Kittitas County, From the Cascades... to the Columbia

Vehicle/Vessel Licensing

The County Auditor acts as an agent of the Washington State Department of Licensing. This responsibility not only encompasses sale of motor vehicle licenses and collection of license fees and excise tax, but also transfer of vehicles from one owner to another, title changes to add or delete a legal owner other that the registered owner, collection of load fees on trucks and other transactions involving motor vehicles. The auditor is also an agent for the Department of Revenue and collects sales taxes on transfers of such vehicles made between individuals. In addition, the auditor is responsible for water craft titling and registration.

General Information

Business Hours are: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday
Phone: (509) 962-7505

You may purchase or renew your vehicle license tabs at our department or at our subagent. The subagent is:

Gary Guzzie Insurance 216 Pennsylvania Ave. Cle Elum, WA (509) 674-4433

If you have any questions give us a call.

Driver Licensing

http://www.dol.wa.gov/driverslicense (509) 925-9290

Avoid the Lines

Renew On-line
https://fortress.wa.gov/dol/tabs/

At the Courthouse
Busiest times of the month are the first and last weeks. Busiest times of the day are 12:00 to 2:00PM. If you want to be sure and avoid lines, mail in your vehicle and vessel renewals. We usually have a two day turn around (remember the first and end of the month are busy).

WAC 308-56A-030

Effective 1/24/05 those transferring title to their vehicles must verify their primary residence street address for every vehicle of record. A Certificate of Fact For Address Verification 428KB must be completed prior to any transaction occurring. Please be prepared to provide this additional information.

Income Tax Information

If you declare your vehicle excise tax on your income tax return, you must keep a copy of your registration. This is the ONLY place your excise tax will be shown. Any subsequent transactions will erase the fees from the computer system.

Remember

You have 15 days to transfer a vehicle into your name. On the 16th day monetary penalties begin to accrue.

Disabled Person Parking Privileges

Now available at subagent (additional subagent fees apply).

The disabled person must be on our records as one of the registered owners of the vehicle in order to receive the plates.

Only the following disabilities are allowed by law:

Cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest.
Is severely limited in ability to walk due to arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic conditions.
Is disabled to the point that the person cannot walk without the use of or assistance from a brace, cane, another person, prosthetic devise, wheelchair, or other assistive device.
Uses portable oxygen.
Is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that forced expiratory respiratory volume, when measured by spirometry is less than one liter per second or the arterial oxygen tension is less than sixty mm/hg on room air at rest.
Impairment by cardiovascular disease or cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified as Class III or Class IV under standards accepted by the American Heart Association.
Has a disability resulting from an acute sensitivity to automobile emissions which limits or impairs the ability to walk. The physician of the applicant shall document that the disability is comparable in severity to the conditions listed above.

Additional Information

You may receive an application by calling the State at 1-800-642-5174 or by calling the Kittitas County Auditor’s Office, Auto Licensing Department.

Once your application is approved, you may apply for disabled person license plates and /or placard at our office. The license plate costs $7.75. We must have your current vehicle registration to issue plates. The license plates will be mailed to you. The placards are no charge.

License Plates

License plates may be transferred to another vehicle owned by you. If you sell the vehicle, the license plates must be transferred to a replacement vehicle or surrendered to your local county auditor, vehicle licensing subagent or the Department of Licensing in Olympia. If you have further questions please call us at (509) 962-7505.

Services

You may request refueling services at gasoline stations for the self-service price if no accompanying passenger is capable of fueling the vehicle for you. Stations exclusively self-service and convenience stores with remotely controlled gas pumps are not required to provide this service. You may park, free of charge for unlimited periods of time, in parking zones or areas with parking meters which are otherwise restricted as to the length of parking time.

Please Note: Local jurisdictions may impose time restrictions on the use of on-street parking spaces reserved for disabled persons.

Parking is not permitted in areas where stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited or reserved for special types of vehicles (fire lanes, loading zones, etc.)

Replacement

If parking placard or special license plate is lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, a replacement must be requested in writing from the disabled person of record.

Submit a replacement plate fee of $24 for passenger vehicle or truck plates; $12 for motorcycles; there is no charge for replacement placards(s).

Renewals

Permanent disabled person parking privileges are to be renewed every five (5) years. Temporary privileges are renewed every six (6) months, maximum, and require a new application, including a Physician’s Certificate.

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