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TOWING AND IMPOUNDMENT

  • RCW 46.55.010— Definitions.
  • RCW 46.55.020— Registration required—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.55.025— Registration or insurance required—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.55.030— Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.
  • RCW 46.55.035— Prohibited acts—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.55.037— Compensation for private impounds.
  • RCW 46.55.040— Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.
  • RCW 46.55.050— Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.
  • RCW 46.55.060— Business location—Requirements.
  • RCW 46.55.063— Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.
  • RCW 46.55.065— License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.
  • RCW 46.55.070— Posting requirements—Exception.
  • RCW 46.55.075— Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.
  • RCW 46.55.080— Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.
  • RCW 46.55.085— Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.
  • RCW 46.55.090— Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.
  • RCW 46.55.100— Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.
  • RCW 46.55.105— Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.
  • RCW 46.55.110— Notice to legal and registered owners.
  • RCW 46.55.113— Removal by police officer—Definition.
  • RCW 46.55.115— State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal. (Effective until February 1, 2026.)
  • RCW 46.55.117— Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.
  • RCW 46.55.118— Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.
  • RCW 46.55.120— Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment. (Effective until February 1, 2026.)
  • RCW 46.55.125— Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.
  • RCW 46.55.130— Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.
  • RCW 46.55.140— Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.
  • RCW 46.55.150— Vehicle transaction file.
  • RCW 46.55.160— Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.
  • RCW 46.55.170— Complaints, where forwarded.
  • RCW 46.55.180— Presiding officer at licensing hearing.
  • RCW 46.55.190— Rules.
  • RCW 46.55.200— Penalties for certain acts or omissions.
  • RCW 46.55.210— Cease and desist order.
  • RCW 46.55.220— Refusal to issue license, grounds for.
  • RCW 46.55.230— Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment.
  • RCW 46.55.240— Local ordinances—Requirements.
  • RCW 46.55.300— Vehicle immobilization.
  • RCW 46.55.360— Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.
  • RCW 46.55.370— Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.
  • RCW 46.55.400— Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability.
  • RCW 46.55.700— Program to compensate registered tow truck operators—Private property impounds, impounds performed under law enforcement direction—Form—Disbursement of excess funds—Annual report—Lien, deficiency claim—Notice. (Effective February 1, 2026.)
  • RCW 46.55.901— Headings not part of law—1985 c 377.
  • RCW 46.55.902— Effective date—1985 c 377.
  • RCW 46.55.910— Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation.