Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 46.01 · 32 active provisions
The legislature finds that the department of licensing administers laws relating to the licensing and regulation of professions, businesses, and other activities in addition to administering laws relating to the licensing and regulation of vehicles and vehicle operators, dealers, and manufacturers. The laws administere…
A department of the government of this state to be known as the "department of licensing" is hereby created.
The department is responsible for administering and recommending the improvement of the motor vehicle laws of this state relating to:(1) Driver examining and licensing;(2) Driver improvement;(3) Driver records;(4) Financial responsibility;(5) Certificates of title;(6) Vehicle registration certificates and license plate…
The department is vested with all powers, functions, and duties with respect to and including the following:(1) The fuel tax and aircraft fuel tax as provided in chapters 82.38 and 82.42 RCW;(2) The motor vehicle excise tax as provided in chapter 82.44 RCW;(3) The travel trailers and campers excise tax as provided in c…
Functions named in RCW 46.01.030 which have been performed by the state patrol as agent of the director of licenses before June 30, 1965 shall be performed by the department of licensing after June 30, 1965.
Directors shall organize the department in such manner as they may deem necessary to segregate and conduct the work of the department.
The director may adopt and enforce rules to carry out provisions related to vehicle registrations, certificates of title, and drivers' licenses. These rules must not be based:(1) Solely on a section of law stating a statute's intent or purpose;(2) On the enabling provisions of the statute establishing the agency; or(3)…
The department of licensing may adopt rules as necessary to implement chapter 165, Laws of 1998.
The director:(1) Shall supervise and control the issuing of vehicle certificates of title, vehicle registrations, and vehicle license plates, and has the full power to do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of the law relating to the registration of vehicles;(2) May appoint and employ deputies,…
(1) There is established an investigation unit within the department for the purpose of detection, investigation, and prosecution of any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful in the programs administered by the department. The director will employ qualified supervisory, legal, and investigative personnel for the pr…
(1) County auditor/agent duties. A county auditor or other agent appointed by the director must:(a) Enter into a standard contract provided by the director;(b) Provide all services authorized by the director for vehicle certificates of title and vehicle registration applications and issuance under the direction and sup…
The department may maintain such branch offices within the state as the director may deem necessary properly to carry out the powers and duties vested in the department.
The director shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title and registration certificates, drivers' licenses, and all other forms and licenses requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and any other laws the enforcement and administration of which are ves…
The department shall have an official seal with the words "Department of Licensing of Washington" engraved thereon.
Officers and employees of the department designated by the director are, for the purpose of administering the motor vehicle laws, authorized to administer oaths and acknowledge signatures and shall do so without fee.
The director of licensing may designate the Washington state patrol as an agent to secure the surrender of drivers' licenses which have been suspended, revoked, or canceled pursuant to law.
(1) The department may accept checks and money orders for the payment of drivers' licenses, certificates of title and vehicle registrations, vehicle excise taxes, gross weight fees, and other fees and taxes collected by the department. Whenever registrations, licenses, or permits have been paid for by checks or money o…
The department may adopt necessary rules and procedures to allow use of credit and debit cards for payment of fees and excise taxes to the department and its agents or subagents related to the licensing of drivers, the issuance of identicards, and vehicle and vessel certificates of title and registration. The departmen…
(1) The department shall provide on its internet payment option website:(a) That a filing fee will be collected on all transactions subject to a filing fee;(b) That a subagent service fee will be collected by a subagent office for mail or pickup licensing services; and(c) The amount of the filing and subagent service f…
The director shall have the power and it shall be his or her duty upon request and payment of the fee as provided herein to furnish under seal of the director certified copies of any records of the department, except those for confidential use only. The director shall charge and collect therefor the actual cost to the…
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the director may destroy applications for vehicle registrations, copies of vehicle registrations issued, applications for drivers' licenses, copies of issued drivers' licenses, certificates of title and registration or other documents, and records or supporting…
A county auditor or other agent appointed by the director may destroy applications for vehicle registrations and any copies of vehicle registrations or other records issued after those records have been on file in the county auditor's or other agent's office for a period of eighteen months, unless otherwise directed by…
The director shall report annually to the governor on the activities of the department.
No civil suit or action may ever be commenced or prosecuted against the director, the state of Washington, any county auditor or other agents appointed by the director, any other government officer or entity, or against any other person, by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in connection with the titling or…
A civil suit or action may not be commenced or prosecuted against the director, the state of Washington, any driver training school licensed by the department, any other government officer or entity, including a school district or an employee of a school district, or against any other person, by reason of any act done…