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WA Rev Code § 46.52.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.080 - Confidentiality of reports—Information required to be disclosed—Evidence.

RCW 46.52.080 Confidentiality of reports—Information required to be disclosed—Evidence.All required accident reports and supplemental reports and copies thereof shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the county prosecuting attorney and chief of police or county sheriff, as the case may be, and the director of licensing and the chief of the Washington state patrol, and other officer or commission as authorized by law, except that any such officer shall disclose the names and addresses of persons reported as involved in an accident or as witnesses thereto, the vehicle license plate numbers and descriptions of vehicles involved, and the date, time and location of an accident, to any person who may have a proper interest therein, including the driver or drivers involved, or the legal guardian thereof, the parent of a minor driver, any person injured therein, the owner of vehicles or property damaged thereby, or any authorized representative of such an interested party, or the attorney or insurer thereof. No such accident report or copy thereof shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that any officer above named for receiving accident reports shall furnish, upon demand of any person who has, or who claims to have, made such a report, or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the chief of the Washington state patrol solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made in the manner required by law: PROVIDED, That the reports may be used as evidence when necessary to prosecute charges filed in connection with a violation of RCW 46.52.088.[ 1979 c 158 § 162; 1975 c 62 § 15; 1967 c 32 § 58; 1965 ex.s. c 119 § 3; 1961 c 12 § 46.52.080. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 140; RRS § 6360-140.]NOTES:Severability—1975 c 62: See note following RCW 36.75.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.52.083 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.083 - Confidentiality of reports—Availability of factual data to interested parties.

RCW 46.52.083 Confidentiality of reports—Availability of factual data to interested parties.All of the factual data submitted in report form by the officers, together with the signed statements of all witnesses, except the reports signed by the drivers involved in the accident, shall be made available upon request to the interested parties named in RCW 46.52.080.[ 1965 ex.s. c 119 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 46.52.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.085 - Confidentiality of reports—Fee for written information.

RCW 46.52.085 Confidentiality of reports—Fee for written information.Any information authorized for release under RCW 46.52.080 and 46.52.083 may be furnished in written form for a fee sufficient to meet, but not exceed, the costs incurred. All fees received by the Washington state patrol for such copies shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.[ 1979 c 34 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 91 § 5; 1965 ex.s. c 119 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 46.52.088 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.088 - Reports—False information.

RCW 46.52.088 Reports—False information.A person shall not give information in oral or written reports as required in chapter 46.52 RCW knowing that such information is false.[ 1975 c 62 § 16.]NOTES:Severability—1975 c 62: See note following RCW 36.75.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.52.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.090 - Reports of major repairs, etc.—Violations, penalties—Rules—Exceptions for older vehicles.

RCW 46.52.090 Reports of major repairs, etc.—Violations, penalties—Rules—Exceptions for older vehicles.(1) Any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the business of repairs of any kind to vehicles or any person, firm, corporation, or association which may at any time engage in any kind of major repair, restoration, or substantial alteration to a vehicle required to be licensed or registered under this title shall maintain verifiable records regarding the source of used major component parts used in such repairs, restoration, or alteration. Satisfactory records include but are not limited to personal identification of the seller if such parts were acquired from other than a vehicle wrecker licensed under chapter 46.80 RCW, signed work orders, and bills of sale signed by the seller whose identity and address has been verified describing parts acquired, and the make, model, and vehicle identification number of a vehicle from which the following parts are removed: (a) Engines and short blocks, (b) frames, (c) transmissions and transfer cases, (d) cabs, (e) doors, (f) front or rear differentials, (g) front or rear clips, (h) quarter panels or fenders, (i) bumpers, (j) truck beds or boxes, (k) seats, and (l) hoods.(2) The records required under subsection (1) of this section shall be kept for a period of four years and shall be made available for inspection by a law enforcement officer during ordinary business hours.(3) It is a gross misdemeanor to: (a) Acquire a part without a substantiating bill of sale or invoice from the parts supplier or fail to comply with any rules adopted under this section; (b) fail to obtain the vehicle identification number for those parts requiring that it be obtained; or (c) fail to keep records for four years or to make such records available during normal business hours to a law enforcement officer.(4) The chief of the Washington state patrol shall adopt rules for the purpose of regulating recordkeeping and parts acquisition by vehicle repairers, restorers, rebuilders, or those who perform substantial vehicle alterations.(5) The provisions of this section do not apply to major repair, restoration, or alteration of a vehicle thirty years of age or older.[ 2003 c 53 § 242; 1983 c 142 § 1; 1967 c 32 § 59; 1961 c 12 § 46.52.090. Prior: 1937 c 189 § 141; RRS § 6360-141.]NOTES:Rules of court: Bail in criminal traffic offense cases—Mandatory appearance—CrRLJ 3.2.Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 46.52.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.52 - Accidents—Reports—Abandoned Vehicles.|46.52.120 - Case record of convictions and infractions.

RCW 46.52.120 Case record of convictions and infractions.(1) The director shall keep a case record on every motor vehicle driver licensed under the laws of this state, together with information on each driver, showing all the convictions and findings of traffic infractions certified by the courts, together with an index cross-reference record of each accident reported relating to such individual with a brief statement of the cause of the accident and whether or not the accident resulted in any fatality.(2) The records shall be for the confidential use of the director, the chief of the Washington state patrol, the director of the Washington traffic safety commission, and for such police officers or other cognizant public officials as may be designated by law. Such case records shall not be admitted into evidence in any court, except where relevant to the prosecution or defense of a criminal charge, or in case appeal is taken from the order of the director, suspending, revoking, canceling, or refusing a vehicle driver's license.(3) The director shall tabulate and analyze vehicle driver's case records and suspend, revoke, cancel, or refuse a vehicle driver's license to a person when it is deemed from facts contained in the case record of such person that it is for the best interest of public safety that such person be denied the privilege of operating a motor vehicle. The director shall also suspend a person's driver's license if the person fails to attend or complete a driver improvement interview or fails to abide by conditions of probation under RCW 46.20.335. Whenever the director orders the vehicle driver's license of any such person suspended, revoked, or canceled, or refuses the issuance of a vehicle driver's license, such suspension, revocation, cancellation, or refusal is final and effective unless appeal from the decision of the director is taken as provided by law.[ 2017 c 147 § 9; 2016 c 197 § 4. Prior: 1998 c 218 § 1; 1998 c 165 § 10; 1993 c 501 § 12; 1992 c 32 § 3; 1989 c 178 § 23; 1988 c 38 § 2; 1984 c 99 § 1; 1982 c 52 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 83; 1977 ex.s. c 356 § 1; 1967 c 32 § 62; 1961 c 12 § 46.52.120; prior: 1937 c 189 § 144; RRS § 6360-144.]NOTES:Effective date—1998 c 165 §§ 8-14: See note following RCW 46.52.070.Short title—1998 c 165: See note following RCW 43.59.010.Effective dates—1989 c 178: See RCW 46.25.901.Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
WA Rev Code § 46.53.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.53 - Abandoned Recreational Vehicles.|46.53.010 - Registered tow truck operators, vehicle wreckers, scrap processors, and scrap metal businesses may apply for cost reimbursement for towing, transporting, storing, dismantling, and disposing abandoned recreational vehicles—Department to develop rules—Stakeholder work group.

RCW 46.53.010 Registered tow truck operators, vehicle wreckers, scrap processors, and scrap metal businesses may apply for cost reimbursement for towing, transporting, storing, dismantling, and disposing abandoned recreational vehicles—Department to develop rules—Stakeholder work group.(1) A registered tow truck operator, as defined in RCW 46.55.010, vehicle wrecker, as defined in RCW 46.80.010, or scrap processor, as defined in RCW 46.79.010, and scrap metal businesses, as defined in RCW 19.290.010, may apply to the department on a form prescribed by the department for cost reimbursement for the towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal of abandoned recreational vehicles from public property.(2) The department may only use funds under RCW 46.68.175 for cost reimbursement for the towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal of abandoned recreational vehicles. The department may not authorize reimbursements that total more than ten thousand dollars per vehicle for which cost reimbursements are requested.(3) After consulting with the 2017 stakeholder group, the department may develop rules including, but not limited to, towing, transport, storage, dismantling, and disposal rates, application form and contents, and cost reimbursement and the reimbursement process, to implement this section.(4) The department shall convene a stakeholder work group every two years, with the first meeting to be held within twelve months of rule adoption, to make recommendations on rule amendments.(5) For the purposes of this section, an "abandoned recreational vehicle" means a camper, motor home, or travel trailer that has been impounded from public property, abandoned pursuant to chapter 46.55 RCW, and received no bids at auction, or declared an abandoned junk vehicle by a law enforcement officer, pursuant to chapter 46.55 RCW, while on public property.[ 2018 c 287 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—Implementation—Effective date—2018 c 287: See notes following RCW 46.55.400.
WA Rev Code § 46.55.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.020 - Registration required—Penalty.

RCW 46.55.020 Registration required—Penalty.(1) A person shall not engage in or offer to engage in the activities of a registered tow truck operator without a current registration certificate from the department of licensing authorizing him or her to engage in such activities.(2) Any person engaging in or offering to engage in the activities of a registered tow truck operator without the registration certificate required by this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.(3) A registered operator who engages in a business practice that is prohibited under this chapter may be issued a notice of traffic infraction under chapter 46.63 RCW and is also subject to the civil penalties that may be imposed by the department under this chapter.(4) A person found to have committed an offense that is a traffic infraction under this chapter is subject to a monetary penalty of at least two hundred fifty dollars.(5) All traffic infractions issued under this chapter shall be under the jurisdiction of the district court in whose jurisdiction they were issued.[ 2003 c 53 § 243; 1989 c 111 § 2; 1985 c 377 § 2.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 46.55.025 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.025 - Registration or insurance required—Penalty.

RCW 46.55.025 Registration or insurance required—Penalty.A vehicle engaging in the business of recovery of disabled vehicles for monetary compensation, from or on a public road or highway must either be operated by a registered tow truck operator, or someone who at a minimum has insurance in a like manner and amount as prescribed in RCW 46.55.030(3), and have had their tow trucks inspected in a like manner as prescribed by RCW 46.55.040(1). The department shall adopt rules to enforce this section. Failure to comply with this section is a class 1 civil infraction punishable under RCW 7.80.120.[ 1995 c 360 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 46.55.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.035 - Prohibited acts—Penalty.

RCW 46.55.035 Prohibited acts—Penalty.(1) No registered tow truck operator may:(a) Except as authorized under RCW 46.55.037, ask for or receive any compensation, gratuity, reward, or promise thereof from a person having control or possession of private property or from an agent of the person authorized to sign an impound authorization, for or on account of the impounding of a vehicle;(b) Be beneficially interested in a contract, agreement, or understanding that may be made by or between a person having control or possession of private property and an agent of the person authorized to sign an impound authorization;(c) Have a financial, equitable, or ownership interest in a firm, partnership, association, or corporation whose functions include acting as an agent or a representative of a property owner for the purpose of signing impound authorizations;(d) Enter into any contract or agreement or offer any program that provides an incentive to a person authorized to order a private impound under RCW 46.55.080 that is related to the authorization of an impound or a number of impounds.(i) The incentives prohibited by this section may be either monetary or nonmonetary things of value, such as gifts or prizes which are contingent on, or as a reward for the authorization of impounds.(ii) Gifts of de minimis value that are given in the ordinary course of business and are not tied to any specific decision to authorize an impound or impounds are not prohibited. Permitted gifts would include promotional items such as pens, calendars, cups, and other items labeled with the registered tow truck operator's business information, holiday gifts such as cookies or candy, flowers for occasions such as illness or death, or the cost of a single meal for one person when discussing business.(iii) The provision of the actual physical signs required by this chapter to be posted on private property and the labor and materials for placing them is not a violation of this section.(2) This section does not prohibit the registered tow truck operator from collecting the costs of towing, storage, tolls or ferry fares paid, or other services rendered during the course of towing, removing, impounding, or storing of an impounded vehicle as provided by RCW 46.55.120.(3) A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 18 § 1; 2010 c 56 § 1; 1992 c 18 § 1; 1989 c 111 § 4.]NOTES:Riding in towed vehicles: RCW 46.61.625.Safety chains for towing: RCW 46.37.495.
WA Rev Code § 46.55.037 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.037 - Compensation for private impounds.

RCW 46.55.037 Compensation for private impounds.A registered tow truck operator may receive compensation from a private property owner or agent for a private impound of an unauthorized vehicle that has an approximate fair market value equal only to the approximate value of the scrap in it. The private property owner or an agent must authorize the impound under RCW 46.55.080. The registered tow truck operator shall process the vehicle in accordance with this chapter and shall deduct any compensation received from the private property owner or agent from the amount of the lien on the vehicle in accordance with this chapter.[ 1992 c 18 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 46.55.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.040 - Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.

RCW 46.55.040 Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.(1) A registered operator shall apply for and keep current a tow truck permit for each tow truck of which the operator is the registered owner. Application for a tow truck permit shall be accompanied by a report from the Washington state patrol covering a physical inspection of each tow truck capable of being used by the applicant.(2) Upon receipt of the fee provided in RCW 46.55.030(4) and a satisfactory inspection report from the state patrol, the department shall issue each tow truck an annual tow truck permit or decal. The class of the tow truck, determined according to RCW 46.55.050, shall be stamped on the permit or decal. The permit or decal shall be displayed on the passenger side of the truck's front windshield.(3) A tow truck number from the department shall be affixed in a permanent manner to each tow truck.(4) The Washington state patrol shall conduct annual inspections of tow truck operators' equipment and facilities during the operators' normal business hours. Unscheduled inspections may be conducted without notice at the operator's place of business by an inspector to determine the fitness of a tow truck or facilities. At the time of the inspection, the operator shall provide a paper copy of the master log referred to in RCW 46.55.080.(5) If at the time of the annual or subsequent inspections the equipment does not meet the requirements of this chapter, and the deficiency is a safety related deficiency, or the equipment is necessary to the truck's performance, the inspector shall cause the registered tow truck operator to remove that equipment from service as a tow truck until such time as the equipment has been satisfactorily repaired. A red tag shall be placed on the windshield of a tow truck taken out of service, and the tow truck shall not provide tow truck service until the Washington state patrol recertifies the truck and removes the tag.[ 1989 c 111 § 5; 1985 c 377 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 46.55.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.050 - Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.

RCW 46.55.050 Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.(1) Tow trucks shall be classified by towing capabilities, and shall meet or exceed all equipment standards set by the state patrol for the type of tow trucks to be used by an operator.(2) All tow trucks shall display the firm's name, city of address, and telephone number. This information shall be painted on or permanently affixed to both sides of the vehicle in accordance with rules adopted by the department.(3) Before a tow truck is put into tow truck service, or when the reinspection of a tow truck is necessary, the district commander of the state patrol shall designate a location and time for the inspection to be conducted. When practicable, the inspection or reinspection shall be made within three business days following the request by the operator.(4) Failure to comply with any requirement of this section or rules adopted under it is a traffic infraction.[ 1987 c 330 § 740; 1985 c 377 § 5.]NOTES:Construction—Application of rules—Severability—1987 c 330: See notes following RCW 28B.12.050.
WA Rev Code § 46.55.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 46 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.|46.55.060 - Business location—Requirements.

RCW 46.55.060 Business location—Requirements.(1) The address that the tow truck operator lists on his or her application shall be the business location of the firm where its files are kept. Each separate business location requires a separate registration under this chapter. The application shall also list all locations of secure areas for vehicle storage and redemption.(2) Before an additional lot may be used for vehicle storage, it must be inspected and approved by the state patrol. The lot must also be inspected and approved on an annual basis for continued use.(3) Each business location must have a sign displaying the firm's name that is readable from the street.(4) At the business locations listed where vehicles may be redeemed, the registered operator shall post in a conspicuous and accessible location:(a) All pertinent licenses and permits to operate as a registered tow truck operator;(b) The current towing and storage charges itemized on a form approved by the department;(c) The vehicle redemption procedure and rights;(d) Information supplied by the department as to where complaints regarding either equipment or service are to be directed;(e) Information concerning the acceptance of commercially reasonable tender as defined in RCW 46.55.120(1)(f).(5) The department shall adopt rules concerning fencing and security requirements of storage areas, which may provide for modifications or exemptions where needed to achieve compliance with local zoning laws.(6) On any day when the registered tow truck operator holds the towing services open for business, the business office shall remain open with personnel present who are able to release impounded vehicles in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under it. The normal business hours of a towing service shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. The business office may be closed for no more than one hour between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. if a notice is clearly visible at the door with a telephone number at which personnel can be reached to return within no more than one-half of an hour to release an impounded vehicle. If the caller does in fact redeem the vehicle when the personnel returns to release the vehicle, the accrual of charges for storage ceases at the time of the call.(7) A registered tow truck operator shall maintain personnel who can be contacted twenty-four hours a day to release impounded vehicles within a reasonable time.(8) A registered operator shall provide access to a telephone for any person redeeming a vehicle, at the time of redemption.[ 2015 c 227 § 1; 1989 c 111 § 6; 1987 c 311 § 3; 1985 c 377 § 6.]