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WA Rev Code § 36.05.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.05 - Actions to Establish Boundaries.|36.05.070 - Copies of decree to be filed and recorded.

RCW 36.05.070 Copies of decree to be filed and recorded.The clerk of the court in whose office a decree is entered under the provisions of this chapter, shall forthwith furnish certified copies thereof to the secretary of state, and to the auditors of the counties, which are parties to said suit. The secretary of state, and the county auditors, shall file and record said copies of the decree in their respective offices.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.05.070. Prior: 1897 c 76 § 8; RRS § 3971.]
WA Rev Code § 36.05.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.05 - Actions to Establish Boundaries.|36.05.080 - "Territory" defined.

RCW 36.05.080 "Territory" defined.The term "territory," as used in this chapter, means that portion of counties lying along the boundary line and within one mile on either side thereof.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.05.080. Prior: 1897 c 76 § 4; RRS § 3967.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.010 - Petition and notice of election.

RCW 36.08.010 Petition and notice of election.If a harbor, inlet, bay, or mouth of river is embraced within two adjoining counties, and an incorporated city is located upon the shore of such harbor, bay, inlet, or mouth of river and it is desired to embrace within the limits of one county, the full extent of the shore line of the harbor, port, or bay, and the waters thereof, together with a strip of the adjacent and contiguous upland territory not exceeding three miles in width, to be measured back from highwater mark, and six miles in length, and not being at a greater distance in any part of said strip from the courthouse in the county seat of the county to which the territory is proposed to be annexed, as such county seat and courthouse are now situated, than ten miles, a majority of the qualified electors living in such territory may petition to have the territory stricken from the county of which it shall then be a part, and added to and made a part of the county contiguous thereto.The petition shall describe with certainty the bounds and area of the territory, with the reasons for making the change and shall be presented to the board of county commissioners of the county in which the territory is located, which shall proceed to ascertain if the petition contains the requisite number of petitioners, who must be bona fide residents of the territory sought to be stricken off and transferred to the contiguous county.If satisfied that the petition is signed by a majority of the bona fide electors of the territory, and that there will remain in the county from which it is taken more than four thousand inhabitants, the board shall make an order that a special election be held within the limits of the territory described in the petition, on a date to be named in the order.Notices of the election shall contain a description of the territory proposed to be transferred and the names of the counties from and to which the transfer is intended to be made, and shall be posted and published as required for general elections.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.010. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 1; RRS § 3972.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.020 - Conduct of election—Proclamation of change.

RCW 36.08.020 Conduct of election—Proclamation of change.The election shall be conducted in all respects as general elections are conducted under the laws governing general elections, in so far as they may be applicable, except that there shall be triplicate returns made, one to each of the respective county auditors and another to the office of the secretary of state. The ballots used at such election shall contain the words "for transferring territory," or "against transferring territory." The votes shall be canvassed, as by law required, within twenty days, and if three-fifths of the votes cast in the territory at such election are "for transferring territory," the territory described in the petition shall become a part of and be added to and made a part of the county contiguous thereto, and within thirty days after the canvass of the returns of the election, the governor shall issue his or her proclamation of the change of county lines.[ 2009 c 549 § 4001; 1963 c 4 § 36.08.020. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 2; RRS § 3973.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.030 - Official proceedings not disturbed by transfer.

RCW 36.08.030 Official proceedings not disturbed by transfer.All assessments and collection of taxes, and all judicial or other official proceedings commenced prior to the governor's proclamation transferring territory to a contiguous county, shall be continued, prosecuted, and completed in the same manner as if no such transfer had been made.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.030. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 3; RRS § 3974.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.040 - Local officers to serve out terms.

RCW 36.08.040 Local officers to serve out terms.All township, precinct, school, and road district officers within the transferred territory shall continue to hold their respective offices within the county to which they may be transferred until their respective terms of office expire, and until their successors are elected and qualified.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.040. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 4; RRS § 3975.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.050 - Transferee county liable for existing debts—Exception.

RCW 36.08.050 Transferee county liable for existing debts—Exception.Every county which is thus enlarged by territory taken from another county shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts of the county from which such territory is stricken, which proportion shall be paid by the county to which such territory is transferred at such time and in such manner as may be agreed upon by the boards of county commissioners of both counties: PROVIDED, That the county to which the territory is transferred shall not be liable for any portion of the debt of the county from which the territory is taken, incurred in the purchase of any county property, or the construction of any county building then in use or under construction, which shall fall within and be retained by the county from which the territory is taken.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.050. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 5; RRS § 3976.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.060 - Adjustment of indebtedness.

RCW 36.08.060 Adjustment of indebtedness.The county auditors of the respective counties interested in the transfer of territory, as in this chapter provided, are constituted a board of appraisers and adjusters, to appraise the property, both real and personal, owned by the county from which the territory is taken, and to adjust the indebtedness of such county with the county to which such territory is transferred, in proportion to the amount of taxable property within the territory taken from the one county and transferred to the other.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.060. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 6; RRS § 3977.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.070 - Arbitration of differences.

RCW 36.08.070 Arbitration of differences.If the board of appraisers and adjusters do not agree on any subject, value, or settlement, they shall choose a third person from an adjoining county to settle their differences, and the decision thus arrived at shall be final.[ 2009 c 549 § 4002; 1963 c 4 § 36.08.070. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 7; RRS § 3978.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.080 - Expense of proceedings.

RCW 36.08.080 Expense of proceedings.The expense of the proceedings and election provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the county to which the territory is attached.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.080. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 8; RRS § 3979.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.090 - Transcript of records by county auditor.

RCW 36.08.090 Transcript of records by county auditor.The county auditor of the county to which any territory may be transferred may take transcripts of all records, books, papers, etc., on file in the office of the county auditor of the county from which the territory has been transferred, which may be necessary to perfect the records of his or her county, and for this purpose he or she shall have access to the records of the county from which such territory is stricken, free of cost.[ 2009 c 549 § 4003; 1963 c 4 § 36.08.090. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 9; RRS § 3980.]
WA Rev Code § 36.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.08 - Transfer of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies in Two Counties.|36.08.100 - Construction—Limitations.

RCW 36.08.100 Construction—Limitations.Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the annexing of territory of one county to a neighboring county, where the territory proposed to be annexed, or any part thereof, is at a greater distance than ten miles from the courthouse in the county seat of the county to which said territory is proposed to be annexed, as said courthouse is now located, nor to authorize the annexation of any territory at a greater distance than three miles from high water mark of tide water, but such annexation shall be strictly confined within said limits.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.08.100. Prior: 1891 c 144 § 10; RRS § 3981.]
WA Rev Code § 36.09.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.09 - New County—Liability for Debts.|36.09.010 - Debts and property to be apportioned.

RCW 36.09.010 Debts and property to be apportioned.Whenever a new county shall be or shall have been organized out of the territory which was included within the limits of any other county or counties, the new county shall be liable for a reasonable proportion of the debts of the county from which it was taken, and entitled to its proportion of the property of the county.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.09.010. Prior: Code 1881 § 2657; 1863 p 538 § 3; 1854 p 330 § 1; RRS § 3986.]
WA Rev Code § 36.09.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.09 - New County—Liability for Debts.|36.09.020 - Procedure to settle amount charged new county—Basis of apportionment.

RCW 36.09.020 Procedure to settle amount charged new county—Basis of apportionment.The auditor of the old county shall give the auditor of the new county reasonable notice to meet him or her on a certain day at the county seat of the old county, or at some other convenient place, to settle upon and fix the amount which the new county shall pay. In doing so, they shall not charge either county with any share of debts arising from the erection of public buildings, or out of the construction of roads or bridges which shall be and remain, after the division, within the limits of the other county, and of the other debts they shall apportion to each county such a share of the indebtedness as may be just and equitable, taking into consideration the population of such portion of territory so forming a part of the said counties while so united, and also the relative advantages, derived from the old county organization.[ 2009 c 549 § 4004; 1963 c 4 § 36.09.020. Prior: (i) Code 1881 § 2658; 1863 p 538 § 4; 1854 p 330 § 2; RRS § 3987. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1909 c 79 § 1, part; Code 1881 § 2662, part; RRS § 3991, part. Now codified in RCW 36.09.050.]
WA Rev Code § 36.09.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.09 - New County—Liability for Debts.|36.09.035 - Procedure to settle amount charged new county—Disagreement between auditors—Determination by third person.

RCW 36.09.035 Procedure to settle amount charged new county—Disagreement between auditors—Determination by third person.In case the two auditors cannot agree, they shall call a third person, not a citizen of either county, or in any other manner interested, whose decision shall be binding. In case they cannot agree upon such third person, they shall each name one and decide by lot which it shall be.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.09.035. Prior: Code 1881 § 2659; 1863 p 539 § 5; 1854 p 330 § 3; RRS § 3988.]
WA Rev Code § 36.09.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.09 - New County—Liability for Debts.|36.09.040 - Payment of indebtedness—Transfer of property.

RCW 36.09.040 Payment of indebtedness—Transfer of property.The auditor of the county indebted upon such decision shall give to the auditor of the other county his or her order upon the treasurer for the amount to be paid out of the proper fund, as in other cases, and also make out a transfer of such property as shall be assigned to either county.[ 2009 c 549 § 4005; 1963 c 4 § 36.09.040. Prior: Code 1881 § 2660; 1863 p 539 § 6; 1854 p 330 § 4; RRS § 3989.]
WA Rev Code § 36.09.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.09 - New County—Liability for Debts.|36.09.050 - Collection of taxes levied—Apportionment.

RCW 36.09.050 Collection of taxes levied—Apportionment.When a county is divided or the boundary is altered, all taxes levied before the division was made or boundaries changed, must be collected by the officers of the county in which the territory was situated before the division or change. And the auditor or auditors of the county or counties so divided or having boundaries changed, shall apportion the amount of the real property taxes so collected after division or change of boundary to the old county or counties and the new county or counties, in the ratio of the assessed value of such property situated in the territory of each county or counties respectively, and the old county that may have been divided or whose boundaries may have been changed, shall retain all of the personal property taxes on the said tax rolls, as compensation for cost of collection of the entire taxes: PROVIDED, That in such accounting neither county shall be charged with any debt or liability then existing incurred in the purchase of any county property, or in the purchase or construction of any county buildings then in use or under construction, which shall fall within and be retained by the county: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this shall not be construed to affect the rights of creditors: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That any such county property or buildings shall be the property of and owned by the county wherein the same is situated. In case the auditors of the interested counties are not able to agree upon the proportion to be awarded to each county, the same shall be determined by the judge of the superior court of the district in which all of the interested counties are situated, if they be in one district, and have one common judge, and if not, by the judges sitting en banc of the superior courts of the counties involved. Said auditors shall make said apportionment within sixty days after the creation of any new county or the changing of boundaries of any old county, and if they do not, within said time, agree upon said apportionment, thereafter either or any county affected may petition the judge or judges of any court given jurisdiction by this section, and upon ten days' notice to any other county affected, the same may be brought on for hearing and summarily disposed of by said judge or judges, after allowing each side an opportunity to be heard.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.09.050. Prior: 1909 c 79 § 1; Code 1881 § 2662; RRS § 3991. Formerly RCW 36.09.020, part, 36.09.030 and 36.09.050.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.010 - Petition for removal—Financial impact statement.

RCW 36.12.010 Petition for removal—Financial impact statement.Whenever the inhabitants of any county desire to remove the county seat of the county from the place where it is fixed by law or otherwise, they shall present a petition to the board of county commissioners of their county praying such removal, and that an election be held to determine to what place such removal must be made. The petition shall set forth the names of the towns or cities to which the county seat is proposed to be removed and shall be filed at least six months before the election. The county shall issue a statement analyzing the financial impact of the proposed removal at least sixty days before the election. The financial impact statement shall include, but not be limited to, an analysis of the: (1) Probable costs to the county government involved in relocating the county seat; (2) probable costs to county employees as a result of relocating the county seat; and (3) probable impact on the city or town from which the county seat is proposed to be removed, and on the city or town where the county seat is proposed to be relocated.[ 1985 c 145 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.12.010. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 1; RRS § 3998.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.020 - Requisites of petition—Submission to electors.

RCW 36.12.020 Requisites of petition—Submission to electors.If the petition is signed by qualified voters of the county equal in number to at least one-third of all the votes cast in the county at the last preceding general election the board must, at the next general election of county officers, submit the question of removal to the electors of the county.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.020. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 2; RRS § 3999.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.030 - Notice of election—Election, how held.

RCW 36.12.030 Notice of election—Election, how held.Notice of the election, clearly stating the object, shall be given, and the election must be held and conducted, and the returns made, in all respects in the manner prescribed by law in regard to elections for county officers.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.030. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 3; RRS § 4000.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.040 - Manner of voting.

RCW 36.12.040 Manner of voting.In voting on the question, each voter must vote for or against the place named in the petition.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.040. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 4; RRS § 4001.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.050 - Vote required—Notice of result.

RCW 36.12.050 Vote required—Notice of result.When the returns have been received and compared, and the results ascertained by the board, if three-fifths of the legal votes cast by those voting on the proposition are in favor of any particular place the proposition has been adopted. The board of county commissioners must give notice of the result by posting notices thereof in all the election precincts in the county.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.050. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 5; RRS § 4002.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.060 - Time of removal.

RCW 36.12.060 Time of removal.In the notice provided for in RCW 36.12.050, the place selected to be the county seat of the county must be so declared upon a day not more than ninety days after the election. After the day named the place chosen is the seat of the county; and the several county officers, whose offices are required by law to be kept at the county seat, shall remove their respective offices, files, records, office fixtures, furniture, and all public property pertaining to their respective offices to the new county seat.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.060. Prior: 1890 p 318 § 6; RRS § 4003.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.070 - Notice to county clerk and secretary of state.

RCW 36.12.070 Notice to county clerk and secretary of state.Whenever any election has been held for change of county seat, the notice given by the board of county commissioners showing the result thereof must be deposited in the office of the county clerk, and a certified copy thereof transmitted to the secretary of state.[ 1963 c 4 § 36.12.070. Prior: 1890 p 319 § 7; RRS § 4004.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.080 - Failure of election—Limitation on subsequent removal election.

RCW 36.12.080 Failure of election—Limitation on subsequent removal election.When an election has been held and no one place receives three-fifths of all the votes cast, the former county seat shall remain the county seat, and no second election may be held within eight years thereafter.[ 1985 c 145 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.12.080. Prior: 1890 p 319 § 8; RRS § 4005.]
WA Rev Code § 36.12.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.12 - Removal of County Seats.|36.12.090 - Limitation on successive removal elections.

RCW 36.12.090 Limitation on successive removal elections.When the county seat of a county has been removed by a popular vote of the people of the county, it may be again removed, from time to time, in the manner provided by this chapter, but no two elections to effect such removal may be held within eight years.[ 1985 c 145 § 3; 1963 c 4 § 36.12.090. Prior: 1890 p 319 § 9; RRS § 4006.]
WA Rev Code § 36.13.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.13 - Classification of Counties.|36.13.020 - County census authorized.

RCW 36.13.020 County census authorized.The legislative authority of any county may order a county census to be taken of all the inhabitants of the county. The expense of such census enumeration shall be paid from the county current expense fund.[ 1991 c 363 § 44; 1977 ex.s. c 110 § 6; 1963 c 4 § 36.13.020. Prior: (i) 1923 c 177 § 1; RRS § 4200-6. (ii) 1923 c 177 § 5; RRS § 4200-10.]NOTES:Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
WA Rev Code § 36.13.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.13 - Classification of Counties.|36.13.030 - County census authorized—Personnel—How conducted.

RCW 36.13.030 County census authorized—Personnel—How conducted.For the purpose of making a county census, the legislative authority of any county may employ one or more suitable persons. The census shall be conducted in accordance with standard census definitions and procedures as specified by the office of financial management.[ 1979 c 151 § 37; 1977 ex.s. c 110 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.13.030. Prior: 1923 c 177 § 2; RRS § 4200-7.]NOTES:Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter 43.62 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 36.13.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 36 - Counties|Chapter 36.13 - Classification of Counties.|36.13.040 - County census authorized—Information to be given enumerators.

RCW 36.13.040 County census authorized—Information to be given enumerators.All persons resident in the county, having knowledge of the facts, shall give the information required herein to any duly authorized census enumerator when requested by him or her.[ 2009 c 549 § 4006; 1963 c 4 § 36.13.040. Prior: 1923 c 177 § 4; RRS § 4200-9.]