RCW 46.61.672TBWD eligibleCell phone
Handheld device / E-DUI
Using a personal electronic device while driving (Driving Under the Influence of Electronics).
RCW Title 46 46.61.672 — statutory text
Official source ↗(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person who drives a motor vehicle on a public highway while holding a personal electronic device in either hand or both hands is guilty of a traffic infraction and must pay a fine as provided in RCW 46.63.110.
Quoted from the California Legislative Information website. The full section may contain additional subdivisions not reproduced here — click “Official source” for the complete text as currently in force.
Base fine
$136.00
Does not include court fees or assessments.
DMV points
0
No DMV points.
Filing window
15 days
From citation date, use form IRLJ-3.1.
You can file a Trial by Written Declaration
Washington allows contested hearing by mail under IRLJ 3.1(b)(1).
Defenses our AI considers (15)
- Equipment fixed — correctable violationhistorical success ~80%Equipment violations (window tint, exhaust, lights, plates, wipers, etc.) are correctable in every supported state. Proof of repair signed by a qualified inspector resolves the citation administratively.
- Documentary cure — proof on date of citationhistorical success ~75%Many "failure to produce" charges (insurance, registration, license) are dismissed on proof the document existed and was valid on the date of citation. This is codified in most state fix-it / correctable-violation statutes.
- Sign obscured, missing, or recently changedhistorical success ~50%A driver cannot be held to a regulation that was not reasonably communicated. An obscured, damaged, missing, or recently-changed sign at the cited location is both a mistake-of-fact defense and a due-process notice defect.
- Statute of limitations / speedy-trial violationhistorical success ~45%Every state imposes statutory deadlines between citation, arraignment, and trial. When the state misses a jurisdictional deadline — including officer-declaration deadlines in TBWD proceedings — dismissal is mandatory, not discretionary.
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