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WA Rev Code § 46.29.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.050 - Furnishing driving record and evidence of ability to respond in damages—Fees.

RCW 46.29.050 Furnishing driving record and evidence of ability to respond in damages—Fees.(1) The department shall upon request furnish any person or his or her attorney a certified abstract of his or her driving record, which abstract shall include enumeration of any motor vehicle accidents in which such person has been involved. Such abstract shall (a) indicate the total number of vehicles involved, whether the vehicles were legally parked or moving, and whether the vehicles were occupied at the time of the accident; and (b) contain reference to any convictions of the person for violation of the motor vehicle laws as reported to the department, reference to any findings that the person has committed a traffic infraction which have been reported to the department, and a record of any vehicles registered in the name of the person. The department shall collect for each abstract the sum of thirteen dollars, fifty percent of which shall be deposited in the highway safety fund and fifty percent of which must be deposited according to RCW 46.68.038.(2) The department shall upon request furnish any person who may have been injured in person or property by any motor vehicle, with an abstract of all information of record in the department pertaining to the evidence of the ability of any driver or owner of any motor vehicle to respond in damages. The department shall collect for each abstract the sum of thirteen dollars, fifty percent of which shall be deposited in the highway safety fund and fifty percent of which must be deposited according to RCW 46.68.038.[ 2012 c 74 § 5; 2010 c 8 § 9028; 2007 c 424 § 2; 2002 c 352 § 19; 1987 1st ex.s. c 9 § 1; 1985 ex.s. c 1 § 10; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 63; 1969 ex.s. c 40 § 1; 1967 c 174 § 1; 1963 c 169 § 5.]NOTES:Effective date—2012 c 74 §§ 1-12: See note following RCW 46.17.100.Effective date—2007 c 424: See note following RCW 46.20.293.Effective dates—2002 c 352: See note following RCW 46.09.410.Severability—1987 1st ex.s. c 9: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 1st ex.s. c 9 § 11.]Effective date—1987 1st ex.s. c 9: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1987." [ 1987 1st ex.s. c 9 § 12.]Effective date—1985 ex.s. c 1: See note following RCW 46.20.070.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.Effective date—1967 c 174: "Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this amendatory act shall become effective July 1, 1967." [ 1967 c 174 § 7.]Abstract of driving record furnished to insurance company: RCW 46.52.130.
WA Rev Code § 46.29.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.060 - Application of sections requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security.

RCW 46.29.060 Application of sections requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security.The provisions of this chapter, requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor vehicle laws of this state which is in any manner involved in an accident within this state, which accident has resulted in bodily injury or death of any person or damage to the property of any one person to an apparent extent equal to or greater than the minimum amount established by rule adopted by the director. The director shall adopt rules establishing the property damage threshold at which the provisions of this chapter apply with respect to the deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security. Beginning October 1, 1987, the property damage threshold shall be five hundred dollars. The thresholds shall be revised when necessary, but not more frequently than every two years. The revisions shall only be for the purpose of recognizing economic changes as reflected by an inflationary index recommended by the office of financial management. The revisions shall be guided by the change in the index for the time period since the last revision and by the threshold established by the chief of the Washington state patrol for the filing of accident reports as provided in RCW 46.52.030.[ 1987 c 463 § 1; 1977 ex.s. c 369 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 22 § 2; 1963 c 169 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.070 - Department to determine amount of security required—Notices.

RCW 46.29.070 Department to determine amount of security required—Notices.(1) The department, not less than twenty days after receipt of a report of an accident as described in the preceding section, shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in its judgment to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages resulting from such accident as may be recovered against each driver or owner. Such determination shall not be made with respect to drivers or owners who are exempt under succeeding sections of this chapter from the requirements as to security and suspension.(2) The department shall determine the amount of security deposit required of any person upon the basis of the reports or other information submitted. In the event a person involved in an accident as described in this chapter fails to make a report or submit information indicating the extent of his or her injuries or the damage to his or her property within one hundred eighty days after the accident and the department does not have sufficient information on which to base an evaluation of such injuries or damage, then the department after reasonable notice to such person, if it is possible to give such notice, otherwise without such notice, shall not require any deposit of security for the benefit or protection of such person.(3) The department after receipt of report of any accident referred to herein and upon determining the amount of security to be required of any person involved in such accident or to be required of the owner of any vehicle involved in such accident shall give written notice to every such person of the amount of security required to be deposited by him or her and that an order of suspension will be made as hereinafter provided not less than twenty days and not more than sixty days after the sending of such notice unless within said time security be deposited as required by said notice.[ 2010 c 8 § 9029; 1981 c 309 § 1; 1979 c 78 § 1; 1963 c 169 § 7.]NOTES:Proof of financial security for the future required in addition to security after accident: RCW 46.29.420.
WA Rev Code § 46.29.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.080 - Exceptions as to requirement of security.

RCW 46.29.080 Exceptions as to requirement of security.The requirements as to security and suspension in this chapter shall not apply:(1) To the driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the vehicle involved in the accident, except that a driver shall not be exempt under this subsection if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without the owner's permission, express or implied;(2) To the driver, if not the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to his or her driving of vehicles not owned by him or her;(3) To the driver, if not the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident, if there was in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond as to which there is a bona fide dispute concerning coverage of such driver as evidenced by the pendency of litigation seeking a declaration of said driver's coverage under such policy or bond;(4) To the driver, whether or not the owner, if there is a bona fide claim on the part of the driver that there was in effect at the time of the accident, an automobile liability policy or bond insuring or covering such driver;(5) To any person qualifying as a self-insurer under RCW 46.29.630 or to any person operating a vehicle for such self-insurer;(6) To the driver or the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident wherein no injury or damage was caused to the person or property of anyone other than such driver or owner;(7) To the driver or owner of a vehicle which at the time of the accident was parked, unless such vehicle was parked at a place where parking was at the time of the accident prohibited under any applicable law or ordinance;(8) To the owner of a vehicle if at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated without his or her permission, express or implied, or was parked by a person who had been operating such vehicle without such permission, except if the vehicle was operated by his or her minor child or spouse;(9) To the owner of a vehicle involved in an accident if at the time of the accident such vehicle was owned by or leased to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state or a municipality thereof, or to the driver of such vehicle if operating such vehicle with permission; or(10) To the driver or the owner of a vehicle in the event at the time of the accident the vehicle was being operated by or under the direction of a police officer who, in the performance of his or her duties, shall have assumed custody of such vehicle.[ 2010 c 8 § 9030; 1965 c 124 § 1; 1963 c 169 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.090 - Requirements as to policy or bond.

RCW 46.29.090 Requirements as to policy or bond.(1) No policy or bond is effective under RCW 46.29.080 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in this state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nor unless such policy or bond is subject, if the accident has resulted in bodily injury or death, to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to said limit for one person, to a limit of not less than fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and if the accident has resulted in injury to, or destruction of, property to a limit of not less than ten thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one accident.(2) No policy or bond is effective under RCW 46.29.080 with respect to any vehicle which was not registered in this state or was a vehicle which was registered elsewhere than in this state at the effective date of the policy or bond or the most recent renewal thereof, unless the insurance company or surety company issuing such policy or bond is authorized to do business in this state, or if said company is not authorized to do business in this state, unless it executes a power of attorney authorizing the director of licensing to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action upon such policy or bond arising out of such accident.(3) The department may rely upon the accuracy of the information in a required report of an accident as to the existence of insurance or a bond unless and until the department has reason to believe that the information is erroneous.[ 1980 c 117 § 3; 1979 c 158 § 155; 1967 ex.s. c 3 § 1; 1963 c 169 § 9.]NOTES:Effective date—1980 c 117: See note following RCW 48.22.030.Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 3: "This amendatory act shall take effect on July 1, 1968." [ 1967 ex.s. c 3 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.100 - Form and amount of security.

RCW 46.29.100 Form and amount of security.(1) The security required under this chapter shall be in such form and in such amount as the department may require, but in no case in excess of the limits specified in RCW 46.29.090 in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond.(2) Every depositor of security shall designate in writing every person in whose name such deposit is made and may at any time change such designation, but any single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident.[ 1963 c 169 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.110 - Failure to deposit security—Suspensions.

RCW 46.29.110 Failure to deposit security—Suspensions.If a person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit such security within sixty days after the department has sent the notice as hereinbefore provided, the department shall thereupon suspend:(1) The driver's license of each driver in any manner involved in the accident;(2) The driver's license of the owner of each vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in the accident;(3) If the driver or owner is a nonresident, the privilege of operating within this state a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state. Such suspensions shall be made in respect to persons required by the department to deposit security who fail to deposit such security except as otherwise provided under succeeding sections of this chapter.[ 1990 c 250 § 51; 1987 c 378 § 1; 1967 c 32 § 37; 1963 c 169 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.120 - Release from liability.

RCW 46.29.120 Release from liability.(1) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he or she is released from liability by such other person.(2) In the event the department has evaluated the injuries or damage to any minor the department may accept, for the purposes of this chapter only, evidence of a release from liability executed by a natural guardian or a legal guardian on behalf of such minor without the approval of any court or judge.[ 2010 c 8 § 9031; 1965 c 124 § 2; 1963 c 169 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.130 - Adjudication of nonliability.

RCW 46.29.130 Adjudication of nonliability.A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event such person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim.[ 1963 c 169 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.140 - Agreements for payment of damages.

RCW 46.29.140 Agreements for payment of damages.(1) Any two or more of the persons involved in or affected by an accident as described in RCW 46.29.060 may at any time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of such persons because of bodily injury to or death or property damage arising from such accident, which agreement may provide for payment in installments, and may file a signed copy thereof with the department.(2) The department, to the extent provided by any such written agreement filed with it, shall not require the deposit of security and shall terminate any prior order of suspension, or, if security has previously been deposited, the department shall immediately return such security to the depositor or his or her personal representative.(3) In the event of a default in any payment under such agreement and upon notice of such default the department shall take action suspending the license of such person in default as would be appropriate in the event of failure of such person to deposit security when required under this chapter.(4) Such suspension shall remain in effect and such license shall not be restored unless and until:(a) Security is deposited as required under this chapter in such amount as the department may then determine,(b) When, following any such default and suspension, the person in default has paid the balance of the agreed amount,(c) When, following any such default and suspension, the person in default has resumed installment payments under an agreement acceptable to the creditor, or(d) Three years have elapsed following the accident and evidence satisfactory to the department has been filed with it that during such period no action at law upon such agreement has been instituted and is pending.[ 2010 c 8 § 9032; 1981 c 309 § 2; 1963 c 169 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.150 - Payment upon judgment.

RCW 46.29.150 Payment upon judgment.The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon such judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evidenced by such judgment.[ 1963 c 169 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.160 - Termination of security requirement.

RCW 46.29.160 Termination of security requirement.The department, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under RCW 46.29.120, 46.29.130, 46.29.140 or 46.29.150 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this chapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from such requirement, or if security has previously been deposited by such person, the department shall immediately return such deposit to such person or to his or her personal representative.[ 2010 c 8 § 9033; 1963 c 169 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.170 - Duration of suspension.

RCW 46.29.170 Duration of suspension.Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this chapter, any order of suspension by the department under this chapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended until:(1) Such person shall deposit or there shall be deposited on his or her behalf the security required under this chapter, or(2) Three years have elapsed following the date of the accident resulting in such suspension and evidence satisfactory to the department has been filed with it that during such period no action for damages arising out of the accident resulting in such suspension has been instituted.An affidavit of the applicant that no action at law for damages arising out of the accident has been filed against him or her or, if filed, that it is not still pending shall be prima facie evidence of that fact. The department may take whatever steps are necessary to verify the statement set forth in any said affidavit.[ 2010 c 8 § 9034; 1981 c 309 § 3; 1963 c 169 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.180 - Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states.

RCW 46.29.180 Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states.(1) In case the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident within this state has no driver's license in this state, then such driver shall not be allowed a driver's license until he or she has complied with the requirements of this chapter to the same extent that would be necessary if, at the time of the accident, he or she had held a license or been the owner of a vehicle registered in this state.(2) When a nonresident's driving privilege is suspended pursuant to RCW 46.29.110, the department shall transmit a certified copy of the record or abstract of such action to the official in charge of the issuance of licenses and registration certificates in the state in which such nonresident resides, if the law of such other state provided for action in relation thereto similar to that provided for in subsection (3) of this section.(3) Upon receipt of such certification that the driving privilege of a resident of this state has been suspended or revoked in any such other state pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of a motor vehicle accident, under circumstances which would require the department to suspend a nonresident's driving privilege had the accident occurred in this state, the department shall suspend the license of such resident. Such suspension shall continue until such resident furnishes evidence of his or her compliance with the law of such other state relating to the deposit of such security.[ 2010 c 8 § 9035; 1967 c 32 § 38; 1963 c 169 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.190 - Authority of department to decrease amount of security.

RCW 46.29.190 Authority of department to decrease amount of security.The department may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case if in its judgment the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or his or her personal representative forthwith.[ 2010 c 8 § 9036; 1965 c 124 § 3; 1963 c 169 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.200 - Correction of action by department.

RCW 46.29.200 Correction of action by department.Whenever the department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information, then upon receiving correct information within three years after the date of an accident the department shall take appropriate action to carry out the purposes and effect of this chapter. The foregoing, however, shall not be deemed to require the department to reevaluate the amount of any deposit required under this chapter.[ 1967 c 61 § 1; 1965 c 124 § 4; 1963 c 169 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 46.29.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.29 - Financial Responsibility.|46.29.210 - Custody of security.

RCW 46.29.210 Custody of security.The department shall place any security deposited with it under this chapter in the custody of the state treasurer.[ 1963 c 169 § 21.]