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RCW 9A.58.010 — Definitions
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 9A.58: Identification Documents, Revised Code of Washington.
Full text of RCW 9A.58.010
Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the official text of the Revised Code of Washington from the Code Reviser's published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Washington.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Enhanced driver's license" means a driver's license that is issued under RCW 46.20.202.
(2) "Enhanced identicard" means an identicard that is issued under RCW 46.20.202.
(3) "Identification document" means an enhanced driver's license or an enhanced identicard.
(4) "Radio frequency identification" means a technology that uses radio waves to transmit data remotely to readers.
(5) "Reader" means a scanning device that is capable of using radio waves to communicate with an identification document and read the data transmitted by the identification document.
(6) "Remotely" means that no physical contact between the identification document and a reader is necessary in order to transmit data using radio waves.
(7) "Unique personal identifier number" means a randomly assigned string of numbers or symbols issued by the department of licensing that is encoded on an identification document and is intended to be read remotely by a reader to identify the identification document that has been issued to a particular individual.
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