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46.20.001 - License required—Rights and restriction. - RCW 46.20.001 License required—Rights and restriction. (1) No person may...
46.20.005 - Driving without a license—Misdemeanor, when. - RCW 46.20.005 Driving without a license—Misdemeanor, when. Except as expressly...
46.20.015 - Driving without a license—Traffic infraction, when. - RCW 46.20.015 Driving without a license—Traffic infraction, when. (1) Except...
46.20.017 - Immediate possession and displayed on demand. - RCW 46.20.017 Immediate possession and displayed on demand. Every licensee...
46.20.021 - New residents. - RCW 46.20.021 New residents. (1) New Washington residents must obtain...
46.20.022 - Unlicensed drivers—Subject to Title 46 RCW. - RCW 46.20.022 Unlicensed drivers—Subject to Title 46 RCW. Any person...
46.20.024 - Unlawful to allow unauthorized minors to drive. - RCW 46.20.024 Unlawful to allow unauthorized minors to drive. No...
46.20.025 - Exemptions. - RCW 46.20.025 Exemptions. The following persons may operate a motor...
46.20.027 - Armed forces, dependents. - RCW 46.20.027 Armed forces, dependents. A Washington state motor vehicle...
46.20.031 - Ineligibility. - RCW 46.20.031 Ineligibility. The department shall not issue a driver's...
46.20.035 - Proof of identity. - RCW 46.20.035 Proof of identity. The department may not issue...
46.20.036 - Other forms of identification, use—Department to develop in consultation with the department of children, youth, and families, office of the superintendent of public instruction, and office of homeless youth prevention and protection prog... - RCW 46.20.036 Other forms of identification, use—Department to develop in...
46.20.037 - Facial recognition matching system. - RCW 46.20.037 Facial recognition matching system. (1) The department may...
46.20.041 - Persons with physical or mental disabilities or diseases. - RCW 46.20.041 Persons with physical or mental disabilities or diseases....
46.20.045 - School bus, for hire drivers—Age. - RCW 46.20.045 School bus, for hire drivers—Age. A person who...
46.20.049 - Commercial driver's license—Additional fee, disposition. - RCW 46.20.049 Commercial driver's license—Additional fee, disposition. There shall be...
46.20.055 - Instruction permit. - RCW 46.20.055 Instruction permit. (1) Driver's instruction permit. The department...
46.20.065 - Temporary permit. - RCW 46.20.065 Temporary permit. (1) If the department is completing...
46.20.070 - Juvenile agricultural driving permit. - RCW 46.20.070 Juvenile agricultural driving permit. (1) Agricultural driving permit...
46.20.075 - Intermediate license. - RCW 46.20.075 Intermediate license. (1) An intermediate license authorizes the...
46.20.091 - Application—Penalty for false statement—Driving records from and to other jurisdictions. - RCW 46.20.091 Application—Penalty for false statement—Driving records from and to...
46.20.0921 - Violations—Penalty. - RCW 46.20.0921 Violations—Penalty. (1) It is a misdemeanor for any...
46.20.093 - Bicycle safety. - RCW 46.20.093 Bicycle safety. The department of licensing shall incorporate...
46.20.095 - Instructional publication information. - RCW 46.20.095 Instructional publication information. The department's instructional publications for...
46.20.100 - Persons under eighteen. - RCW 46.20.100 Persons under eighteen. (1) Application. The application of...
46.20.105 - Identifying types of licenses and permits. - RCW 46.20.105 Identifying types of licenses and permits. (1) The...
46.20.109 - Wheelchair conveyances. - RCW 46.20.109 Wheelchair conveyances. Each operator of a wheelchair conveyance...
46.20.111 - Registration with selective service system for males under twenty-six upon application—Opportunity to consent or decline. - RCW 46.20.111 Registration with selective service system for males under...
46.20.113 - Anatomical gift statement. - RCW 46.20.113 Anatomical gift statement. The department of licensing shall...
46.20.1131 - Information for organ donor registry. - RCW 46.20.1131 Information for organ donor registry. The department shall...
46.20.1132 - Information for bone marrow donation—Registry—Organizations and third parties may not utilize information obtained for fund-raising or other commercial purposes. - RCW 46.20.1132 Information for bone marrow donation—Registry—Organizations and third parties...
46.20.114 - Preventing alteration or reproduction. - RCW 46.20.114 Preventing alteration or reproduction. The department shall prepare...
46.20.117 - Identicards. - RCW 46.20.117 Identicards. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue an...
46.20.118 - Negative file. - RCW 46.20.118 Negative file. (1) The department shall maintain a...
46.20.119 - Reasonable rules. - RCW 46.20.119 Reasonable rules. The rules and regulations adopted pursuant...
46.20.120 - Examinations—Waiver—Fees—Renewals—Administration. - RCW 46.20.120 Examinations—Waiver—Fees—Renewals—Administration. An applicant for a new or renewed...
46.20.1201 - Fee. - RCW 46.20.1201 Fee. (Effective January 1, 2023.) (1) An additional...
46.20.125 - Waiver—Agreement with other jurisdictions. - RCW 46.20.125 Waiver—Agreement with other jurisdictions. (1) The department may...
46.20.126 - Rules. - RCW 46.20.126 Rules. The department may make rules to carry...
46.20.130 - Content and conduct of examinations. - RCW 46.20.130 Content and conduct of examinations. (1) The director...
46.20.153 - Voter registration—Posting signs. - RCW 46.20.153 Voter registration—Posting signs. The department shall post signs...
46.20.155 - Voter registration, update—Services. - RCW 46.20.155 Voter registration, update—Services. (Effective until September 1, 2023.)...
46.20.156 - Voter registration—Automatic—Enhanced driver's licenses and identicards. - RCW 46.20.156 Voter registration—Automatic—Enhanced driver's licenses and identicards. (Effective until...
46.20.157 - Data to consolidated technology services agency—Confidentiality. - RCW 46.20.157 Data to consolidated technology services agency—Confidentiality. (1) Except...
46.20.161 - Issuance—Contents—Fee—Veterans, individuals meeting criteria for veterans—Medical alert designation, developmental disability designation, or deafness designation—Self-attestation. - RCW 46.20.161 Issuance—Contents—Fee—Veterans, individuals meeting criteria for veterans—Medical alert designation,...
46.20.181 - Expiration date—Renewal—Fees—Penalty. - RCW 46.20.181 Expiration date—Renewal—Fees—Penalty. (1) Except as provided in subsection...
46.20.185 - Photograph during renewal. - RCW 46.20.185 Photograph during renewal. The department of licensing shall...
46.20.187 - Registration of sex offenders. - RCW 46.20.187 Registration of sex offenders. The department, at the...
46.20.191 - Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements—Department safeguards. - RCW 46.20.191 Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005...
46.20.1911 - Costs and burdens of compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements—Legal challenge. - RCW 46.20.1911 Costs and burdens of compliance with federal REAL...
46.20.192 - Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements—Driver's license and identicard markings—Rules. - RCW 46.20.192 Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005...
46.20.1921 - Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005 requirements—Design feature restrictions. - RCW 46.20.1921 Compliance with federal REAL ID Act of 2005...
46.20.195 - Identicard program for homeless individuals. - RCW 46.20.195 Identicard program for homeless individuals. (Effective January 1,...
46.20.200 - Lost, destroyed, or corrected licenses, identicards, or permits. - RCW 46.20.200 Lost, destroyed, or corrected licenses, identicards, or permits....
46.20.202 - Enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards for Canadian border crossing—Border-crossing initiative—Fee amount, distribution. - RCW 46.20.202 Enhanced drivers' licenses and identicards for Canadian border...
46.20.2021 - Statewide education campaign for border-crossing initiative. - RCW 46.20.2021 Statewide education campaign for border-crossing initiative. The department...
46.20.205 - Change of address or name. - RCW 46.20.205 Change of address or name. Whenever any person,...
46.20.207 - Cancellation. - RCW 46.20.207 Cancellation. (1) The department is authorized to cancel...
46.20.215 - Nonresidents—Suspension or revocation—Reporting offenders. - RCW 46.20.215 Nonresidents—Suspension or revocation—Reporting offenders. (1) The privilege of...
46.20.220 - Vehicle rentals—Records. - RCW 46.20.220 Vehicle rentals—Records. (1) It shall be unlawful for...
46.20.245 - Mandatory revocation—Persons subject to suspension, revocation, or denial who are eligible for certain full credit—Notice—Administrative, judicial review—Rules—Application. - RCW 46.20.245 Mandatory revocation—Persons subject to suspension, revocation, or denial...
46.20.265 - Juvenile driving privileges—Revocation for alcohol or drug violations. - RCW 46.20.265 Juvenile driving privileges—Revocation for alcohol or drug violations....
46.20.267 - Intermediate licensees. - RCW 46.20.267 Intermediate licensees. If a person issued an intermediate...
46.20.270 - Driving offenses—Procedures—Definitions. - RCW 46.20.270 Driving offenses—Procedures—Definitions. (1) Every court having jurisdiction over...
46.20.285 - Offenses requiring revocation. - RCW 46.20.285 Offenses requiring revocation. The department shall revoke the...
46.20.286 - Adoption of procedures. - RCW 46.20.286 Adoption of procedures. The department of licensing shall...
46.20.289 - Suspension for failure to respond, appear, etc. - RCW 46.20.289 Suspension for failure to respond, appear, etc. (Effective...
46.20.2891 - Moving violation, definition by rule—Notice. - RCW 46.20.2891 Moving violation, definition by rule—Notice. The department of...
46.20.2892 - Traffic infractions for moving violations—Suspension—Probation—Notice. - RCW 46.20.2892 Traffic infractions for moving violations—Suspension—Probation—Notice. (Effective January 1,...
46.20.291 - Authority to suspend—Grounds. - RCW 46.20.291 Authority to suspend—Grounds. (Effective until January 1, 2023.)...
46.20.292 - Finding of juvenile court officer. - RCW 46.20.292 Finding of juvenile court officer. The department may...
46.20.293 - Minor's record to juvenile court, parents, or guardians. - RCW 46.20.293 Minor's record to juvenile court, parents, or guardians....
46.20.300 - Extraterritorial convictions. - RCW 46.20.300 Extraterritorial convictions. The director of licensing shall suspend,...
46.20.305 - Incompetent, unqualified driver—Reexamination—Physician's certificate—Action by department. - RCW 46.20.305 Incompetent, unqualified driver—Reexamination—Physician's certificate—Action by department. (1) The...
46.20.308 - Implied consent—Test refusal—Procedures. - RCW 46.20.308 Implied consent—Test refusal—Procedures. (1) Any person who operates...
46.20.3101 - Implied consent—License sanctions, length of. - RCW 46.20.3101 Implied consent—License sanctions, length of. Pursuant to RCW...
46.20.311 - Duration of license sanctions—Reissuance or renewal. - RCW 46.20.311 Duration of license sanctions—Reissuance or renewal. (Effective until...
46.20.313 - Reinstatement. - RCW 46.20.313 Reinstatement. (Effective January 1, 2023.) (1) The department...
46.20.315 - Surrender of license. - RCW 46.20.315 Surrender of license. The department upon suspending or...
46.20.317 - Unlicensed drivers. - RCW 46.20.317 Unlicensed drivers. The department is hereby authorized to...
46.20.320 - Suspension, etc., effective although certificate not delivered. - RCW 46.20.320 Suspension, etc., effective although certificate not delivered. Any...
46.20.322 - Interview before suspension, etc.—Exceptions—Appearance of minor's parent or guardian. - RCW 46.20.322 Interview before suspension, etc.—Exceptions—Appearance of minor's parent or...
46.20.323 - Notice of interview—Contents. - RCW 46.20.323 Notice of interview—Contents. The notice shall contain a...
46.20.324 - Persons not entitled to interview or hearing. - RCW 46.20.324 Persons not entitled to interview or hearing. Unless...
46.20.325 - Suspension or probation before interview—Alternative procedure. - RCW 46.20.325 Suspension or probation before interview—Alternative procedure. In the...
46.20.326 - Failure to appear or request interview constitutes waiver—Procedure. - RCW 46.20.326 Failure to appear or request interview constitutes waiver—Procedure....
46.20.327 - Conduct of interview—Referee—Evidence—Not deemed hearing. - RCW 46.20.327 Conduct of interview—Referee—Evidence—Not deemed hearing. A driver improvement...
46.20.328 - Findings and notification after interview—Request for formal hearing. - RCW 46.20.328 Findings and notification after interview—Request for formal hearing....
46.20.329 - Formal hearing—Procedures, notice, stay. - RCW 46.20.329 Formal hearing—Procedures, notice, stay. Upon receiving a request...
46.20.331 - Hearing and decision by director's designee. - RCW 46.20.331 Hearing and decision by director's designee. The director...
46.20.332 - Formal hearing—Evidence—Subpoenas—Reexamination—Findings and recommendations. - RCW 46.20.332 Formal hearing—Evidence—Subpoenas—Reexamination—Findings and recommendations. At a formal hearing...
46.20.333 - Decision after formal hearing. - RCW 46.20.333 Decision after formal hearing. In all cases not...
46.20.334 - Appeal to superior court. - RCW 46.20.334 Appeal to superior court. Unless otherwise provided by...
46.20.335 - Probation in lieu of suspension or revocation. - RCW 46.20.335 Probation in lieu of suspension or revocation. Whenever...
46.20.338 - Display or possession of invalidated license or identicard. - RCW 46.20.338 Display or possession of invalidated license or identicard....
46.20.341 - Relicensing diversion programs—Program information to administrative office of the courts. - RCW 46.20.341 Relicensing diversion programs—Program information to administrative office of...
46.20.342 - Driving while license invalidated—Penalties—Extension of invalidation. - RCW 46.20.342 Driving while license invalidated—Penalties—Extension of invalidation. (Effective until...
46.20.345 - Operation under other license or permit while license suspended or revoked—Penalty. - RCW 46.20.345 Operation under other license or permit while license...
46.20.349 - Stopping vehicle of suspended or revoked driver. - RCW 46.20.349 Stopping vehicle of suspended or revoked driver. Any...
46.20.355 - Alcohol violator—Probationary license. - RCW 46.20.355 Alcohol violator—Probationary license. (1) Upon receipt of an...
46.20.380 - Fee. - RCW 46.20.380 Fee. No person may file an application for...
46.20.385 - Ignition interlock driver's license—Application—Eligibility—Cancellation—Costs—Rules. - RCW 46.20.385 Ignition interlock driver's license—Application—Eligibility—Cancellation—Costs—Rules. (1)(a) Any person licensed...
46.20.391 - Temporary restricted, occupational licenses—Application—Eligibility—Restrictions—Cancellation. - RCW 46.20.391 Temporary restricted, occupational licenses—Application—Eligibility—Restrictions—Cancellation. (Effective until January 1,...
46.20.394 - Detailed restrictions—Violation. - RCW 46.20.394 Detailed restrictions—Violation. In issuing an occupational or a...
46.20.400 - Obtaining new driver's license—Surrender of order and current license. - RCW 46.20.400 Obtaining new driver's license—Surrender of order and current...
46.20.410 - Penalty—Violation. - RCW 46.20.410 Penalty—Violation. (1) Any person convicted for violation of...
46.20.500 - Special endorsement—Penalties—Exceptions. - RCW 46.20.500 Special endorsement—Penalties—Exceptions. (1) No person may drive either...
46.20.505 - Special endorsement fees. - RCW 46.20.505 Special endorsement fees. Every person applying for a...
46.20.510 - Instruction permit—Fee—Examinations—Director may adopt and enforce rules. - RCW 46.20.510 Instruction permit—Fee—Examinations—Director may adopt and enforce rules. (1)...
46.20.515 - Examination—Emphasis—Administration—Waiver. - RCW 46.20.515 Examination—Emphasis—Administration—Waiver. (1) The motorcycle endorsement examination must emphasize...
46.20.520 - Training and education program—Advisory board. - RCW 46.20.520 Training and education program—Advisory board. (1) The director...
46.20.710 - Legislative finding. - RCW 46.20.710 Legislative finding. The legislature finds and declares: (1)...
46.20.720 - Ignition interlock device restriction—For whom—Duration—Removal requirements—Credit—Employer exemption—Fee. - RCW 46.20.720 Ignition interlock device restriction—For whom—Duration—Removal requirements—Credit—Employer exemption—Fee. (1)...
46.20.740 - Notation on driving record—Verification of interlock—Penalty, exception. - RCW 46.20.740 Notation on driving record—Verification of interlock—Penalty, exception. (1)...
46.20.745 - Ignition interlock device revolving account program—Pilot program. - RCW 46.20.745 Ignition interlock device revolving account program—Pilot program. (1)...
46.20.750 - Circumventing ignition interlock—Penalty—Notice. - RCW 46.20.750 Circumventing ignition interlock—Penalty—Notice. (1) A person who is...
46.20.755 - Local verification of ignition interlock device installation—Immunity. - RCW 46.20.755 Local verification of ignition interlock device installation—Immunity. If...
46.20.900 - Repeal and saving. - RCW 46.20.900 Repeal and saving. Section 46.20.010, chapter 12, Laws...