Owner responsible for stopping, standing, parking, or alarm violation.
Seattle Mun. Code § 11.31.080
in effect11.31.080 - Owner responsible for stopping, standing, parking, or alarm violation.
A. In any traffic infraction case involving a violation of this title relating to the stopping, standing or parking of a vehicle, or the sounding of an audible alarm, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of traffic infraction was stopping, standing or parking or emitting an audible alarm in violation of any such provision in this title together with proof of registered ownership of the vehicle at the time of the violation, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person who parked or placed the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred or was responsible for the failure to turn off the audible alarm as required.
B. The foregoing stated presumption shall apply only when the procedure prescribed in Section 11.31.030 has been followed. (RCW 46.63)
C. If a car rental agency declares that the vehicle was under lease at the time of the violation, and supplies the name and address of the lessee, there shall be a prima facie presumption that the lessee so identified parked or placed the vehicle at the point where the violation occurred, or was responsible for the failure to turn off the audible alarm as required.
(Ord. 116701, § 2, 1993; Ord. 109476, § 2, 1980; Ord. 108200, § 2(11.31.080), 1979.)
Source: City of Seattle, Seattle Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT11VETR_SUBTITLE_ITRCO_PT3EN_CH11.31DITROF_11.31.080OWRESTSTPAALVIFetched: 11/1/2026