46.63.140 – Presumption regarding stopped, standing, or parked vehicles.
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 […]
46.63.151 – Costs and attorney fees.
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 § […]
46.63.160 – Photo toll systems—Civil penalties for nonpayment of tolls, mitigating circumstances—System requirements—Rules—Definitions.
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 […]
46.63.010 – Legislative intent.
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: […]
46.63.020 – Violations as traffic infractions—Exceptions.
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 […]
46.63.030 – Notice of traffic infraction—Issuance—Abandoned vehicles.
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 […]
46.63.040 – Jurisdiction of courts—Jurisdiction of college and university governing bodies.
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 […]
46.63.050 – Training of judicial officers.
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.
46.63.060 – Notice of traffic infraction—Determination final unless contested—Form.
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 […]
46.63.070 – Response to notice—Contesting determination—Hearing—Failure to respond or appear.
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 […]