The director of the department of licensing shall certify a transcript or abstract of the record of convictions and findings of traffic infractions as maintained by the department of licensing of any person whose record brings him or her within the definition of an habitual offender, as defined in RCW 46.65.020, to the hearing officer appointed in the event a hearing is requested. Such transcript or abstract may be admitted as evidence in any hearing or court proceeding and shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein was duly convicted by the court wherein such conviction or holding was made of each offense shown by such transcript or abstract; and if such person denies any of the facts as stated therein, he or she shall have the burden of proving that such fact is untrue.
RCW 46.65.030
Transcript or abstract of conviction record certified—As prima facie evidence.
Known as the Washington Habitual Traffic Offenders Act
The act spans §§ 46–46 (10 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 82 Wash. 2d 872 - State v. Scheffel (1973)
Most recently applied in State v. Gaddy (July 2004)
1983 c 209 s 1; 1979 ex.s. c 136 s 95; 1979 c 62 s 2; 1971 ex.s. c 284 s 5.
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