Studded Tire Removal Deadline Extended to May 15

The Washington State Department of Transportation has pushed the deadline to get your studded snow tires removed to May 15th in response to the extension of Gov. Inslee's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.

Normally they would need to be removed by March 31st, but Maintenance Operations Branch Manager James Morin says, "Washington is experiencing some extraordinary challenges with COVID-19 right now and we recognize this is not a time for ‘business as usual."

If no new extensions are granted at that time, the May 15 deadline means that starting at midnight on Saturday, May 16, drivers with studded tires face a $136 fine.