RCW 46.63.200 — Speed Safety Camera Statutory Limits & Warning Sign Requirement
Washington's 2020 Speed Safety Camera Act (RCW 46.63.200) authorizes speed cameras only in school speed zones, public park speed zones, hospital speed zones, and (per 2024 amendments) certain specified roadway safety corridors. Each location must have an authorizing local ordinance, conspicuous warning signs upstream, and an annual program report submitted to WSDOT. Cameras must be calibrated and certified. Defenses: missing warning sign, location outside the four allowed zone types, camera not properly calibrated, or program operating without the required ordinance.
Legal basis
RCW 46.63.200; RCW 46.63.220; 2024 c 307
Sample appeal wording
[COURT] RE: Speed Safety Camera Notice [#] Defenses under RCW 46.63.200: 1. Location is not within one of the statutorily authorized zones (school / park / hospital / safety corridor). 2. No warning sign was posted on my approach (photograph attached). 3. The state has not produced the program ordinance, the calibration certificate, or annual program report. Dismissal requested. [NAME] / [DATE]
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- RCW 46.63.200
- RCW 46.63.220 (2024 c 307)