CHAPTER 25 - MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSING
Section 25-1 Title
25-1.01 Title. This Chapter shall be known as the Motor Vehicle Licensing Code.
Section 25-2 Licensing and Regulation
25-2.01 Exclusive Licensing and Registration. All motor vehicles (i.e., every self-propelled vehicle including
motorcycles and snowmobiles) of any sort, type or kind, or any trailer, wagon or motor drawn vehicle
owned, rented or leased by the Spokane Tribe of Indians and operated exclusively in the service of the
Spokane Tribe shall be licensed and registered exclusively by the Spokane Tribe.
25-2.02 Tribal License and Registration Required. All vehicles described in the preceding section shall
display at all times current Spokane Tribal license plates or tags and shall carry within the vehicle the proper
Spokane Tribal registration certificate.
25-2.03 Certificate of Ownership. No vehicle shall be licensed by the Spokane Tribe nor a certificate of
registration issued unless a satisfactory certificate of ownership is presented by the owner.
25-2.04 Information Required. The registration certificate shall contain the following information:
(a) The date of registration.
(b) Registration number assigned to the registered owner and to the vehicle.
(c) The name and address of the registered owner and the name and address of the legal owner,
plus the nature and amount of the encumbrances.
(d) The vehicle identification number.
(e) The trade name, model and year of the vehicle.
(f) If a passenger vehicle, the maximum seating; if a truck or tractor and trailer, the maximum
gross weight.
(g) Any other information required by the Spokane Tribe.
25-2.05 Records Maintained.
(a) Records on all vehicles licensed pursuant to this Code shall be maintained at the Spokane Tribal
Police Department, Wellpinit, WA 99040.
(b) Such shall be public records.
Section 25-3 Reciprocity and Exemptions
25-3.01 Reciprocity. Motor vehicles properly licensed and registered pursuant to the laws of any nation,
Indian Tribe or nation, state, foreign country, territory or federal district shall not be required to display a
license of the Spokane Tribe if:
(a) The licensing authority above grants to the vehicles owned and operated by the Spokane Tribe
and which are licensed and registered according to this Code the same exemptions, benefits and
privileges granted to vehicles properly registered and licensed by that licensing authority, and,
(b) If that licensing authority does not demand that a Spokane Tribal license and registration be
obtained.
25-3.02 Exemptions. Members of the Spokane Tribe having their primary residence on Reservation lands
and vehicles making deliveries of goods and services to the residents of the Spokane Reservation or the
Spokane Tribe itself shall not be required to have Spokane Tribal registration and license tags even if the
licensing authority that licenses that vehicle does not grant the necessary reciprocity as outlined in Section
25-3.01.
Section 25-4 Fees
25-4.01 Fees.
(a) No fee will be charged for license plates or tags required to be displayed on motor vehicles
owned, leased or rented and operated by the Spokane Tribe.
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