My question involves vehicle registration or title in the state of: WA
I got a ticket for expired tabs on Sat, then again on Sunday. My vehicle had been sitting for several months until now that I've moved back for a few weeks. Since I wasn't driving the car (I can show the judge mileage from when I left from an oil change slip to the current mileage), I didn't think I had to renew. I just left the car at home and they would periodically start it but it was parked on our private property. Naturally, when I came back, this wasn't the first thing on my mind and until I got the ticket (2 days into driving), I didn't even realize my tabs were expired.
Anyways, my question is if I can have this infraction changed from a traffic infraction to a non-moving violation - is this a possibility and how would I do that? Do insurance companies even care about this type of violation? I'll be going in to renew the tabs on Monday - is there something comparable in the RCW for how when you renew your insurance after a ticket, there's some leniency on the cost of the ticket?

