2011 Washington Code
Title 46 Motor vehicles
46.12 Certificates of title.
46.12.130 Assigned certificate of ownership to be filed by department -- Transfer of interest in vehicle.

Certificates of ownership when assigned and returned to the department, together with subsequently assigned reissues thereof, shall be retained by the department and appropriately filed and indexed so that at all times it will be possible to trace ownership to the vehicle designated therein:

     (1) If the interest of an owner in a vehicle passes to another, other than by voluntary transfer, the transferee shall, except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of ownership if available, proof of transfer, and his or her application for a new certificate in the form the department prescribes.

     (2) If the interest of the owner is terminated or the vehicle is sold under a security agreement by a secured party named in the certificate of ownership, the transferee shall promptly mail or deliver to the department the last certificate of ownership, his or her application for a new certificate in the form the department prescribes, and an affidavit made by or on the behalf of the secured party that the vehicle was repossessed and that the interest of the owner was lawfully terminated or sold pursuant to the terms of the security agreement.

     (3) If the secured party succeeds to the interest of the owner and holds the vehicle for resale, he or she need not secure a new certificate of ownership but, upon transfer to another person, shall promptly mail or deliver to the transferee or to the department the certificate, affidavit and other documents (and articles) required to be sent to the department by the transferee.

[2010 c 8 § 9005; 1967 c 140 § 3; 1961 c 12 §46.12.130 . Prior: 1959 c 166 § 11; prior: 1947 c 164 § 4(d); 1937 c 188 § 6(d); Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6312-6(d).]

Notes:

     Effective date -- 1967 c 140: See note following RCW 46.12.010.