Towing and Impoundment.

  1. Law
  2. Revised Code of Washington
  3. Motor Vehicles
  4. Towing and Impoundment.

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Section
46.55.010

Definitions.

Section
46.55.020

Registration required—Penalty.

Section
46.55.025

Registration or insurance required—Penalty.

Section
46.55.030

Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.

Section
46.55.035

Prohibited acts—Penalty.

Section
46.55.037

Compensation for private impounds.

Section
46.55.040

Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.

Section
46.55.050

Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.

Section
46.55.060

Business location—Requirements.

Section
46.55.063

Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.

Section
46.55.065

License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.

Section
46.55.070

Posting requirements—Exception.

Section
46.55.075

Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.

Section
46.55.080

Law enforcement impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.

Section
46.55.085

Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.

Section
46.55.090

Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.

Section
46.55.100

Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.

Section
46.55.105

Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.

Section
46.55.110

Notice to legal and registered owners.

Section
46.55.113

Removal by police officer—Definition.

Section
46.55.115

State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal.

Section
46.55.117

Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.

Section
46.55.118

Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.

Section
46.55.120

Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment.

Section
46.55.125

Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.

Section
46.55.130

Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.

Section
46.55.140

Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.

Section
46.55.150

Vehicle transaction file.

Section
46.55.160

Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.

Section
46.55.170

Complaints, where forwarded.

Section
46.55.180

Presiding officer at licensing hearing.

Section
46.55.190

Rules.

Section
46.55.200

Penalties for certain acts or omissions.

Section
46.55.210

Cease and desist order.

Section
46.55.220

Refusal to issue license, grounds for.

Section
46.55.230

Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment.

Section
46.55.240

Local ordinances—Requirements.

Section
46.55.300

Vehicle immobilization.

Section
46.55.360

Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.

Section
46.55.370

Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.

Section
46.55.400

Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability.

Section
46.55.901

Headings not part of law—1985 c 377.

Section
46.55.902

Effective date—1985 c 377.

Section
46.55.910

Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation.