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Code · Washington · Title 46 — Motor Vehicles · Chapter 46.17

RCW 46.17.025

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(1)A person who applies for a vehicle registration or for any other right to operate a vehicle on the highways of this state shall pay a 50 cent license service fee in addition to any other fees and taxes required by law. The license service fee must be distributed under RCW 46.68.220 .
(2)A vehicle registered under RCW 46.16A.455 or 46.17.330 is not subject to the license service fee, except for a vehicle subject to the fee under RCW 46.17.355 .
(3)The revenue generated from subsection
(2)of this section must be deposited in the move ahead WA account created in RCW 46.68.510 .
[ 2023 c 431 s 3 ; 2022 c 182 s 208 ; 2010 c 161 s 503 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2023 c 431 ss 2 and 3: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Intent — 2023 c 431: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Effective date — Applicability — 2022 c 182 ss 207 and 208: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Intent — 2022 c 182: See note following RCW 70A.65.240 .
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 .
RCW 46.17.025
License service fee. (Effective January 1, 2026.)
(1)A person who applies for a vehicle registration or for any other right to operate a vehicle on the highways of this state shall pay a 75 cent license service fee in addition to any other fees and taxes required by law. Except as provided in subsection
(3)of this section, the license service fee must be distributed under RCW 46.68.220 .
(2)A vehicle registered under RCW 46.16A.455 or 46.17.330 is not subject to the license service fee, except for a vehicle subject to the fee under RCW 46.17.355 .
(3)(a) Two-thirds of the revenue generated from subsection
(2)of this section must be deposited in the move ahead WA account created in RCW 46.68.510 .
(b)One-third of the revenue generated from subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section must be deposited into the driver education safety improvement account created in RCW 46.68.540 .
[ 2025 c 299 s 17 ; 2023 c 431 s 3 ; 2022 c 182 s 208 ; 2010 c 161 s 503 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2025 c 299 ss 17 and 18: "Sections 17 and 18 of this act take effect January 1, 2026." [ 2025 c 299 s 24 .]
Findings — Intent — 2025 c 299: See note following RCW 46.20.1191 .
Effective date — 2023 c 431 ss 2 and 3: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Intent — 2023 c 431: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Effective date — Applicability — 2022 c 182 ss 207 and 208: See note following RCW 46.17.015 .
Intent — 2022 c 182: See note following RCW 70A.65.240 .
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 .
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