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| Certificate of Ownership Needed
For Registration No vehicle license number plates or certificate of
license registration, whether original issues or duplicates, may be issued or furnished by
department unless applicant, at same time, makes satisfactory application for a
certificate of ownership or presents satisfactory evidence that such a certificate of
ownership covering vehicle was previously issued. See Revised Code of Washington 46.12.020 |
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| RCW 46.12.050 Issuance of certificates--Contents. The
department, if satisfied from the statements upon the applicationthat the applicant is the
legal owner of the vehicle or otherwiseentitled to have a certificate of ownership thereof
in theapplicant's name, shall issue an appropriate electronic record ofownership or a
written certificate of ownership, over thedirector's signature, authenticated by seal, and
if required, a newwritten certificate of license registration if certificate oflicense
registration is required. The certificates of ownership and the certificates of
licenseregistration shall contain upon the face thereof, the date ofapplication, the
registration number assigned to the registeredowner and to the vehicle, the name and
address of the registeredowner and legal owner, the vehicle identification number, and
suchother description of the vehicle and facts as the department shallrequire, and in
addition thereto, if the vehicle described in suchcertificates shall have ever been
licensed and operated as anexempt vehicle or a taxicab, or if it has been rebuilt after
becoming a salvage vehicle, such fact shall be clearly shownthereon. All certificates of
ownership of motor vehicles issued afterApril 30, 1990, shall reflect the odometer reading
as provided bythe odometer disclosure statement submitted with the titleapplication
involving a transfer of ownership. A blank space shall be provided on the face of the
certificateof license registration for the signature of the registered owner. Upon
issuance of the certificate of license registration andcertificate of ownership and upon
any reissue thereof, thedepartment shall deliver the certificate of license registration
tothe registered owner and the certificate of ownership to the legalowner, or both to the
person who is both the registered owner andlegal owner. [1996 c 26 § 2; 1993 c 307 § 1;
1990 c 238 § 3; 1975c 25 § 9; 1967 c 32 § 9; 1961 c 12 § 46.12.050. Prior: 1959 c
166§ 1; 1947 c 164 § 2; 1937 c 188 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 6312-4.]NOTES: Effective
date, implementation--1990 c 238: See notefollowing RCW 46.12.030. |
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| rcw_46_12_055 RCW
46.12.055 Certificate of ownership--Manufactured homes. The certificate of ownership for a
manufactured home may beeliminated or not issued when the manufactured home is
registeredpursuant to chapter 65.20 RCW. When the certificate of ownershipis eliminated or
not issued the application for license shall berecorded in the county property records of
the county where thereal property to which the home is affixed is located. All licensefees
and taxes applicable to mobile homes under this chapter aredue and shall be collected
prior to recording the ownership withthe county auditor. [1989 c 343 § 19.] |
| rcw_46_12_075 RCW
46.12.075 Rebuilt vehicles. (1) Effective January 1,1997, the department shall issue a
unique certificate of ownershipand certificate of license registration, as required by
chapter46.16 RCW, for vehicles that are rebuilt after becoming a salvagevehicle. Each
certificate shall conspicuously display across itsfront, a word indicating that the
vehicle was rebuilt. (2) Beginning January 1, 1997, upon inspection of a salvagevehicle
that has been rebuilt under RCW 46.12.030, the state patrolshall securely affix or
inscribe a marking at the driver's doorlatch pillar indicating that the vehicle has
previously beendestroyed or declared a total loss. (3) It is a class C felony for a person
to remove the markingprescribed in subsection (2) of this section. (4) The department may
adopt rules as necessary to implementthis section. [1996 c 26 § 3; 1995 c 256 § 24.] |
| rcw_46_12_102 RCW
46.12.102 Release of owner from liability, requirementsfor. An owner who has made a bona
fide sale or transfer of avehicle and has delivered possession of it to a purchaser shall
notby reason of any of the provisions of this title be deemed theowner of the vehicle so
as to be subject to civil liability or criminal liability for the operation of the vehicle
thereafter byanother person when the owner has also fulfilled both of thefollowing
requirements: (1) When he has made proper endorsement and delivery of thecertificate of
ownership and has delivered the certificate ofregistration as provided in this chapter;
(2) When he has delivered to the department either the noticeas provided in RCW
46.12.101(1) or appropriate documents forregistration of the vehicle pursuant to the sale
or transfer. [1984 c 39 § 2.] |
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