Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.12 - Certificates of Title.
46.12.540 - Issuance of certificates—Contents.

RCW 46.12.540
Issuance of certificates—Contents.

(1) The department shall issue an electronic record of ownership or a written certificate of title if the department is satisfied from the statements on the application that the applicant is the legal owner of the vehicle or otherwise entitled to have a certificate of title in the applicant's name.
(2) Each certificate of title issued by the department must contain:
(a) The date of application;
(b) The certificate of title number assigned to the vehicle;
(c) The name and address of the registered owner and legal owner;
(d) The vehicle identification number;
(e) The mileage reading, if required, as provided by the odometer disclosure statement submitted with the application involving a transfer of ownership;
(f) A notation that the recorded mileage is actual, not actual, or exceeds mechanical limits;
(g) A blank space on the face of the certificate of title for the signature of the registered owner;
(h) Information on whether the vehicle was ever registered and operated as an exempt vehicle or taxicab;
(i) A brand conspicuously shown across its front if indicating that the vehicle has been rebuilt after becoming a salvage vehicle;
(j) The director's signature and the seal of the department; and
(k) Any other description of the vehicle and facts the department may require.
(3) The department shall deliver the registration certificate to the registered owner and the certificate of title to the legal owner, or both to the person who is both the registered owner and legal owner.

[ 2010 c 161 § 305; 1996 c 26 § 2; 1993 c 307 § 1; 1990 c 238 § 3; 1975 c 25 § 9; 1967 c 32 § 9; 1961 c 12 § 46.12.050. Prior: 1959 c 166 § 1; 1947 c 164 § 2; 1937 c 188 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6312-4. Formerly RCW 46.12.050.]
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.


Effective date, implementation—1990 c 238: See note following RCW 46.12.530.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 46 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 46.12 - Certificates of Title.

46.12.520 - Certificate required to operate and sell vehicle—Manufacturer or dealer testing—Security interest, how perfected.

46.12.530 - Application—Contents—Examination of vehicle.

46.12.540 - Issuance of certificates—Contents.

46.12.550 - Refusal or cancellation of certificate—Notice—Penalty for subsequent operation—Appeals.

46.12.555 - Quick title—Application requirements—Limitation—Subagents.

46.12.560 - Inspection by state patrol or other authorized inspector.

46.12.570 - Stolen vehicle check.

46.12.580 - Duplicate for lost, stolen, mutilated, etc. certificate.

46.12.590 - Procedure on installation of new or different motor—Penalty.

46.12.600 - Destruction of vehicle—Surrender of certificate, penalty—Report of settlement by insurance company—Market value threshold.

46.12.610 - Contaminated vehicles.

46.12.620 - Legal owner not liable for acts of registered owner.

46.12.630 - Lists of registered and legal owners of vehicles and vessels—Furnished for certain purposes—Contract—Fees—Penalty for unauthorized use—Definition.

46.12.635 - Disclosure of names and addresses of individual vehicle and vessel owners—Vehicle and vessel information—Address confidentiality program participants.

46.12.640 - Disclosure violations, penalties.

46.12.650 - Releasing interest—Reports of sale—Transfer of ownership—Requirements—Penalty, exceptions.

46.12.652 - Fraudulent report of sale filed—Procedure.

46.12.655 - Release of owner from liability.

46.12.660 - Transitional ownership record.

46.12.665 - Odometer disclosure statement required—Exemptions.

46.12.670 - Assigned certificates of title filed—Transfer of interest in vehicle.

46.12.675 - Perfection of security interest—Procedure.

46.12.680 - Ownership in doubt—Procedure.

46.12.690 - Campers.

46.12.691 - Custom vehicles.

46.12.695 - Kit vehicles.

46.12.700 - Manufactured homes—Manufactured/mobile or park model homes.

46.12.711 - Street rod vehicles.

46.12.720 - Buying, selling, etc. with numbers removed, altered, etc.—Penalty.

46.12.725 - Seizure and impoundment—Notice to interested persons—Release to owner.

46.12.730 - Disposition authorized, when.

46.12.735 - Hearing—Appeal—Removal to court—Release after ruling.

46.12.740 - Release without hearing.

46.12.745 - Assignment of new number.

46.12.750 - Penalty for false statements, illegal transfers, alterations, or forgeries—Exception.

46.12.755 - Ownership of motor vehicle by person under eighteen prohibited—Exception.