Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 48.11.060 (2026)

"Vehicle insurance" defined

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(1) "Vehicle insurance" is insurance against loss or damage to any land vehicle or aircraft or any draft or riding animal or to property while contained therein or thereon or being loaded or unloaded therein or therefrom, and against any loss or liability resulting from or incident to ownership, maintenance, or use of any such vehicle or aircraft or animal.
(2) Insurance against accidental death or accidental injury to individuals while in, entering, alighting from, adjusting, repairing, cranking, or caused by being struck by a vehicle, aircraft, or draft or riding animal, if such insurance is issued as part of insurance on the vehicle, aircraft, or draft or riding animal, shall be deemed to be vehicle insurance.
[1947 c 79 s .11.06; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.11.06.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2014 · leading case: Sperry v. Maki, 740 P.2d 342 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987).
Sperry v. Maki, 740 P.2d 342 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “[5] The insurer and the majority also argue that to include airplanes in the phrase "motor vehicle" is inconsistent with the meaning of "motor vehicle" as used in subsection 2 of RCW 48.”
Seattle-First Nat'l Bank v. Washington Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 804 P.2d 1263 (Wash. 1991). “18 RCW 48.11.060(1) (part). 19 Cotton & Maneval, Financial Guaranty Insurance, in Business Insurance Law and Practice Guide 6-25 (1989).”
Est. of Ingram v. Am. States Ins., 44 F. Supp. 3d 1046 (E.D. Wash. 2014). “RCW 48.11.060. Despite the plain language of RCW 48.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 48.11.060(1) — 1 case
Seattle-First Nat'l Bank v. Washington Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 804 P.2d 1263 (Wash. 1991). “18 RCW 48.11.060(1) (part). 19 Cotton & Maneval, Financial Guaranty Insurance, in Business Insurance Law and Practice Guide 6-25 (1989).”
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