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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.29.630 (2026)

Self-insurers

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(1) Any person in whose name more than twenty-five vehicles are registered in this state may qualify as a self-insurer by obtaining a certificate of self-insurance issued by the department as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The department may, in its discretion, upon the application of such a person, issue a certificate of self-insurance when it is satisfied that such person is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgment obtained against such person. Such certificate may be issued authorizing a person to act as a self-insurer for either property damage or bodily injury, or both.
(3) Upon not less than five days' notice and a hearing pursuant to such notice, the department may upon reasonable grounds cancel a certificate of self-insurance. Failure to pay any judgment within thirty days after such judgment shall have become final shall constitute a reasonable ground for the cancellation of a certificate of self-insurance.
[ 1963 c 169 s 63.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2021 · leading case: Quinn Kyrkos v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 852 P.2d 1078 (Wash. 1993).
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Quinn Kyrkos v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 852 P.2d 1078 (Wash. 1993). · cites it 10× “RCW 46.29.630. State Farm relies on RCW 48.”
Shields v. Enter. Leasing Co., 161 P.3d 1068 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “3 Here, because there is no dispute Enterprise is certified under RCW 46.29.630, Enterprise is not required to provide minimum third party liability coverage under the FRA.”
Pub. Employees Mut. Ins. v. Hertz Corp., 800 P.2d 831 (Wash. Ct. App. 1990). “080(5): The requirements as to security and suspension in this chapter shall not apply: (5) To any person qualifying as a self-insurer under RCW 46.29.630 or to any person operating a vehicle for such self-insurer[.”
Miller v. Aetna Life & Cas. Co., 851 P.2d 1253 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “Miller contends the Aetna policy requires a document entitled "certificate of self-insurance" and such certificate can only be issued by the Washington Department of Licensing pursuant to RCW 46.29.630. 1 According to Ms. Miller, *195 the ICC decision and WUTC letter are…”
Pub. Employees Mut. Ins. v. Mucklestone, 758 P.2d 987 (Wash. 1988). “RCW 46.29.630. See RCW 46.29.080(5), (9) which recognizes a distinction between self-insurers and governments by providing separate exclusions for these entities for security in the event of an accident.”
Robertson v. Dorn (E.D. Wash. 2021). “550; or (4) A certificate of self-insurance, as provided in RCW 46.29.630, 19 supplemented by an agreement by the self-insurer that, with respect to accidents occurring while the certificate is in force, he will pay the same 20 amounts that an insurer would have been obliged to…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 46.29.630(1) — 1 case
Shields v. Enter. Leasing Co., 161 P.3d 1068 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “3 Here, because there is no dispute Enterprise is certified under RCW 46.29.630, Enterprise is not required to provide minimum third party liability coverage under the FRA.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 46.29.630(2) — 1 case
Quinn Kyrkos v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 852 P.2d 1078 (Wash. 1993). “RCW 46.29.630. State Farm relies on RCW 48.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 46.29.630(3) — 1 case
Quinn Kyrkos v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 852 P.2d 1078 (Wash. 1993). “RCW 46.29.630. State Farm relies on RCW 48.”
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