RCW 46.12.620
Legal owner not liable for acts of registered owner.
A person shown as the legal owner on a certificate of title which has a different person shown as the registered owner does not incur liability and is not responsible for damage or any liability resulting from any act or contract made by the registered owner or by any other person acting for, or by or under the authority of, the registered owner.
[ 2010 c 161 § 318; 1961 c 12 § 46.12.190. Prior: 1937 c 188 § 10, part; RRS § 6312-10, part. Formerly RCW 46.12.190.]
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
Chapter 46.12 - Certificates of Title.
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.
46.12.610 - Contaminated vehicles.
46.12.620 - Legal owner not liable for acts of registered owner.
46.12.640 - Disclosure violations, penalties.
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.
46.12.700 - 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.