Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.10 - Snowmobiles.
46.10.480 - Restrictions on age of operators—Qualifications.

RCW 46.10.480
Restrictions on age of operators—Qualifications.

No person under twelve years of age shall operate a snowmobile on or across a public roadway or highway in this state, and no person between the ages of twelve and sixteen years of age shall operate a snowmobile on or across a public road or highway in this state unless he or she has taken a snowmobile safety education course and been certified as qualified to operate a snowmobile by an instructor designated by the commission as qualified to conduct such a course and issue such a certificate, and he or she has on his or her person at the time he or she is operating a snowmobile evidence of such certification: PROVIDED, That persons under sixteen years of age who have not been certified as qualified snowmobile operators may operate a snowmobile under the direct supervision of a qualified snowmobile operator.

[ 2010 c 8 § 9003; 1972 ex.s. c 153 § 24; 1971 ex.s. c 29 § 12. Formerly RCW 46.10.120.]
NOTES:

Purpose—1972 ex.s. c 153: See RCW 79A.35.070.

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Revised Code of Washington

Title 46 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 46.10 - Snowmobiles.

46.10.300 - Definitions.

46.10.310 - Registration prerequisite to operation.

46.10.320 - Snowmobile advisory committee.

46.10.330 - Accident reports.

46.10.340 - Regulation by political subdivisions or state agencies.

46.10.350 - Local authorities—Safety and convenience.

46.10.360 - Enforcement.

46.10.370 - Administration.

46.10.400 - Registration—Application—Renewal—Requirements—Decals.

46.10.410 - Registration—Exemptions.

46.10.415 - Registration—Motorcycle owners may apply.

46.10.418 - Registration—Owners of certain wheeled all-terrain vehicles converted as tracked all-terrain vehicles 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.

46.10.485 - Denial, suspension, or revocation of dealer license or assessment of monetary civil penalty.

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.

46.10.910 - Short title.