2011 Washington Code
Title 46 Motor vehicles
46.16 Vehicle licenses.
46.16.088 Transfer of license plates -- Penalty.
Except as provided in RCW 46.16.290, the transfer of license plates issued pursuant to this chapter between two or more vehicles is a traffic infraction subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars. Any law enforcement agency that determines that a license plate has been transferred between two or more vehicles shall confiscate the license plates and return them to the department for nullification along with full details of the reasons for confiscation. Each vehicle identified in the transfer will be issued a new license plate upon application by the owner or owners thereof and payment of the full fees and taxes.
[1986 c 18 § 9; 1985 c 380 § 17.]
Notes:
Severability -- 1985 c 380: See RCW 46.87.900.
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