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SEA-MC tit. 16, ch. 16.24
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Seattle Mun. Code § 16.24.010 Information and assistance.

16.24.010 - Information and assistance. The operator of any vessel involved in an accident resulting in damage to property who knows or should know of the accident shall immediately stop such vessel at the scene of such accident and shall give his name, address, the name and/or number of his vessel, and the name and address of the owner, to the person struck or the operator or occupants of the vessel collided with or property damaged, and shall render to any person injured in such an accident reasonable assistance. (Ord. 120023 § 58, 2000; Ord. 87983, § 15, 1959.)

Seattle Mun. Code § 16.24.020 Filing of report.

16.24.020 - Filing of report. The master, owner or operator of any vessel shall file a report within forty-eight (48) hours with the Chief of Police of any accident involving death or personal injury requiring medical treatment beyond first aid in which such vessel shall have been involved in Seattle Harbor. The master or owner of any vessel shall file a report within ten (10) days of any accident if damage to the vessel and other property totals more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) or there is a complete loss of the vessel. (Ord. 123151, § 1, 2009; Ord. 120023 § 59, 2000; Ord. 87983, § 16, 1959.)

Seattle Mun. Code § 16.24.030 Reports confidential—Inadmissible as evidence.

16.24.030 - Reports confidential—Inadmissible as evidence. All required accident reports and supplemental reports and copies thereof shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Port Warden, City Attorney, or other peace and enforcement officer as provided in this title, except that any such officer may disclose the identity of a person reported as involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident. No such accident report or copy thereof shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that any officer above-named for receiving accident reports shall furnish, upon demand of any person who has, or who claims to have, made such a report, or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the Port Warden, solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirement that such a report be made in the manner required by law. (Ord. 87983, § 17, 1959.)
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=TIT16HACO_CH16.24ACFetched: 11/1/2026

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