RCW 46.20.207 Cancellation. (1) The department is authorized to cancel any driver’s license upon determining that the licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license, or that the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in his or her application, or that the licensee is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle […]
RCW 46.20.215 Nonresidents—Suspension or revocation—Reporting offenders. (1) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident hereunder shall be subject to suspension or revocation by the department in like manner and for like cause as a driver’s license issued hereunder may be suspended or revoked. (2) The […]
RCW 46.20.220 Vehicle rentals—Records. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to rent a motor vehicle of any kind including a motorcycle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed as a vehicle driver for the kind of motor vehicle being rented in this state or, in case of a […]
RCW 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. (1) Whenever the department proposes to withhold the driving privilege of a person or disqualify a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle and this action is made mandatory by the provisions of this chapter or […]
RCW 46.20.265 Juvenile driving privileges—Revocation for alcohol or drug violations. (1) In addition to any other authority to revoke driving privileges under this chapter, the department shall revoke all driving privileges of a juvenile when the department receives notice from a court pursuant to RCW 9.41.040(5), 13.40.265, 66.44.365, 69.41.065, 69.50.420, 69.52.070, or a substantially similar […]
RCW 46.20.267 Intermediate licensees. If a person issued an intermediate license is convicted of or found to have committed a traffic offense described in chapter 46.61 RCW or violated restrictions placed on an intermediate license under RCW 46.20.075: (1) On the first such conviction or finding the department shall mail the parent or guardian of […]
RCW 46.20.270 Driving offenses—Procedures—Definitions. (1) Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this chapter, or any other act of this state or municipal ordinance adopted by a local authority regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, or any federal authority having jurisdiction over offenses substantially the same as those set forth in this […]
RCW 46.20.285 Offenses requiring revocation. The department shall revoke the license of any driver for the period of one calendar year unless otherwise provided in this section, upon receiving a record of the driver’s conviction of any of the following offenses, when the conviction has become final: (1) For vehicular homicide the period of revocation […]
RCW 46.20.286 Adoption of procedures. The department of licensing shall adopt procedures in cooperation with the administrative office of the courts and the department of corrections to implement RCW 46.20.285. [ 2005 c 282 § 47; 1996 c 199 § 6.] NOTES: Severability—1996 c 199: See note following RCW 9.94A.505.
RCW 46.20.289 Suspension for failure to respond, appear, etc. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) Except for traffic violations committed under RCW 46.61.165, the department shall suspend all driving privileges of a person when the department receives notice from a court under RCW 46.63.070(6), 46.63.110(6), or 46.64.025 that the person has failed to respond to a […]
RCW 46.20.2891 Moving violation, definition by rule—Notice. The department of licensing in consultation with the administrative office of the courts must adopt and maintain rules, by November 1, 2012, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW that define a moving violation for the purposes of this act. “Moving violation” shall be defined pursuant to Title 46 […]
RCW 46.20.2892 Traffic infractions for moving violations—Suspension—Probation—Notice. (Effective January 1, 2023.) (1) Whenever the official records of the department show that a person has committed a traffic infraction for a moving violation on three or more occasions within a one-year period, or on four or more occasions within a two-year period, the department must suspend […]
RCW 46.20.291 Authority to suspend—Grounds. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) The department is authorized to suspend the license of a driver upon a showing by its records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: (1) Has committed an offense for which mandatory revocation or suspension of license is provided by law; (2) Has, by reckless […]
RCW 46.20.292 Finding of juvenile court officer. The department may suspend, revoke, restrict, or condition any driver’s license upon a showing of its records that the licensee has been found by a juvenile court, chief probation officer, or any other duly authorized officer of a juvenile court to have committed any offense or offenses which […]
RCW 46.20.293 Minor’s record to juvenile court, parents, or guardians. The department is authorized to provide juvenile courts with the department’s record of traffic charges compiled under RCW 46.52.101 and 13.50.200, against any minor upon the request of any state juvenile court or duly authorized officer of any juvenile court of this state. Further, the […]
RCW 46.20.300 Extraterritorial convictions. The director of licensing shall suspend, revoke, or cancel the vehicle driver’s license of any resident of this state upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state of an offense therein which, if committed in this state, would be ground for the suspension or revocation of the […]
RCW 46.20.305 Incompetent, unqualified driver—Reexamination—Physician’s certificate—Action by department. (1) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed may upon notice require him or her to submit to an examination. (2) The department shall require a driver reported under RCW 46.52.070 (2) and (3) […]
RCW 46.20.308 Implied consent—Test refusal—Procedures. (1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle within this state is deemed to have given consent, subject to the provisions of RCW 46.61.506, to a test or tests of his or her breath for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration in his or her breath if arrested for […]
RCW 46.20.3101 Implied consent—License sanctions, length of. Pursuant to RCW 46.20.308, the department shall suspend, revoke, or deny the arrested person’s license, permit, or privilege to drive as follows: (1) In the case of a person who has refused a test or tests: (a) For a first refusal within seven years, where there has not […]
RCW 46.20.311 Duration of license sanctions—Reissuance or renewal. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) (1)(a) The department shall not suspend a driver’s license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways for a fixed period of more than one year, except as specifically permitted under RCW 46.20.267, 46.20.342, or other provision of law. […]
