RCW 46.63.010 Legislative intent. It is the legislative intent in the adoption of this chapter in decriminalizing certain traffic offenses to promote the public safety and welfare on public highways and to facilitate the implementation of a uniform and expeditious system for the disposition of traffic infractions. [ 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 1.] NOTES: […]
RCW 46.63.020 Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions. Failure to perform any act required or the performance of any act prohibited by this title or an equivalent administrative regulation or local law, ordinance, regulation, or resolution relating to traffic including parking, standing, stopping, and pedestrian offenses, is designated as a traffic infraction and may not be classified […]
RCW 46.63.030 Notice of traffic infraction—Issuance—Abandoned vehicles. (1) A law enforcement officer has the authority to issue a notice of traffic infraction: (a) When the infraction is committed in the officer’s presence, except as provided in RCW 46.09.485; (b) When the officer is acting upon the request of a law enforcement officer in whose presence […]
RCW 46.63.040 Jurisdiction of courts—Jurisdiction of college and university governing bodies. (1) All violations of state law, local law, ordinance, regulation, or resolution designated as traffic infractions in RCW 46.63.020 may be heard and determined by a district court, except as otherwise provided in this section. (2) Any municipal court has the authority to hear […]
RCW 46.63.050 Training of judicial officers. All judges and court commissioners adjudicating traffic infractions shall complete such training requirements as are promulgated by the supreme court. [ 1979 ex.s. c 136 § 7.] NOTES: Effective date—Severability—1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
RCW 46.63.060 Notice of traffic infraction—Determination final unless contested—Form. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) (1) A notice of traffic infraction represents a determination that an infraction has been committed. The determination will be final unless contested as provided in this chapter. (2) The form for the notice of traffic infraction shall be prescribed by rule […]
RCW 46.63.070 Response to notice—Contesting determination—Hearing—Failure to respond or appear. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) (1) Any person who receives a notice of traffic infraction shall respond to such notice as provided in this section within fifteen days of the date of the notice. (2) If the person determined to have committed the infraction does […]
RCW 46.63.073 Rental vehicles. (1) In the event a traffic infraction is based on a vehicle’s identification, and the registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the law enforcement agency shall, before a notice of infraction may be issued, provide a written notice to the rental car business that a notice of […]
RCW 46.63.075 Safety camera infractions—Presumption. (1) In a traffic infraction case involving an infraction detected through the use of an automated traffic safety camera under RCW 46.63.170 or detected through the use of an automated school bus safety camera under RCW 46.63.180, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of traffic infraction was […]
RCW 46.63.080 Hearings—Rules of procedure—Counsel. (1) Procedures for the conduct of all hearings provided for in this chapter may be established by rule of the supreme court. (2) Any person subject to proceedings under this chapter may be represented by counsel. (3) The attorney representing the state, county, city, or town may appear in any […]
RCW 46.63.090 Hearings—Contesting determination that infraction committed—Appeal. (1) A hearing held for the purpose of contesting the determination that an infraction has been committed shall be without a jury. (2) The court may consider the notice of traffic infraction and any other written report made under oath submitted by the officer who issued the notice […]
RCW 46.63.100 Hearings—Explanation of mitigating circumstances. (1) A hearing held for the purpose of allowing a person to explain mitigating circumstances surrounding the commission of an infraction shall be an informal proceeding. The person may not subpoena witnesses. The determination that an infraction has been committed may not be contested at a hearing held for […]
RCW 46.63.105 City attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority—Filing an infraction—Contribution, donation, payment. A city attorney, county prosecutor, or other prosecuting authority may not dismiss, amend, or agree not to file an infraction in exchange for a contribution, donation, or payment to any person, corporation, or organization. This does not prohibit: (1) Contribution, donation, […]
RCW 46.63.110 Monetary penalties. (Effective until January 1, 2023.) (1) A person found to have committed a traffic infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty. No penalty may exceed two hundred and fifty dollars for each offense unless authorized by this chapter or title. (2) The monetary penalty for a violation of (a) RCW 46.55.105(2) […]
RCW 46.63.120 Order of court—Civil nature—Waiver, reduction, suspension of penalty—Community restitution. (1) An order entered after the receipt of a response which does not contest the determination, or after it has been established at a hearing that the infraction was committed, or after a hearing for the purpose of explaining mitigating circumstances is civil in […]
RCW 46.63.130 Issue of process by court of limited jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law governing service of process in civil cases, a court of limited jurisdiction having jurisdiction over an alleged traffic infraction may issue process anywhere within the state. [ 1980 c 128 § 5.] NOTES: Effective date—Severability—1980 c 128: See notes […]
RCW 46.63.140 Presumption regarding stopped, standing, or parked vehicles. (1) In any traffic infraction case involving a violation of this title or equivalent administrative regulation or local law, ordinance, regulation, or resolution relating to the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of traffic infraction was […]
RCW 46.63.151 Costs and attorney fees. Each party to a traffic infraction case is responsible for costs incurred by that party. No costs or attorney fees may be awarded to either party in a traffic infraction case, except as provided for in RCW 46.30.020(2). [ 1991 sp.s. c 25 § 3; 1981 c 19 § […]
RCW 46.63.160 Photo toll systems—Civil penalties for nonpayment of tolls, mitigating circumstances—System requirements—Rules—Definitions. (1) This section applies only to civil penalties for nonpayment of tolls detected through use of photo toll systems. (2) Nothing in this section prohibits a law enforcement officer from issuing a notice of traffic infraction to a person in control of […]
RCW 46.63.170 Automated traffic safety cameras—Definition. (Effective until June 30, 2025.) (1) The use of automated traffic safety cameras for issuance of notices of infraction is subject to the following requirements: (a) Except for proposed locations used solely for the pilot program purposes permitted under subsection (6) of this section, the appropriate local legislative authority […]
