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WA Rev Code § 58.24.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees.|58.24.030 - Official agency designated—Powers—Cooperate and advise—Purposes.

RCW 58.24.030 Official agency designated—Powers—Cooperate and advise—Purposes.The commissioner of public lands, the department of natural resources, and the advisory board are authorized to cooperate and advise with various departments and subdivisions of the state, counties, municipalities, and registered engineers or land surveyors of the state for the following purposes:(1) The recovery of section corners or other land boundary marks;(2) The monumentation of accepted section corners, and other boundary and reference marks; said monumentation shall be adequately connected to adjusted United States coast and geodetic survey triangulation stations and the coordinates of the monuments computed to conform with the *Washington coordinate system in accordance with the provisions of chapter 58.20 RCW, as derived from chapter 168, Laws of 1945;(3) For facilitation and encouragement of the use of the *Washington state coordinate system; and(4) For promotion of the use of the level net as established by the United States coast and geodetic survey.[ 1987 c 466 § 6; 1982 c 165 § 3; 1951 c 224 § 4.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "Washington coordinate system" was renamed the "Washington plane coordinate system" by 2020 c 50.Severability—1951 c 224: See note following RCW 58.24.010.
WA Rev Code § 58.24.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees.|58.24.040 - Official agency designated—Powers—Standards, maps, records, report, temporary removal of boundary marks or monuments.

RCW 58.24.040 Official agency designated—Powers—Standards, maps, records, report, temporary removal of boundary marks or monuments.The agency designated by RCW 58.24.020 is further authorized to:(1) Set up standards of accuracy and methods of procedure;(2) Compile and publish maps and records from surveys performed under the provisions of this chapter, and to maintain suitable indexes of surveys to prevent duplication of effort and to cooperate with all agencies of local, state, and federal government to this end;(3) Compile and maintain records of all surveys performed under the provisions of this chapter, and assemble and maintain records of all reliable survey monuments and bench marks within the state;(4) Collect and preserve information obtained from surveys locating and establishing land monuments and land boundaries;(5) Supervise the sale and distribution of cadastral and geodetic survey data, and such related survey maps and publications as may come into the possession of the department of natural resources. Revenue derived from the sale thereof shall be deposited in the surveys and maps account in the general fund;(6) Supervise the sale and distribution of maps, map data, photographs, and such publications as may come into the possession of the department of natural resources.(7) Submit, as part of the biennial report of the commissioner of public lands, a report of the accomplishments of the agency;(8) Permit the temporary removal or destruction of any section corner or any other land boundary mark or monument by any person, corporation, association, department, or subdivision of the state, county, or municipality as may be necessary or desirable to accommodate construction, mining, and other development of any land: PROVIDED, That such section corner or other land boundary mark or monument shall be referenced to the *Washington coordinate system by a registered professional engineer or land surveyor prior to such removal or destruction, and shall be replaced or a suitable reference monument established by a registered professional engineer or land surveyor within a reasonable time after completion of such construction, mining, or other development: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the department of natural resources shall adopt and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations under which the agency shall authorize such temporary removal or destruction and require the replacement of such section corner or other land boundary marks or monuments.[ 1987 c 466 § 7; 1982 c 165 § 4; 1969 ex.s. c 271 § 25; 1951 c 224 § 6.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: The "Washington coordinate system" was renamed the "Washington plane coordinate system" by 2020 c 50.Severability—1951 c 224: See note following RCW 58.24.010.
WA Rev Code § 58.24.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees.|58.24.050 - Employees—Licensed engineers or surveyors.

RCW 58.24.050 Employees—Licensed engineers or surveyors.All employees who are in responsible charge of work under the provisions of this chapter shall be licensed professional engineers or land surveyors.[ 1982 c 165 § 5; 1951 c 224 § 5.]NOTES:Severability—1951 c 224: See note following RCW 58.24.010.
WA Rev Code § 58.24.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees.|58.24.060 - Surveys and maps account—Purposes.

RCW 58.24.060 Surveys and maps account—Purposes.There is created in the state treasury the surveys and maps account which shall be a separate account consisting of funds received or collected under chapters 43.92, 58.22, and 58.24 RCW, moneys appropriated to it by law. This account shall be used exclusively by the department of natural resources for carrying out the purposes and provisions of chapters 43.92, 58.22, and 58.24 RCW. Appropriations from the account shall be expended for no other purposes.[ 2015 c 12 § 2; 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 14; 1987 c 466 § 8; 1985 c 57 § 65; 1983 c 272 § 1; 1982 c 165 § 6.]NOTES:Effective dates—Severability—1991 sp.s. c 13: See notes following RCW 18.08.240.Effective date—1985 c 57: See note following RCW 18.04.105.
WA Rev Code § 58.24.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees.|58.24.070 - Fees for filing and recording surveys, plats, or maps—Deposit and use of fees.

RCW 58.24.070 Fees for filing and recording surveys, plats, or maps—Deposit and use of fees.A fee set by the board of natural resources shall be charged by each county auditor, in addition to any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the filing and recording of any surveys, subdivision plats, short plats, and condominium surveys, plats, or maps. Such funds shall be forwarded monthly to the state treasurer to be deposited in the surveys and maps account in the general fund. The fees shall be verified in the same manner as other fees collected by the county auditor. Fees collected under this section shall be expended by the department only for the activities prescribed in this chapter.[ 1987 c 466 § 9; 1983 c 272 § 2; 1982 c 165 § 7.]NOTES:Condominium surveys and maps: RCW 64.32.100.Plats and subdivisions: Chapter 58.17 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 58.28.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.010 - Councils' duties when townsites on United States land.

RCW 58.28.010 Councils' duties when townsites on United States land.It is the duty of the city or town council of any city or town in this state situate upon public lands of the United States or lands, the legal and equitable title to which is in the United States of America, to enter at the proper land office of the United States such quantity of land as the inhabitants of any incorporated city or town may be entitled to claim, in the aggregate, according to their population, in the manner required by the laws of the United States and the regulations prescribed by the secretary of the interior of the United States, and by order entered upon their minutes and proceedings, at a regular meeting, to authorize and direct the mayor and clerk of such council, attested by the corporate seal, to make and sign all necessary declaratory statements, certificates, and affidavits, or other instruments requisite to carry into effect the intentions of this chapter and the intentions of the act of congress of the United States entitled "An act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands," approved March 2, 1867, and all acts of congress amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, including section sixteen of an act of congress entitled "An act to repeal timber culture laws and for other purposes," approved March 3, 1891, and to make proof, when required, of the facts necessary to establish the claim of such inhabitants to the lands so granted by said acts of congress, and file in the proper United States land office a proper application in writing describing the tracts of land on which such city or town is situate, and make proof and payment for such tracts of land in the manner required by law.[ 1909 c 231 § 1; RRS § 11485. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.020 - Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Survey and plat.

RCW 58.28.020 Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Survey and plat.Said council must cause a survey to be made by some competent person, of the lands which the inhabitants of said city or town may be entitled to claim under the said act of congress, located according to the legal subdivisions of the sections and by the section lines of the United States, and the same must be distinctly marked by suitable monuments; such survey must further particularly designate all streets, roads, lanes and alleys, public squares, churches, school lots, cemeteries, commons and levees as the same exist and have been heretofore dedicated in any manner to public use, and by measurement the precise boundaries and area of each, and every lot or parcel of land and premises claimed by any person, corporations or associations within said city or townsite must, as far as known by the surveyor, be designated on the plat, showing the name or names of the possessor or occupants and claimants, and in case of any disputed claim as to lots, lands, premises or boundaries the said surveyor, if the same be demanded by any person, shall designate the lines in different color from the body of the plat of such part of any premises so disputed or claimed adversely.[ 1909 c 231 § 2; RRS § 11486. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.030 - Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Plats—Filing.

RCW 58.28.030 Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Plats—Filing.A plat thereof must be made in triplicate, on a scale of not less than eighty feet to one inch, which must be duly certified under oath by the surveyor, one of which must be filed with the county auditor of the county wherein the city or town is situated, one must be deposited in the proper United States land office, and one with the city or town clerk. These plats shall be considered public records, and each must be accompanied with a copy of the field notes, and the county auditor must make a record of such plat in a book to be kept by him or her for that purpose, and such county auditor must file a copy of said field notes in his or her office. The said surveyor must number the blocks as divided by the roads, highways, and streets opened and generally used, and for which a public necessity exists at the time of making such survey, and must number the several lots consecutively in each block, and all other parcels of land within said town or city surveyed as herein provided, which said numbers must be a sufficient description of any parcel of land in said plats. Said survey and plat thereof shall conform as near as may be to the existing rights, interests, and claims of the occupants thereof, but no lot in the central or business portion of such city or town shall exceed in area four thousand, two hundred square feet, and no suburban lot in such city or town shall exceed two acres in area.[ 2010 c 8 § 18006; 1909 c 231 § 3; RRS § 11487. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.040 - Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Survey, notice of—Bids for—Franchises continued.

RCW 58.28.040 Councils' duties when townsites on United States land—Survey, notice of—Bids for—Franchises continued.Before proceeding to make such survey, at least ten days' notice thereof must be given, by posting within the limits of such city or townsite, not less than five written or printed notices of the time when such survey shall commence, or by publication thereof in a newspaper published in the city or town, if one there be. The survey of said city or town lands must be made to the best advantage and at the least expense to the holders, claimants and occupants thereof; and the council is hereby authorized and directed to receive bids for such surveying, and to let the same by contract to the lowest competent bidder: PROVIDED, That the possessors, owners and claimants of waterworks, electric light, telegraph, telephone, pipe or power lines, sewers and like or similar property located in such roads, streets, alleys and other public places in such cities and towns shall be maintained and protected in the same, as the same shall exist at the time of the entry in the United States land office of the land embracing such city or town, and the right to continue to use such property for the purposes for which said property was intended, is hereby acknowledged and confirmed.[ 1909 c 231 § 4; RRS § 11488. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.050 - Contents of plat.

RCW 58.28.050 Contents of plat.Such plat must show as follows:(1) All streets, alleys, avenues, roads and highways, and the width thereof.(2) All parks, squares and all other grounds reserved for public uses, with the boundaries and dimensions thereof.(3) All lots and blocks, with their boundaries, designating such lots and blocks by numbers, and giving the dimensions of every lot.(4) The angles of intersection of all boundary lines of the lots and block, whenever the angle of intersection is not a right angle.(5) The location of all stone or iron monuments set to establish street lines.(6) The exterior boundaries of the piece of land so platted, giving such boundaries by true courses and distances.(7) The location of all section corners, quarter section or meander corners of sections within the limits of said plat.(8) In case no such section or quarter section or meander corners are within the limits of the plat, it must show a connection line to some corner or initial point of the government surveys, or a government mineral monument, if there be any within one mile of such townsite. All distances marked on the plat must be in feet and decimals of a foot.[ 1909 c 231 § 5; RRS § 11489. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.060 - Monuments—Location, placement requisites.

RCW 58.28.060 Monuments—Location, placement requisites.Such surveyor must mark all corners of blocks or lots shown on the plat by substantial stakes or monuments, and must set stone or iron monuments at the points of intersection of the center lines of all the streets, where practicable, or as near as possible to such points, and their location must be shown by marking on the plat the distances to the block corners adjacent thereto. The top of such monument must be placed one foot below the surface of the ground, and in size must be at least six inches by six inches by six inches, and be placed in the ground to the depth of one foot.[ 1909 c 231 § 6; RRS § 11490. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.070 - Monuments—Markings—Surveyor's certificate on plat.

RCW 58.28.070 Monuments—Markings—Surveyor's certificate on plat.If a stone is used as a monument, it must have a cross cut in the top at the point of intersection of the center lines of streets, or a hole may be drilled in the stone to mark such point. If an iron monument is used it must be at least two inches in diameter by two and one-half feet in length, and may be either solid iron or pipe. The dimensions of the monuments must be marked on the plat, and reference thereto made in the field notes, and establish permanently the lines of all the streets. The surveyor must make and subscribe on the plat a certificate that such survey was made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, stating the date of survey, and verify the same by his or her oath.[ 2010 c 8 § 18007; 1909 c 231 § 7; RRS § 11491. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.080 - Plats filed—Auditor's fee.

RCW 58.28.080 Plats filed—Auditor's fee.All such plats must be made on mounted drawing paper, and filed and recorded in the office of the county auditor, and he or she must keep the original plat for public inspection. The fee of such county auditor for filing and recording each of such plats and the field notes accompanying the same shall be the sum of ten dollars.[ 2010 c 8 § 18008; 1909 c 231 § 8; RRS § 11492. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.090 - Assessments.

RCW 58.28.090 Assessments.Each lot or parcel of said lands having thereon valuable improvements or buildings ordinarily used as dwellings or for business purposes, not exceeding one-tenth of one acre in area, shall be rated and assessed by the said corporate authorities at the sum of one dollar; each lot or parcel of such lands exceeding one-tenth and not exceeding one-eighth of one acre in area, shall be rated and assessed at the sum of one dollar and fifty cents; each lot or parcel of such lands exceeding in area one-eighth of one acre and not exceeding one-quarter of an acre in area, shall be rated and assessed at the sum of two dollars; and each lot or parcel of such lands exceeding one-quarter of an acre and not exceeding one-half of one acre in area, shall be rated and assessed at the sum of two dollars and fifty cents; and each lot or parcel of land so improved exceeding one-half acre in area shall be assessed at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents for each half an acre or fractional part over half an acre; and every lot or parcel of land enclosed, which may not otherwise be improved, claimed by any person, corporation, or association, shall be rated and assessed at the rate of two dollars per acre or fractional part over an acre; and where upon one parcel of land there shall be two or more separate buildings occupied or used ordinarily as dwellings or for business purposes each such building, for the purposes of this section, shall be considered as standing on a separate lot of land; but the whole of such premises may be conveyed in one deed; which moneys so assessed must be received by the clerk and be paid by him or her into the city or town treasury.[ 2010 c 8 § 18009; 1909 c 231 § 9; RRS § 11493. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.100 - Notice of possession filed—Assessment and fee—Certificate—Council record.

RCW 58.28.100 Notice of possession filed—Assessment and fee—Certificate—Council record.Every person, company, corporation or association claimant of any city or town lot or parcel of land within the limits of such city or townsite, must present to the council, by filing the same with the clerk thereof, within three months after the patent (or certified copy thereof) from the United States has been filed in the office of the county auditor, his, her, its or their affidavit, (or by guardian or next friend where the claimant is under disability), verified in person or by duly authorized agent, attorney, guardian or next friend, in which must be concisely stated the facts constituting the possession or right of possession of the claimant, and that the claimant is entitled to the possession thereof and to a deed therefor as against all other persons, to the best of his knowledge and belief, and stating who was an occupant of such lot or parcel of land at the time of the entry of such townsite at the United States land office, to which must be attached a copy of so much of the plat of said city or townsite as will fully exhibit the particular lot or parcel of land so claimed, and every such claimant, at the time of filing such affidavit, must pay to such clerk such sum of money as said clerk shall certify to be due for the assessment mentioned in RCW 58.28.090, together with the further sum of four dollars, to be appropriated to the payment of expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, and the said clerk must thereupon give to such claimant a certificate, attested by the corporate seal, containing a description of the lot or parcel of land claimed, and setting forth the amounts paid thereon by such claimant. The council of every such city or town must procure a bound book, wherein the clerk must make proper entries of the substantial matters contained in every such certificate issued by him, numbering the same in consecutive order, setting forth the name of the claimant or claimants in full, date of issue, and description of lot or lands claimed.[ 1909 c 231 § 10; RRS § 11494. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.110 - Deficiency assessment—When payable.

RCW 58.28.110 Deficiency assessment—When payable.If it is found that the amounts hereinbefore specified as assessments and fees for costs and expenses prove to be insufficient to cover and defray all the necessary expenses, the council must estimate the deficiency and assess such deficiency pro rata upon all the lots and parcels of land in such city or town, and declare the same upon the basis set down in RCW 58.28.090, which additional amount, if any, may be paid by the claimant at the time when the certificate hereinafter [hereinbefore] mentioned, or at the time when the deed of conveyance hereinbefore [hereinafter] provided for, is issued.[ 1909 c 231 § 11; RRS § 11495. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]