Chapter

DEFINITIONS

RCW 46.04.010— Scope and construction of terms.
RCW 46.04.011— 4-H license plates.
RCW 46.04.013— Affidavit of loss.
RCW 46.04.014— Agent.
RCW 46.04.015— Alcohol concentration.
RCW 46.04.020— Alley.
RCW 46.04.022— Amateur radio operator license plates.
RCW 46.04.028— Armed forces license plate collection.
RCW 46.04.030— Arterial highway.
RCW 46.04.040— Authorized emergency vehicle.
RCW 46.04.050— Auto stage.
RCW 46.04.060— Axle.
RCW 46.04.071— Bicycle.
RCW 46.04.077— Breast cancer awareness license plates.
RCW 46.04.079— Business day.
RCW 46.04.080— Business district.
RCW 46.04.083— Cab and chassis.
RCW 46.04.085— Camper.
RCW 46.04.090— Cancel.
RCW 46.04.092— Cannabis.
RCW 46.04.094— Cargo extension.
RCW 46.04.100— Center line.
RCW 46.04.110— Center of intersection.
RCW 46.04.115— Chauffeur.
RCW 46.04.118— Circular intersection.
RCW 46.04.120— City street.
RCW 46.04.123— Collectible vehicle.
RCW 46.04.125— Collector.
RCW 46.04.126— Collector vehicle.
RCW 46.04.127— Collegiate license plates.
RCW 46.04.130— Combination of vehicles.
RCW 46.04.136— Commercial trailer.
RCW 46.04.140— Commercial vehicle.
RCW 46.04.142— Confidential license plates.
RCW 46.04.143— Converter gear.
RCW 46.04.150— County road.
RCW 46.04.160— Crosswalk.
RCW 46.04.161— Custom vehicle.
RCW 46.04.162— Department.
RCW 46.04.163— Director.
RCW 46.04.164— Disabled American veteran license plates.
RCW 46.04.165— Driveaway-towaway operation.
RCW 46.04.167— Driver education.
RCW 46.04.168— Driving privilege withheld.
RCW 46.04.169— Electric-assisted bicycle—Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle—Class 2 electric-assisted bicycle—Class 3 electric-assisted bicycle.
RCW 46.04.170— Explosives.
RCW 46.04.174— Facial recognition matching system.
RCW 46.04.180— Farm tractor.
RCW 46.04.181— Farm vehicle.
RCW 46.04.182— Farmer.
RCW 46.04.183— Farming.
RCW 46.04.184— Firefighter memorial license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.186— Fixed load vehicle.
RCW 46.04.187— Flammable liquid.
RCW 46.04.190— For hire vehicle.
RCW 46.04.192— Former prisoner of war license plates.
RCW 46.04.193— Fred Hutch license plates.
RCW 46.04.194— Garbage truck.
RCW 46.04.196— Helping Kids Speak license plates.
RCW 46.04.197— Highway.
RCW 46.04.199— Horseless carriage license plate. (Effective until January 15, 2026.)
RCW 46.04.200— Hours of darkness.
RCW 46.04.204— Hybrid motor vehicle.
RCW 46.04.209— Identity information.
RCW 46.04.215— Ignition interlock device.
RCW 46.04.217— Ignition interlock driver's license.
RCW 46.04.218— Intelligent speed assistance device. (Effective January 1, 2029.)
RCW 46.04.220— Intersection area.
RCW 46.04.240— Intersection control area.
RCW 46.04.249— Keep Kids Safe license plates.
RCW 46.04.251— Kit vehicle.
RCW 46.04.260— Laned highway.
RCW 46.04.265— Law enforcement memorial license plates.
RCW 46.04.270— Legal owner.
RCW 46.04.271— Light truck.
RCW 46.04.272— Lightweight stud.
RCW 46.04.274— Limousine.
RCW 46.04.276— Limousine carrier.
RCW 46.04.280— Local authorities.
RCW 46.04.290— Marked crosswalk.
RCW 46.04.292— Market value threshold amount.
RCW 46.04.294— Medal of Honor.
RCW 46.04.295— Medium-speed electric vehicle.
RCW 46.04.300— Metal tire.
RCW 46.04.301— Military affiliate radio system license plates.
RCW 46.04.302— Mobile home, manufactured home.
RCW 46.04.303— Modular home.
RCW 46.04.304— Moped.
RCW 46.04.305— Motor homes.
RCW 46.04.310— Motor truck.
RCW 46.04.320— Motor vehicle.
RCW 46.04.330— Motorcycle.
RCW 46.04.332— Motor-driven cycle.
RCW 46.04.336— Motorized foot scooter.
RCW 46.04.338— Mount St. Helens license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.340— Muffler.
RCW 46.04.350— Multiple lane highway.
RCW 46.04.355— Municipal transit vehicle.
RCW 46.04.356— Natural person.
RCW 46.04.357— Neighborhood electric vehicle.
RCW 46.04.358— New motor vehicle.
RCW 46.04.360— Nonresident.
RCW 46.04.363— Off-road motorcycle.
RCW 46.04.365— Off-road vehicle.
RCW 46.04.367— Off-street facility.
RCW 46.04.370— Operator or driver.
RCW 46.04.371— Organ transport vehicle.
RCW 46.04.372— ORV registration.
RCW 46.04.380— Owner.
RCW 46.04.381— Park or parking.
RCW 46.04.382— Passenger car.
RCW 46.04.383— Patches pal license plates.
RCW 46.04.385— Personalized license plates.
RCW 46.04.400— Pedestrian.
RCW 46.04.405— Person.
RCW 46.04.408— Photograph, picture, negative.
RCW 46.04.410— Pneumatic tires.
RCW 46.04.414— Pole trailer.
RCW 46.04.415— Power wheelchair.
RCW 46.04.416— Private carrier bus.
RCW 46.04.420— Private road or driveway.
RCW 46.04.422— Private use single-axle trailer.
RCW 46.04.429— Professional firefighters and paramedics license plates.
RCW 46.04.435— Public scale.
RCW 46.04.437— Purple heart license plates.
RCW 46.04.440— Railroad.
RCW 46.04.450— Railroad sign or signal.
RCW 46.04.455— Reasonable grounds.
RCW 46.04.460— Registered owner.
RCW 46.04.462— Registration.
RCW 46.04.464— Renewal notice.
RCW 46.04.465— Rental car.
RCW 46.04.466— Rental car business.
RCW 46.04.467— Rental trailer.
RCW 46.04.468— Report of sale.
RCW 46.04.470— Residence district.
RCW 46.04.480— Revoke. (Effective until October 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.485— Ride share license plates.
RCW 46.04.490— Road tractor.
RCW 46.04.500— Roadway.
RCW 46.04.510— Safety zone.
RCW 46.04.514— Salvage vehicle.
RCW 46.04.516— San Juan Islands license plates.
RCW 46.04.518— Scale weight.
RCW 46.04.521— School bus.
RCW 46.04.522— Seattle Mariners license plates.
RCW 46.04.523— Seattle Seahawks license plates.
RCW 46.04.524— Seattle Sounders FC license plates.
RCW 46.04.525— Seattle University license plates.
RCW 46.04.526— Secured party.
RCW 46.04.527— Security interest.
RCW 46.04.530— Semitrailer.
RCW 46.04.535— Share the road license plates.
RCW 46.04.540— Sidewalk.
RCW 46.04.542— Ski & ride Washington license plates.
RCW 46.04.544— Smokey Bear license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.545— Snow bike.
RCW 46.04.546— Snowmobile.
RCW 46.04.550— Solid tire.
RCW 46.04.551— Special highway construction equipment.
RCW 46.04.552— Special mobile equipment.
RCW 46.04.553— Sport utility vehicle.
RCW 46.04.554— Square dancer license plates.
RCW 46.04.555— Stand or standing.
RCW 46.04.556— Standard issue license plates.
RCW 46.04.559— State flower license plates.
RCW 46.04.560— State highway.
RCW 46.04.563— State sport license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.565— Stop.
RCW 46.04.566— Stop or stopping.
RCW 46.04.570— Streetcar.
RCW 46.04.572— Street rod vehicle.
RCW 46.04.574— Subagency.
RCW 46.04.575— Subagent.
RCW 46.04.580— Suspend. (Effective until October 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.581— Tab.
RCW 46.04.582— Tandem axle.
RCW 46.04.585— Temporarily sojourning.
RCW 46.04.586— THC concentration.
RCW 46.04.587— Total loss vehicle.
RCW 46.04.588— Tow dolly.
RCW 46.04.589— Tracked all-terrain vehicle.
RCW 46.04.590— Traffic.
RCW 46.04.600— Traffic control signal.
RCW 46.04.611— Traffic-control devices.
RCW 46.04.620— Trailer.
RCW 46.04.621— Transit permit.
RCW 46.04.622— Park trailer.
RCW 46.04.623— Travel trailer.
RCW 46.04.630— Train.
RCW 46.04.640— Trolley vehicle.
RCW 46.04.650— Tractor.
RCW 46.04.652— Transportation network company.
RCW 46.04.653— Truck.
RCW 46.04.655— Truck tractor.
RCW 46.04.657— United States Naval Academy license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.660— Used vehicle.
RCW 46.04.670— Vehicle.
RCW 46.04.671— Vehicle license fee.
RCW 46.04.672— Vehicle or pedestrian right-of-way.
RCW 46.04.681— Vintage snowmobile.
RCW 46.04.683— Washington apples license plate.
RCW 46.04.685— Washington farmers and ranchers license plates.
RCW 46.04.686— Washington honey bees and pollinators license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.691— Washington Lighthouses license plates.
RCW 46.04.692— Washington's National Park Fund license plates.
RCW 46.04.693— Washington's wildlife license plate collection.
RCW 46.04.705— We love our pets license plates.
RCW 46.04.710— Wheelchair conveyance.
RCW 46.04.714— Wild on Washington license plates.
RCW 46.04.725— Working forests license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.900— Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
RCW 46.04.1261— Collector vehicle license plate.
RCW 46.04.1615— Data services.
RCW 46.04.1640— Donate life license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.1641— Drifting.
RCW 46.04.1695— Electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD).
RCW 46.04.1697— Electronic commerce.
RCW 46.04.1698— Empty scale weight.
RCW 46.04.1699— Endangered wildlife license plates.
RCW 46.04.1945— Golf cart.
RCW 46.04.1951— Gonzaga University alumni association license plates.
RCW 46.04.1953— Gross vehicle weight rating.
RCW 46.04.1971— Historical throwback license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.2491— Keep Washington evergreen license plate. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.2700— LeMay-America's car museum license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.2701— License plate.
RCW 46.04.3551— Music Matters license plates.
RCW 46.04.3561— Nautical Northwest license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.3802— Ownership in doubt.
RCW 46.04.4141— Police officer.
RCW 46.04.5221— Seattle NHL hockey special license plates.
RCW 46.04.5222— Seattle Reign FC license plates. (Effective November 1, 2025.)
RCW 46.04.5851— Temporary license plate.
RCW 46.04.5852— Temporary operating authority.
RCW 46.04.6910— Washington state aviation license plates.
RCW 46.04.6911— Washington state parks license plates.
RCW 46.04.6912— Washington state wrestling license plates.
RCW 46.04.6913— Washington tennis license plates.
RCW 46.04.6914— Washington wine license plates.
RCW 46.04.6915— Washington's fish license plate collection.
RCW 46.04.16991— Excessive speeding. (Effective January 1, 2029.)
RCW 46.04.62240— Share the Road license plates.
RCW 46.04.62250— Signal preemption device.
RCW 46.04.62260— Ski & Ride Washington license plates.