SMCIR 2.4.5.
           EXPIRED VEHILCE LICENSE INFRACTIONS CITY ORDINANCE VIOLATION


    (A) If a person who has been cited with a violation of Ordinance 11.24.070, as
now enacted or hereafter amended, presents to the court clerk evidence that the
person had in effect at the time of the infraction a valid vehicle license as
required by RCW 46.16.010 but had failed to display it on the vehicle license plate
and that person has had no previous violations of RCW 46.16.010 or Ordinance 11.24.070,
then the case shall be dismissed and the court clerk shall be authorized to make
appropriate notation of the dismissal in the court file provided the person has
responded timely to the notice of infraction.

    (B) If a person who has been cited with a violation of Ordinance 11.24.070, as now
enacted or hereafter amended, presents to the court clerk evidence that the person had in
effect at the time of the infraction a valid vehicle license as required by RCW 46.16.010
but had failed to display it on the vehicle license plate, and the person has had prior
violations of RCW 46.16.010 or Ordinance 11.24.070, then, upon payment of ten dollars ($10.00)
administrative costs, the case shall be dismissed and the court clerk shall be authorized
to make appropriate notation of the dismissal in the court file provided the person has
responded timely to the notice of infraction.

    (C) If a person charged with violation of Ordinance 11.24.070, as now enacted or
hereafter amended,  is able to show evidence that the person has subsequently obtained the
vehicle license in conformity with the requirements of RCW 46.16.010, and has had no
previous violation of the same statute or Ordinance 11.24.070, then the penalty shall be
reduced to fifteen dollars ($15.00) and upon payment of the penalty, or arrangement of a
payment agreement with the clerk, the clerk shall be authorized to enter a finding that
the infraction was committed, and make appropriate notations in the court record, and the
person will be relieved of any further need to appear in court in connection with the
infraction, provided the person has responded to the notice of infraction as required and
pays the penalty in full or as set forth in the payment agreement.

    (D) If a person has had a previous violation of RCW 46.16.010 or Ordinance 11.24.070,
then the person must pay the penalty in full or in the alternative request a hearing
either to contest or mitigate the notice of infraction within fifteen days of the date
the infraction was issued.


[Effective January 1, 2003]