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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.20.349 (2025)

Stopping vehicle of suspended or revoked driver

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Any police officer who has received notice of the suspension or revocation of a driver's license from the department of licensing may, during the reported period of such suspension or revocation, stop any motor vehicle identified by its vehicle license number as being registered to the person whose driver's license has been suspended or revoked. The driver of such vehicle shall display his or her driver's license upon request of the police officer.
[ 2010 c 8 s 9026; 1979 c 158 s 152; 1965 ex.s. c 170 s 47. Formerly RCW 46.20.430.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 2001–2018 · leading case: State v. Penfield, 22 P.3d 293 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001).
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State v. Penfield, 22 P.3d 293 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 5× “He nonetheless asked Mr. Penfield for his name and license.”
State v. Penfield, 106 Wash. App. 157 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “RCW 46.20.349. Here, an officer *159 stopped a car registered to a woman whose license had been suspended.”
State v. Bliss, 222 P.3d 107 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “[4] The State countered that the stop was reasonable and proper under RCW 46.20.349, which allows an officer to stop a vehicle registered to a driver with a suspended license.”
State v. Phillips, 126 Wash. App. 584 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “RCW 46.20.349. A DOL report of suspension supports articulable suspicion of criminal conduct sufficient to justify a brief investigatory stop.”
State v. Phillips, 109 P.3d 470 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “RCW 46.20.349. A DOL report of suspension supports articulable suspicion of criminal conduct sufficient to justify a brief investigatory stop.”
State v. Bliss, 153 Wash. App. 197 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “4 The State countered that the stop was reasonable and proper under RCW 46.20.349, which allows an officer to stop a vehicle registered to a driver with a suspended license.”
State v. Craig, 61 P.3d 340 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “RCW 46.20.349 reads: Any police officer who has received notice of the suspension or revocation of a driver’s license from the department of licensing, may, during the reported period of such suspension or revocation, stop any motor vehicle identified by its vehicle license…”
State v. Vanderpool, 184 P.3d 1282 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 6× “The court relied on RCW 46.20.349 (conferring the right to stop a car if the registered owner's license is suspended).”
State v. Vanderpool, 145 Wash. App. 81 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 5× “Vanderpool contends that the officer did not have the legal authority to stop him and specifically that RCW 46.20.349 (conferring the right to stop a car if the registered owner’s license is suspended) provided no authority to stop him.”
State v. Craig, 61 P.3d 340 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “[3] See also RCW 46.20.349. [4] Searches incident to a lawful custodial [5] arrest are lawful under a recognized exception to the warrant requirement, [6] even under the greater protection provided by article I, section 7 of the Washington Constitution.”
State of Washington v. Leonard F. Davison, No. 34701-0 (Wash. Ct. App. May 31, 2018). · cites it 3× “RCW 46.20.349 provides that an officer may stop a vehicle when the registered owner’s driver’s license is known to be suspended.”
State Of Washington v. Bradley D. Mcallister, No. 71196-2 (Wash. Ct. App. Jan. 20, 2015). “RCW 46.20.349. A report of a registered owner's suspended license suffices for the articulable suspicion of criminal conduct required for a brief investigatory stop.”
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