46.16.068 - Trailing units -- Permanent plates.

Trailing units — Permanent plates. (Effective until July 1, 2011.)

Trailing units which are subject to *RCW 82.44.020(4) shall, upon application, be issued a permanent license plate that is valid until the vehicle is sold, permanently removed from the state, or otherwise disposed of by the registered owner. The fee for this license plate is thirty-six dollars. Upon the sale, permanent removal from the state, or other disposition of a trailing unit bearing a permanent license plate the registered owner is required to return the license plate and registration certificate to the department. Violations of this section or misuse of a permanent license plate may subject the registered owner to prosecution or denial, or both, of future permanent registration of any trailing units. This section does not apply to any trailing units subject to the annual excise taxes prescribed in *RCW 82.44.020. The department is authorized to adopt rules to implement this section for leased vehicles and other applications as necessary.

[1998 c 321 § 32 (Referendum Bill No. 49, approved November 3, 1998); 1993 c 123 § 4.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 82.44.020 was repealed by 2000 1st sp.s. c 1 § 2.

Purpose -- Severability -- 1998 c 321: See notes following RCW 82.14.045.

Contingent effective dates -- 1998 c 321 §§ 23-42: See note following RCW 35.58.410.

Effective date of 1993 c 102 and c 123 -- 1993 sp.s. c 23: See note following RCW 46.16.070.