2011 Washington Code
Title 46 Motor vehicles
46.12 Certificates of title.
46.12.042 Emergency medical services fee.

(1) Upon the retail sale or lease of any new or used motor vehicle by a vehicle dealer, the dealer shall collect from the consumer an emergency medical services fee of six dollars and fifty cents, two dollars and fifty cents of which shall be an administrative fee to be retained by the vehicle dealer. The remainder of the fee shall be forwarded with the required title application and all other fees to the department of licensing, or any of its authorized agents. The four-dollar fee collected in this section shall be deposited in the emergency medical services and trauma care system trust account created in RCW 70.168.040. The administrative fee charged by a dealer shall not be considered a violation of RCW 46.70.180(2).

     (2) If a fee is not imposed under subsection (1) of this section, there is hereby imposed a fee of six dollars and fifty cents at the time of application for (a) an original title or transfer of title issued on any motor vehicle pursuant to this chapter or chapter 46.09 RCW, or (b) an original transaction or transfer of ownership transaction of a vehicle under chapter 46.10 RCW. The department of licensing or any of its authorized agents shall collect the fee when processing these transactions. The fee shall be transmitted to the emergency medical services and trauma care system trust account created in RCW 70.168.040.

     (3) This section does not apply to a motor vehicle that has been declared a total loss by an insurer or self-insurer unless an application for certificate of ownership or license registration is made to the department of licensing after the declaration of total loss.

[1997 c 331 § 5.]

Notes:

     Effective date -- 1997 c 331: See note following RCW 70.168.135.