It is unlawful for any motor carrier to perform a transportation service for compensation upon the public highways of this state without first having secured appropriate federal authority from the United States department of transportation, if the authority is required, and without first having registered with the commission either directly or through a federally authorized uniform registration program.
RCW 81.80.371
Federal authority and registration for compensatory services.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 18 Wash. App. 129 - Island Air, Inc. v. LaBar (1977)
Most recently applied in Miller v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. (June 1993)
2007 c 234 s 89; 1963 c 59 s 9.
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