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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.020 - "Tax title lands" defined—Held in trust for taxing districts.

RCW 36.35.020
"Tax title lands" defined—Held in trust for taxing districts.
The term "tax title lands" as used in this chapter shall mean any tract of land acquired by the county for lack of other bidders at a tax foreclosure sale. Tax title lands are held in trust for the taxing districts.
[ 2007 c 295 § 2; 1972 ex.s. c 150 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.070 - Chapter as alternative.

RCW 36.35.070
Chapter as alternative.
The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed as alternatives to, and not be limited by, the provisions of RCW 39.33.010, 36.34.130, and 36.35.140, nor shall the authority granted in this chapter be held to be subjected to or qualified by the terms of such statutory provisions.
[ 1998 c 106 § 22; 1972 ex.s. c 150 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.080 - Other lands not affected.

RCW 36.35.080
Other lands not affected.
Nothing in this chapter shall affect any land deeded in trust to the department of natural resources or its successors pursuant to the provisions of Title 76 RCW.
[ 1988 c 128 § 7; 1972 ex.s. c 150 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.090 - Chapter not affected by other acts.

RCW 36.35.090
Chapter not affected by other acts.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, or provisions of law limiting the authority granted in this chapter, the legislative authority of any county shall have the authority to manage and exchange tax title lands heretofore or hereafter acquired in the manner and on the terms and conditions set forth in this chapter.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 150 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.100 - Treatment of county held tax-title property.

RCW 36.35.100
Treatment of county held tax-title property.
All property deeded to the county under the provisions of this chapter shall be treated as follows during the period the property is so held:
(1) The property shall be:
(a) Stricken from the tax rolls as county property;
(b) Exempt from taxation;
(c) Exempt from special assessments except as provided in chapter 35.49 RCW and RCW 35.44.140 and 79.44.190; and
(d) Exempt from property owner association dues or fees.
(2) The sale, management, and leasing of tax title property shall be handled as under chapter 36.35 RCW.
[ 2007 c 295 § 3; 1998 c 106 § 13; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.220. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 130 § 131; RRS § 11292; prior: 1899 c 141 § 27. Formerly RCW 84.64.220.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.110 - Disposition of proceeds of sales.

RCW 36.35.110
Disposition of proceeds of sales.
(1) No claims are allowed against the county from any municipality, school district, road district or other taxing district for taxes levied on property acquired by the county by tax deed under the provisions of this chapter, but all taxes must at the time of deeding the property be thereby canceled. However, the proceeds of any sale of any property acquired by the county by tax deed must first be applied to reimburse the county for the costs of foreclosure and sale. The remainder of the proceeds, if any, must be applied to pay any amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW on the property, including accrued interest, and outstanding at the time the county acquired the property by tax deed. The remainder of the proceeds, if any, must be justly apportioned to the various funds existing at the date of the sale, in the territory in which such property is located, according to the tax levies of the year last in process of collection.
(2) For purposes of this section, "costs of foreclosure and sale" means those costs of foreclosing on the property that, when collected, are subject to RCW 84.56.020(13), and the direct costs incurred by the county in selling the property.
[ 2019 c 332 § 3; 2013 c 221 § 2; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.230. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 130 § 132; RRS § 11293; prior: 1899 c 141 § 28. Formerly RCW 84.64.230.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2019 c 332: See note following RCW 84.56.029.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.140 - Rental of tax-title property on month to month tenancy authorized.

RCW 36.35.140
Rental of tax-title property on month to month tenancy authorized.
The board of county commissioners of any county may, pending sale of any county property acquired by foreclosure of delinquent taxes or amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW, rent any portion thereof on a tenancy from month to month. From the proceeds of the rentals the board of county commissioners must first pay all expense in management of said property and in repairing, maintaining and insuring the improvements thereon. The balance of said proceeds must first be paid to reimburse the county for the costs of foreclosure and sale as defined in RCW 36.35.110. The remainder of the proceeds, if any, must be paid to the department of revenue in the amount of any taxes deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW on the property, including accrued interest, outstanding at the time the county acquired the property by tax deed, and then to the various taxing units interested in the taxes levied against said property in the same proportion as the current tax levies of the taxing units having levies against said property.
[ 2013 c 221 § 3; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.310. Prior: 1945 c 170 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11298-1. Formerly RCW 84.64.310.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.150 - Tax-title property may be disposed of without bids in certain cases—Disposal for affordable housing purposes.

RCW 36.35.150
Tax-title property may be disposed of without bids in certain cases—Disposal for affordable housing purposes.
(1) The county legislative authority may dispose of tax foreclosed property by private negotiation, without a call for bids, for not less than the principal amount of the unpaid taxes in any of the following cases: (a) When the sale is to any governmental agency and for public purposes; (b) when the county legislative authority determines that it is not practical to build on the property due to the physical characteristics of the property or legal restrictions on construction activities on the property; (c) when the property has an assessed value of less than five hundred dollars and the property is sold to an adjoining landowner; or (d) when no acceptable bids were received at the attempted public auction of the property, if the sale is made within twelve months from the date of the attempted public auction.
(2) Except when a county legislative authority purchases the tax foreclosed property for public purposes, the county legislative authority must give notice to any city in which any tax foreclosed property is located within at least sixty days of acquiring such property, and the county may not dispose of the property at public auction or by private negotiation before giving such notice. The notice must offer the city the opportunity to purchase the property for the original minimum bid under RCW 84.64.080, together with any direct costs incurred by the county in the sale. If the city chooses to purchase the property, the following conditions apply:
(a) The city must accept the offer within thirty days of receiving notice, unless the county agrees to extend the offer;
(b) The city must provide that the property is suitable and will be used for an affordable housing development as defined in RCW 36.130.010; and
(c) The city must agree to transfer the property to a local housing authority or other nonprofit entity eligible to receive assistance from the affordable housing program under chapter 43.185A RCW. The city must be reimbursed by the housing authority or other nonprofit entity for the amount the city paid to purchase the property together with any direct costs incurred by the city in the transfer to the housing authority or other nonprofit entity.
[ 2016 c 63 § 1; 2001 c 299 § 11; 1997 c 244 § 2; 1993 c 310 § 2; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.320. Prior: 1947 c 238 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 11295-1. Formerly RCW 84.64.320.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1997 c 244: See note following RCW 84.36.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.160 - Quieting title to tax-title property.

RCW 36.35.160
Quieting title to tax-title property.
In any and all instances in this state in which a treasurer's deed to real property has been or shall be issued to the county in proceedings to foreclose the lien of general taxes, and for any reason a defect in title exists or adverse claims against the same have not been legally determined, the county or its successors in interest or assigns shall have authority to institute an action in the superior court in the county to correct such defects, and to determine such adverse claims and the priority thereof as provided in RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270.
[ 1998 c 106 § 15; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.330. Prior: 1931 c 83 § 1; 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 1; RRS § 11308-1. Formerly RCW 84.64.330.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.170 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Form of action—Pleadings.

RCW 36.35.170
Quieting title to tax-title property—Form of action—Pleadings.
The county or its successors in interest or assigns shall have authority to include in one action any and all tracts of land in which plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action, jointly or severally, has or claims to have an interest. Such action shall be one in rem as against every right and interest in and claim against any and every part of the real property involved, except so much thereof as may be at the time the summons and notice is filed with the clerk of the superior court in the actual, open and notorious possession of any person or corporation, and then except only as to the interest claimed by such person so in possession: PROVIDED, That the possession required under the provisions of RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270 shall be construed to be that by personal occupancy only, and not merely by representation or in contemplation of law. No person, firm or corporation claiming an interest in or to such lands need be specifically named in the summons and notice, except as in RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270, and no pleadings other than the summons and notice and the written statements of those claiming a right, title and interest in and to the property involved shall be required.
[ 1998 c 106 § 16; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.340. Prior: 1931 c 83 § 2; 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 2; RRS § 11308-2. Formerly RCW 84.64.340.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.190 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Redemption before judgment.

RCW 36.35.190
Quieting title to tax-title property—Redemption before judgment.
(1) Any person, firm or corporation who or which may have been entitled to redeem the property involved prior to the issuance of the treasurer's deed to the county, and his or her or its successor in interest, has the right, at any time after the commencement of, and prior to the judgment in the action authorized herein, to redeem such property by paying to the county treasurer:
(a) The amount of any taxes deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW on the property, including accrued interest, outstanding at the time the county acquired the property by tax deed;
(b) The amount of the taxes for which the property was sold to the county, and the amount of any other general taxes which may have accrued prior to the issuance of said treasurer's deed, together with interest on all such taxes from the date of delinquency thereof, respectively, at the rate of twelve percent per annum;
(c) For the benefit of the assessment district concerned the amount of principal, penalty and interest of all special assessments, if any, which have been levied against such property; and
(d) Such proportional part of the costs of the tax or tax deferral foreclosure proceedings and of the action herein authorized as the county treasurer determines.
(2) Upon redemption of any property before judgment as herein provided, the county treasurer must issue to the redemptioner a certificate specifying the amount of the taxes, including amounts deferred under chapters 84.37 and 84.38 RCW, special assessments, penalty, interest and costs charged describing the land and stating that the taxes, including any applicable deferred taxes, special assessments, penalty, interest and costs specified have been fully paid, and the liens thereof discharged. Such certificate must clear the land described therein from any claim of the county based on the treasurer's deed previously issued in the tax or tax deferral foreclosure proceedings.
[ 2013 c 221 § 4; 2009 c 549 § 4076; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.360. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 4; RRS § 11308-4. Formerly RCW 84.64.360.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.200 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Judgment.

RCW 36.35.200
Quieting title to tax-title property—Judgment.
At any time after the return day named in the summons and notice the plaintiff in the cause shall be entitled to apply for judgment. In case any person has appeared in such action and claimed any interest in the real property involved adverse to that of the county or its successors in interest, such person shall be given a three days' notice of the time when application for judgment shall be made. The court shall hear and determine the matter in a summary manner similar to that provided in RCW 84.64.080, relating to judgment and order of sale in general tax foreclosure proceedings, and shall pronounce and enter judgment according to the rights of the parties and persons concerned in the action. No order of sale shall be made nor shall any sale on execution be necessary to determine the title of the county to the real property involved in such action.
[ 1961 c 15 § 84.64.370. Prior: 1931 c 83 § 4; 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 5; RRS § 11308-5. Formerly RCW 84.64.370.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.210 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Proof—Presumptions.

RCW 36.35.210
Quieting title to tax-title property—Proof—Presumptions.
The right of action of the county, its successors or assigns, under RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270 shall rest on the validity of the taxes involved, and the plaintiff shall be required to prove only the amount of the former judgment foreclosing the lien thereof, together with the costs of the foreclosure and sale of each tract of land for the taxes, and all the presumptions in favor of the tax foreclosure sale and issuance of treasurer's deed existing by law shall obtain in the action.
[ 1998 c 106 § 18; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.380. Prior: 1931 c 83 § 5; 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 6; RRS § 11308-6. Formerly RCW 84.64.380.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.220 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Appearance fee—Tender of taxes.

RCW 36.35.220
Quieting title to tax-title property—Appearance fee—Tender of taxes.
Any person filing a statement in such action must pay the clerk of the court an appearance fee in the amount required by the county for appearances in civil actions, and is required to tender the amount of all taxes, including any amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW, interest and costs charged against the real property to which he or she lays claim, and no further costs in such action may be required or recovered.
[ 2013 c 221 § 5; 2009 c 549 § 4077; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.390. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 7; RRS § 11308-7. Formerly RCW 84.64.390.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.230 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Appellate review.

RCW 36.35.230
Quieting title to tax-title property—Appellate review.
Any person aggrieved by the judgment rendered in such action may seek appellate review of the part of said judgment objectionable to him or her in the manner and within the time prescribed for appeals in RCW 84.64.120.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4078; 1988 c 202 § 71; 1971 c 81 § 155; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.400. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 8; 1925 ex.s. c 130 § 121; RRS § 11308-8; prior: 1903 c 59 § 4; 1897 c 71 § 104; 1893 c 124 § 106. Formerly RCW 84.64.400.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.240 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Effect of judgment.

RCW 36.35.240
Quieting title to tax-title property—Effect of judgment.
The judgment rendered in such action, unless appealed from within the time prescribed herein and upon final judgment on appeal, shall be conclusive, without the right of redemption upon and against every person who may or could claim any lien or any right, title or interest in or to any of the properties involved in said action, including minors, insane persons, those convicted of crime, as well as those free from disability, and against those who may have at any time attempted to pay any tax on any of the properties, and against those in actual open and notorious possession of any of said properties.
Such judgment shall be conclusive as to those who appeal therefrom, except as to the particular property to which such appellant laid claim in the action and concerning which he or she appealed, and shall be conclusive as to those in possession of any property and who were not served except as to the property which such person is in the actual, open and notorious possession of, and in any case where it is asserted that the judgment was not conclusive because of such possession, the burden of showing such actual, open and notorious possession shall be on the one asserting such possession.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4079; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.410. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 9; RRS § 11308-9. Formerly RCW 84.64.410.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.250 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Special assessments payable out of surplus.

RCW 36.35.250
Quieting title to tax-title property—Special assessments payable out of surplus.
Nothing in RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270 contained may be construed to deprive any city, town, or other unit of local government that imposed special assessments on the property by including the property in a local improvement or special assessment district of its right to reimbursement for special assessments out of any surplus over and above the taxes, including amounts deferred under chapters 84.37 and 84.38 RCW, interest and costs involved.
[ 2013 c 221 § 6; 1998 c 106 § 19; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.420. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 171 § 10; RRS § 11308-10. Formerly RCW 84.64.420.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.260 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Form of deed on sale after title quieted.

RCW 36.35.260
Quieting title to tax-title property—Form of deed on sale after title quieted.
That in all cases where any county of the state of Washington has perfected title to real estate owned by the county, under the provisions of RCW 36.35.160 through 36.35.270 and resells the same or part thereof, it shall give to the purchaser a warranty deed in substantially the following form:
STATE OF WASHINGTON
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County of. . . .
This indenture, made this . . . . day of . . . . . . . . (year) . ., between . . . . . . as treasurer of . . . . . . county, state of Washington, the party of the first part, and . . . . . ., party of the second part.
WITNESSETH, THAT WHEREAS, at a public sale of real property, held on the . . . . day of . . . . . . . . (year) . ., pursuant to an order of the county legislative authority of the county of . . . . . ., state of Washington, duly made and entered, and after having first given due notice of the time and place and terms of the sale, and, whereas, in pursuance of the order of the county legislative authority, and of the laws of the state of Washington, and for and in consideration of the sum of . . . . . . dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I have this day sold to . . . . . . the following described real property, and which the real property is the property of . . . . . . county, and which is particularly described as follows, to wit:
. . . . . ., the . . . . . . being the highest and best bidder at the sale, and the sum being the highest and best sum bid at the sale:
NOW THEREFORE KNOW YE that I, . . . . . . county treasurer of the county of . . . . . ., state of Washington, in consideration of the premises and by virtue of the statutes of the state of Washington, in such cases made and provided, do hereby grant, convey and warrant on behalf of . . . . . . county unto . . . . . ., his or her heirs and assigns, forever, the real property hereinbefore described.
Given under my hand and seal of office this . . . . day of . . . . . . , . . (year) . .
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County Treasurer.
By
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Deputy.
[ 1998 c 106 § 20; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.430. Prior: 1929 c 197 § 1; RRS § 11308-11. Formerly RCW 84.64.430.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.270 - Quieting title to tax-title property—Limitation on recovery for breach of warranty.

RCW 36.35.270
Quieting title to tax-title property—Limitation on recovery for breach of warranty.
No recovery for breach of warranty shall be had, against the county executing a deed under the provisions of RCW 36.35.260, in excess of the purchase price of the land described in such deed, with interest at the legal rate.
[ 1998 c 106 § 21; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.440. Prior: 1929 c 197 § 2; RRS § 11308-12. Formerly RCW 84.64.440.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.280 - Tax deeds to cities and towns absolute despite reversionary provision.

RCW 36.35.280
Tax deeds to cities and towns absolute despite reversionary provision.
All sales of tax-title lands heretofore consummated by any county, to a city or town, for municipal purposes, or public use, shall be absolute and final, and transfer title in fee, notwithstanding any reversionary provision in the tax deed to the contrary; and all tax-title deeds containing any such reversionary provision shall upon application of grantee in interest, be revised to conform with the provisions herein.
[ 1961 c 15 § 84.64.450. Prior: 1947 c 269 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 11295-2. Formerly RCW 84.64.450.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.290 - Easements—Electric utility recorded interest.

RCW 36.35.290
Easements—Electric utility recorded interest.
(1) The general property tax assessed on any tract, lot, or parcel of real property includes all easements appurtenant thereto, provided said easements are a matter of public record in the auditor's office of the county in which said real property is situated.
(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, any foreclosure of delinquent taxes on any tract, lot, or parcel of real property subject to such easement or easements, and any tax deed issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to such easement or easements, provided such easement or easements were established of record prior to the year for which the tax was foreclosed.
(b) If an electric utility has a recorded interest in the easement or easements, any foreclosure of delinquent taxes and tax deed issued pursuant thereto are subject to such easement or easements regardless of when such easement or easements were established.
[ 2016 c 98 § 1; 1961 c 15 § 84.64.460. Prior: 1959 c 129 § 1. Formerly RCW 84.64.460.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.010 - Purpose.

RCW 36.36.010
Purpose.
The protection of subterranean water from pollution or degradation is of great concern. The depletion of subterranean water is of great concern. The purpose of this chapter is to allow the creation of aquifer protection areas to finance the protection, preservation, and rehabilitation of subterranean water, and to reduce special assessments imposed upon households to finance facilities for such purposes. Pollution and degradation of subterranean drinking water supplies, and the depletion of subterranean drinking water supplies, pose immediate threats to the safety and welfare of the citizens of this state.
[ 1991 c 151 § 1; 1985 c 425 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.020 - Creation of aquifer protection area—Public hearing—Ballot proposition.

RCW 36.36.020
Creation of aquifer protection area—Public hearing—Ballot proposition.
The county legislative authority of a county may create one or more aquifer protection areas for the purpose of funding the protection, preservation, and rehabilitation of subterranean water.
When a county legislative authority proposes to create an aquifer protection area it shall conduct a public hearing on the proposal. Notice of the public hearing shall be published at least once, not less than ten days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation within the proposed aquifer protection area. The public hearing may be continued to other times, dates, and places announced at the public hearing, without publication of the notice. At the public hearing, the county legislative authority shall hear objections and comments from anyone interested in the proposed aquifer protection area.
After the public hearing, the county legislative authority may adopt a resolution causing a ballot proposition to be submitted to the registered voters residing within the proposed aquifer protection area to authorize the creation of the aquifer protection area, if the county legislative authority finds that the creation of the aquifer protection area would be in the public interest. The resolution shall: (1) Describe the boundaries of the proposed aquifer protection area; (2) find that its creation is in the public interest; (3) state the maximum level of fees for the withdrawal of water, or on-site sewage disposal, occurring in the aquifer protection area, or both; and (4) describe the uses for the fees.
An aquifer protection area shall be created by ordinances of the county if the voters residing in the proposed aquifer protection area approve the ballot proposition by a simple majority vote. The ballot proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
"Shall the . . . (insert the name) aquifer protection area be created and authorized to impose monthly fees on . . . (insert "the withdrawal of water" or "on-site sewage disposal") of not to exceed . . . (insert a dollar amount) per household unit for up to . . . (insert a number of years) to finance . . . (insert the type of activities proposed to be financed)?
Yes . . . . . . . .
No  . . . . . . . ."
If both types of monthly fees are proposed to be imposed, maximum rates for each shall be included in the ballot proposition.
An aquifer protection area may not include territory located within a city or town without the approval of the city or town governing body, nor may it include territory located in the unincorporated area of another county without the approval of the county legislative authority of that county.
[ 1985 c 425 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.030 - Imposition of fees—Ballot proposition to authorize increased fees or additional purposes.

RCW 36.36.030
Imposition of fees—Ballot proposition to authorize increased fees or additional purposes.
Aquifer protection areas are authorized to impose fees on the withdrawal of subterranean water and on on-site sewage disposal. The fees shall be expressed as a dollar amount per household unit. Fees imposed for the withdrawal of water, or on-site sewage disposal, other than by households shall be expressed and imposed in equivalents of household units. If both types of fees are imposed, the rate imposed on on-site sewage disposal shall not exceed the rate imposed for the withdrawal of water.
No fees shall be imposed in excess of the amount authorized by the voters of the aquifer protection area. Fees shall only be used for the activity or activities authorized by the voters of the aquifer protection area. Ballot propositions may be submitted to the voters of an aquifer protection area to authorize a higher maximum level of such fees or to authorize additional activities for which the fees may be used. Such a ballot proposition shall be substantially in the form of that portion of the proposition to authorize the creation of an aquifer protection district that relates to fees or activities, as provided in RCW 36.36.020. Approval of the ballot proposition by simple majority vote shall authorize the higher maximum level of fees or additional activities for which the fees may be used.
A county may contract with existing public utilities to collect the fees, or collect the fees itself.
[ 1985 c 425 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.035 - Reduced fees for low-income persons.

RCW 36.36.035
Reduced fees for low-income persons.
A county may adopt an ordinance reducing the level of fees, for the withdrawal of subterranean water or for on-site sewage disposal, that are imposed upon the residential property of a class or classes of low-income persons.
[ 1987 c 381 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.040 - Use of fee revenues.

RCW 36.36.040
Use of fee revenues.
Aquifer protection areas may impose fees to fund:
(1) The preparation of a comprehensive plan to protect, preserve, and rehabilitate subterranean water, including groundwater management programs adopted under chapter 90.44 RCW. This plan may be prepared as a portion of a county sewerage and/or water general plan pursuant to RCW 36.94.030;
(2) The construction of facilities for: (a) The removal of waterborne pollution; (b) water quality improvement; (c) sanitary sewage collection, disposal, and treatment; (d) stormwater or surface water drainage collection, disposal, and treatment; and (e) the construction of public water systems;
(3) The proportionate reduction of special assessments imposed by a county, city, town, or special district in the aquifer protection area for any of the facilities described in subsection (2) of this section;
(4) The costs of monitoring and inspecting on-site sewage disposal systems or community sewage disposal systems for compliance with applicable standards and rules, and for enforcing compliance with these applicable standards and rules in aquifer protection areas created after June 9, 1988; and
(5) The costs of: (a) Monitoring the quality and quantity of subterranean water and analyzing data that is collected; (b) ongoing implementation of the comprehensive plan developed under subsection (1) of this section; (c) enforcing compliance with standards and rules relating to the quality and quantity of subterranean waters; and (d) public education relating to protecting, preserving, and enhancing subterranean waters.
[ 1991 c 151 § 2; 1988 c 258 § 1; 1985 c 425 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.045 - Lien for delinquent fees.

RCW 36.36.045
Lien for delinquent fees.
The county shall have a lien for any delinquent fees imposed for the withdrawal of subterranean water or on-site sewage disposal, which shall attach to the property to which the fees were imposed, if the following conditions are met:
(1) At least eighteen months have passed since the first billing for a delinquent fee installment; and
(2) At least three billing notices and a letter have been mailed to the property owner, within the period specified in subsection (1) of this section, explaining that a lien may be imposed for any delinquent fee installment that has not been paid in that period.
The lien shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of chapter 36.94 RCW related to liens for delinquent charges. The county shall record liens for any delinquent fees in the office of the county auditor. Failure on the part of the county to record the lien does not affect the validity of the lien.
[ 1997 c 393 § 6; 1987 c 381 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.36 - Aquifer Protection Areas. › 36.36.050 - Dissolution of aquifer protection area—Petition—Ballot proposition.

RCW 36.36.050
Dissolution of aquifer protection area—Petition—Ballot proposition.
A county legislative authority may dissolve an aquifer protection area upon a finding that such dissolution is in the public interest.
A ballot proposition to dissolve an aquifer protection district shall be placed on the ballot for the approval or rejection of the voters residing in an aquifer protection area, when a petition requesting such a ballot proposition is signed by at least twenty percent of the voters residing in the aquifer protection area and is filed with the county legislative authority of the county originally creating the aquifer protection area. The ballot proposition shall be placed on the ballot at the next general election occurring sixty or more days after the petition has been filed. Approval of the ballot proposition by a simple majority vote shall cause the dissolution of the aquifer protection area.
[ 1985 c 425 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.010 - Fairs authorized—Declared county purpose.

RCW 36.37.010
Fairs authorized—Declared county purpose.
The holding of county fairs and agricultural exhibitions of stock, cereals, and agricultural produce of all kinds, including dairy produce, as well as arts and manufactures, by any county in the state, and the participation by any county in a district fair or agricultural exhibition, is declared to be in the interest of public good and a strictly county purpose.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.010. Prior: 1947 c 184 § 1; 1917 c 32 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 2750.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.020 - Property may be acquired for fairs.

RCW 36.37.020
Property may be acquired for fairs.
The board of county commissioners of any county in the state may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, condemnation and purchase, or otherwise, lands, property rights, leases, easements, and all kinds of personal property and own and hold the same and construct and maintain temporary or permanent improvements suitable and necessary for the purpose of holding and maintaining county or district fairs for the exhibition of county or district resources and products.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.020. Prior: 1947 c 184 § 2; 1917 c 32 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 2751.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.040 - Expenditure of funds—Revolving fund—Management of fairs.

RCW 36.37.040
Expenditure of funds—Revolving fund—Management of fairs.
The board of county commissioners of any county may appropriate and expend each year such sums of money as they deem advisable and necessary for (1) acquisition of necessary grounds for fairs and world fairs, (2) construction, improvement and maintenance of buildings thereon, (3) payment of fair premiums, and (4) the general maintenance of such fair. The board of county commissioners of any county may also authorize the county auditor to provide a revolving fund to be used by the fair officials for the conduct of the fair. The board of county commissioners may employ persons to assist in the management of fairs or by resolution designate a nonprofit corporation as the exclusive agency to operate and manage such fairs.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.040. Prior: 1957 c 124 § 1; 1955 c 297 § 1; prior: (i) 1947 c 184 § 3; 1943 c 101 § 1; 1923 c 83 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 2753 1/2. (ii) 1923 c 83 § 1; 1917 c 32 § 4; RRS § 2753.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.050 - District or multiple county fairs authorized.

RCW 36.37.050
District or multiple county fairs authorized.
Each county is authorized to hold one county fair in each year, or, as an alternative, to participate with any other county or counties in the holding of a district fair. Where counties participate in the holding of a district fair, the boards of county commissioners of each of participating counties may enter into mutual agreements setting forth the manner and extent of the participation by each county in the management and support of the district fair, subject to the limitations imposed on each respective county by the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.050. Prior: 1947 c 184 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 2753a.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.090 - Poultry shows—Petition—Appropriation.

RCW 36.37.090
Poultry shows—Petition—Appropriation.
Upon petition of twenty-five resident taxpayers of any county who are interested in the poultry industry, the board of county commissioners may set aside and include in its annual budget a sum equivalent to five percent of the assessed valuation of poultry in the county each year for the purpose of holding winter poultry shows, the said sum not to exceed five hundred dollars in any one year.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.090. Prior: 1929 c 109 § 1; RRS § 2755-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.100 - Poultry shows—Open to public—Admission charge.

RCW 36.37.100
Poultry shows—Open to public—Admission charge.
All poultry shows shall be open to the public. Such admission charge may be made as is authorized by the board of county commissioners.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.100. Prior: 1929 c 109 § 2; RRS § 2755-2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.110 - Poultry shows—Conduct of shows.

RCW 36.37.110
Poultry shows—Conduct of shows.
All such poultry shows shall be held under the rules of the American Poultry Association and only licensed poultry judges shall be employed thereat.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.37.110. Prior: 1929 c 109 § 3; RRS § 2755-3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.150 - Lease of state-owned lands for county fairgrounds.

RCW 36.37.150
Lease of state-owned lands for county fairgrounds.
If requested by a county legislative authority, an agency of the state managing state-owned lands, other than state trust lands, shall consider leasing a requested portion of these lands that are not used for any significant purpose and if not otherwise prohibited, to the county to be used as county fairgrounds. If it is determined that such a lease shall be made, the agency in setting lease charges shall consider the fair market return for leasing the land, the public benefit for leasing the land to the county for county fair purposes at a level below the fair market return, and other appropriate factors.
[ 1986 c 307 § 3.]
NOTES:
Intent—1986 c 307: "The legislature finds that county fairs provide unique educational opportunities to the people of this state and are a public purpose. By helping counties acquire lands for county fairs, the legislature intends to preserve and enhance the educational opportunities of the people of this state." [ 1986 c 307 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.37 - Agricultural Fairs and Poultry Shows. › 36.37.160 - Lease of state-owned lands for county fairgrounds—Lands adjacent to Northern State Hospital.

RCW 36.37.160
Lease of state-owned lands for county fairgrounds—Lands adjacent to Northern State Hospital.
If requested by a county legislative authority, the department of natural resources shall negotiate a lease for any requested portion of the state lands directly adjacent to buildings on the Northern State Hospital site that were transferred to the department under chapter 178, Laws of 1974 ex. sess., if not otherwise prohibited, to the county to use for the purpose of establishing county fairgrounds. However, the portion to be leased shall be contiguous and compact, of an area not to exceed two hundred fifty acres and shall be segregated in such a manner that the remaining portion of these state lands can be efficiently managed by the department. The lease shall be for as long as the county is actually using the land as the site of the county fairgrounds. Notwithstanding chapter 178, Laws of 1974 ex. sess., the department shall charge the county the sum of one thousand dollars per year for the lease of such lands and this sum may be periodically adjusted to compensate the department for any increased costs in administration of the lease. The lease shall contain provisions directing payment of all assessments and authorizing the county to place any improvements on the leased lands if the improvements are consistent with the purposes of county fairs.
[ 1986 c 307 § 2.]
NOTES:
Intent—1986 c 307: See note following RCW 36.37.150.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.38 - Admissions Tax. › 36.38.030 - Form of ordinance.

RCW 36.38.030
Form of ordinance.
The ordinance levying and fixing the tax shall be headed by a title expressing the subject thereof, and the style of the ordinance shall be: "Be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of . . . . . . County, State of Washington." The ordinance shall be enacted by a majority vote of the board at a regular meeting thereof, and only after the form of such ordinance as ultimately enacted has been on file with the clerk of the board and open to public inspection for not less than ten days. The ordinance shall not become effective until thirty days following its enactment, and within five days following its enactment it shall be printed and published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The ordinance shall be signed by a majority of the board, attested by the clerk of the board, and shall be duly entered and recorded in the book wherein orders of the board are entered and recorded. The ordinance may be at any time amended or repealed by an ordinance enacted, published, and recorded in the same manner.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.38.030. Prior: 1943 c 269 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 11241-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.38 - Admissions Tax. › 36.38.040 - Vehicle parking charges tax—Parking facility at stadium and exhibition center—Use of revenues before and after issuance of bonds.

RCW 36.38.040
Vehicle parking charges tax—Parking facility at stadium and exhibition center—Use of revenues before and after issuance of bonds.
The legislative authority of a county that has created a public stadium authority to develop a stadium and exhibition center under RCW 36.102.050 may levy and fix a tax on any vehicle parking charges imposed at any parking facility that is part of a stadium and exhibition center, as defined in RCW 36.102.010. The tax shall be exclusive and shall preclude the city or town within which the stadium and exhibition center is located from imposing within its corporate limits a tax of the same or similar kind on any vehicle parking charges imposed at any parking facility that is part of a stadium and exhibition center. For the purposes of this section, "vehicle parking charges" means only the actual parking charges exclusive of taxes and service charges and the value of any other benefit conferred. The tax authorized under this section shall be at the rate of not more than ten percent. Revenues collected under this section shall be deposited in the stadium and exhibition center account under RCW 43.99N.060 until the bonds issued under RCW 43.99N.020 for the construction of the stadium and exhibition center are retired. After the bonds issued for the construction of the stadium and exhibition center are retired, the tax authorized under this section shall be used exclusively to fund repair, reequipping, and capital improvement of the stadium and exhibition center. The tax under this section may be levied upon the first use of any part of the stadium and exhibition center but shall not be collected at any facility already in operation as of July 17, 1997.
[ 1997 c 220 § 302 (Referendum Bill No. 48, approved June 17, 1997).]
NOTES:
Referendum—Other legislation limited—Legislator's personal intent not indicated—Reimbursements for election—Voters' pamphlet, election requirements—1997 c 220: See RCW 36.102.800 through 36.102.803.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.39 - Assistance and Relief. › 36.39.030 - Disposal of remains of indigent persons.

RCW 36.39.030
Disposal of remains of indigent persons.
The board of county commissioners of any county shall provide for the disposition of the remains of any indigent person including a recipient of public assistance who dies within the county and whose body is unclaimed by relatives or church organization. The board of county commissioners of any county may provide for the disposition of the remains of an indigent resident of the county who dies in an adjacent county not in Washington state.
[ 2023 c 62 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.39.030. Prior: 1953 c 224 § 1; 1951 c 258 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.39 - Assistance and Relief. › 36.39.040 - Federal surplus commodities—County expenses—Handling commodities for certified persons—County program, cooperative program.

RCW 36.39.040
Federal surplus commodities—County expenses—Handling commodities for certified persons—County program, cooperative program.
The county commissioners of any county may expend from the county general fund for the purpose of receiving, warehousing and distributing federal surplus commodities for the use of or assistance to recipients of public assistance or other needy families and individuals when such recipients, families or individuals are certified as eligible to obtain such commodities by the state department of social and health services. The county commissioners may expend county general fund moneys to carry out any such program as a sole county operation or in conjunction or cooperation with any similar program of distribution by private individuals or organizations, any department of the state, or any political subdivision of the state.
[ 1979 c 141 § 43; 1963 c 4 § 36.39.040. Prior: 1957 c 187 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.39 - Assistance and Relief. › 36.39.050 - Federal surplus commodities—Certification of persons by department of social and health services.

RCW 36.39.050
Federal surplus commodities—Certification of persons by department of social and health services.
See RCW 74.04.340 through 74.04.360.