Disciplinary actions: Vehicle wreckers

July through September 2008

See 2008 unlicensed vehicle dealers and wreckers for additional individuals and businesses disciplined for unlicensed wrecker activity.

Black Diamond — Black Diamond Auto Wrecking

  • Finding: Salvage.
  • Action: Agreement and fined $1,000.

Enumclaw — Fred’s Auto Wrecking

  • Finding: Salvage.
  • Action: Fined $3,000.

October through December 2007

Spanaway — Dick’s U Pull It Auto Wrecking

  • Finding: Salvage.
  • Action: Fined $500.

June through September 2007

Federal Way — Federal Way Towing

  • Finding: Unlicensed wrecking at old address.
  • Action: Fined 15,000.

January through May 2007

Auburn — Federal Way Auto Wrecking

  • Finding: Misused wrecker plate.
  • Action: Fined $500.

Black Diamond — Black Diamond Auto Wrecking

  • Finding: Failed to keep vehicles or integral parts inside the wrecking yard fence.
  • Action: Fined $1,500.

Enumclaw — Fred’s Towing Service

  • Finding: Conducted business of a vehicle wrecker without holding a vehicle wrecker license.
  • Action: Fined $5,000.

Grapeview — Big Jakes Used Parts and Salvage

  • Finding: Delivered crushed vehicles/vehicle parts to a scrap processor without proper documentation, and failed to use wrecker plates when transporting crushed vehicles/vehicle parts to scrap processor.
  • Action: Fined $500.

Roy — Charley Merritt Auto Parts

  • Finding: Stored vehicles outside the wrecking yard fence.
  • Action: Fined $2,000.

Seattle — Monster Auto Wrecking, Inc.

  • Finding:
    • Failed to maintain sight-obscuring fence around wrecking yard.
    • Stored vehicles outside the wrecking yard fence.
    • Failed to mark vehicles and major component parts with yard numbers.
    • Failed to remove and destroy license plates from inventory vehicles.
  • Action: License suspended for 7 days and fined $500.

Seattle — Ralli-round

  • Finding: Failed to mark parts.
  • Action: Fined $500.