RCW 46.09.190
General penalty -- Civil liability. (Effective
until July 1, 2011. Recodified as RCW 46.09.490.)
(1) Except as
provided in RCW 46.09.120(2) and 46.09.130 as now or hereafter
amended, violation of the provisions of this chapter is a traffic
infraction for which a penalty of not less than twenty-five
dollars may be imposed.
(2) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (1)
of this section, the owner and/or the operator of any nonhighway
vehicle shall be liable for any damage to property including
damage to trees, shrubs, or growing crops injured as the result
of travel by the nonhighway vehicle. The owner of such property
may recover from the person responsible three times the amount of
damage.
[1979 ex.s. c 136 § 42; 1977 ex.s. c 220 § 16; 1972 ex.s. c 153 § 16; 1971 ex.s. c 47 § 24.]
NOTES:
Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule -- IRLJ 6.2.
Effective date -- Severability -- 1979 ex.s. c 136: See notes following RCW 46.63.010.
Purpose -- 1972 ex.s. c 153: See RCW 79A.35.070.