46.64.025 - Failure to appear -- Notice to department. - Washington Statutes

Failure to appear — Notice to department.

Whenever any person served with a traffic citation willfully fails to appear for a scheduled court hearing, the court in which the defendant failed to appear shall promptly give notice of such fact to the department of licensing. Whenever thereafter the case in which the defendant failed to appear is adjudicated, the court hearing the case shall promptly file with the department a certificate showing that the case has been adjudicated.

[2006 c 270 § 4; 1999 c 86 § 7; 1979 c 158 § 175; 1967 c 32 § 71; 1965 ex.s. c 121 § 23.]

Notes: Severability -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See RCW 46.20.910.

Purpose -- Construction -- 1965 ex.s. c 121: See note following RCW 46.20.021.