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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.04.197 (2026)

Highway

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Highway means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 87. Formerly RCW 46.04.431.]
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Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2021 · leading case: State v. Nichols, 161 Wash. 2d 1 (Wash. 2007).
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State v. Nichols, 161 Wash. 2d 1 (Wash. 2007). “150, which prohibits, among other things, driving across solid double yellow lines that contain cross-hatching where a highway (defined as public ways maintained for vehicular traffic, RCW 46.04.197) has been divided into two or more roadways by such lines.”
State v. Nichols, 162 P.3d 1122 (Wash. 2007). “150, which prohibits, among other things, driving across solid double yellow lines that contain cross-hatching where a highway (defined as public ways maintained for vehicular traffic, RCW 46.04.197) has been divided into two or more roadways by such lines.”
Tae Kim v. Budget Rent A Car Sys., Inc., 15 P.3d 1283 (Wash. 2001). “) The term “highways” is defined by RCW 46.04.197 to include only those areas that are “publicly maintained.”
State v. Van Wolvelaere, 461 P.3d 1173 (Wash. 2020). “” RCW 46.04.197. 8 The concurrence concluded that a riding lawn mower is not a “motor vehicle” under the statute.”
Kim v. Budget Rent a Car Sys., Inc., 15 P.3d 1283 (Wash. 2001). “The term "highways" is defined by RCW 46.04.197 to include only those areas that are "publicly maintained .”
State of Washington v. Joshua Michael Barnes, 382 P.3d 729 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “) RCW 46.04.197 defines “highway”: Highway means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.”
State Of Washington, V. Ryan Enos (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “” RCW 46.04.197. 3 The State notes that, although witnesses, counsel, and the court referred to the Fly as a moped, there was no evidence that the Fly actually met the statutory definition of a moped.”
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