The term "proof of financial responsibility for the future" as used in this chapter means: Proof of ability to respond in damages for liability, on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of said proof, arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and, subject to said limit for one person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and in the amount of ten thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident. Wherever used in this chapter the terms "proof of financial responsibility" or "proof" shall be synonymous with the term "proof of financial responsibility for the future."
RCW 46.29.260
"Proof of financial responsibility for the future" defined.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 97 Wash. 2d 203 - Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Wiscomb (1982)
Most recently applied in 109 Wash. App. 394 - New Hampshire Indemnity Co. v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. (December 2001)
1980 c 117 s 4; 1967 ex.s. c 3 s 2; 1963 c 169 s 26.
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