RCW 46.12.390
Disclosure violations, penalties. (Effective
until July 1, 2011. Recodified as RCW 46.12.640.)
(1) The
department may review the activities of a person who receives
vehicle record information to ensure compliance with the
limitations imposed on the use of the information. The
department shall suspend or revoke for up to five years the
privilege of obtaining vehicle record information of a person
found to be in violation of chapter 42.56 RCW, this chapter, or a
disclosure agreement executed with the department.
(2) In addition to the penalty in subsection (1) of this
section:
(a) The unauthorized disclosure of information from a
department vehicle record; or
(b) The use of a false representation to obtain information
from the department's vehicle records; or
(c) The use of information obtained from the department
vehicle records for a purpose other than what is stated in the
request for information or in the disclosure agreement executed
with the department; or
(d) The sale or other distribution of any vehicle owner name
or address to another person not disclosed in the request or
disclosure agreement
is a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed ten
thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a county jail not to
exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each
violation.
[2005 c 274 § 305; 1990 c 232 § 3.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law -- Effective date--2005 c 274: See RCW 42.56.901 and 42.56.902.
Legislative finding and purpose -- 1990 c 232: See note following RCW 46.12.380.