Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 46 Motor Vehicles - Chapter 46.20 Drivers' Licenses -- Identicards

46.20.001 License required -- Rights and restriction
(1) No person may drive a motor vehicle upon a highway in this state without first obtaining a valid driver's license issued to Washington residents ...

46.20.005 Driving without a license -- Misdemeanor, when
Except as expressly exempted by this chapter, it is a misdemeanor for a person to drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state ...

46.20.015 Driving without a license -- Traffic infraction, when
(1) Except as expressly exempted by this chapter, it is a traffic infraction and not a misdemeanor under RCW 46.20.005 if a person: (a) Drives ...

46.20.017 Immediate possession and displayed on demand
Every licensee shall have his driver's license in his immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the same upon ...

46.20.021 New residents
(1) New Washington residents must obtain a valid Washington driver's license within thirty days from the date they become residents. (2) To qualify for a ...

46.20.022 Unlicensed drivers -- Subject to Title 46 RCW
Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state without a driver's license or nonresident privilege to drive shall be ...

46.20.024 Unlawful to allow unauthorized minors to drive
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child or ward under the age of eighteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway ...

46.20.025 Exemptions
The following persons may operate a motor vehicle on a Washington highway without a valid Washington driver's license: (1) A member of the United States ...

46.20.027 Armed forces, dependents
A Washington state motor vehicle driver's license issued to any service member if valid and in force and effect while such person is serving in ...

46.20.031 Ineligibility
The department shall not issue a driver's license to a person: (1) Who is under the age of sixteen years; (2) Whose driving privilege has ...

46.20.035 Proof of identity
The department may not issue an identicard or a Washington state driver's license that is valid for identification purposes unless the applicant meets the identification ...

46.20.037 Biometric matching system -- Administration -- Exception
(1) No later than two years after full implementation of the provisions of Title II of P.L. 109-13, improved security for driver's licenses and personal ...

46.20.038 Biometric matching system -- Funding
(1) The department is authorized to charge persons opting to submit a biometric identifier under RCW 46.20.037 an additional fee of no more than two ...

46.20.041 Persons with physical or mental disabilities or diseases
(1) If the department has reason to believe that a person is suffering from a physical or mental disability or disease that may affect that ...

46.20.045 School bus, for hire drivers -- Age
A person who is under the age of eighteen years shall not drive: (1) A school bus transporting school children; or (2) A motor vehicle ...

46.20.049 Commercial driver's license -- Additional fee, disposition
There shall be an additional fee for issuing any class of commercial driver's license in addition to the prescribed fee required for the issuance of ...

46.20.055 Instruction permit
(1) Driver's instruction permit. The department may issue a driver's instruction permit with or without a photograph to an applicant who has successfully passed all ...

46.20.065 Temporary permit
(1) If the department is completing an investigation and determination of facts concerning an applicant's right to receive a driver's license, it may issue a ...

46.20.070 Juvenile agricultural driving permit
(1) Agricultural driving permit authorized. The director may issue a juvenile agricultural driving permit to a person under the age of eighteen years if: (a) ...

46.20.075 Intermediate license
(1) An intermediate license authorizes the holder to drive a motor vehicle under the conditions specified in this section. An applicant for an intermediate license ...

46.20.091 Application -- Penalty for false statement -- Driving records from and to other jurisdictions
(1) Application. In order to apply for a driver's license or instruction permit the applicant must provide his or her: (a) Name of record, as ...

46.20.0921 Violations -- Penalty
(1) It is a misdemeanor for any person: (a) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession ...

46.20.093 Bicycle safety
The department of licensing shall incorporate a section on bicycle safety and sharing the road into its instructional publications for drivers and shall include questions ...

46.20.095 Instructional publication information
The department's instructional publications for drivers must include information on: (1) The proper use of the left-hand lane by motor vehicles on multilane highways; and ...

46.20.100 Persons under eighteen
(1) Application. The application of a person under the age of eighteen years for a driver's license or a motorcycle endorsement must be signed by ...

46.20.105 Identifying types of licenses and permits
(1) The department may provide a method to distinguish the driver's license of a person who is under the age of twenty-one from the driver's ...

46.20.109 Wheelchair conveyances
Each operator of a wheelchair conveyance shall undergo a special examination conducted for the purpose of determining whether that person can properly and safely operate ...

46.20.113 Anatomical gift statement
The department of licensing shall provide a statement whereby the licensee may certify his or her willingness to make an anatomical gift under RCW 68.64.030, ...

46.20.1131 Information for organ donor registry
The department shall electronically transfer the information of all persons who upon application for a driver's license or identicard volunteer to donate organs or tissue ...

46.20.114 Preventing alteration or reproduction
The department shall prepare and issue drivers' licenses and identicards using processes that prohibit as nearly as possible the alteration or reproduction of such cards, ...

46.20.117 Identicards
(1) Issuance. The department shall issue an identicard, containing a picture, if the applicant: (a) Does not hold a valid Washington driver's license; (b) Proves ...

46.20.118 Negative file
The department shall maintain a negative file. It shall contain negatives of all pictures taken by the department of licensing as authorized by RCW 46.20.070 ...

46.20.119 Reasonable rules
The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to RCW 46.20.070 through 46.20.119 shall be reasonable in view of the purposes to be served by RCW 46.20.070 ...

46.20.120 Examinations -- Waiver -- Renewals -- Fees
An applicant for a new or renewed driver's license must successfully pass a driver licensing examination to qualify for a driver's license. The department shall ...

46.20.125 Waiver--Agreement with other jurisdictions
(1) The department may enter into an informal agreement with one or more other licensing jurisdictions to waive the requirement for the examination involving operating ...

46.20.126 Rules
The department may make rules to carry out the purposes of RCW 46.20.120 and 46.20.125.[2005 c 61 § 4.] ...

46.20.130 Content and conduct of examinations
(1) The director shall prescribe the content of the driver licensing examination and the manner of conducting the examination, which shall include but is not ...

46.20.153 Voter registration -- Posting signs
The department shall post signs at each driver licensing facility advertising the availability of voter registration services and advising of the qualifications to register to ...

46.20.155 Voter registration -- Services
(1) Before issuing an original license or identicard or renewing a license or identicard under this chapter, the licensing agent shall determine if the applicant ...

46.20.157 Data to department of information services -- Confidentiality
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall annually provide to the department of information services an electronic data file. ...

46.20.161 Issuance of license -- Contents -- Fee
The department, upon receipt of a fee of twenty-five dollars, unless the driver's license is issued for a period other than five years, in which ...

46.20.181 Expiration date -- Renewal -- Fees -- Penalty
(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, every driver's license expires on the fifth anniversary of the licensee's birthdate following the issuance ...

46.20.185 Photograph during renewal
The department of licensing shall establish a procedure for renewal of drivers' licenses under this chapter which does not deprive the applicant during the renewal ...

46.20.187 Registration of sex offenders
The department, at the time a person renews his or her driver's license or identicard, or surrenders a driver's license from another jurisdiction pursuant to ...

46.20.191 Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements
Before issuing a driver's license or identicard that complies with the requirements of the REAL ID Act of 2005, P.L. 109-13, and before storing or ...

46.20.1911 Costs and burdens of compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements -- Legal challenge
(1) The department of licensing and the office of financial management may analyze the costs and burdens to the state of Washington, and to applicants ...

46.20.200 Lost, destroyed, corrected licenses or permits
(1) If an instruction permit, identicard, or a driver's license is lost or destroyed, the person to whom it was issued may obtain a duplicate ...

46.20.202 Enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards for Canadian border crossing -- Border-crossing initiative
(1) The department may enter into a memorandum of understanding with any federal agency for the purposes of facilitating the crossing of the border between ...

46.20.2021 Statewide education campaign for border-crossing initiative
The department shall develop and implement a statewide education campaign to educate Washington citizens about the border-crossing initiative authorized by chapter 7, Laws of 2007. ...

46.20.205 Change of address or name
(1) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver's license or identicard moves from the address named in the application or in the ...

46.20.207 Cancellation
(1) The department is authorized to cancel any driver's license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license, or ...

46.20.215 Nonresidents -- Suspension or revocation -- Reporting offenders
(1) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident hereunder shall be subject to suspension or ...

46.20.220 Vehicle rentals--Records
(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to rent a motor vehicle of any kind including a motorcycle to any other person unless the ...

46.20.245 Mandatory revocation--Notice--Administrative, judicial review--Rules--Application
(1) Whenever the department proposes to withhold the driving privilege of a person or disqualify a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle and this ...

46.20.265 Juvenile driving privileges -- Revocation for alcohol or drug violations
(1) In addition to any other authority to revoke driving privileges under this chapter, the department shall revoke all driving privileges of a juvenile when ...

46.20.267 Intermediate licensees
If a person issued an intermediate license is convicted of or found to have committed a traffic offense described in chapter 46.61 RCW or violated ...

46.20.270 Conviction of offense requiring withholding driving privilege -- Procedures -- Definitions
(1) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this title makes mandatory the withholding of the driving privilege of such person by ...

46.20.285 Offenses requiring revocation
The department shall revoke the license of any driver for the period of one calendar year unless otherwise provided in this section, upon receiving a ...

46.20.286 Adoption of procedures
The department of licensing shall adopt procedures in cooperation with the administrative office of the courts and the department of corrections to implement RCW 46.20.285.[2005 ...

46.20.289 Suspension for failure to respond, appear, etc
The department shall suspend all driving privileges of a person when the department receives notice from a court under RCW 46.63.070(6), 46.63.110(6), or 46.64.025 that ...

46.20.291 Authority to suspend -- Grounds
The department is authorized to suspend the license of a driver upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: (1) ...

46.20.292 Finding of juvenile court officer
The department may suspend, revoke, restrict, or condition any driver's license upon a showing of its records that the licensee has been found by a ...

46.20.293 Minor's record to juvenile court, parents, or guardians
The department is authorized to provide juvenile courts with the department's record of traffic charges compiled under RCW 46.52.101 and 13.50.200, against any minor upon ...

46.20.300 Extraterritorial convictions
The director of licensing shall suspend, revoke, or cancel the vehicle driver's license of any resident of this state upon receiving notice of the conviction ...

46.20.305 Incompetent, unqualified driver -- Reexamination -- Physician's certificate -- Action by department
(1) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed may upon notice require ...

46.20.308 Implied consent -- Test refusal -- Procedures
(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of RCW 46.61.506, to ...

46.20.3101 Implied consent -- License sanctions, length of
Pursuant to RCW 46.20.308, the department shall suspend, revoke, or deny the arrested person's license, permit, or privilege to drive as follows: (1) In the ...

46.20.311 Duration of license sanctions -- Reissuance or renewal
(1)(a) The department shall not suspend a driver's license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways for a fixed period of ...

46.20.315 Surrender of license
The department upon suspending or revoking a license shall require that such license shall be surrendered to and be retained by the department.[1985 c 302 ...

46.20.317 Unlicensed drivers
The department is hereby authorized to place any unlicensed person into a suspended or revoked status under any circumstances which would have resulted in the ...

46.20.320 Suspension, etc., effective although certificate not delivered
Any suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a vehicle driver's license shall be in effect notwithstanding the certificate itself is not delivered over or possession thereof ...

46.20.322 Interview before suspension, etc. -- Exceptions -- Appearance of minor's parent or guardian
(1) Whenever the department proposes to suspend or revoke the driving privilege of any person or proposes to impose terms of probation on a person's ...

46.20.323 Notice of interview -- Contents
The notice shall contain a statement setting forth the proposed action and the grounds therefor, and notify the person to appear for a driver improvement ...

46.20.324 Persons not entitled to interview or hearing
Unless otherwise provided by law, a person shall not be entitled to a driver improvement interview or formal hearing under the provisions of RCW 46.20.322 ...

46.20.325 Suspension or probation before interview -- Alternative procedure
In the alternative to the procedure set forth in RCW 46.20.322 and 46.20.323 the department, whenever it determines from its records or other sufficient evidence ...

46.20.326 Failure to appear or request interview constitutes waiver -- Procedure
Failure to appear for a driver improvement interview at the time and place stated by the department in its notice as provided in RCW 46.20.322 ...

46.20.327 Conduct of interview -- Referee -- Evidence -- Not deemed hearing
A driver improvement interview shall be conducted in a completely informal manner before a driver improvement analyst sitting as a referee. The applicant or licensee ...

46.20.328 Findings and notification after interview -- Request for formal hearing
Upon the conclusion of a driver improvement interview, the department's referee shall make findings on the matter under consideration and shall notify the person involved ...

46.20.329 Formal hearing -- Procedures, notice, stay
Upon receiving a request for a formal hearing as provided in RCW 46.20.328, the department shall fix a time and place for hearing as early ...

46.20.331 Hearing and decision by director's designee
The director may appoint a designee, or designees, to preside over hearings in adjudicative proceedings that may result in the denial, restriction, suspension, or revocation ...

46.20.332 Formal hearing -- Evidence -- Subpoenas -- Reexamination -- Findings and recommendations
At a formal hearing the department shall consider its records and may receive sworn testimony and may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and ...

46.20.333 Decision after formal hearing
In all cases not heard by the director or a person authorized by him to make final decisions regarding the issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation ...

46.20.334 Appeal to superior court
Unless otherwise provided by law, any person denied a license or a renewal of a license or whose license has been suspended or revoked by ...

46.20.335 Probation in lieu of suspension or revocation
Whenever by any provision of this chapter the department has discretionary authority to suspend or revoke the privilege of a person to operate a motor ...

46.20.338 Display or possession of invalidated license or identicard
It is a traffic infraction for any person to display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any ...

46.20.342 Driving while license invalidated -- Penalties -- Extension of invalidation
(1) It is unlawful for any person to drive a motor vehicle in this state while that person is in a suspended or revoked status ...

46.20.345 Operation under other license or permit while license suspended or revoked -- Penalty
Any resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state has been suspended or revoked as ...

46.20.349 Stopping vehicle of suspended or revoked driver
Any police officer who has received notice of the suspension or revocation of a driver's license from the department of licensing, may, during the reported ...

46.20.355 Alcohol violator -- Probationary license
(1) Upon receipt of an abstract indicating a deferred prosecution has been granted under RCW 10.05.060, or upon receipt of a notice of conviction of ...

46.20.380 Fee
No person may file an application for an occupational or a temporary restricted driver's license as provided in RCW 46.20.391 unless he or she first ...

46.20.385 Ignition interlock driver's license -- Application -- Eligibility -- Cancellation -- Costs -- Rules
(1)(a) Beginning January 1, 2009, any person licensed under this chapter who is convicted of any offense involving the use, consumption, or possession of alcohol ...

46.20.391 Application -- Eligibility -- Restrictions -- Cancellation
(1)(a) Any person licensed under this chapter who is convicted of an offense relating to motor vehicles for which suspension or revocation of the driver's ...

46.20.394 Detailed restrictions -- Violation
In issuing an occupational or a temporary restricted driver's license under RCW 46.20.391, the department shall describe the type of qualifying circumstances for the license ...

46.20.400 Obtaining new driver's license -- Surrender of order and current license
If an occupational or a temporary restricted driver's license is issued and is not revoked during the period for which issued the licensee may obtain ...

46.20.410 Penalty
Any person convicted for violation of any restriction of an occupational or a temporary restricted driver's license shall in addition to the immediate revocation of ...

46.20.500 Special endorsement -- Exceptions
(1) No person may drive either a two-wheeled or a three-wheeled motorcycle, or a motor-driven cycle unless such person has a valid driver's license specially ...

46.20.505 Special endorsement fees
Every person applying for a special endorsement of a driver's license authorizing such person to drive a two or three-wheeled motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle ...

46.20.510 Instruction permit -- Fee
(1) Motorcycle instruction permit. A person holding a valid driver's license who wishes to learn to ride a motorcycle may apply for a motorcycle instruction ...

46.20.515 Examination -- Emphasis--Waiver
The motorcycle endorsement examination must emphasize maneuvers necessary for on-street operation, including emergency braking and turning as may be required to avoid an impending collision. ...

46.20.520 Training and education program -- Advisory board
(1) The director of licensing shall use moneys designated for the motorcycle safety education account of the highway safety fund to implement by July 1, ...

46.20.710 Legislative finding
The legislature finds and declares: (1) There is a need to reduce the incidence of drivers on the highways and roads of this state who, ...

46.20.720 Drivers convicted of alcohol offenses
(1) The court may order that after a period of suspension, revocation, or denial of driving privileges, and for up to as long as the ...

46.20.740 Notation on driving record -- Verification of interlock -- Penalty
(1) The department shall attach or imprint a notation on the driving record of any person restricted under RCW 46.20.720 stating that the person may ...

46.20.745 Ignition interlock device revolving account program -- Pilot program
(1) The ignition interlock device revolving account program is created within the department to assist in covering the monetary costs of installing, removing, and leasing ...

46.20.750 Circumventing ignition interlock -- Penalty
(1) A person who is restricted to the use of a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device and who tampers with the device or ...

46.20.900 Repeal and saving
Section 46.20.010, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 and RCW 46.20.010, section 46.20.020, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as amended by section 1, chapter 134, Laws ...

46.20.910 Severability -- 1965 ex.s. c 121
If any provision of this 1965 amendatory act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this 1965 amendatory ...

46.20.911 Severability, implied consent law -- 1969 c 1
If any provision of RCW 46.20.308, 46.20.311, and 46.61.506 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of RCW 46.20.308, ...