Chapter 46.16a. Registration
General Provisions
- 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
- 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 [Effective 7/1/2024] 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
Permits and Uses
- 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
Specific 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
Liability and Violations
- 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