RCW 46.55.037
Compensation for private impounds.
A registered tow truck operator may receive compensation from a private property owner or agent for a private impound of an unauthorized vehicle that has an approximate fair market value equal only to the approximate value of the scrap in it. The private property owner or an agent must authorize the impound under RCW 46.55.080. The registered tow truck operator shall process the vehicle in accordance with this chapter and shall deduct any compensation received from the private property owner or agent from the amount of the lien on the vehicle in accordance with this chapter.
[ 1992 c 18 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.
46.55.020 - Registration required—Penalty.
46.55.025 - Registration or insurance required—Penalty.
46.55.030 - Application—Contents, bond, insurance, fee, certificate.
46.55.035 - Prohibited acts—Penalty.
46.55.037 - Compensation for private impounds.
46.55.040 - Permit required—Inspections of equipment and facilities.
46.55.050 - Classification of trucks—Marking requirements—Time and place of inspection—Penalty.
46.55.060 - Business location—Requirements.
46.55.063 - Fees, schedules, contracts, invoices.
46.55.070 - Posting requirements—Exception.
46.55.075 - Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.
46.55.085 - Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.
46.55.100 - Impound notice—Abandoned vehicle report—Owner information, liability—Disposition report.
46.55.105 - Responsibility of registered owner—Buyer and seller remedies.
46.55.110 - Notice to legal and registered owners.
46.55.113 - Removal by police officer—Definition.
46.55.115 - State patrol—Appointment of towing operators—Lien for costs—Appeal.
46.55.117 - Impounds under RCW 64.44.050.
46.55.118 - Rate, fee limitations for certain private impounds.
46.55.120 - Redemption of vehicles—Sale of unredeemed property—Improper impoundment.
46.55.130 - Notice requirements—Public auction—Accumulation of storage charges.
46.55.140 - Operator's lien, deficiency claim, liability.
46.55.150 - Vehicle transaction file.
46.55.160 - Availability of records, equipment, and facilities for audit and inspection.
46.55.170 - Complaints, where forwarded.
46.55.180 - Presiding officer at licensing hearing.
46.55.200 - Penalties for certain acts or omissions.
46.55.210 - Cease and desist order.
46.55.220 - Refusal to issue license, grounds for.
46.55.230 - Junk vehicles—Removal, disposal, sale—Penalties—Cleanup restitution payment.
46.55.240 - Local ordinances—Requirements.
46.55.300 - Vehicle immobilization.
46.55.370 - Law enforcement liability immunity—Reasonable suspicion.
46.55.400 - Transporting abandoned recreational vehicles—Record of delivery—Report—Liability.
46.55.901 - Headings not part of law—1985 c 377.
46.55.902 - Effective date—1985 c 377.
46.55.910 - Chapter not applicable to certain activities of department of transportation.