Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 46.37.500 (2025)
Fenders or splash aprons
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(1) Except as authorized under subsection (2) of this section, no person may operate any motor vehicle, trailer, cargo extension, or semitrailer that is not equipped with fenders, covers, flaps, or splash aprons adequate for minimizing the spray or splash of water or mud from the roadway to the rear of the vehicle. All such devices shall be as wide as the tires behind which they are mounted and extend downward at least to the center of the axle.
(2) A motor vehicle that is not less than forty years old or a street rod vehicle that is owned and operated primarily as a collector's item need not be equipped with fenders when the vehicle is used and driven during fair weather on well-maintained, hard-surfaced roads.
[ 2016 c 22 s 6; 1999 c 58 s 2; 1988 c 15 s 2; 1977 ex.s. c 355 s 41; 1961 c 12 s 46.37.500. Prior: 1947 c 200 s 3, part; 1937 c 189 s 44, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 6360-44, part. Formerly RCW 46.36.130 (second paragraph).]
Notes:
Intent—Effective date—2016 c 22: See notes following RCW 46.04.094.
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 355: See note following RCW 46.37.010.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 2009–2009 · leading case: State v. Gibson, 219 P.3d 964 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
State v. Gibson, 219 P.3d 964 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “305), no splash apron/fenders (RCW 46.37.500), and unsafe tire tread (RCW 46.”
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