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Code · Washington · Title 46 — Motor Vehicles · Chapter 46.44

RCW 46.44.050

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It shall be unlawful to operate any vehicle upon public highways with a wheelbase between any two axles thereof of less than three feet, six inches when weight exceeds that allowed for one axle under RCW 46.44.042 or 46.44.041 . It shall be unlawful to operate any motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state with a wheelbase between the frontmost axle and the rearmost axle of less than three feet, six inches.
For the purposes of this section, wheelbase shall be measured upon a straight line from center to center of the vehicle axles designated.
[ 2009 c 275 s 6 ; 1979 ex.s. c 213 s 7 ; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 64 s 12; 1961 c 12 s 46.44.050 . Prior: 1941 c 116 s 3 ; 1937 c 189 s 51 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 6360-51; 1929 c 180 s 3, part; 1927 c 309 s 8, part; 1923 c 181 s 4, part; RRS s 6362-8, part.]
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Effective dates — Severability — 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 64: See notes following RCW 46.16A.455 .
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