{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-82.44.125","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 82.44.125","heading":"Vehicles subject to tax—Exemptions.","body":"(1) The motor vehicle excise tax authorized under this chapter applies to the following vehicles:\n(a) Commercial trailers, as defined in RCW 46.04.136;\n(b) Farm trucks registered under RCW 46.16A.425;\n(c) Fixed load vehicles, as defined in RCW 46.04.186;\n(d) Motor homes, as defined in RCW 46.04.305;\n(e) Motor trucks, as defined in RCW 46.04.310, with a scale weight greater than six thousand pounds;\n(f) Motor vehicles, as defined in RCW 46.04.320; and\n(g) Trailers, as defined in RCW 46.04.620.\n(2) The motor vehicle excise tax authorized under this chapter does not apply to the following vehicles:\n(a) Campers, as defined in RCW 46.04.085;\n(b) Dock and warehouse tractors and their cars or trailers;\n(c) Equipment not designed primarily for use on public highways;\n(d) Exempt registered vehicles;\n(e) Lumber carriers of the type known as spiders;\n(f) Mobile homes, as defined in RCW 46.04.302;\n(g) Passenger motor vehicles, as described in RCW 82.44.015;\n(h) Travel trailers, as defined in RCW 46.04.623;\n(i) Vehicles not used on the public highways; and\n(j) Vehicles owned by nonresident military personnel of the armed forces of the United States stationed in the state of Washington if the nonresident military member was a nonresident of this state when enlisted into military service.","path":["Title 82","Chapter 82.44"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=82.44.125","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:29:27Z","sha256":"9c881b8f2569162d24ec877ca2164cd47d91ce8ad7de63325a9fd93c540f1159","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-82.44.120","next":"us-wa/rcw-82.44.135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}