Revised Code of Washington
Title 46 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 46.04 - Definitions.

46.04.169 - Electric-assisted bicycle—Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle—Class 2 electric-assisted bicycle—Class 3 electric-assisted bicycle. - RCW 46.04.169 Electric-assisted bicycle—Class 1 electric-assisted bicycle—Class 2 electric-assisted bicycle—Class...

46.04.1695 - Electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD). - RCW 46.04.1695 Electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD). "Electric personal...

46.04.1697 - Electronic commerce. - RCW 46.04.1697 Electronic commerce. "Electronic commerce" may include, but is...

46.04.1698 - Empty scale weight. - RCW 46.04.1698 Empty scale weight. "Empty scale weight" means the...

46.04.1699 - Endangered wildlife license plates. - RCW 46.04.1699 Endangered wildlife license plates. "Endangered wildlife license plates"...

46.04.170 - Explosives. - RCW 46.04.170 Explosives. "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical...

46.04.174 - Facial recognition matching system. - RCW 46.04.174 Facial recognition matching system. "Facial recognition matching system"...

46.04.180 - Farm tractor. - RCW 46.04.180 Farm tractor. "Farm tractor" means every motor vehicle...

46.04.181 - Farm vehicle. - RCW 46.04.181 Farm vehicle. "Farm vehicle" means any vehicle other...

46.04.182 - Farmer. - RCW 46.04.182 Farmer. "Farmer" means any person, firm, partnership or...

46.04.183 - Farming. - RCW 46.04.183 Farming. "Farming" means the cultivation and tillage of...

46.04.186 - Fixed load vehicle. - RCW 46.04.186 Fixed load vehicle. "Fixed load vehicle" means a...

46.04.187 - Flammable liquid. - RCW 46.04.187 Flammable liquid. "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which...

46.04.190 - For hire vehicle. - RCW 46.04.190 For hire vehicle. "For hire vehicle" means any...

46.04.192 - Former prisoner of war license plates. - RCW 46.04.192 Former prisoner of war license plates. "Former prisoner...

46.04.193 - Fred Hutch license plates. - RCW 46.04.193 Fred Hutch license plates. "Fred Hutch license plates"...

46.04.194 - Garbage truck. - RCW 46.04.194 Garbage truck. "Garbage truck" means a truck specially...

46.04.1945 - Golf cart. - RCW 46.04.1945 Golf cart. "Golf cart" means a gas-powered or...

46.04.1951 - Gonzaga University alumni association license plates. - RCW 46.04.1951 Gonzaga University alumni association license plates. "Gonzaga University...

46.04.1953 - Gross vehicle weight rating. - RCW 46.04.1953 Gross vehicle weight rating. "Gross vehicle weight rating"...

46.04.196 - Helping Kids Speak license plates. - RCW 46.04.196 Helping Kids Speak license plates. "Helping Kids Speak...

46.04.197 - Highway. - RCW 46.04.197 Highway. Highway means the entire width between the...

46.04.199 - Horseless carriage license plate. - RCW 46.04.199 Horseless carriage license plate. "Horseless carriage license plate"...

46.04.200 - Hours of darkness. - RCW 46.04.200 Hours of darkness. "Hours of darkness" means the...

46.04.204 - Hybrid motor vehicle. - RCW 46.04.204 Hybrid motor vehicle. "Hybrid motor vehicle" means a...

46.04.209 - Identity information. - RCW 46.04.209 Identity information. (1) "Identity information" means information that...

46.04.215 - Ignition interlock device. - RCW 46.04.215 Ignition interlock device. "Ignition interlock device" means breath...

46.04.217 - Ignition interlock driver's license. - RCW 46.04.217 Ignition interlock driver's license. "Ignition interlock driver's license"...

46.04.220 - Intersection area. - RCW 46.04.220 Intersection area. (1) "Intersection area" means the area...

46.04.240 - Intersection control area. - RCW 46.04.240 Intersection control area. "Intersection control area" means intersection...

46.04.249 - Keep Kids Safe license plates. - RCW 46.04.249 Keep Kids Safe license plates. "Keep Kids Safe...

46.04.251 - Kit vehicle. - RCW 46.04.251 Kit vehicle. "Kit vehicle" means a passenger car...

46.04.260 - Laned highway. - RCW 46.04.260 Laned highway. "Laned highway" means a highway the...

46.04.265 - Law enforcement memorial license plates. - RCW 46.04.265 Law enforcement memorial license plates. "Law enforcement memorial...

46.04.270 - Legal owner. - RCW 46.04.270 Legal owner. "Legal owner" means a person having...

46.04.2701 - License plate. - RCW 46.04.2701 License plate. (Effective July 1, 2023.) "License plate"...

46.04.271 - Light truck. - RCW 46.04.271 Light truck. "Light truck" means a motor vehicle...

46.04.272 - Lightweight stud. - RCW 46.04.272 Lightweight stud. (1) "Lightweight stud" means a stud...

46.04.274 - Limousine. - RCW 46.04.274 Limousine. "Limousine" means a category of for hire,...

46.04.276 - Limousine carrier. - RCW 46.04.276 Limousine carrier. "Limousine carrier" means a person engaged...

46.04.280 - Local authorities. - RCW 46.04.280 Local authorities. "Local authorities" includes every county, municipal,...

46.04.290 - Marked crosswalk. - RCW 46.04.290 Marked crosswalk. "Marked crosswalk" means any portion of...

46.04.292 - Market value threshold amount. - RCW 46.04.292 Market value threshold amount. "Market value threshold amount"...

46.04.294 - Medal of Honor. - RCW 46.04.294 Medal of Honor. "Medal of Honor" means the...

46.04.295 - Medium-speed electric vehicle. - RCW 46.04.295 Medium-speed electric vehicle. "Medium-speed electric vehicle" means a...

46.04.300 - Metal tire. - RCW 46.04.300 Metal tire. "Metal tire" includes every tire, the...

46.04.301 - Military affiliate radio system license plates. - RCW 46.04.301 Military affiliate radio system license plates. "Military affiliate...

46.04.302 - Mobile home, manufactured home. - RCW 46.04.302 Mobile home, manufactured home. "Mobile home" or "manufactured...

46.04.303 - Modular home. - RCW 46.04.303 Modular home. "Modular home" means a factory-assembled structure...

46.04.304 - Moped. - RCW 46.04.304 Moped. "Moped" means a motorized device designed to...

46.04.305 - Motor homes. - RCW 46.04.305 Motor homes. "Motor homes" means motor vehicles originally...

46.04.310 - Motor truck. - RCW 46.04.310 Motor truck. "Motor truck" means any motor vehicle...

46.04.320 - Motor vehicle. - RCW 46.04.320 Motor vehicle. (1) "Motor vehicle" means a vehicle...

46.04.330 - Motorcycle. - RCW 46.04.330 Motorcycle. "Motorcycle" means a motor vehicle designed to...

46.04.332 - Motor-driven cycle. - RCW 46.04.332 Motor-driven cycle. "Motor-driven cycle" means every motorcycle, including...

46.04.336 - Motorized foot scooter. - RCW 46.04.336 Motorized foot scooter. "Motorized foot scooter" means a...

46.04.340 - Muffler. - RCW 46.04.340 Muffler. "Muffler" means a device consisting of a...

46.04.350 - Multiple lane highway. - RCW 46.04.350 Multiple lane highway. "Multiple lane highway" means any...

46.04.355 - Municipal transit vehicle. - RCW 46.04.355 Municipal transit vehicle. Municipal transit vehicle includes every...

46.04.3551 - Music Matters license plates. - RCW 46.04.3551 Music Matters license plates. "Music Matters license plates"...

46.04.356 - Natural person. - RCW 46.04.356 Natural person. "Natural person" means a human being....

46.04.357 - Neighborhood electric vehicle. - RCW 46.04.357 Neighborhood electric vehicle. "Neighborhood electric vehicle" means a...

46.04.358 - New motor vehicle. - RCW 46.04.358 New motor vehicle. "New motor vehicle" means any...

46.04.360 - Nonresident. - RCW 46.04.360 Nonresident. "Nonresident" means any person whose residence is...

46.04.363 - Off-road motorcycle. - RCW 46.04.363 Off-road motorcycle. "Off-road motorcycle" means a motorcycle as...

46.04.365 - Off-road vehicle. - RCW 46.04.365 Off-road vehicle. "Off-road vehicle" or "ORV" means a...

46.04.370 - Operator or driver. - RCW 46.04.370 Operator or driver. "Operator or driver" means every...

46.04.372 - ORV registration. - RCW 46.04.372 ORV registration. "ORV registration" means a registration certificate...

46.04.380 - Owner. - RCW 46.04.380 Owner. "Owner" means a person who has a...

46.04.3802 - Ownership in doubt. - RCW 46.04.3802 Ownership in doubt. "Ownership in doubt" means that...

46.04.381 - Park or parking. - RCW 46.04.381 Park or parking. "Park or parking" means the...

46.04.3815 - Parts car. - RCW 46.04.3815 Parts car. NOTES: Reviser's note: RCW 46.01.3815 was...

46.04.382 - Passenger car. - RCW 46.04.382 Passenger car. "Passenger car" means every motor vehicle...

46.04.383 - Patches pal license plates. - RCW 46.04.383 Patches pal license plates. (Effective October 1, 2022.)...

46.04.385 - Personalized license plates. - RCW 46.04.385 Personalized license plates. "Personalized license plates" means license...

46.04.400 - Pedestrian. - RCW 46.04.400 Pedestrian. "Pedestrian" means any person who is afoot...

46.04.405 - Person. - RCW 46.04.405 Person. "Person" includes every natural person, firm, copartnership,...

46.04.408 - Photograph, picture, negative. - RCW 46.04.408 Photograph, picture, negative. "Photograph," along with the terms...

46.04.410 - Pneumatic tires. - RCW 46.04.410 Pneumatic tires. "Pneumatic tires" includes every tire of...

46.04.414 - Pole trailer. - RCW 46.04.414 Pole trailer. "Pole trailer" means every vehicle without...

46.04.4141 - Police officer. - RCW 46.04.4141 Police officer. Police officer means every officer authorized...

46.04.415 - Power wheelchair. - RCW 46.04.415 Power wheelchair. "Power wheelchair" means any self-propelled vehicle...

46.04.416 - Private carrier bus. - RCW 46.04.416 Private carrier bus. "Private carrier bus" means every...

46.04.420 - Private road or driveway. - RCW 46.04.420 Private road or driveway. "Private road or driveway"...

46.04.422 - Private use single-axle trailer. - RCW 46.04.422 Private use single-axle trailer. "Private use single-axle trailer"...

46.04.429 - Professional firefighters and paramedics license plates. - RCW 46.04.429 Professional firefighters and paramedics license plates. "Professional firefighters...

46.04.435 - Public scale. - RCW 46.04.435 Public scale. "Public scale" means every scale under...

46.04.437 - Purple heart license plates. - RCW 46.04.437 Purple heart license plates. "Purple heart license plates"...

46.04.440 - Railroad. - RCW 46.04.440 Railroad. "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or...

46.04.450 - Railroad sign or signal. - RCW 46.04.450 Railroad sign or signal. "Railroad sign or signal"...

46.04.455 - Reasonable grounds. - RCW 46.04.455 Reasonable grounds. "Reasonable grounds," when used in the...

46.04.460 - Registered owner. - RCW 46.04.460 Registered owner. "Registered owner" means the person whose...

46.04.462 - Registration. - RCW 46.04.462 Registration. "Registration" means the registration certificate or license...

46.04.464 - Renewal notice. - RCW 46.04.464 Renewal notice. "Renewal notice" means the notice to...

46.04.465 - Rental car. - RCW 46.04.465 Rental car. (1) "Rental car" means a passenger...

46.04.466 - Rental car business. - RCW 46.04.466 Rental car business. "Rental car business" means a...

46.04.467 - Rental trailer. - RCW 46.04.467 Rental trailer. "Rental trailer" means a trailer, as...

46.04.468 - Report of sale. - RCW 46.04.468 Report of sale. "Report of sale" means a...

46.04.470 - Residence district. - RCW 46.04.470 Residence district. "Residence district" means the territory contiguous...

46.04.480 - Revoke. - RCW 46.04.480 Revoke. "Revoke," in all its forms, means the...

46.04.485 - Ride share license plates. - RCW 46.04.485 Ride share license plates. "Ride share license plates"...

46.04.490 - Road tractor. - RCW 46.04.490 Road tractor. "Road tractor" includes every motor vehicle...

46.04.500 - Roadway. - RCW 46.04.500 Roadway. "Roadway" means that portion of a highway...

46.04.510 - Safety zone. - RCW 46.04.510 Safety zone. "Safety zone" means the area or...

46.04.514 - Salvage vehicle. - RCW 46.04.514 Salvage vehicle. "Salvage vehicle" means a vehicle whose...

46.04.516 - San Juan Islands license plates. - RCW 46.04.516 San Juan Islands license plates. "San Juan Islands...

46.04.518 - Scale weight. - RCW 46.04.518 Scale weight. "Scale weight" means the weight of...

46.04.521 - School bus. - RCW 46.04.521 School bus. School bus means every motor vehicle...

46.04.522 - Seattle Mariners license plates. - RCW 46.04.522 Seattle Mariners license plates. "Seattle Mariners license plates"...

46.04.5221 - Seattle NHL hockey special license plates. - RCW 46.04.5221 Seattle NHL hockey special license plates. "Seattle NHL...

46.04.523 - Seattle Seahawks license plates. - RCW 46.04.523 Seattle Seahawks license plates. "Seattle Seahawks license plates"...

46.04.524 - Seattle Sounders FC license plates. - RCW 46.04.524 Seattle Sounders FC license plates. "Seattle Sounders FC...

46.04.525 - Seattle University license plates. - RCW 46.04.525 Seattle University license plates. "Seattle University license plates"...

46.04.526 - Secured party. - RCW 46.04.526 Secured party. "Secured party" has the same meaning...

46.04.527 - Security interest. - RCW 46.04.527 Security interest. "Security interest" has the same meaning...

46.04.530 - Semitrailer. - RCW 46.04.530 Semitrailer. "Semitrailer" includes every vehicle without motive power...

46.04.535 - Share the road license plates. - RCW 46.04.535 Share the road license plates. "Share the road...

46.04.540 - Sidewalk. - RCW 46.04.540 Sidewalk. "Sidewalk" means that property between the curb...

46.04.542 - Ski & ride Washington license plates. - RCW 46.04.542 Ski & ride Washington license plates. "Ski &...

46.04.545 - Snow bike. - RCW 46.04.545 Snow bike. "Snow bike" means a motorcycle or...

46.04.546 - Snowmobile. - RCW 46.04.546 Snowmobile. "Snowmobile" means a self-propelled vehicle that is...

46.04.550 - Solid tire. - RCW 46.04.550 Solid tire. "Solid tire" includes every tire of...

46.04.551 - Special highway construction equipment. - RCW 46.04.551 Special highway construction equipment. (1) "Special highway construction...

46.04.552 - Special mobile equipment. - RCW 46.04.552 Special mobile equipment. "Special mobile equipment" means every...

46.04.553 - Sport utility vehicle. - RCW 46.04.553 Sport utility vehicle. "Sport utility vehicle" means a...

46.04.554 - Square dancer license plates. - RCW 46.04.554 Square dancer license plates. "Square dancer license plates"...

46.04.555 - Stand or standing. - RCW 46.04.555 Stand or standing. "Stand or standing" means the...

46.04.556 - Standard issue license plates. - RCW 46.04.556 Standard issue license plates. "Standard issue license plates"...

46.04.559 - State flower license plates. - RCW 46.04.559 State flower license plates. "State flower license plates"...

46.04.560 - State highway. - RCW 46.04.560 State highway. "State highway" includes every highway or...

46.04.565 - Stop. - RCW 46.04.565 Stop. "Stop" when required means complete cessation from...

46.04.566 - Stop or stopping. - RCW 46.04.566 Stop or stopping. "Stop or stopping" when prohibited...

46.04.570 - Streetcar. - RCW 46.04.570 Streetcar. "Streetcar" means a vehicle other than a...

46.04.572 - Street rod vehicle. - RCW 46.04.572 Street rod vehicle. "Street rod vehicle" means a...

46.04.574 - Subagency. - RCW 46.04.574 Subagency. "Subagency" means the licensing office in which...

46.04.575 - Subagent. - RCW 46.04.575 Subagent. "Subagent" means a person or governmental entity...

46.04.580 - Suspend. - RCW 46.04.580 Suspend. "Suspend," in all its forms and unless...

46.04.581 - Tab. - RCW 46.04.581 Tab. "Tab" or "license tab" means a sticker...

46.04.582 - Tandem axle. - RCW 46.04.582 Tandem axle. "Tandem axle" means any two or...

46.04.585 - Temporarily sojourning. - RCW 46.04.585 Temporarily sojourning. "Temporarily sojourning," as the term is...

46.04.5851 - Temporary license plate. - RCW 46.04.5851 Temporary license plate. (Effective July 1, 2023.) "Temporary...

46.04.5852 - Temporary operating authority. - RCW 46.04.5852 Temporary operating authority. (Effective July 1, 2023.) "Temporary...

46.04.586 - THC concentration. - RCW 46.04.586 THC concentration. "THC concentration" means nanograms of delta-9...

46.04.587 - Total loss vehicle. - RCW 46.04.587 Total loss vehicle. "Total loss vehicle" means a...

46.04.588 - Tow dolly. - RCW 46.04.588 Tow dolly. "Tow dolly" means a trailer equipped...

46.04.589 - Tracked all-terrain vehicle. - RCW 46.04.589 Tracked all-terrain vehicle. "Tracked all-terrain vehicle" means any...

46.04.590 - Traffic. - RCW 46.04.590 Traffic. "Traffic" includes pedestrians, ridden or herded animals,...

46.04.600 - Traffic control signal. - RCW 46.04.600 Traffic control signal. "Traffic control signal" means any...

46.04.611 - Traffic-control devices. - RCW 46.04.611 Traffic-control devices. Official traffic-control devices means all signs,...

46.04.620 - Trailer. - RCW 46.04.620 Trailer. "Trailer" includes every vehicle without motive power...

46.04.621 - Transit permit. - RCW 46.04.621 Transit permit. "Transit permit" means a document that...

46.04.622 - Park trailer. - RCW 46.04.622 Park trailer. "Park trailer" or "park model trailer"...

46.04.62240 - Share the Road license plates. - RCW 46.04.62240 Share the Road license plates. "Share the Road...

46.04.62250 - Signal preemption device. - RCW 46.04.62250 Signal preemption device. "Signal preemption device" means a...

46.04.62260 - Ski & Ride Washington license plates. - RCW 46.04.62260 Ski & Ride Washington license plates. "Ski &...

46.04.623 - Travel trailer. - RCW 46.04.623 Travel trailer. "Travel trailer" means a trailer built...

46.04.630 - Train. - RCW 46.04.630 Train. "Train" means a vehicle propelled by steam,...

46.04.640 - Trolley vehicle. - RCW 46.04.640 Trolley vehicle. "Trolley vehicle" means a vehicle the...

46.04.650 - Tractor. - RCW 46.04.650 Tractor. "Tractor" means every motor vehicle designed and...

46.04.652 - Transportation network company. - RCW 46.04.652 Transportation network company. "Transportation network company" means a...

46.04.653 - Truck. - RCW 46.04.653 Truck. "Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used,...

46.04.655 - Truck tractor. - RCW 46.04.655 Truck tractor. "Truck tractor" means every motor vehicle...

46.04.660 - Used vehicle. - RCW 46.04.660 Used vehicle. "Used vehicle" means a vehicle which...

46.04.670 - Vehicle (as amended by 2019 c 170). - RCW 46.04.670 Vehicle (as amended by 2019 c 170). "Vehicle"...

46.04.671 - Vehicle license fee. - RCW 46.04.671 Vehicle license fee. "Vehicle license fee" means a...

46.04.672 - Vehicle or pedestrian right-of-way. - RCW 46.04.672 Vehicle or pedestrian right-of-way. "Vehicle or pedestrian right-of-way"...

46.04.681 - Vintage snowmobile. - RCW 46.04.681 Vintage snowmobile. "Vintage snowmobile" means a snowmobile manufactured...

46.04.683 - Washington apples license plate. - RCW 46.04.683 Washington apples license plate. "Washington apples license plate"...

46.04.685 - Washington farmers and ranchers license plates. - RCW 46.04.685 Washington farmers and ranchers license plates. "Washington farmers...

46.04.691 - Washington Lighthouses license plates. - RCW 46.04.691 Washington Lighthouses license plates. "Washington Lighthouses license plates"...

46.04.6910 - Washington state aviation license plates. - RCW 46.04.6910 Washington state aviation license plates. "Washington state aviation...

46.04.6911 - Washington state parks license plates. - RCW 46.04.6911 Washington state parks license plates. "Washington state parks...

46.04.6912 - Washington state wrestling license plates. - RCW 46.04.6912 Washington state wrestling license plates. "Washington state wrestling...

46.04.6913 - Washington tennis license plates. - RCW 46.04.6913 Washington tennis license plates. "Washington tennis license plates"...

46.04.6914 - Washington wine license plates. - RCW 46.04.6914 Washington wine license plates. (Effective November 1, 2022.)...

46.04.6915 - Washington's fish license plate collection. - RCW 46.04.6915 Washington's fish license plate collection. "Washington's fish license...

46.04.692 - Washington's National Park Fund license plates. - RCW 46.04.692 Washington's National Park Fund license plates. "Washington's National...

46.04.693 - Washington's wildlife license plate collection. - RCW 46.04.693 Washington's wildlife license plate collection. "Washington's wildlife license...

46.04.705 - We love our pets license plates. - RCW 46.04.705 We love our pets license plates. "We love...

46.04.710 - Wheelchair conveyance. - RCW 46.04.710 Wheelchair conveyance. "Wheelchair conveyance" means any vehicle specially...

46.04.714 - Wild on Washington license plates. - RCW 46.04.714 Wild on Washington license plates. "Wild on Washington...

46.04.900 - Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521. - RCW 46.04.900 Construction—Title applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c...

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Revised Code of Washington Title 46 - Motor Vehicles Chapter 46.04 - Definitions.

Revised Code of Washington
Title 46 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 46.04 - Definitions.