RCW 46.29.060 Application of sections requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security. The provisions of this chapter, requiring deposit of security and suspensions for failure to deposit security, subject to certain exemptions, shall apply to the driver and owner of any vehicle of a type subject to registration under the motor […]
RCW 46.29.070 Department to determine amount of security required—Notices. (1) The department, not less than twenty days after receipt of a report of an accident as described in the preceding section, shall determine the amount of security which shall be sufficient in its judgment to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages resulting from such […]
RCW 46.29.080 Exceptions as to requirement of security. The requirements as to security and suspension in this chapter shall not apply: (1) To the driver or owner if the owner had in effect at the time of the accident an automobile liability policy or bond with respect to the vehicle involved in the accident, except […]
RCW 46.29.090 Requirements as to policy or bond. (1) No policy or bond is effective under RCW 46.29.080 unless issued by an insurance company or surety company authorized to do business in this state, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, nor unless such policy or bond is subject, if the accident has […]
RCW 46.29.100 Form and amount of security. (1) The security required under this chapter shall be in such form and in such amount as the department may require, but in no case in excess of the limits specified in RCW 46.29.090 in reference to the acceptable limits of a policy or bond. (2) Every depositor […]
RCW 46.29.110 Failure to deposit security—Suspensions. If a person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit such security within sixty days after the department has sent the notice as hereinbefore provided, the department shall thereupon suspend: (1) The driver’s license of each driver in any manner involved in the accident; (2) The […]
RCW 46.29.120 Release from liability. (1) A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security for the benefit or protection of another person injured or damaged in the accident in the event he or she is released from liability by such other person. (2) In the event the department has evaluated the […]
RCW 46.29.130 Adjudication of nonliability. A person shall be relieved from the requirement for deposit of security in respect to a claim for injury or damage arising out of the accident in the event such person has been finally adjudicated not to be liable in respect to such claim. [ 1963 c 169 § 13.]
RCW 46.29.140 Agreements for payment of damages. (1) Any two or more of the persons involved in or affected by an accident as described in RCW 46.29.060 may at any time enter into a written agreement for the payment of an agreed amount with respect to all claims of any of such persons because of […]
RCW 46.29.150 Payment upon judgment. The payment of a judgment arising out of an accident or the payment upon such judgment of an amount equal to the maximum amount which could be required for deposit under this chapter shall, for the purposes of this chapter, release the judgment debtor from the liability evidenced by such […]
RCW 46.29.160 Termination of security requirement. The department, if satisfied as to the existence of any fact which under RCW 46.29.120, 46.29.130, 46.29.140 or 46.29.150 would entitle a person to be relieved from the security requirements of this chapter, shall not require the deposit of security by the person so relieved from such requirement, or […]
RCW 46.29.170 Duration of suspension. Unless a suspension is terminated under other provisions of this chapter, any order of suspension by the department under this chapter shall remain in effect and no license shall be renewed for or issued to any person whose license is so suspended until: (1) Such person shall deposit or there […]
RCW 46.29.180 Application to nonresidents, unlicensed drivers, unregistered vehicles, and accidents in other states. (1) In case the driver or the owner of a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in an accident within this state has no driver’s license in this state, then such driver shall […]
RCW 46.29.190 Authority of department to decrease amount of security. The department may reduce the amount of security ordered in any case if in its judgment the amount ordered is excessive. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess deposit over the reduced amount ordered shall be returned to the depositor or […]
RCW 46.29.200 Correction of action by department. Whenever the department has taken any action or has failed to take any action under this chapter by reason of having received erroneous information, then upon receiving correct information within three years after the date of an accident the department shall take appropriate action to carry out the […]
RCW 46.29.210 Custody of security. The department shall place any security deposited with it under this chapter in the custody of the state treasurer. [ 1963 c 169 § 21.]
RCW 46.29.220 Disposition of security. (1) Such security shall be applicable and available only: (a) For the payment of any settlement agreement covering any claim arising out of the accident upon instruction of the person who made the deposit, or (b) For the payment of a judgment or judgments, rendered against the person required to […]
RCW 46.29.230 Return of deposit. Upon the expiration of three years from the date of the accident resulting in the security requirement, any security remaining on deposit shall be returned to the person who made such deposit or to his or her personal representative if an affidavit or other evidence satisfactory to the department has […]
RCW 46.29.240 Certain matters not evidence in civil suits. The report required following an accident, the action taken by the department pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the department upon which such action is based, and the security filed as provided in this chapter, shall not be referred to in any way, […]
