WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

46.09.490 - General penalty -- Civil liability.

General penalty — Civil liability. (Effective July 1, 2011.)

(1) Except as provided in *RCW 46.09.120(2) and46.09.130 as now or hereafter amended, violation of the provisions of this chapter is a traffic infraction for which a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars may be imposed.

(2) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (1) of this section, the owner and/or the operator of any nonhighway vehicle shall be liable for any damage to property including damage to trees, shrubs, or growing crops injured as the result of travel by the nonhighway vehicle. The owner of such property may recover from the person responsible three times the amount of damage.

[1979 ex.s. c 136 § 42; 1977 ex.s. c 220 § 16; 1972 ex.s. c 153 § 16; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 24. Formerly RCW 46.09.190.]

Notes:Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule -- IRLJ 6.2.

*Reviser's note: RCW 46.09.120 and 46.09.130 were recodified as RCW 46.09.470 and 46.09.480, respectively, pursuant to 2010 c 161 § 1204, effective July 1, 2011.

Effective date -- Severability -- 1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.

Purpose -- 1972 ex.s. c 153: See RCW 79A.35.070.