{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-46.10.420","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 46.10.420","heading":"Snowmobile dealer licenses—Fee—License plates—Violation—License application upon sale.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(5) Snowmobile dealer licenses are nontransferable.\n(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.\n(7) When a snowmobile is sold by a snowmobile dealer, the dealer:\n(a) Shall apply for licensing in the purchaser's name as provided by rules adopted by the department; and\n(b) May issue a temporary license as provided by rules adopted by the department.","path":["Title 46","Chapter 46.10"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.10.420","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:03:39Z","sha256":"2b87008f05026c157a69bfae715e59ffff9bf708745d5532767fffc7c36fa2b0","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-46.10.418","next":"us-wa/rcw-46.10.430"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}