RCW 46.10.420
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(1)Each dealer of snowmobiles in this state shall obtain a snowmobile dealer license from the department in a manner prescribed by the department. Upon receipt of an application for a snowmobile dealer's license and the fee provided in subsection
(2)of this section, the dealer is licensed and a snowmobile dealer license number must be assigned.
(2)The annual license fee for a snowmobile dealer is twenty-five dollars, which covers all of the snowmobiles offered by a dealer for sale and not rented on a regular, commercial basis. Snowmobiles rented on a regular commercial basis by a snowmobile dealer must be registered separately under RCW 46.10.310 , 46.10.400 , 46.10.430 , and 46.10.440 .
(3)Upon the issuance of a snowmobile dealer license, a snowmobile dealer may purchase, at a cost to be determined by the department, snowmobile dealer license plates of a size and color to be determined by the department. The snowmobile dealer license plates must contain the snowmobile license number assigned to the dealer. Each snowmobile operated by a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer for the purposes of demonstration or testing shall display snowmobile dealer license plates in a clearly visible manner.
(4)Only a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer may display a snowmobile dealer plate, and only a dealer, dealer representative, or prospective customer may use a snowmobile dealer's license plate for the purposes described in subsection
(3)of this section.
(5)Snowmobile dealer licenses are nontransferable.
(6)It is unlawful for any snowmobile dealer to sell a snowmobile at wholesale or retail, or to test or demonstrate any snowmobile, within the state, unless the dealer has a snowmobile dealer license as required under this section.
(7)When a snowmobile is sold by a snowmobile dealer, the dealer:
(a)Shall apply for licensing in the purchaser's name as provided by rules adopted by the department; and
(b)May issue a temporary license as provided by rules adopted by the department.
[ 2012 c 74 s 13 ; 2010 c 161 s 231 ; 1990 c 250 s 26 ; 1982 c 17 s 5 ; 1971 ex.s. c 29 s 5 . Formerly RCW 46.10.050 .]
Notes:
Effective date — Intent — Legislation to reconcile chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and other amendments made during the 2010 legislative session — 2010 c 161: See notes following RCW 46.04.013 .