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Revised Code of Washington

Chapter 46.55

Wash. Rev. Code ch. 46.55

Towing and impoundment.

46.55.010Definitions.46.55.020Registration required—Penalty.46.55.025Registration or insurance required—Penalty.46.55.030Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.46.55.035Prohibited acts—Penalty.46.55.037Compensation for private impounds.46.55.040Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.46.55.050Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.46.55.060Business location—Requirements.46.55.063Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.46.55.065License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.46.55.070Posting requirements—Exception.46.55.075Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.46.55.080Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.46.55.085Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.46.55.090Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.46.55.100Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.46.55.105Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.46.55.110Notice to legal and registered owners.46.55.113Removal by police officer—Definition.46.55.115State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal. (Effective until February 1, 2026.)46.55.117Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.46.55.118Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.46.55.120Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment. (Effective until February 1, 2026.)46.55.125Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.46.55.130Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.46.55.140Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.46.55.150Vehicle transaction file.46.55.160Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.46.55.170Complaints, where forwarded.46.55.180Presiding officer at licensing hearing.46.55.190Rules.46.55.200Penalties for certain acts or omissions.46.55.210Cease and desist order.46.55.220Refusal to issue license, grounds for.46.55.230Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment.46.55.240Local ordinances—Requirements.46.55.300Vehicle immobilization.46.55.360Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.46.55.370Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.46.55.400Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability.46.55.700Program to compensate registered tow truck operators—Private property impounds, impounds performed under law enforcement direction—Form—Disbursement of excess funds—Annual report—Lien, deficiency claim—Notice. (Effective February 1, 2026.)46.55.901Headings not part of law—1985 c 377.46.55.902Effective date—1985 c 377.46.55.910Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation.