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REGISTRATION

  • RCW 46.16A.010— Definitions.
  • RCW 46.16A.020— Registration year assigned—Registration month—Registration period—When registration does not expire.
  • RCW 46.16A.025— Adjustment of vehicle registration periods to stagger renewal periods.
  • RCW 46.16A.030— Registration and display of plates required—Penalties—Expired registration, impoundment.
  • RCW 46.16A.040— Original registration—Application—Form and contents.
  • RCW 46.16A.050— Registration—Requirements before issuance—Penalty—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.060— Registration—Emission control inspections required—Exemptions—Educational information—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.070— Registration—Cancellation, refusal, etc.—Appeals. (Effective until January 15, 2026.)
  • RCW 46.16A.080— Registration—Exemptions.
  • RCW 46.16A.090— Registration—Voluntary and opt-out donations—Discover pass.
  • RCW 46.16A.100— Registration—Federal heavy vehicle use tax.
  • RCW 46.16A.110— Registration renewal—Exemptions.
  • RCW 46.16A.115— Open safety recalls—Notice—Liability.
  • RCW 46.16A.120— Forwarding and payment of standing, stopping, and parking violations and other infractions required before registration renewal.
  • RCW 46.16A.130— Notice of liability insurance requirement.
  • RCW 46.16A.140— "Resident" defined—Natural person residency requirements—Vehicle registration required.
  • RCW 46.16A.150— Purchasing a vehicle with foreign plates.
  • RCW 46.16A.160— Nonresident exemption—Reciprocity—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.170— Exemptions from vehicle license fees—State and publicly owned vehicles.
  • RCW 46.16A.175— Exemptions from vehicle license fees—Vehicles owned by Indian tribes—Conditions.
  • RCW 46.16A.180— Registration certificates—Formats—Requirements—Penalty—Exception—Manual removal of registrant's address.
  • RCW 46.16A.185— Requirement for commercial motor vehicle registration certificate.
  • RCW 46.16A.190— Replacement registration certificates.
  • RCW 46.16A.200— License plates.
  • RCW 46.16A.210— Emblems—Material, display requirements.
  • RCW 46.16A.215— Military emblems—Fees.
  • RCW 46.16A.220— Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.230— Tribal license plates and vehicle registration—Compacts.
  • RCW 46.16A.300— Temporary license plates—Authority—Dealer fees—Secure system.
  • RCW 46.16A.305— Temporary license plates—Application form and contents—Display and duration—Application fee—Department may adopt rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.320— Vehicle trip permits—Restrictions and requirements—Fee—Penalty—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.330— Farm vehicle trip permits—Restrictions and requirements—Fee—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.340— Temporary permits for nonresident members of armed forces—Fee—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.350— Temporary letter of authority for movement of unregistered vehicle for special community activity.
  • RCW 46.16A.360— Thirty, sixty, or ninety-day permits for registered out-of-state commercial vehicles.
  • RCW 46.16A.405— Campers, mopeds, and wheelchair conveyances.
  • RCW 46.16A.410— Commercial motor vehicles.
  • RCW 46.16A.420— Farm vehicles—Farm exempt decal—Fee—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.425— Farm vehicles based on gross weight—Farm tabs—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.16A.428— Intermittent-use trailers—Permanent registration—Penalty—License plates—Definition—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.435— Off-road motorcycles—Declaration required—Contents.
  • RCW 46.16A.440— Private use, single-axle trailers—Reduced license fee.
  • RCW 46.16A.445— Street rod or custom vehicles.
  • RCW 46.16A.450— Trailers—Permanent license plates and registration—Penalty—Rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.455— Trucks, buses, and for hire vehicles based on gross weight.
  • RCW 46.16A.460— Motorcycles and snow bikes—Concurrent, separate registrations—Declaration required—Department may adopt rules.
  • RCW 46.16A.500— Liability of operator, owner, lessee for violations.
  • RCW 46.16A.510— Immunity from liability for issuing a vehicle registration or license plates to nonroadworthy vehicle.
  • RCW 46.16A.520— Allowing unauthorized person to drive—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.16A.530— Unlawful to carry passengers for hire without vehicle registration.
  • RCW 46.16A.540— Overloading registered capacity—Additional registration—Penalties—Exceptions.
  • RCW 46.16A.545— Overloading registered capacity—Penalties.
  • RCW 46.16A.550— Illegible license plate—Penalty.