State sends out bills

Beginning this week, owners of 32,749 vehicles in Washington will receive a letter from the Department of Licensing asking them to pay a $15 fee that wasn’t collected due to a processing error.

These owners brought their vehicles to Washington from out of state between December 2016 and August 2017, and should have been assessed a $15 Out of State Vehicle Check fee at the time they titled their vehicle in Washington. The error resulted in approximately $491,000 in uncollected fees which are required by law to help fund highway safety programs.

Customers will need to pay this outstanding balanc...