Washington license points
No point schedule here
We have nothing official saying Washington runs a license point system, and nothing saying it does not. This is what we do have:
Official sources differ
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If you're ticketed for: 6 moving violations in a 12-month period, or 7 moving violations in a 24-month period, Your license will be suspended for 60 days.
Whenever the official records of the department show that a person has committed a traffic infraction for a moving violation on three or more occasions within a one-year period, or on four or more occasions within a two-year period, the department must suspend the license of the driver for a period of 60 days
More from Washington’s rules
There is a 1-year probation period following the suspension.
When a person has committed a traffic infraction for a moving violation on two occasions within a one-year period or three occasions within a two-year period, the department shall send the person a notice
Where official sources differ
Official sources differ
These official passages do not print the same thing. Both are shown as printed. We do not choose between them or say how they fit together.
If you're ticketed for: 6 moving violations in a 12-month period, or 7 moving violations in a 24-month period, Your license will be suspended for 60 days.
Whenever the official records of the department show that a person has committed a traffic infraction for a moving violation on three or more occasions within a one-year period, or on four or more occasions within a two-year period, the department must suspend the license of the driver for a period of 60 days
Washington is not in the ticket checker, because we have no point schedule for it.
Sources for Washington
- Washington State Department of Licensing, Too many traffic tickets (moving violations)
- Revised Code of Washington 46.20.2892, Traffic infractions for moving violations; suspension; probation; notice
- The licensing agency: Washington State Department of Licensing
Official pages we asked for and don’t quote
| Official page | What the request got |
|---|---|
| Chapter 308-104 WAC, drivers' licenses | The page answered with text. A search of that text, as our reader extracted it, for the exact string “point system” found it 1 time, for “demerit” found it 0 times, for “points” found it 0 times. We quote nothing from this page. |
| the Washington State Driver Guide, text-only version | The page answered with text. A search of that text, as our reader extracted it, for the exact string “point system” found it 0 times, for “demerit” found it 0 times, for “points” found it 7 times. We quote nothing from this page. |
| the Washington State Driver Guide PDF | The answer had no text our reader could use. |
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