for a person to operate any vehicle over and along a public highway of this state without first having obtained and ...

46.16.0105 Exemption--Vehicles in national recreation areas
After initial vehicle registration, motor vehicles operated solely within a national recreation area that is not accessible by a state highway are exempt from annual ...

46.16.011 Allowing unauthorized person to drive -- Penalty
It is unlawful for any person in whose name a vehicle is registered knowingly to permit another person to drive the vehicle when the other ...

46.16.012 Immunity from liability for licensing nonroadworthy vehicle
The director, the state of Washington, and its political subdivisions shall be immune from civil liability arising from the issuance of a vehicle license to ...

46.16.015 Emission control inspections required -- Exceptions -- Educational information
(1) Neither the department of licensing nor its agents may issue or renew a motor vehicle license for any vehicle or change the registered owner ...

46.16.016 Emission control inspections -- Rules for licensing requirements
The director of the department of licensing shall adopt rules implementing and enforcing RCW 46.16.015, except for *RCW 46.16.015(2)(g) in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.[1979 ...

46.16.017 Emission standards--Compliance required to register, lease, rent, or sell vehicles--Exemptions
After adoption of rules specified in RCW 70.120A.010, no vehicle shall be registered, leased, rented, or sold for use in the state starting with the ...

46.16.020 Exemptions -- State and publicly owned vehicles -- Registration
Any vehicle owned, rented, or leased by the state of Washington, or by any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the ...

46.16.022 Exemptions -- Vehicles owned by Indian tribes -- Conditions
(1) The provisions of this chapter relating to licensing of vehicles by this state, including the display of vehicle license number plates and license registration ...

46.16.023 Ride-sharing vehicles -- Special plates -- Gross misdemeanor
(1) Every owner or lessee of a vehicle seeking to apply for an excise tax exemption under RCW 82.08.0287, 82.12.0282, or 82.44.015 shall apply to ...

46.16.025 Identification device for exempt farm vehicles -- Application for -- Contents -- Fee
Before any "farm vehicle", as defined in RCW 46.04.181, shall operate on or move along a public highway, there shall be displayed upon it in ...

46.16.028 "Resident" defined -- Vehicle registration required
(1) For the purposes of vehicle license registration, a resident is a person who manifests an intent to live or be located in this state ...

46.16.029 Purchasing vehicle with foreign plates
It is unlawful to purchase a vehicle bearing foreign license plates without removing and destroying the plates unless (1) the out-of-state vehicle is sold to ...

46.16.030 Nonresident exemption -- Reciprocity
Except as is herein provided for foreign businesses, the provisions relative to the licensing of vehicles and display of vehicle license number plates and license ...

46.16.035 Exemptions -- Private school buses
Any bus or vehicle owned and operated by a private school or schools meeting the requirements of RCW 28A.195.010 and used by that school or ...

46.16.040 Form of application -- Contents
Application for original vehicle license shall be made on [a] form furnished for the purpose by the department. Such application shall be made by the ...

46.16.045 Temporary permits -- Authority -- Fees -- Secure system
(1) The department in its discretion may grant a temporary permit to operate a vehicle for which application for registration has been made, where such ...

46.16.047 Temporary permits -- Form and contents -- Duration -- Fees
Forms for such temporary permits shall be prescribed and furnished by the department. Temporary permits shall bear consecutive numbers, shall show the name and address ...

46.16.048 Temporary letter of authority for movement of unlicensed vehicle for special community event
The department in its discretion may issue a temporary letter of authority authorizing the movement of an unlicensed vehicle or the temporary usage of a ...

46.16.0621 License fee
(1) License tab fees are required to be $30 per year for motor vehicles, regardless of year, value, make, or model. (2) For the purposes ...

46.16.063 Additional fee for recreational vehicles
In addition to other fees for the licensing of vehicles there shall be paid and collected annually for each camper, travel trailer, and motor home ...

46.16.068 Trailing units -- Permanent plates
Trailing units which are subject to *RCW 82.44.020(4) shall, upon application, be issued a permanent license plate that is valid until the vehicle is sold, ...

46.16.070 License fee on trucks, buses, and for hire vehicles based on gross weight
(1) In lieu of all other vehicle licensing fees, unless specifically exempt, and in addition to the mileage fees prescribed for buses and stages in ...

46.16.071 Additional fees
(1) In addition to the fees set forth in RCW 46.16.070, there shall be paid and collected annually upon registration, a fee of one dollar ...

46.16.073 Federal heavy vehicle use tax
The department may refuse registration of a vehicle if the applicant has failed to furnish proof, acceptable to the department, that the federal heavy vehicle ...

46.16.076 Voluntary donation -- State parks renewal and stewardship account
(1) The department shall provide an opportunity for owners of vehicles registered under RCW 46.16.0621 and vehicles licensed under RCW 46.16.070 with a declared gross ...

46.16.079 Fixed load motor vehicle equipped for lifting or towing -- Capacity fee in addition to and in lieu
The licensee of any fixed load motor vehicle equipped for lifting or towing any disabled, impounded, or abandoned vehicle or part thereof, may pay a ...

46.16.085 Commercial trailers, pole trailers -- Fee in lieu
In lieu of all other licensing fees, an annual license fee of thirty-six dollars shall be collected in addition to the excise tax prescribed in ...

46.16.086 Single-axle trailers--Fee in lieu
In lieu of the license tab fees provided in RCW 46.16.0621, private use single-axle trailers of two thousand pounds scale weight or less may be ...

46.16.088 Transfer of license plates -- Penalty
Except as provided in RCW 46.16.290, the transfer of license plates issued pursuant to this chapter between two or more vehicles is a traffic infraction ...

46.16.090 Gross weight fees on farm vehicles -- Penalty
Motor trucks, truck tractors, and tractors may be specially licensed based on the declared gross weight thereof for the various amounts set forth in the ...

46.16.111 Gross weight, how computed
The gross weight in the case of any motor truck, tractor, or truck tractor shall be the scale weight of the motor truck, tractor, or ...

46.16.121 Seating capacity fees on stages, for hire vehicles
In addition to other fees for the licensing of vehicles, there shall be paid and collected annually, for each auto stage and for hire vehicle, ...

46.16.125 Mileage fees on stages -- Penalty
In addition to the fees required by RCW 46.16.070, operators of auto stages with seating capacity over six shall pay, at the time they file ...

46.16.135 Monthly license fee -- Penalty
The annual vehicle licensing fees as provided in RCW 46.16.070 for any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles having a declared gross weight in excess ...

46.16.140 Overloading licensed capacity -- Additional license -- Penalties -- Exceptions
It is a traffic infraction for any person to operate, or cause, permit, or suffer to be operated upon a public highway of this state ...

46.16.145 Overloading licensed capacity -- Penalties
Any person violating any of the provisions of RCW 46.16.140 shall, upon a first offense, pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor ...

46.16.150 School buses exempt from load and seat capacity fees
No provision of the law of this state shall be construed to require for hire vehicle license or adult seating capacity fees, either directly or ...

46.16.160 Vehicle trip permits -- Restrictions and requirements -- Fees and taxes -- Penalty -- Rules
(1) The owner of a vehicle which under reciprocal relations with another jurisdiction would be required to obtain a license registration in this state or ...

46.16.162 Farm vehicle trip permits
(1) The owner of a farm vehicle licensed under RCW 46.16.090 purchasing a monthly license under RCW 46.16.135 may, as an alternative to the first ...

46.16.180 Unlawful to carry passengers for hire without license
It shall be unlawful for the owner or operator of any vehicle not licensed annually for hire or as an auto stage and for which ...

46.16.200 Applications to agents -- Transmittal to director
Upon receipt by agents of the director, including county auditors, of original applications for vehicle license accompanied by the proper fees, such agents shall, if ...

46.16.210 Original applications -- Renewals -- Fees -- Preissuance, when
(1) Upon receipt of the application and proper fee for original vehicle license, the director shall make a recheck of the application and in the ...

46.16.212 Notice of liability insurance requirement
The department of licensing shall notify the public of the requirements of RCW 46.30.020 through 46.30.040 at the time of new vehicle registration and when ...

46.16.216 Payment of parking fines required for renewal
(1) To renew a vehicle license, an applicant shall satisfy all listed standing, stopping, and parking violations, and other infractions issued under RCW 46.63.030(1)(d) for ...

46.16.220 Time of renewal of licenses -- Duration
Vehicle licenses and vehicle license number plates may be renewed for the subsequent registration year up to eighteen months before the current expiration date and ...

46.16.225 Adjustment of vehicle registration periods to stagger renewal periods
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may extend or diminish vehicle license registration periods for the purpose of staggering renewal periods. ...

46.16.230 License plates furnished
The director shall furnish to all persons making satisfactory application for vehicle license as provided by law, two identical vehicle license number plates each containing ...

46.16.233 Standard background -- Periodic replacement -- Retention of current plate number
(1) Except for those license plates issued under RCW 46.16.305(1) before January 1, 1987, under RCW 46.16.305(3), and to commercial vehicles with a gross weight ...

46.16.235 State name not abbreviated
Vehicle license number plates issued by the state of Washington commencing with the next general issuance of such plates shall be so designed as to ...

46.16.237 Reflectorized materials -- Fee
All vehicle license number plates issued after January 1, 1968, or such earlier date as the director may prescribe with respect to plates issued in ...

46.16.240 Attachment of plates to vehicles -- Violations enumerated
The vehicle license number plates shall be attached conspicuously at the front and rear of each vehicle for which the same are issued and in ...

46.16.260 License registration certificate -- Signature required -- Carried in vehicle -- Penalty -- Inspection -- Exception
A certificate of license registration to be valid must have endorsed thereon the signature of the registered owner (if a firm or corporation, the signature ...

46.16.265 Replacement certificate
If a certificate of license registration is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed or becomes illegible, the registered owner or owners, as shown by the records ...

46.16.270 Replacement of plates -- Fee
The total replacement plate fee shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund. Upon the loss, defacement, or destruction of one or both of the ...

46.16.276 Implementing rules
The director may make and enforce rules to implement this chapter.[1986 c 30 § 4.] ...

46.16.280 Sale, loss, or destruction of commercial vehicle -- Credit for unused fee -- Change in license classification
In case of loss, destruction, sale, or transfer of any motor vehicle with a registered gross weight in excess of twelve thousand pounds and subject ...

46.16.290 Disposition of license plates, certificate on vehicle transfer
(1) In any case of a valid sale or transfer of the ownership of any vehicle, the right to the certificates properly transferable therewith, except ...

46.16.295 Returned plates -- Reuse
The department may, upon request, provide license plates that have been used and subsequently returned to the department to individuals for nonvehicular use. The department ...

46.16.301 Baseball stadium license plates
The department shall create, design, and issue a special baseball stadium license plate that may be used in lieu of regular or personalized license plates ...

46.16.305 Special license plates -- Continuance of earlier issues -- Conditions for current issues
The department shall continue to issue the categories of special plates issued by the department under the sections repealed under section 12 (1) through (7), ...

46.16.307 Collectors' vehicles -- Use restrictions
A collectors' vehicle licensed under RCW 46.16.305(1) may only be used for participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and occasional pleasure driving.[1996 c 225 ...

46.16.309 Special license plates -- Application
Persons applying to the department for special license plates shall apply on forms obtained from the department and in accordance with RCW 46.16.040. The applicant ...

46.16.30901 Professional firefighters and paramedics plate
The department shall issue a special license plate displaying a symbol, approved by the special license plate review board, for professional firefighters and paramedics who ...

46.16.30902 Washington State Council of Firefighters benevolent fund
(1) The Washington State Council of Firefighters benevolent fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination the state has ...

46.16.30903 Helping Kids Speak plate
(1) The legislature recognizes the Helping Kids Speak license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, and found ...

46.16.30904 "Helping Kids Speak" account
(1) The "Helping Kids Speak" account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state has been reimbursed ...

46.16.30905 Law enforcement memorial plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the law enforcement memorial license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board as specified in chapter ...

46.16.30906 Law enforcement memorial account
(1) The law enforcement memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state has been reimbursed ...

46.16.30907 Washington's Wildlife plate collection
(1) The legislature recognizes that the Washington's Wildlife license plate collection, to include three distinct designs including bear, deer, and elk, has been reviewed by ...

46.16.30908 Washington's Wildlife license plate collection -- Definition
For the purposes of RCW 46.16.313 and 46.16.30907, the term "Washington's Wildlife license plate collection" means the collection of three separate license plate designs issued ...

46.16.30909 Washington state parks and recreation commission plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the Washington state parks and recreation commission license plate application has been reviewed by the special license plate review board ...

46.16.30910 Washington state parks and recreation commission special license plate--Definition
For the purposes of RCW 46.16.313, "Washington state parks and recreation commission special license plate" means license plates issued under RCW 46.16.30909 that display a ...

46.16.30911 "Washington Lighthouses" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "Washington Lighthouses" license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, and found ...

46.16.30912 Lighthouse environmental programs account
(1) The lighthouse environmental programs account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state had been reimbursed ...

46.16.30913 "Keep Kids Safe" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "Keep Kids Safe" license plate has been reviewed and approved by the special license plate review board under RCW ...

46.16.30914 "We love our pets" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "we love our pets" license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, ...

46.16.30915 We love our pets account
(1) The we love our pets account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state has been ...

46.16.30916 Gonzaga University alumni association plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the Gonzaga University alumni association license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, ...

46.16.30917 Gonzaga University alumni association account
(1) The Gonzaga University alumni association account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state has been ...

46.16.30918 "Washington's National Park Fund" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "Washington's National Park Fund" license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, ...

46.16.30919 "Washington's National Park Fund" account
(1) The "Washington's National Park Fund" account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state had been ...

46.16.30920 Armed forces plate collection
(1) The legislature recognizes that the armed forces license plate collection has been reviewed and approved by the special license plate review board. (2) The ...

46.16.30921 Armed forces license plate collection--Definition -- No free issuance
(1) "Armed forces license plate collection" means the collection of six separate license plate designs issued under RCW 46.16.30920. Each license plate design displays a ...

46.16.30922 "Ski & Ride Washington" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "Ski & Ride Washington" license plate has been reviewed and approved by the special license plate review board under ...

46.16.30923 "Ski & Ride Washington" account
(1) The "Ski & Ride Washington" account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state had been ...

46.16.30924 Wild On Washington plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the Wild On Washington license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725 and ...

46.16.30925 Wild On Washington license plates--Definition
For the purposes of RCW 46.16.313 and 46.16.30924, the term "Wild On Washington license plates" means license plates issued under RCW 46.16.30924 that display a ...

46.16.30926 Endangered Wildlife plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the Endangered Wildlife license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725 and was ...

46.16.30927 Endangered Wildlife license plates--Definition
For the purposes of RCW 46.16.313 and 46.16.30926, the term "Endangered Wildlife license plates" means license plates issued under RCW 46.16.30926 that display a symbol ...

46.16.30928 "Share the Road" plate
(1) The legislature recognizes that the "Share the Road" license plate has been reviewed by the special license plate review board under RCW 46.16.725, and ...

46.16.30929 "Share the Road" account
(1) The "Share the Road" account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Upon the department's determination that the state had been reimbursed ...

46.16.313 Special license plates -- Fees
(1) The department may establish a fee of no more than forty dollars for each type of special license plates issued under RCW 46.16.301(1) (a), ...

46.16.314 Special license plates -- Authority to continue
The department has the sole discretion, based upon the number of sales to date, to determine whether or not to continue issuing license plates in ...

46.16.316 Special license plates -- Transfer of vehicle -- Replacement plates
Except as provided in RCW 46.16.305: (1) When a person who has been issued a special license plate or plates: (a) Under RCW 46.16.30901, 46.16.30903, ...

46.16.319 Veterans and military personnel -- Emblems
(1) Veterans discharged under honorable conditions (veterans) and individuals serving on active duty in the United States armed forces (active duty military personnel) may purchase ...

46.16.324 Collegiate license plates
Effective January 1, 1995, a state university, regional university, or state college as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 may apply to the department, in a form ...

46.16.327 Military emblems -- Material, display requirements
Vehicle license plate emblems and veteran remembrance emblems shall use fully reflectorized materials designed to provide visibility at night. Emblems shall be designed to be ...

46.16.332 Military emblems -- Fees
(1) The director may adopt fees to be charged by the department for emblems issued by the department under RCW 46.16.319. (2) The fee for ...

46.16.333 Cooper Jones emblems
In cooperation with the Washington state patrol and the department of licensing, the traffic safety commission shall create and design, and the department shall issue, ...

46.16.335 Special license plates and emblems -- Rules
The director shall adopt rules to implement RCW 46.16.301 through 46.16.332, including setting of fees.[1990 c 250 § 10.]Notes: Effective dates -- 1990 c 250 ...

46.16.340 Amateur radio operator plates -- Information furnished to various agencies
The director, from time to time, shall furnish the state military department, the department of community, trade, and economic development, the Washington state patrol, and ...

46.16.350 Amateur radio operator plates -- Expiration or revocation of radio license -- Penalty
Any radio amateur operator who holds a special call letter license plate as issued under RCW 46.16.305, and who has allowed his or her federal ...

46.16.371 Special plates for honorary consul, foreign government representative
(1) Every honorary consul or official representative of any foreign government who is a citizen or resident of the United States of America, duly licensed ...

46.16.374 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office -- Special plates
(1) If the eligible applicant bears the entire cost of plate production, the department shall provide for the issuance of special license plates, in lieu ...

46.16.376 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office -- Fee exemption
A motor vehicle owned or leased by an officer of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office eligible for a special license plate under RCW 46.16.374 ...

46.16.381 Special parking for persons with disabilities -- Penalties -- Enforcement -- Definition
(1) The director shall grant special parking privileges to any person who has a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk or involves ...

46.16.385 Versions of special plates for persons with disabilities
(1) The department shall design and issue versions of special license plates including the international symbol of access described in RCW 70.92.120 for plates issued ...

46.16.390 Special plate or card issued by another jurisdiction
A special license plate or card issued by another state or country that indicates an occupant of the vehicle has disabilities, entitles the vehicle on ...

46.16.450 Appeals to superior court from suspension, revocation, cancellation, or refusal of license or certificate
See RCW 46.12.240. ...

46.16.460 Nonresident members of armed forces -- Issuance of temporary license
Upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars therefor, the department of licensing shall issue a temporary motor vehicle license for a motor vehicle ...

46.16.470 Temporary license -- Display
The temporary license provided for in RCW 46.16.460 shall be carried on the interior of the motor vehicle in such a way as to be ...

46.16.480 Nonresident members of armed forces -- Exemption from sales, use, or motor vehicle excise taxes -- Extent of exemption
The original purchaser of a motor vehicle, for which a temporary license as provided in RCW 46.16.460 has been issued, shall not be subject to ...

46.16.490 Nonresident members of armed forces -- Rules and regulations -- Proof
The department of licensing shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the administration of RCW 46.16.460 through 46.16.490. The department may require that adequate proof of ...

46.16.500 Liability of operator, owner, lessee for violations
Whenever an act or omission is declared to be unlawful in chapter 46.16 RCW, if the operator of the vehicle is not the owner or ...

46.16.505 Campers -- License and plates -- Application -- Fee
It shall be unlawful for a person to operate any vehicle equipped with a camper over and along a public highway of this state without ...

46.16.560 Personalized license plates -- Defined
Personalized license plates, as used in this chapter, means license plates that have displayed upon them the registration number assigned to the vehicle or camper ...

46.16.565 Personalized license plates -- Application
Any person who is the registered owner of a passenger motor vehicle, a motor truck, a trailer, a camper, a private bus, or a motorcycle ...

46.16.570 Personalized license plates -- Design
Except for personalized plates issued under RCW 46.16.601, the personalized license plates shall be the same design as regular license plates, and shall consist of ...

46.16.575 Personalized license plates -- Issuance to registered owner only
Personalized license plates shall be issued only to the registered owner of a vehicle on which they are to be displayed.[1973 1st ex.s. c 200 ...

46.16.580 Personalized license plates -- Application requirements
An applicant for issuance of personalized license plates or renewal of such plates in the subsequent year pursuant to this chapter shall file an application ...

46.16.585 Personalized license plates -- Fees -- Renewal -- Penalty
In addition to the regular registration fee, and any other fees and taxes required to be paid upon registration, the applicant shall be charged a ...

46.16.590 Personalized license plates -- Transfer fees
Whenever any person who has been issued personalized license plates applies to the department for transfer of such plates to a subsequently acquired vehicle or ...

46.16.595 Personalized license plates -- Transfer or surrender upon sale or release of vehicle -- Penalty
When any person who has been issued personalized license plates sells, trades, or otherwise releases ownership of the vehicle upon which the personalized license plates ...

46.16.600 Personalized license plates -- Rules and regulations
(1) The director of licensing may establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of RCW 46.16.560 through 46.16.595. ...

46.16.601 Personalized special plates
(1) The following special license plate series created by the legislature may be personalized: (a) RCW 46.16.301 as currently law; (b) RCW 46.16.301(1) (a), (b), ...

46.16.605 Personalized license plates -- Disposition of fees -- Costs
All revenue derived from the fees provided for in RCW 46.16.585 shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and be deposited to the credit of ...

46.16.606 Personalized license plates -- Additional fee
In addition to the fees imposed in RCW 46.16.585 for application and renewal of personalized license plates an additional fee of twelve dollars shall be ...

46.16.615 Commercial motor vehicle registration
(1) The department shall refuse to register a commercial motor vehicle that is owned by a motor carrier subject to RCW 46.32.080, 46.87.294, and 46.87.296 ...

46.16.630 Moped registration
Application for registration of a moped shall be made to the department of licensing in such manner and upon such forms as the department shall ...

46.16.640 Wheelchair conveyances
Wheelchair conveyances that are incapable of complying with RCW 46.37.340 shall be licensed in the manner provided for mopeds in RCW 46.16.630.[1983 c 200 § ...

46.16.670 Boat trailers -- Fee for freshwater aquatic weeds account
In addition to any other fee required under this chapter, boat trailers shall annually pay a fee of three dollars. The proceeds of this fee ...

46.16.680 Kit vehicles
All kit vehicles are licensed as original transactions when first titled in Washington, and the following provisions apply: (1) The department of licensing shall charge ...

46.16.685 License plate technology account
The license plate technology account is created in the state treasury. All receipts collected under RCW 46.01.140(4)(e)(ii) must be deposited into this account. Expenditures from ...

46.16.690 License plate design services -- Fee
The department shall offer license plate design services to organizations that are sponsoring a new special license plate series or are seeking to redesign the ...

46.16.700 Special license plates -- Intent
The legislature has seen an increase in the demand from constituent groups seeking recognition and funding through the establishment of commemorative or special license plates. ...

46.16.705 Special license plate review board -- Created
(1) The special license plate review board is created. (2) The board will consist of seven members: One member appointed by the governor and who ...

46.16.715 Board -- Administration
(1) The board shall meet periodically at the call of the chair, but must meet at least one time each year within ninety days before ...

46.16.725 Board -- Powers and duties -- Moratorium on issuance of special plates
(1) The creation of the board does not in any way preclude the authority of the legislature to independently propose and enact special license plate ...

46.16.735 Special license plates -- Sponsoring organization requirements
(1) For an organization to qualify for a special license plate under the special license plate approval program created in RCW 46.16.705 through 46.16.765, the ...

46.16.745 Special license plates -- Application requirements
(1) A sponsoring organization meeting the requirements of RCW 46.16.735, applying for the creation of a special license plate to the special license plate review ...

46.16.755 Special license plates--Disposition of revenues
(1)(a) Revenues generated from the sale of special license plates for those sponsoring organizations who used the application process in *RCW 46.16.745(3) must be deposited ...

46.16.765 Special license plates -- Continuing requirements
(1) Within thirty days of legislative enactment of a new special license plate series for a qualifying organization meeting the requirements of RCW 46.16.735(1), the ...

46.16.775 Special license plates -- Nonreviewed plates
(1) A special license plate series created by the legislature after January 1, 2004, that has not been reviewed and approved by the special license ...

46.16.900 Severability -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 132
If any provision of this 1973 amendatory act is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality ...