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Our detailed conclusions to your several specific questions are set forth after a preliminary but necessary general analysis of the tax and license laws involved and the effect of section 5, chapter , Laws of The motor vehicle excise tax applies to house trailers.

Page 2]]. If the excise tax applies, the property tax does not, RCW However, if the trailers are. The excise tax is payable each calendar year, RCW Collection but not imposition of the tax is tied in with annual vehicle licensing. It was legislatively intended that the excise tax be in lieu of the property tax. The title to chapter , Laws of , provides:.

Thus, in the normal case, either the property or the excise tax would apply, but not both. Motor vehicles and trailers first licensed in this state may only be subject to a fractional portion of the excise tax, RCW All personal property is subject to taxation, Wash. VII, sec. Motor vehicles, and trailers, are personal property, see RCW The county assessor starts his assessing duties not later than December 1 of each year, and he is required to complete his valuations by May 31, RCW The assessments then pass through the equalization procedures, first through the county board, RCW The involved procedure by which revenue needs are balanced against revenues available upon equalized valuations takes about one year.

The result is a specific amount of tax being levied against each item of personal property assessed. The county treasurer received the tax rolls on the first Monday in January of the year following the tax day and he then begins his collection duties.

The statute, RCW The tax does not become delinquent until May 1, RCW Except under jeopardy distraint procedure, the property tax code contemplates no way a trailer owner may pay the property tax prior to a reasonable time after February 15 of each year. This is important in view of certain provisions of sec. The term "vehicle" under our licensing laws includes both house and other type trailers, RCW The first requirement of one who intends.

The director of licenses may issue such an ownership certificate without requiring the trailer to secure a license, RCW This equitably permits a trailer owner to have registered proof of title even though the trailer will not be licensed or used on the highways. One who operates any trailer over any public highway of this state must have a current trailer license and display proper license plates, RCW The exceptions for resident owners relate to:.

Page 4]]. The license fee is five dollars for each calendar year. The license is not subject to apportionment such as the excise tax, RCW The small trailer license fee is three dollars for one or two wheeled trailers of less than pounds gross weight, RCW Normally this will not apply to house trailers. RCW A license is not required and the motor vehicle excise tax need not be paid. To summarize:. If one owns a house trailer for the entire year , used in a manner subject to the personal property tax, that tax is due in , even though in he uses the trailer on the highway and must purchase a license and pay the excise tax.

To assist the obfuscation, property taxes for the year are called " taxes," the year in which they are paid. This is true even if he pays only a fractional or prorated excise tax under RCW Cowlitz County , 38 Wn. Snohomish County , 71 Wash. Page 5]]. They are hereby overruled.

Section 5, chapter , Laws of adds a new section to the vehicle licensing code which affects not only licenses, but personal property taxes and motor vehicle excise taxes. Section 5, enumerated and separated for clarity provides:. The owner who uses his trailer on the highway must have a trailer license for the current year. The license is required as of and can be obtained at the first of that calendar year, and thus the requirements of provision "[1]" can be complied with.

The owner of a trailer subject to the property tax however, cannot pay and obtain a tax receipt until February 15 or after. Therefore, he cannot. Page 6]]. The property tax code contemplates no possible manner in which the tax may be paid prior to February 15 except in instances where the treasurer proceeds under jeopardy distraint sections, RCW Under most sets of facts these sections cannot apply. The treasurer may only distrain when in his judgment the. The mere fact that house trailers are mobile does not justify a jeopardy distraint.

Most, if not all personal property is mobile. Other factors affirmatively disclosing impending removal of the property are required.

All statutes must be construed together. Thus the owner of a house trailer, paying the personal property taxes, would not be in violation of the above section for failure to have either a vehicle license or personal property receipt, until a reasonable time after he had received his personal property tax statement from the county treasurer.

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License a trailer. Find out how to license a trailer in Western Australia, which includes getting it inspected for roadworthiness and submitting the application in person. Please choose step from following:. Step 1 Get the trailer inspected. Step 2 Complete an application Form VL Step 3 Provide proof of identity. Step 4 Submit the application in person Form VL Show all. Step 1: Get the trailer inspected Before you can submit a trailer licence application, you will need to get the trailer inspected for roadworthiness.

Step 2: Complete an application Form VL17 Once the trailer has successfully passed the inspection, you can complete an application to license a vehicle using form VL Vehicle licence duty Vehicle licence duty is payable on the dutiable value of the vehicle, including the value of any trade-in, unless evidence is produced that the vehicle was previously licensed in your name. Application to license a vehicle Form VL17 Kb.

Step 3: Provide proof of identity Only one person can be nominated as a vehicle licence holder. Step 4: Submit the application in person Form VL17 Applications for a trailer licence must be submitted in person at a Driver and Vehicle Services centre or regional agent.