Washington Administrative Code › Title 308 - Licensing, Department of (See also Titles 36, 98 and 196) › Chapter 308-56A - Certificates of title-Motor vehicles, etc › Section 308-56A-500 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to terms used in chapters 46.12
				and 46.16A RCW and chapter 308-56A WAC:
(1) "Affidavit in lieu of title" is a written
			 declaration confirming the certificate of title is unavailable, lost, stolen,
			 destroyed or mutilated. The affidavit in lieu of title may be used to release
			 interest in the vehicle. The signature of the owner completing the affidavit in
			 lieu of title must be notarized or certified as described in WAC
			 308-56A-270.
(2) "Affixed" means attached.
(3) "Brands" means a permanent notation on
			 the electric vehicle record which prints on the certificate of title and
			 vehicle registration certificate that records a circumstance or condition
			 involving a vehicle.
(4) "Brands
			 incident date" is the date that a brand was first applied to a vehicle. For
			 states/jurisdictions participating in the National Motor Vehicle Title
			 Information System (NMVTIS), it's the date the brand was first reported. For
			 all states or jurisdictions, it is established by using the date the current
			 title was issued. Brands on Washington records prior to the effective date of
			 this rule will reflect a brand incident date equal to the date the last
			 Washington certificate of title was issued.
(5) "Certificate of title" (also referred to
			 as "certificate of ownership" or "title") is a legal document indicating proof
			 of ownership and will establish a fact or sustain a judgment unless
			 contradictory evidence is produced. A certificate of title may be a document
			 other than a title when a title document is not issued by a jurisdiction. For
			 example, for Canadian vehicles, the certificate of title is the
			 registration.
(6) "Comment" means
			 an indication on the certificate of title, vehicle title or registration
			 application, or vehicle registration certificate that relates to tax liability,
			 type of ownership, title transaction type or previous or current condition of
			 the vehicle.
(7) "Commercial
			 parking company" means any business directly engaged in providing vehicle
			 parking upon property owned or controlled by the business and approved for
			 public parking of vehicles.
(8)
			 "Current license plate registration" means the current registration or one that
			 has been expired less than one year.
(9) "Department temporary license plate" is a
			 permit issued temporarily in lieu of registration and license plates when
			 required documentation is unavailable.
(10) "Electronic/electronically filing" is a
			 method to transmit information to the department that may include, but is not
			 limited to, the use of the internet or facsimile.
(11) "Involuntary divestiture" means a change
			 in vehicle ownership without the registered owner's involvement.
(12) "Impossible" as used in
			 RCW
			 46.16A.200, means that there was nothing made
			 by the manufacturer (to include, but not limited to, a bracket or the bumper of
			 the vehicle) for the originally manufactured vehicle which would allow the
			 license plate to be affixed to the vehicle in the manner prescribed in
			 RCW
			 46.16A.200.
(13) "Joint tenancy with rights of
			 survivorship" (JTWROS) means two or more people who own a vehicle in joint
			 tenancy with the right to own individually if one of them dies.
(14) "Jurisdiction code" means an
			 abbreviation used by the department that indicates state, province, district,
			 or country.
(15) "Lien holder"
			 means a person or entity that has a legal right or interest in another's
			 property until a debt or duty that it secures is satisfied.
(16) "Not eligible for road use" (NEFRU)
			 means a vehicle that does not meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety standards,
			 other federal or state standards for public road use as adopted, applied, and
			 enforced by the Washington state patrol described in
			 RCW
			 46.37.005.
(17) "A declaration under penalty of perjury"
			 means a statement signed by the applicant to the effect - "I declare under
			 penalty of perjury under the laws of the state of Washington that the
			 information I have provided on this form is true and correct." Anyone who
			 knowingly makes a false statement may be guilty of a crime under state
			 law.
(18) "Personal representative"
			 means:
(a) An individual appointed by the
			 court; or
(b) An individual named
			 in the last will and testament and confirmed by the court to manage the estate
			 of a deceased person.
Personal representative may also include executor,
				administrator, special administrator, and guardian or limited guardian and
				special representative as defined in
				RCW
				11.02.005(1).