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WSHINGTON STATE LAWS:


46.04.710: Operation of a moped, motorized foot scooter, or an electric-assisted bicycle on a sidewalk is unlawful.

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.710


Electric-assisted bicycles and motorized foot scooters may be operated on a multipurpose trail or bicycle lane, but local jurisdictions may restrict or otherwise limit the access of electric-assisted bicycles


46.04.169: Electric-assisted bicycle

http://law.onecle.com/washington/motor-vehicles/46.04.169.html


"Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor. The electric-assisted bicycle's electric motor must have a power output of no more than one thousand watts, be incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than twenty miles per hour on level ground, and be incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device beyond twenty miles per hour.