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Chapter 46.55 RCW

TOWING AND IMPOUNDMENT

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HTMLPDF 46.55.010Definitions.
TOW TRUCK OPERATORS—REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
HTMLPDF 46.55.020Registration required—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 46.55.025Registration or insurance required—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 46.55.030Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.
HTMLPDF 46.55.035Prohibited acts—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 46.55.037Compensation for private impounds.
HTMLPDF 46.55.040Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.
HTMLPDF 46.55.050Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.
HTMLPDF 46.55.060Business location—Requirements.
HTMLPDF 46.55.063Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.
HTMLPDF 46.55.065License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.
IMPOUNDING UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES
HTMLPDF 46.55.070Posting requirements—Exception.
HTMLPDF 46.55.075Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.
HTMLPDF 46.55.080Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.
HTMLPDF 46.55.085Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.
HTMLPDF 46.55.090Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.
HTMLPDF 46.55.100Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.
HTMLPDF 46.55.105Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.
HTMLPDF 46.55.110Notice to legal and registered owners.
HTMLPDF 46.55.113Removal by police officer—Definition.
HTMLPDF 46.55.115State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal.
HTMLPDF 46.55.117Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.
HTMLPDF 46.55.118Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.
REDEMPTION RIGHTS AND HEARING PROCEDURES
HTMLPDF 46.55.120Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment.
HTMLPDF 46.55.125Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.
HTMLPDF 46.55.130Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.
HTMLPDF 46.55.140Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.
RECORDS, INSPECTIONS, AND ENFORCEMENT
HTMLPDF 46.55.150Vehicle transaction file.
HTMLPDF 46.55.160Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.
HTMLPDF 46.55.170Complaints, where forwarded.
HTMLPDF 46.55.180Presiding officer at licensing hearing.
HTMLPDF 46.55.190Rules.
HTMLPDF 46.55.200Penalties for certain acts or omissions.
HTMLPDF 46.55.210Cease and desist order.
HTMLPDF 46.55.220Refusal to issue license, grounds for.
JUNK VEHICLE DISPOSITION
HTMLPDF 46.55.230Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment.
LOCAL REGULATION
HTMLPDF 46.55.240Local ordinances—Requirements.
VEHICLE IMMOBILIZATION
HTMLPDF 46.55.300Vehicle immobilization.
IMPOUNDMENT AFTER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
HTMLPDF 46.55.360Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.
HTMLPDF 46.55.370Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.
ABANDONED RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
HTMLPDF 46.55.400Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability.
MISCELLANEOUS
HTMLPDF 46.55.901Headings not part of law—1985 c 377.
HTMLPDF 46.55.902Effective date—1985 c 377.
HTMLPDF 46.55.910Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation.

NOTES:

Removal of unattended vehicle from highway: RCW 46.61.590.
Riding in towed vehicles: RCW 46.61.625.
Safety chains for towing: RCW 46.37.495.