RCW 46.10.420
Snowmobile dealer licenses—Fee—License plates—Violation—License application upon sale.
(1) Each dealer of snowmobiles in this state shall obtain a snowmobile dealer license from the department in a manner prescribed by the department. Upon receipt of an application for a snowmobile dealer's license and the fee provided in subsection (2) of this section, the dealer is licensed and a snowmobile dealer license number must be assigned.
(2) The annual license fee for a snowmobile dealer is twenty-five dollars, which covers all of the snowmobiles offered by a dealer for sale and not rented on a regular, commercial basis. Snowmobiles rented on a regular commercial basis by a snowmobile dealer must be registered separately under RCW 46.10.310, 46.10.400, 46.10.430, and 46.10.440.
(3) Upon the issuance of a snowmobile dealer license, a snowmobile dealer may purchase, at a cost to be determined by the department, snowmobile dealer license plates of a size and color to be determined by the department. The snowmobile dealer license plates must contain the snowmobile license number assigned to the dealer. Each snowmobile operated by a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer for the purposes of demonstration or testing shall display snowmobile dealer license plates in a clearly visible manner.
(4) Only a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer may display a snowmobile dealer plate, and only a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer may use a snowmobile dealer's license plate for the purposes described in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) Snowmobile dealer licenses are nontransferable.
(6) It is unlawful for any snowmobile dealer to sell a snowmobile at wholesale or retail, or to test or demonstrate any snowmobile, within the state, unless the dealer has a snowmobile dealer license as required under this section.
(7) When a snowmobile is sold by a snowmobile dealer, the dealer:
(a) Shall apply for licensing in the purchaser's name as provided by rules adopted by the department; and
(b) May issue a temporary license as provided by rules adopted by the department.
[ 2012 c 74 § 13; 2010 c 161 § 231; 1990 c 250 § 26; 1982 c 17 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 29 § 5. Formerly RCW 46.10.050.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Intent—Legislation to reconcile chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and other amendments made during the 2010 legislative session—2010 c 161: See notes following RCW 46.04.013.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
46.10.310 - Registration prerequisite to operation.
46.10.320 - Snowmobile advisory committee.
46.10.340 - Regulation by political subdivisions or state agencies.
46.10.350 - Local authorities—Safety and convenience.
46.10.400 - Registration—Application—Renewal—Requirements—Decals.
46.10.410 - Registration—Exemptions.
46.10.415 - Registration—Motorcycle owners may apply.
46.10.420 - Snowmobile dealer licenses—Fee—License plates—Violation—License application upon sale.
46.10.430 - Decals—Registration certificates—License tabs.
46.10.440 - Decals—Affixing and displaying dealer license plates.
46.10.450 - Nonresident permits.
46.10.460 - Crossing public roadways and highways lawful, when.
46.10.470 - Operating upon public road or highway lawful, when.
46.10.480 - Restrictions on age of operators—Qualifications.
46.10.490 - Operating violations.
46.10.495 - Additional violations—Penalty.
46.10.500 - Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions—Civil liability.
46.10.505 - Failure to register a snowmobile—Penalty, circumstances when.
46.10.510 - Refund of snowmobile fuel tax to snowmobile account.
46.10.520 - Snowmobile fuel excise tax nonrefundable.
46.10.530 - Amount of snowmobile fuel tax paid as motor vehicle fuel tax.