RCW 46.63.075
Safety camera infractions—Presumption.
(1) In a traffic infraction case involving an infraction detected through the use of an automated traffic safety camera under RCW 46.63.170 or detected through the use of an automated school bus safety camera under RCW 46.63.180, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of traffic infraction was in violation of any such provision of RCW 46.63.170 and 46.63.180, together with proof that the person named in the notice of traffic infraction was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, constitutes in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person in control of the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.
(2) This presumption may be overcome only if the registered owner states, under oath, in a written statement to the court or in testimony before the court that the vehicle involved was, at the time, stolen or in the care, custody, or control of some person other than the registered owner.
[ 2012 c 83 § 6; 2011 c 375 § 7; 2011 c 375 § 6; 2010 c 249 § 7; 2005 c 167 § 3; 2004 c 231 § 3.]
NOTES:
Contingent effective date—2011 c 375 §§ 5, 7, and 9: See note following RCW 46.63.030.
Intent—2011 c 375: See note following RCW 46.63.180.
Contingent effective date—2010 c 249: See note following RCW 47.56.795.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.63 - Disposition of Traffic Infractions.
46.63.010 - Legislative intent.
46.63.020 - Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions.
46.63.030 - Notice of traffic infraction—Issuance—Abandoned vehicles.
46.63.040 - Jurisdiction of courts—Jurisdiction of college and university governing bodies.
46.63.050 - Training of judicial officers.
46.63.060 - Notice of traffic infraction—Determination final unless contested—Form.
46.63.070 - Response to notice—Contesting determination—Hearing—Failure to respond or appear.
46.63.075 - Safety camera infractions—Presumption.
46.63.080 - Hearings—Rules of procedure—Counsel.
46.63.090 - Hearings—Contesting determination that infraction committed—Appeal.
46.63.100 - Hearings—Explanation of mitigating circumstances.
46.63.110 - Monetary penalties.
46.63.130 - Issue of process by court of limited jurisdiction.
46.63.140 - Presumption regarding stopped, standing, or parked vehicles.
46.63.151 - Costs and attorney fees.
46.63.170 - Automated traffic safety cameras—Definition.
46.63.180 - Automated school bus safety cameras—Definition.
46.63.190 - Payment plans—Request—Delinquency—Nonpayments—Fees—Modification allowed.