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
- RCW 46.17.140 per app.leg.wa.gov
- 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
What app.leg.wa.gov says
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
— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
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