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Washington · Through July 15, 2026

RCW 46.17.400: Permit fees by permit or temporary license plate type.

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  1. Title 46
  2. Chapter 46.17

(1) Before accepting an application for one of the following permits or temporary license plates, the department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director shall require the applicant to pay the following permit or temporary license plate fee by permit or license type in addition to any other fee or tax required by law:

PERMIT OR LICENSE TYPE

FEE

AUTHORITY

DISTRIBUTION

(a) Dealer temporary license plate

$

40.00

RCW 46.16A.300

RCW 46.68.030

(b) Department temporary license plate

$

.50

RCW 46.16A.305

RCW 46.68.450

(c) Farm vehicle trip

$

6.25

RCW 46.16A.330

RCW 46.68.035

(d) Nonresident military

$

10.00

RCW 46.16A.340

RCW 46.68.070

(e) Nonresident temporary snowmobile

$

5.00

RCW 46.10.450

RCW 46.68.350

(f) Special fuel trip

$

30.00

RCW 82.38.100

RCW 46.68.460

(g) Temporary ORV use

$

7.00

RCW 46.09.430

RCW 46.68.045

(h) Vehicle trip

$

25.00

RCW 46.16A.320

RCW 46.68.455

(2) Permit or temporary license plate fees as provided in subsection (1) of this section are in addition to the filing fee required under RCW 46.17.005, except an additional filing fee may not be charged for:

(a) Dealer temporary license plates;

(b) Special fuel trip permits; and

(c) Vehicle trip permits.

(3) $5 of the $40 dealer temporary license plate fee provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section must be credited to the payment of vehicle license fees at the time application for registration is made. $25 of the $40 dealer temporary permit fee provided in subsection (1)(a) of this section must be deposited in the move ahead WA account created in RCW 46.68.510. The remainder must be deposited to the state patrol highway account created in RCW 46.68.030.

Collected 2026-09-06T03:03:55Z. Source file · JSON

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