A. In a traffic infraction case involving a violation detected through the use of an automated traffic safety camera under this chapter, proof that the particular vehicle described in the notice of infraction was in violation of any provision of RCW 46.63.170, together with proof that the person named in the notice of traffic infraction was at the time of the violation the registered owner of the vehicle, constitutes in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered owner of the vehicle was the person in control of the vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, the violation occurred.

B. This presumption may be overcome only if the registered owner states, under oath, in a written statement to the court or in testimony before the court that the vehicle involved was, at the time of the violation, stolen or in the care, custody, or control of some person other than the registered owner. (Ord. 6868 § 1 (Exh. A), 2022; Ord. 5957 § 1, 2005.)