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WA Rev Code § 8.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.08 - Eminent Domain by Counties.|8.08.090 - Appropriation authorized in aid of federal or state improvement.

RCW 8.08.090 Appropriation authorized in aid of federal or state improvement.Every county in this state is hereby, for the purposes of RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130, declared to be a body corporate and is authorized and empowered by and through its board of county commissioners whenever said board shall judge it to be clearly for the general welfare and benefit of the people of the county, and so far as shall be in harmony with the Constitution of this state and the provisions of RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130, to condemn and appropriate as hereinafter in RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 provided and to dispose of for public use such lands, properties, rights and interests as are hereinafter in RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 mentioned, whenever the government of the United States or of this state is intending or proposing the construction, operation or maintenance of any public work situated or to be situated wholly or partly within such county, or the expenditure of money or labor for the construction, operation or maintenance of any such work, and such condemnation or appropriation will enable the county to aid, promote, facilitate or prepare for any such construction, operation, maintenance or expenditure by either or both such governments, or to fulfill or dispose of any condition upon which such construction, operation, maintenance or expenditure is by law or from any cause contingent, and no property shall be exempt from such condemnation, appropriation or disposition by reason of the same having been or being dedicated, appropriated or otherwise reduced or held to public use.[ 1895 c 2 § 1; RRS § 901.]
WA Rev Code § 8.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.08 - Eminent Domain by Counties.|8.08.100 - Mode of appropriation.

RCW 8.08.100 Mode of appropriation.The right of eminent domain for the purposes intended in RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 is hereby extended to all counties in this state and every such county for any purpose of condemnation, appropriation or disposition such as is mentioned in RCW 8.08.090 is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn and appropriate all necessary lands and all rights, properties and interests in or appurtenant to land under the same procedure as is or shall be provided by the laws of this state for the case of any similar condemnation or appropriation by other corporations.[ 1895 c 2 § 3; RRS § 903.]
WA Rev Code § 8.08.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.08 - Eminent Domain by Counties.|8.08.110 - Tax levy to pay costs.

RCW 8.08.110 Tax levy to pay costs.The board of county commissioners is hereby authorized and empowered in aid of the powers granted or prescribed in RCW 8.08.090 to levy, annually, a tax as large as may be necessary, but not exceeding the rate of one mill on the dollar, upon all the taxable property in the county, such tax to be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner as taxes for general county purposes, but the proceeds of said taxes, when collected, shall constitute and be a special fund, applicable solely to the cost of such condemnation, appropriation or disposition, as is mentioned in RCW 8.08.090, and the expenses incident thereto.[ 1895 c 2 § 2; RRS § 902.]
WA Rev Code § 8.08.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.08 - Eminent Domain by Counties.|8.08.120 - Indebtedness is for general county purposes.

RCW 8.08.120 Indebtedness is for general county purposes.Any county purpose mentioned in RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 shall be deemed and held to be a general county purpose and any indebtedness contracted or to be contracted therefor shall be deemed and held to be an indebtedness for general county purposes, and all the provisions of law of this state relative to indebtedness for general county purposes or the contracting of such indebtedness or the bonds for funding the same shall be deemed applicable to any indebtedness contracted or to be contracted or any bonds issued by any county under RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130, but the accounts of the county with respect to the receipts and disbursements of all moneys received or disbursed by the county under the provisions of RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 shall, for each condemnation, appropriation and disposition, be so kept as to clearly and fully exhibit such accounts separate and apart from the other accounts of the county.[ 1895 c 2 § 4; RRS § 904.]NOTES:Public contracts and indebtedness: Title 39 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 8.08.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.08 - Eminent Domain by Counties.|8.08.130 - Limitation.

RCW 8.08.130 Limitation.Any condemnation, appropriation or disposition intended in RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 shall be deemed and held to be for a county purpose and public use within the meaning of RCW 8.08.090 through 8.08.130 when it is directly or indirectly, approximately or remotely for the general benefit or welfare of the county or of the inhabitants thereof, or when it is otherwise within the meaning of the phrase "for a county purpose" as occurring in the Constitution of this state.[ 1895 c 2 § 5; RRS § 905.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.005 - Condemnation final actions—Notice requirements.

RCW 8.12.005 Condemnation final actions—Notice requirements.Proceedings under this chapter are subject to the notice requirements of RCW 8.25.290. Compliance with RCW 8.25.290 is required before an action can be filed under this chapter.[ 2007 c 68 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.010 - "City" defined.

RCW 8.12.010 "City" defined.The term "city," when used in this chapter, means and includes every city and town and each unclassified city and town in the state of Washington.[ 1915 c 154 § 20; RRS § 9272.]NOTES:Severability—1915 c 154: "An adjudication of invalidity of any part of this act shall not affect the validity of the act as a whole or any part thereof." [ 1915 c 154 § 19; RRS § 9271.] This applies to RCW 8.12.010 through 8.12.560.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.020 - Other terms defined.

RCW 8.12.020 Other terms defined.Whenever the word "person" is used in this chapter, the same shall be construed to include any company, corporation or association, the state or any county therein, and the words "city" or "town" wherever used, shall be construed to be either. Whenever the words "installment" or "installments" are used in this chapter, they shall be construed to include installment or installments of interest, as provided in RCW 8.12.420. Whenever the words "public markets" are used in this chapter and the public market is managed in whole or in part by a public corporation created by a city, the words shall be construed to include all real or personal property located in a district or area designated by a city as a public market and traditionally devoted to providing farmers, crafts vendors and other merchants with retail space to market their wares to the public. Property located in such a district or area need not be exclusively or primarily used for such traditional public market retail activities and may include property used for other public purposes including, but not limited to, the provision of human services and low-income or moderate-income housing.[ 1990 c 189 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 115 § 4; 1907 c 153 § 52; RRS § 9277. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 51; 1893 c 84 § 51.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.030 - Condemnation authorized—Purposes enumerated.

RCW 8.12.030 Condemnation authorized—Purposes enumerated.Every city and town and each unclassified city and town within the state of Washington, is hereby authorized and empowered to condemn land and property, including state, county and school lands and property for streets, avenues, alleys, highways, bridges, approaches, culverts, drains, ditches, public squares, public markets, city and town halls, jails and other public buildings, and for the opening and widening, widening and extending, altering and straightening of any street, avenue, alley or highway, and to damage any land or other property for any such purpose or for the purpose of making changes in the grade of any street, avenue, alley or highway, or for the construction of slopes or retaining walls for cuts and fills upon real property abutting on any street, avenue, alley or highway now ordered to be, or such as shall hereafter be ordered to be opened, extended, altered, straightened or graded, or for the purpose of draining swamps, marshes, tidelands, tide flats or ponds, or filling the same, within the limits of such city, and to condemn land or property, or to damage the same, either within or without the limits of such city for public parks, drives and boulevards, hospitals, pesthouses, drains and sewers, garbage crematories and destructors and dumping grounds for the destruction, deposit or burial of dead animals, manure, dung, rubbish, and other offal, and for aqueducts, reservoirs, pumping stations and other structures for conveying into and through such city a supply of fresh water, and for the purpose of protecting such supply of fresh water from pollution, and to condemn land and other property and damage the same for such and for any other public use after just compensation having been first made or paid into court for the owner in the manner prescribed by this chapter.[ 1915 c 154 § 1; 1907 c 153 § 1; RRS § 9215. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 1; 1893 c 84 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.040 - Ordinance to specify method of payment—Limitations.

RCW 8.12.040 Ordinance to specify method of payment—Limitations.When the corporate authorities of any such city shall desire to condemn land or other property, or damage the same, for any purpose authorized by this chapter, such city shall provide therefor by ordinance, and unless such ordinance shall provide that such improvement shall be paid for wholly or in part by special assessment upon property benefited, compensation therefor shall be made from any general funds of such city applicable thereto. If such ordinance shall provide that such improvement shall be paid for wholly or in part by special assessment upon property benefited, the proceedings for the making of such special assessment shall be as hereinafter prescribed, in this chapter: PROVIDED, That no special assessment shall be levied under authority of this chapter except when made for the purpose of streets, avenues, alleys, or highways or alterations thereof or changes of the grade therein or other improvements in or adjoining the same, or for bridges, approaches, culverts, sewers, drains, ditches, public squares, public playgrounds, public parks, drives or boulevards or for the purpose of draining swamps, marshes, tide flats, tidelands or ponds or for filling the same: AND IT IS FURTHER PROVIDED, That when a street, avenue, highway or boulevard is established or widened to a width greater than one hundred and fifty feet the excess over and above the one hundred and fifty feet shall be paid out of the general fund of such city without any deduction for benefits of such excess.[ 1925 ex.s. c 128 § 2; 1907 c 153 § 2; RRS § 9216. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 2; 1893 c 84 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.050 - Petition for condemnation.

RCW 8.12.050 Petition for condemnation.Whenever any such ordinance shall be passed by the legislative authority of any such city for the making of any improvement authorized by this chapter or any other improvement that such city is authorized to make, the making of which will require that property be taken or damaged for public use, such city shall file a petition in the superior court of the county in which such land is situated, in the name of the city, praying that just compensation, to be made for the property to be taken or damaged for the improvement or purpose specified in such ordinance, be ascertained by a jury or by the court in case a jury be waived.[ 1913 c 11 § 1; 1907 c 153 § 3; RRS § 9217. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 3; 1893 c 84 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.060 - Contents of petition.

RCW 8.12.060 Contents of petition.Such petition shall contain a copy of said ordinance, certified by the clerk under the corporate seal, a reasonably accurate description of the lots, parcels of land and property which will be taken or damaged, and the names of the owners and occupants thereof and of persons having any interest therein, so far as known, to the officer filing the petition or appearing from the records in the office of the county auditor.[ 1907 c 153 § 4; RRS § 9218. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 4; 1893 c 84 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.070 - Summons—Service.

RCW 8.12.070 Summons—Service.Upon the filing of the petition aforesaid a summons, returnable as summons in other civil actions, shall be issued and served upon the persons made parties defendant, together with a copy of the petition, as in other civil actions. And in case any of them are unknown or reside out of the state, a summons for publication shall issue and publication be made and return and proof thereof be made in the same manner as is or shall be provided by the laws of the state for service upon absent defendants in other civil actions. Notice so given by publication shall be sufficient to authorize the court to hear and determine the suit as though all parties had been sued by their proper names and had been personally served.[ 1907 c 153 § 5; RRS § 9219. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 5; 1893 c 84 § 5.]NOTES:Commencement of actions: Chapter 4.28 RCW.Publication oflegal notices: Chapter 65.16 RCW.notice in eminent domain proceedings: RCW 4.28.120.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.080 - Service when state or county lands are involved.

RCW 8.12.080 Service when state or county lands are involved.In case the land, real estate, premises or other property sought to be appropriated or damaged is state, school or county land, the summons and copy of petition shall be served on the auditor of the county in which such land, real estate, premises or other property is situated. Service upon other parties defendant shall be made in the same manner as is or shall be provided by law for service of summons in other civil actions.[ 1907 c 153 § 6; RRS § 9220. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 6; 1893 c 84 § 6.]NOTES:Service of process where state land is involved: RCW 8.28.010.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.090 - Waiver of jury—Adjudication of public use—Procedure.

RCW 8.12.090 Waiver of jury—Adjudication of public use—Procedure.In any proceedings under this chapter wherein a trial by jury is provided for, the jury may be waived as in other civil cases in courts of record in the manner prescribed by law, and the matter may be heard and determined without the intervention of a jury. Whenever an attempt is made to take private property, for a use alleged to be public under authority of this chapter, the question whether the contemplated use be really public shall be a judicial question and shall be determined as such by the court before inquiry is had into the question of compensation to be made. When a jury is required for the determination of any matter under this chapter, such jury may be the same jury summoned for the trial of ordinary civil actions before the court, or the court may, in its discretion, issue a venire to the sheriff to summon as jurors such number of qualified persons as the court shall deem sufficient. Except as herein otherwise provided, the practice and procedure under this chapter in the superior court and in relation to the taking of appeals and prosecution thereof, shall be the same as in other civil actions, but all appeals must be taken within thirty days from the date of rendition of the judgment appealed from. Proceedings under this chapter shall have precedence of all cases in court except criminal cases.[ 1907 c 153 § 51; RRS § 9276. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 50; 1893 c 84 § 50. Formerly RCW 8.12.090, 8.12.110 and 8.12.200, part.]NOTES:Juries, civil actions: Chapters 2.36, 4.44 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.100 - Trial—Jury—Right to separate juries.

RCW 8.12.100 Trial—Jury—Right to separate juries.Upon the return of said summons, or as soon thereafter as the business of court will permit, the said court shall proceed to the hearing of such petition and shall impanel a jury to ascertain the just compensation to be paid for the property taken or damaged, but if any defendant or party in interest shall demand, and the court shall deem it proper, separate juries may be impaneled as to the compensation or damages to be paid to any one or more of such defendants or parties in interest.[ 1907 c 153 § 7; RRS § 9221. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 7; 1893 c 84 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.120 - Interested party may be brought in.

RCW 8.12.120 Interested party may be brought in.Such jury shall also ascertain the just compensation to be paid to any person claiming an interest in any lot, parcel of land, or property which may be taken or damaged by such improvement, whether or not such person's name or such lot, parcel of land, or other property is mentioned or described in such petition: PROVIDED, Such person shall first be admitted as a party defendant to said suit by such court and shall file a statement of his or her interest in and description of the lot, parcel of land, or other property in respect to which he or she claims compensation.[ 2011 c 336 § 260; 1907 c 153 § 8; RRS § 9222. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 8; 1893 c 84 § 8.]NOTES:Rules of court: CR 17 through 25.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.130 - Jury may view premises.

RCW 8.12.130 Jury may view premises.The court may upon the motion of such city or of any defendant direct that said jury (under the charge of any officer of the court and accompanied by such person or persons as may be appointed by the court to point out the property sought to be taken or damaged) shall view the lands and property affected by said improvement.[ 1907 c 153 § 9; RRS § 9223. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 9; 1893 c 84 § 9.]NOTES:View of premises by jury: RCW 4.44.270.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.140 - Damages to building—Measure.

RCW 8.12.140 Damages to building—Measure.If there be any building standing, in whole or in part, upon any land to be taken, the jury shall add to their finding of the value of the land taken the damages to said building. If the entire building is taken, or if the building is damaged, so that it cannot be readjusted to the premises, then the measure of damages shall be the fair market value of the building. If part of the building is taken or damaged and the building can be readjusted or replaced on the part of the land remaining, then the measure of damages shall be the cost of readjusting or moving the building, or the part thereof left, together with the depreciation in the market value of said building by reason of said readjustment or moving.[ 1907 c 153 § 10; RRS § 9224. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 10; 1893 c 84 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 8.12.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.150 - Separate findings where there are several interests—Interpleader of adverse claimants.

RCW 8.12.150 Separate findings where there are several interests—Interpleader of adverse claimants.If the land and buildings belong to different parties, or if the title to the property be divided into different interests by lease or otherwise, the damages done to each of such interests may be separately found by the jury on the request of any party. In making such findings, the jury shall first find and set forth in their verdict the total amount of the damage to said land and buildings and all premises therein, estimating the same as an entire estate and as if the same were the sole property of one owner in fee simple; and they shall then apportion the damages so found among the several parties entitled to the same, in proportion to their several interests and claims and the damages sustained by them respectively, and set forth such apportionment in their verdict. No delay in ascertaining the amount of compensation shall be occasioned by any doubt or contest which may arise as to the ownership of the property, or any part thereof, or as to the extent of the interest of any defendant in the property to be taken or damaged, but in such case, the jury shall ascertain the entire compensation or damage that should be paid for the property and the entire interests of all the parties therein, and the court may thereafter require adverse claimants to interplead, so as to fully determine their rights and interests in the compensation so ascertained. And the court may make such order as may be necessary in regard to the deposit or payment of such compensation.[ 1907 c 153 § 11; RRS § 9225.]NOTES:Rules of court: CR 54.
WA Rev Code § 8.12.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 8 - Eminent Domain|Chapter 8.12 - Eminent Domain by Cities.|8.12.160 - Verdict—New trial—Continuance—New summons.

RCW 8.12.160 Verdict—New trial—Continuance—New summons.Upon the return of the verdict the proceedings of the court regarding new trial and the entry of judgment thereon shall be the same as in other civil actions, and the judgment shall be such as the nature of the case shall require. The court shall continue or adjourn the case from time to time as to all occupants and owners named in such petition who shall not have been served with process or brought in by publication, and new summons may issue or new publication may be made at any time; and upon such occupants or owners being brought in, the court may impanel a jury to ascertain the compensation so to be made to such defendant or defendants for private property taken or damaged, and like proceedings shall be had for such purpose as herein provided.[ 1907 c 153 § 12; RRS § 9226. Prior: 1905 c 55 § 11; 1893 c 84 § 11.]NOTES:Rules of court: CR 17 through 25, 54, 59.Entry of judgment, civil actions: Chapter 4.64 RCW.New trials, civil actions: Chapter 4.76 RCW.