46.25.001 – Short title.
RCW 46.25.001 Short title. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Commercial Driver’s License Act. [ 1989 c 178 § 1.]
46.25.005 – Purpose—Construction.
RCW 46.25.005 Purpose—Construction. (1) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the federal Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA), Title XII, P.L. 99-570, and reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, fatalities, and injuries by: (a) Permitting commercial drivers to hold only one license; (b) Disqualifying commercial drivers who have committed certain […]
46.25.010 – Definitions (as amended by 2019 c 44).
RCW 46.25.010 Definitions (as amended by 2019 c 44). The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) “Alcohol” means any substance containing any form of alcohol, including but not limited to ethanol, methanol, propanol, and isopropanol. (2) “Alcohol concentration” means: (a) The number of grams of alcohol per one hundred milliliters […]
46.25.020 – One license limit.
RCW 46.25.020 One license limit. No person who drives a commercial motor vehicle may have more than one driver’s license. [ 1989 c 178 § 4.]
46.25.030 – Duties of driver—Notice to department and employer.
RCW 46.25.030 Duties of driver—Notice to department and employer. (1)(a) A driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver’s license issued by this state who is convicted of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, in any other state or federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal laws of Canada, […]
46.25.040 – Duties of employer.
RCW 46.25.040 Duties of employer. (1) An employer shall require the applicant to provide the information specified in RCW 46.25.030(3). (2) No employer may knowingly allow, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period: (a) In which the driver has a driver’s license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a […]
46.25.050 – Commercial driver’s license required—Exceptions, restrictions, reciprocity.
RCW 46.25.050 Commercial driver’s license required—Exceptions, restrictions, reciprocity. (1) Drivers of commercial motor vehicles must obtain a commercial driver’s license as required under this chapter. Except when driving under a commercial learner’s permit and a valid driver’s license and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver’s license valid for the vehicle being driven, no […]
46.25.052 – Commercial learner’s permit—Qualifications, authorized use, endorsements, restrictions, fee distribution.
RCW 46.25.052 Commercial learner’s permit—Qualifications, authorized use, endorsements, restrictions, fee distribution. (1) The department may issue a CLP to an applicant who is at least eighteen years of age and holds a valid Washington state driver’s license and who has: (a) Submitted an application on a form or in a format provided by the department; […]
46.25.054 – Nondomiciled commercial driver’s license and commercial learner’s permit—Issuance, requirements.
RCW 46.25.054 Nondomiciled commercial driver’s license and commercial learner’s permit—Issuance, requirements. (1) The department may issue a nondomiciled CLP or CDL to a person who meets one of the following criteria: (a) Is domiciled in a foreign country as provided in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 383.23(b)(1) as it existed on October 1, 2017, or such subsequent […]
46.25.055 – Medical examination and certification—Required—Exception.
RCW 46.25.055 Medical examination and certification—Required—Exception. Except as provided in 49 C.F.R. Sec. 391.67 as it existed on April 30, 2019, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this section, a person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless he or she is […]
46.25.057 – Medical certificate—Failure to carry—Penalty.
RCW 46.25.057 Medical certificate—Failure to carry—Penalty. (1) It is a traffic infraction for a licensee under this chapter to drive a commercial vehicle while downgraded for not maintaining a current medical certificate with the department. (2) A person who violates this section is subject to a penalty of two hundred fifty dollars. If the person […]
46.25.060 – Knowledge and skills examination, exemptions, fee distribution.
RCW 46.25.060 Knowledge and skills examination, exemptions, fee distribution. (1)(a) No person may be issued a commercial driver’s license unless that person: (i) Is a resident of this state; (ii) Has successfully completed a course of instruction in the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that has been approved by the director or has been […]
46.25.070 – Application—Change of address, name—Residency—Hazardous materials endorsement.
RCW 46.25.070 Application—Change of address, name—Residency—Hazardous materials endorsement. (1) The application for a commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit must include the following: (a) The full name and current mailing and residential address of the person; (b) A physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight, and eye color; (c) Date of birth; […]
46.25.075 – Certification—Recordkeeping and administration—Downgrade.
RCW 46.25.075 Certification—Recordkeeping and administration—Downgrade. (1) Any person applying for a CDL or CLP must certify that he or she is or expects to be engaged in one of the following types of driving: (a) Nonexcepted interstate; (b) Excepted interstate; (c) Nonexcepted intrastate; or (d) Excepted intrastate. (2) A CDL or CLP applicant or holder […]
46.25.080 – License contents, classifications, endorsements, restrictions.
RCW 46.25.080 License contents, classifications, endorsements, restrictions. (1) The commercial driver’s license must be marked “commercial driver’s license” or “CDL,” and must be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamperproof. It must include, but not be limited to, the following information: (a) The name and residence address of the person; (b) The person’s color photograph; (c) […]
46.25.082 – Driving record information.
RCW 46.25.082 Driving record information. (1)(a) Before issuing a CDL or CLP, the department must obtain driving record information: (i) Through the commercial driver’s license information system; (ii) Through the national driver register; (iii) From the current state of record; and (iv) From all states where the applicant was previously licensed over the last ten […]
46.25.085 – Hazardous materials endorsement.
RCW 46.25.085 Hazardous materials endorsement. (1) The department may not issue, renew, upgrade, or transfer a hazardous materials endorsement for a commercial driver’s license to any individual authorizing that individual to operate a commercial motor vehicle transporting a hazardous material in commerce unless the federal transportation security administration has determined that the individual does not […]
46.25.088 – Expiration—Renewal.
RCW 46.25.088 Expiration—Renewal. (1) A CDL expires in the same manner as provided in RCW 46.20.181. (2) When applying for renewal of a CDL, the applicant must: (a) Complete the application form required under RCW 46.25.070(1), providing updated information and required certifications, and meet all the requirements of RCW 46.25.070 and 49 C.F.R. Sec. 383.71; […]
46.25.090 – Disqualification—Grounds for, period of—Records.
RCW 46.25.090 Disqualification—Grounds for, period of—Records. (Effective until September 23, 2022.) (1) A person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for a period of not less than one year if a report has been received by the department pursuant to RCW 46.20.308 or 46.25.120, or if the person has been convicted of a […]
46.25.100 – Restoration after disqualification—Requalification fee, fee distribution.
RCW 46.25.100 Restoration after disqualification—Requalification fee, fee distribution. (1) When a person has been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle, the person is not entitled to have the commercial driver’s license or commercial learner’s permit restored until after the expiration of the appropriate disqualification period required under RCW 46.25.090 or until the department has […]