Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 46.04.305 (2026)

Motor homes

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"Motor homes" means motor vehicles originally designed, reconstructed, or permanently altered to provide facilities for human habitation, which include lodging and cooking or sewage disposal, and is enclosed within a solid body shell with the vehicle, but excludes a camper or like unit constructed separately and affixed to a motor vehicle.
[ 1990 c 250 s 19; 1971 ex.s. c 231 s 3.]

Notes:

Effective date1971 ex.s. c 231: See note following RCW 46.01.130.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: State v. Vrieling, 144 Wash. 2d 489 (Wash. 2001).
State v. Vrieling, 144 Wash. 2d 489 (Wash. 2001). “]” RCW 46.04.305 (emphasis added). These statutes recognize that motor homes are not the same as automobiles and should be treated differently under the law.”
State v. Vrieling, 28 P.3d 762 (Wash. 2001). “" RCW 46.04.305 (emphasis added). These statutes recognize that motor homes are not the same as automobiles and should be treated differently under the law.”
State v. Maganai, 923 P.2d 718 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “095 provides in pertinent part: "(1) A person is guilty of vehicle prowling in the first degree if, with intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein, he enters or remains unlawfully in a motor home, as defined in RCW 46.04.305, or in a vessel equipped for…”
Carlos Pacheco v. Oregon Mut. Ins., 447 P.3d 207 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “382 registered or principally garaged in this state other than: (a) A farm-type tractor or other self-propelled equipment designed for use principally off public roads; (b) A vehicle operated on rails or crawler-treads; (c) A vehicle located for use as a residence; (d) A motor…”
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