Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.
46.55.210 - Cease and desist order.

RCW 46.55.210
Cease and desist order.

Whenever it appears to the director that any registered tow truck operator or a person offering towing services has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted hereunder, the director may issue an order directing the operator or person to cease and desist from continuing the act or practice. Reasonable notice of and opportunity for a hearing shall be given. The director may issue a temporary order pending a hearing. The temporary order shall remain in effect until ten days after the hearing is held and shall become final if the person to whom notice is addressed does not request a hearing within fifteen days after the receipt of notice.

[ 1987 c 311 § 17; 1985 c 377 § 21.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 46 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 46.55 - Towing and Impoundment.

46.55.010 - Definitions.

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.

46.55.065 - License plate indicator tabs—Transporter business—Hulk hauler, scrap processor business—Wrecker business—Fees—Tab requirements.

46.55.070 - Posting requirements—Exception.

46.55.075 - Law enforcement impound—Required form, procedures.

46.55.080 - Law enforcement, authorized regional transit authority representative, other public official impound, private impound—Master log—Certain associations restricted.

46.55.085 - Law enforcement impound—Unauthorized vehicle in right-of-way.

46.55.090 - Storage, return requirements—Vehicles, personal belongings—Combination endorsement for tow truck drivers—Viewing impounded vehicle.

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.

46.55.125 - Redemption of motorcycle or moped as bailment while owner hospitalized due to accident—Requirements—Declaration form.

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.

46.55.190 - Rules.

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.

46.55.360 - Impoundment, when required—Law enforcement powers, duties, and liability immunity—Redemption, when, by whom—Operator liability immunity—Definition.

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.