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2021 Revised Code of Washington
Title 46 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.
- 46.55.020 - Registration required—Penalty.
- 46.55.025 - Registration or insurance required—Penalty.
- 46.55.030 - Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.
- 46.55.035 - Prohibited acts—Penalty.
- 46.55.037 - Compensation for private impounds.
- 46.55.040 - Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.
- 46.55.050 - Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.
- 46.55.060 - Business location—Requirements.
- 46.55.063 - Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.
- 46.55.065 - License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.
- 46.55.070 - Posting requirements—Exception.
- 46.55.075 - Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.
- 46.55.080 - Law enforcement impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.
- 46.55.085 - Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.
- 46.55.090 - Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.
- 46.55.100 - Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.
- 46.55.105 - Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.
- 46.55.110 - Notice to legal and registered owners.
- 46.55.113 - Removal by police officer—Definition.
- 46.55.115 - State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal.
- 46.55.117 - Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.
- 46.55.118 - Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.
- 46.55.120 - Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment.
- 46.55.125 - Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.
- 46.55.130 - Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.
- 46.55.140 - Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.
- 46.55.150 - Vehicle transaction file.
- 46.55.160 - Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.
- 46.55.170 - Complaints, where forwarded.
- 46.55.180 - Presiding officer at licensing hearing.
- 46.55.190 - Rules.
- 46.55.200 - Penalties for certain acts or omissions.
- 46.55.210 - Cease and desist order.
- 46.55.220 - Refusal to issue license, grounds for.
- 46.55.360 - Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.
- 46.55.370 - Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.
NOTES:
Removal of unattended vehicle from highway: RCW 46.61.590.
Riding in towed vehicles: RCW 46.61.625.
Safety chains for towing: RCW 46.37.495.
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