2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 46 - MOTOR VEHICLES
46.64 Enforcement.
46.64.025 Failure to appear -- Notice to department.

RCW 46.64.025 Failure to appear — Notice to department. (Effective until June 1, 2013.)

Whenever any person served with a traffic citation willfully fails to appear for a scheduled court hearing, the court in which the defendant failed to appear shall promptly give notice of such fact to the department of licensing. Whenever thereafter the case in which the defendant failed to appear is adjudicated, the court hearing the case shall promptly file with the department a certificate showing that the case has been adjudicated.

[2006 c 270 § 4; 1999 c 86 § 7; 1979 c 158 § 175; 1967 c 32 § 71; 1965 ex.s. c 121 § 23.]

Notes:

Severability -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See RCW 46.20.910.      Purpose -- Construction -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See note following RCW 46.20.021.

RCW 46.64.025

Failure to appear — Notice to department. (Effective June 1, 2013.)

Whenever any person served with a traffic citation willfully fails to appear at a requested hearing for a moving violation or fails to comply with the terms of a notice of traffic citation for a moving violation, the court in which the defendant failed to appear shall promptly give notice of such fact to the department of licensing. Whenever thereafter the case in which the defendant failed to appear is adjudicated, the court hearing the case shall promptly file with the department a certificate showing that the case has been adjudicated. For the purposes of this section, "moving violation" is defined by rule pursuant to RCW 46.20.2891.

[2012 c 82 § 5; 2006 c 270 § 4; 1999 c 86 § 7; 1979 c 158 § 175; 1967 c 32 § 71; 1965 ex.s. c 121 § 23.]

Notes:

Effective date -- Contingency -- 2012 c 82: See note following RCW 46.63.110.      Severability -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See RCW 46.20.910.      Purpose -- Construction -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See note following RCW 46.20.021.