Washington
For Washington, deadline to apply for title is within 15 days of delivery of the vehicle; statute is RCW 46.12.650, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- Washington our reading
- Deadline to apply for title
- within 15 days of delivery of the vehicle verified
- Statute
- RCW 46.12.650 verified
- Penalty for missing it
- fifty dollars assessed on the sixteenth day after the date of delivery and two dollars for each additional day thereafter, but the total penalty must not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars per app.leg.wa.gov
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
A person who has recently acquired a vehicle by purchase, exchange, gift, lease, inheritance, or legal action shall apply to the department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director for a new certificate of title within 15 days of delivery of the vehicle.
— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Statute
app.leg.wa.gov says statute is RCW 46.12.650, as of 2026-08-18.
A person who has recently acquired a vehicle by purchase, exchange, gift, lease, inheritance, or legal action shall apply to the department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director for a new certificate of title within 15 days of delivery of the vehicle.
https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.12.650
app.leg.wa.gov says statute is RCW 46.17.140, as of 2026-08-18.
is fifty dollars assessed on the sixteenth day after the date of delivery and two dollars for each additional day thereafter, but the total penalty must not exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars. The penalty must be distributed under RCW
Sources
- app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.12.650
- app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.17.140