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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.185 - Requiring purchaser to pay additional sum to construct, complete or maintain development.

RCW 58.19.185
Requiring purchaser to pay additional sum to construct, complete or maintain development.
It shall be unlawful for the developer to sell a lot or parcel within a development if the terms of the sale require that the purchaser pay any sum in addition to the purchase price for constructing, completing, or maintaining improvements to the development unless the sums are to be paid directly to:
(1) A governmental agency;
(2) A person who is not affiliated with the developer, in trust, and on terms acceptable to the director; or
(3) An association comprised solely of persons who have purchased lots in the development, or their assignees.
The terms which require the payment of any additional sum shall be set forth in the public offering statement.
[ 1977 ex.s. c 252 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.190 - Advertising—Materially false, misleading, or deceptive statements prohibited.

RCW 58.19.190
Advertising—Materially false, misleading, or deceptive statements prohibited.
No person shall publish in this state any advertisement concerning a development subject to the requirements of this chapter which contains any statements that are materially false, misleading, or deceptive.
[ 1992 c 191 § 8; 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.265 - Violations—Remedies—Attorneys' fees.

RCW 58.19.265
Violations—Remedies—Attorneys' fees.
If a developer, or any other person subject to this chapter, fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, any person or class of persons adversely affected by the failure to comply may seek appropriate relief through an action for damages or an injunctive court order. The court, in an appropriate case, may award attorneys' fees.
[ 1992 c 191 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.270 - Violations deemed unfair practice subject to chapter 19.86 RCW.

RCW 58.19.270
Violations deemed unfair practice subject to chapter 19.86 RCW.
(1) The commission by any person of an act or practice prohibited by this chapter is hereby declared to be a matter affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying chapter 19.86 RCW and is not reasonable in relation to the development and preservation of business. A violation of this chapter constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice or unfair method of competition in the conduct of trade or commerce for the purpose of the attorney general bringing an action in the name of the state under the consumer protection act, pursuant to RCW 19.86.080.
(2) Evidence concerning violations of this chapter may be referred to the attorney general, who may, in his or her discretion, with or without such a reference, in addition to any other action the attorney general might commence, bring an action in the name of the state against any person to restrain and prevent the doing of any act or practice prohibited by this chapter. This chapter shall be considered in conjunction with chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW, and the powers and duties of the attorney general as such powers and duties appear in chapters 9.04 and 19.86 RCW shall apply against all persons subject to this chapter.
(3) Only the attorney general can bring an action under the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW, pursuant to this section.
[ 1992 c 191 § 10; 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 27.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.280 - Jurisdiction of superior courts.

RCW 58.19.280
Jurisdiction of superior courts.
Dispositions of an interest in a development are subject to this chapter, and the superior courts of this state have jurisdiction in claims or causes of action arising under this chapter, if:
(1) The interest in a development offered for disposition is located in this state;
(2) The developer maintains an office in this state; or
(3) Any offer or disposition of an interest in a development is made in this state, whether or not the offeror or offeree is then present in this state, if the offer originates within this state or is directed by the offeror to a person or place in this state and received by the person or at the place to which it is directed.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 28.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.300 - Hazardous conditions—Notice.

RCW 58.19.300
Hazardous conditions—Notice.
If, before disposition of all or any portion of a development which is covered by this chapter, a condition constituting a physical hazard is discovered on or around the immediate vicinity of the development, the developer or government agency discovering such condition shall notify the purchasers of the affected lands either by transmitting notice through the appropriate county assessor's office or such other steps as might reasonably give actual notice to the purchasers.
[ 1992 c 191 § 11; 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 30.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.920 - Liberal construction.

RCW 58.19.920
Liberal construction.
The provisions of this chapter shall be construed liberally so as to give effect to the purposes stated in RCW 58.19.010.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 33.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.19 - Land Development Act. › 58.19.940 - Short title.

RCW 58.19.940
Short title.
This chapter may be cited as the land development act.
[ 1992 c 191 § 12; 1973 1st ex.s. c 12 § 35.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.111 - Definitions.

RCW 58.20.111
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Metadata" means data that describes other data. For the purposes of this chapter, metadata means geodetic reference system utilized, applicable epoch, statement of relative accuracy, and date of observation at a minimum. Additional metadata is encouraged if it adds value.
(2) "NGS" means the national ocean service's national geodetic survey of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, United States department of commerce, or its successor.
(3) "NSRS" means the national spatial reference system or its successor.
(4) "WPCS" means the Washington plane coordinate system, the system of plane coordinates under this chapter that is identical to the state plane coordinate system as defined for the state of Washington by NGS.
[ 2020 c 50 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.121 - Washington plane coordinate system.

RCW 58.20.121
Washington plane coordinate system.
The most recent version of the state plane coordinate system for the state of Washington, which has been established by NGS, based on the NSRS, for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Washington must be known as the "Washington plane coordinate system."
[ 2020 c 50 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.140 - Designation of system—Zones.

RCW 58.20.140
Designation of system—Zones.
The Washington plane coordinate system shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Washington plane coordinate system," and the zone used must be specified.
[ 2020 c 50 § 3; 1989 c 54 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.145 - Plane coordinates.

RCW 58.20.145
Plane coordinates.
(1) The plane coordinates of a point on the earth's surface, to be used in expressing the position or location of the point in the appropriate zone of the WPCS, consist of two distances, expressed in feet and decimals of a foot or meters and decimals of a meter, along with the metadata of the observations used to determine the coordinates. One of these distances, to be known as the "east x-coordinate," must give the distance east of the Y axis; the other, to be known as the "north y-coordinate," must give the distance north of the X axis. The Y axis of any zone must be parallel with the central meridian of that zone. The X axis of any zone must be at right angles to the central meridian of that zone.
(2) Height is the coordinate value of the vertical elements of the NSRS expressed as feet or meters and identified as ellipsoid height or orthometric height.
[ 2020 c 50 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.160 - Tracts in more than one zone.

RCW 58.20.160
Tracts in more than one zone.
When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one coordinate zone into other zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries must be referred to only one of the zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description along with the metadata of the observations.
[ 2020 c 50 § 5; 1989 c 54 § 14.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.165 - Geodetic datums.

RCW 58.20.165
Geodetic datums.
The official geodetic datums to which geodetic coordinates including, but not limited to, latitude, longitude, ellipsoid height, orthometric height, or dynamic height are referenced within the state of Washington must be as defined for the NSRS.
[ 2020 c 50 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.180 - Recording coordinates.

RCW 58.20.180
Recording coordinates.
Coordinates based on the Washington plane coordinate system, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, may be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records. The method and source for establishing coordinates shall be described in the land or deed record. In all instances where reference has been made to such coordinates in land surveys or deeds, the combined factors shall be stated for the survey lines used in computing ground distances and areas, along with the metadata of the observations.
[ 2020 c 50 § 7; 1989 c 54 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.185 - Standard value—One foot.

RCW 58.20.185
Standard value—One foot.
When the values are expressed in feet, one foot equals 0.3048 meters, must be used as the standard foot for WPCS.
[ 2020 c 50 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.200 - Term—Limited use.

RCW 58.20.200
Term—Limited use.
The use of the term "Washington plane coordinate system" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the Washington plane coordinate system as defined in this chapter.
[ 2020 c 50 § 9; 1989 c 54 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.205 - Datum conflicts.

RCW 58.20.205
Datum conflicts.
The provisions of this chapter may not be construed to prohibit the appropriate use of other datums, other geodetic reference networks or systems, or other plane coordinate systems. Any other such datums, networks, or systems used must comply fully with the information requirements for the Washington plane coordinate system. This includes, but is not limited to: The source of the datum, network, or system; metadata of the observations; factor used to convert from meters to feet; and combined factors applied to land boundary lines used in land surveys or deeds to compute ground distances or areas.
[ 2020 c 50 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.210 - United States survey prevails—Conflict.

RCW 58.20.210
United States survey prevails—Conflict.
Whenever coordinates based on the Washington plane coordinate system are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line, or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and in the event of any conflict the description by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates.
[ 2020 c 50 § 10; 1989 c 54 § 19.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.220 - Real estate transactions—Exemption.

RCW 58.20.220
Real estate transactions—Exemption.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Washington plane coordinate system.
[ 2020 c 50 § 11; 1989 c 54 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.20 - Washington Plane Coordinate System. › 58.20.901 - Severability—1989 c 54.

RCW 58.20.901
Severability—1989 c 54.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
[ 1989 c 54 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.22 - State Base Mapping System. › 58.22.010 - Legislative intent.

RCW 58.22.010
Legislative intent.
It is the intent of the legislature to establish a coordinated system of state base maps to assist all levels of government to more effectively provide the information to meet their responsibilities for resource planning and management.
It is further the legislature's intent to eliminate duplication, to insure compatibility, and to create coordination through a uniform base which all agencies will use.
It is in the interest of all citizens in the state of Washington that a state base mapping system be established to make essential base maps available at cost to all users, both public and private.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 159 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.22 - State Base Mapping System. › 58.22.020 - Establishment and maintenance—Standards.

RCW 58.22.020
Establishment and maintenance—Standards.
The department of natural resources shall establish and maintain a state base mapping system. The standards for the state base mapping system shall be:
(1) A series of fifteen minute United States geological survey quadrangle map separates at a scale of one to 48,000 (one inch equals 4,000 feet) covering the entire state;
(2) A series of seven and one-half minute United States geological survey quadrangle map separates at a scale of one to 24,000 (one inch equals 2,000 feet) for urban areas; including but not limited to those identified as urban by the state department of transportation for the United States department of transportation.
All features and symbols added to the quadrangle separates shall meet as nearly as is practical national map accuracy standards and specifications as defined by the United States geological survey for their fifteen minute and seven and one-half minute quadrangle map separates.
Each quadrangle shall be revised by the department of natural resources as necessary to reflect current conditions.
[ 1984 c 7 § 367; 1973 1st ex.s. c 159 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.22 - State Base Mapping System. › 58.22.030 - United States geological survey quadrangle map separates—Acquisition by state agencies.

RCW 58.22.030
United States geological survey quadrangle map separates—Acquisition by state agencies.
Any state agency purchasing or acquiring United States geological survey quadrangle map separates shall do so through the department of natural resources.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 159 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.22 - State Base Mapping System. › 58.22.040 - United States geological survey quadrangle map separates—State depository.

RCW 58.22.040
United States geological survey quadrangle map separates—State depository.
The department of natural resources shall be the primary depository of all United States geological survey quadrangle map separates for state agencies: PROVIDED, That any state agency may maintain duplicate copies.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 159 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.22 - State Base Mapping System. › 58.22.050 - Availability of map separates—Powers and duties of department.

RCW 58.22.050
Availability of map separates—Powers and duties of department.
(1) All United States geological survey quadrangle map separates shall be available at cost to all state agencies, local agencies, the federal government, and any private individual or company through duplication and purchase.
The department shall coordinate all requests for the use of United States geological survey quadrangle map separates and shall provide advice on how to best use the system.
(2) The department shall maintain a catalogue showing all United States geological survey quadrangle map separates available. The department shall also catalogue information describing additional separates or products created by users. Copies of maps made for any state or local agency shall be available to any other state or local agency.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 159 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees. › 58.24.010 - Declaration of necessity.

RCW 58.24.010
Declaration of necessity.
It is the responsibility of the state to provide a means for the identification and preservation of survey points for the description of common land boundaries in the interest of the people of the state. There is a necessity for the adoption and maintenance of a system of permanent reference as to boundary monuments. The department of natural resources shall be the recognized agency for the establishment of this system.
[ 1987 c 466 § 4; 1982 c 165 § 1; 1951 c 224 § 2.]
NOTES:
Severability—1951 c 224: "If any provision of this act shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other portion of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable." [ 1951 c 224 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.24 - State Agency for Surveys and Maps—Fees. › 58.24.020 - Official agency designated—Advisory board.

RCW 58.24.020
Official agency designated—Advisory board.
The department of natural resources is designated as the official agency for surveys and maps. The commissioner of public lands shall appoint an advisory board of five members, the majority of whom shall be registered professional engineers or land surveyors, who shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. Members of the board shall serve without salary but are to receive travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended while actively engaged in the discharge of their duties.
[ 1987 c 466 § 5; 1982 c 165 § 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 152; 1951 c 224 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
Severability—1951 c 224: See note following RCW 58.24.010.
Department of natural resources to exercise powers and duties of commissioner of public lands: RCW 43.30.411.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land. › 58.28.120 - Deed to claimants—Actions contesting title, limitations on.

RCW 58.28.120
Deed to claimants—Actions contesting title, limitations on.
At the expiration of six months after the time of filing of such patent, or a certified copy thereof in the office of the county auditor, if there has been no adverse claim filed in the meantime, the council must execute and deliver to such claimant, his or her, its or their heirs, executors, administrators, grantees, successors or assigns a good and sufficient deed of the premises described in the application of the claimant originally filed, if proper proof shall have been made, which said deed must be signed and acknowledged by the mayor or other presiding officer of the council, and attested by the corporate seal of such city or town. No conveyance of any such lands made as in this chapter provided, concludes the rights of third persons; but such third persons may have their action in the premises, to determine their alleged interest in such lands and their right to the legal title thereto against such grantee, his, her, its or their heirs, successors or assigns, to which they may deem themselves entitled either in law or equity; but no action for the recovery or possession of such premises, or any portion thereof, or to establish the right to the legal title thereto, must be maintained in any court against the grantee named therein, or against his, her, its or their legal representatives or assigns, unless such action shall be commenced within six months after such deed shall have been filed for record in the office of the county auditor of the county where such lands are situate; nothing herein shall be construed to extend the time of limitation prescribed by law for the commencement of actions upon the possessory claim or title to real estate, when such action is barred by law at the time of the passage of this chapter.
[ 1909 c 231 § 12; RRS § 11496. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats › Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land. › 58.28.130 - Entries on mineral lands—Rights of claimants.

RCW 58.28.130
Entries on mineral lands—Rights of claimants.
Townsite entries may be made by incorporated towns or cities on the mineral lands of the United States, but no title shall be acquired by such towns or cities to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead, or to any valid mining claim or possession held under existing law. When mineral veins are possessed within the limits of an incorporated town or city, and such possession is recognized by local authority or by the laws of the United States, the title to town lots shall be subject to such recognized possession and the necessary use thereof and when entry has been made or patent issued for such townsites to such incorporated town or city, the possessor of such mineral vein may enter and receive patent for such mineral vein, and the surface ground appertaining thereto: PROVIDED, That no entry shall be made by such mineral vein claimant for surface ground where the owner or occupier of the surface ground shall have had possession of the same before the inception of the title of the mineral vein applicant.
[ 1909 c 231 § 13; RRS § 11497. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]