2017 Revised Code of Washington
Title 46 - MOTOR VEHICLES
46.61 Rules of the road.
46.61.517 Refusal of tests—Admissibility as evidence.
RCW 46.61.517 Refusal of tests—Admissibility as evidence.
The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the alcohol or drug concentration in the person's breath under RCW 46.20.308 is admissible into evidence at a subsequent criminal trial. The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the person's blood is admissible into evidence at a subsequent criminal trial when a search warrant, or an exception to the search warrant, authorized the seizure.
[ 2017 c 336 § 10; 2001 c 142 § 1; 1987 c 373 § 5; 1986 c 64 § 2; 1985 c 352 § 21; 1983 c 165 § 27.]
NOTES:
Finding—2017 c 336: See note following RCW 9.96.060.
Legislative finding, purpose—Severability—1987 c 373: See notes following RCW 46.61.502.
Severability—1985 c 352: See note following RCW 10.05.010.
Legislative finding, intent—Effective dates—Severability—1983 c 165: See notes following RCW 46.20.308.
