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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.160 - County lands assessment fund created—List of lands to be furnished.

RCW 36.33.160
County lands assessment fund created—List of lands to be furnished.
Upon request the county treasurer shall furnish to the county legislative authority a list of all lands owned by the county, together with the amounts levied as assessments and the district in or by which such assessments are levied, against each description of the lands, as it appears on the assessment roll of the district. On or before the first day of August of each year, upon request, the treasurer shall furnish to the county legislative authority a similar list of all land owned by the county and subject to any such assessments, together with the amounts of any installment of assessments falling due against any of such lands in the ensuing year and an estimate of any maintenance or other assessments to be made against same to fall due in the ensuing year.
[ 1991 c 245 § 9; 1963 c 4 § 36.33.160. Prior: 1929 c 193 § 5; RRS § 4027-5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.170 - County lands assessment fund created—Rentals may be applied against assessments.

RCW 36.33.170
County lands assessment fund created—Rentals may be applied against assessments.
Moneys received as rentals of irrigated lands may be applied to the payment of current irrigation charges or assessments against the land.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.33.170. Prior: 1929 c 193 § 6; RRS § 4027-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.190 - County lands assessment fund created—Disposal of bonds.

RCW 36.33.190
County lands assessment fund created—Disposal of bonds.
The county treasurer shall cash any United States bonds owned by the county as they mature or, with the approval of the state finance committee and of the county finance committee, he or she may at any time sell them. In either event he or she must return the proceeds into the treasury.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4071; 1963 c 4 § 36.33.190. Prior: 1937 c 209 § 2; RRS § 5646-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.200 - Election reserve fund.

RCW 36.33.200
Election reserve fund.
The board of county commissioners may establish an election reserve fund for the payment of expenses of conducting regular and special state and county elections and compensation of election and registration officers and annually budget and levy a tax therefor. It may also make transfers into the election reserve fund from the current expense fund and receive funds for such purposes from cities, school districts and other subdivisions.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.33.200. Prior: 1955 c 48 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.210 - Election reserve fund—Accumulation of fund—Transfers.

RCW 36.33.210
Election reserve fund—Accumulation of fund—Transfers.
The limits placed upon the amount to be accumulated in the current expense fund shall not affect the election reserve fund nor shall the existence of the election reserve fund affect the amount which may be accumulated in the current expense fund, nor shall any unexpended balance in the election reserve fund at the end of any budget year revert to the current expense fund but shall be carried forward in the election reserve fund to be used for the purposes for which the fund was created: PROVIDED, That at a regular session, the county commissioners may transfer any surplus in said fund to the current expense fund, if they deem it expedient to do so.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.33.210. Prior: 1955 c 48 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33 - County Funds. › 36.33.220 - County road property tax revenues, expenditure for services authorized.

RCW 36.33.220
County road property tax revenues, expenditure for services authorized.
The legislative authority of any county may budget, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW, and expend any portion of the county road property tax revenues for any service to be provided in the unincorporated area of the county notwithstanding any other provision of law, including chapter 36.82 RCW and RCW 84.52.050 and 84.52.043. County road property tax revenues that are diverted under chapter 39.89 RCW may be expended as provided under chapter 39.89 RCW.
[ 2001 c 212 § 25; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 142; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 § 32; 1971 ex.s. c 25 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—Effective dates—Construction—1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 25: "If any provision of this 1971 amendatory 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." [ 1971 ex.s. c 25 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.010 - Equipment rental and revolving fund—Establishment—Purposes.

RCW 36.33A.010
Equipment rental and revolving fund—Establishment—Purposes.
Every county shall establish, by resolution, an "equipment rental and revolving fund", hereinafter referred to as "the fund", in the county treasury to be used as a revolving fund for the purchase, maintenance, and repair of county road department equipment; for the purchase of equipment, materials, supplies, and services required in the administration and operation of the fund; and for the purchase or manufacture of materials and supplies needed by the county road department.
[ 1977 c 67 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.020 - Use of fund by other offices, departments or agencies.

RCW 36.33A.020
Use of fund by other offices, departments or agencies.
The legislative body of any county may authorize, by resolution, the use of the fund by any other office or department of the county government or any other governmental agency for similar purposes.
[ 1977 c 67 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.030 - Administration of fund.

RCW 36.33A.030
Administration of fund.
With the approval of the county legislative body, the county engineer, or other appointee of the county legislative body, shall administer the fund and shall be responsible for establishing the terms and charges for the sale of any material or supplies which have been purchased, maintained, or manufactured with moneys from the fund. The terms and charges shall be set to cover all costs of purchasing, storing, and distributing the material or supplies, and may be amended as considered necessary.
[ 1977 c 67 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.040 - Rates for equipment rental.

RCW 36.33A.040
Rates for equipment rental.
Rates for the rental of equipment owned by the fund shall be set to cover all costs of maintenance and repair, material and supplies consumed in operating or maintaining the equipment, and the future replacement thereof. The rates shall be determined by the county engineer or other appointee of the county legislative body and shall be subject to annual review by the legislative body. This section does not restrict the ability of the county road administration board to directly inquire into the process of setting rental rates while performing its statutory oversight responsibility.
[ 2007 c 195 § 1; 1977 c 67 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.050 - Deposits in fund.

RCW 36.33A.050
Deposits in fund.
The legislative authority of the county may, from time to time, place moneys in the fund from any source lawfully available to it and may transfer equipment, materials, and supplies of any office or department to the equipment rental and revolving fund with or without charge consistent with RCW 43.09.210. Charges for the rental of equipment and for providing materials, supplies, and services to any county office or department shall be paid monthly into the fund. Proceeds received from other governmental agencies for similar charges and from the sale of equipment or other personal property owned by the equipment rental and revolving fund, which is no longer of any value to or needed by the county, shall be placed in the fund as received.
[ 1977 c 67 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.33A - Equipment Rental and Revolving Fund. › 36.33A.060 - Accumulated moneys.

RCW 36.33A.060
Accumulated moneys.
Moneys accumulated in the equipment rental and revolving fund shall be retained therein from year to year; shall be used only for the purposes stated in this chapter; and shall be subject to the budgetary regulations in chapter 36.40 RCW.
[ 1977 c 67 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.005 - Establishment of comprehensive procedures for management of county property authorized—Exemption from chapter.

RCW 36.34.005
Establishment of comprehensive procedures for management of county property authorized—Exemption from chapter.
Pursuant to public notice and hearing, any county may establish comprehensive procedures for the management of county property consistent with the public interest and counties establishing such procedures shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 36.34 RCW: PROVIDED, That all counties shall retain all powers now or hereafter granted by chapter 36.34 RCW.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 196 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.020 - Publication of notice of intention to sell.

RCW 36.34.020
Publication of notice of intention to sell.
Whenever the county legislative authority desires to dispose of any county property except:
(1) When selling to a governmental agency;
(2) When personal property to be disposed of is to be traded in upon the purchase of a like article;
(3) When the value of the property to be sold is less than two thousand five hundred dollars;
(4) When the county legislative authority by a resolution setting forth the facts has declared an emergency to exist;
it shall publish notice of its intention so to do once each week during two successive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county.
[ 1991 c 363 § 66; 1985 c 469 § 45; 1967 ex.s. c 144 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.020. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-1; prior: 1891 c 76 § 2, part; RRS § 4008, part.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
Severability—1967 ex.s. c 144: See note following RCW 36.900.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.030 - Requirements of notice—Posting.

RCW 36.34.030
Requirements of notice—Posting.
The notice of hearing on the proposal to dispose of any county property must particularly describe the property or portion thereof proposed to be sold and designate the place where and the day and hour when a hearing will be held thereon and be posted in a conspicuous place in the courthouse. Both posting and the date of first publication must be at least ten days before the day set for the hearing.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.030. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-2; prior: 1891 c 76 § 2, part; RRS § 4008, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.040 - Public hearing.

RCW 36.34.040
Public hearing.
The board shall hold a public hearing upon a proposal to dispose of county property at the day and hour fixed in the notice at its usual place of business and admit evidence offered for and against the propriety and advisability of the proposed action. Any taxpayer in person or by counsel may submit evidence and submit an argument, but the board may limit the number to three on a side.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.040. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-3; prior: 1891 c 76 § 2, part; RRS § 4008, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.050 - Findings and determination—Minimum price.

RCW 36.34.050
Findings and determination—Minimum price.
Within three days after the hearing upon a proposal to dispose of county property, the county legislative authority shall make its findings and determination thereon and cause them to be spread upon its minutes and made a matter of record. The county legislative authority may set a minimum sale price on property that is proposed for sale.
[ 1991 c 363 § 67; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.050. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-4; prior: 1891 c 76 § 3; RRS § 4009.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.060 - Sales of personalty.

RCW 36.34.060
Sales of personalty.
Sales of personal property must be for cash except when:
(1) A public auction sale by electronic media is conducted pursuant to RCW 36.16.145;
(2) Property is transferred to a governmental agency; or
(3) The county property is to be traded in on the purchase of a like article, in which case the proposed cash allowance for the trade-in must be part of the proposition to be submitted by the seller in the transaction.
[ 2015 c 95 § 4; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.060. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-5; prior: 1915 c 8 § 1, part; 1891 c 76 § 5, part; RRS § 4011, part.]
NOTES:
Intent—2015 c 95: See note following RCW 36.16.145.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.070 - Sales and purchases of equipment—Trade-ins.

RCW 36.34.070
Sales and purchases of equipment—Trade-ins.
The board may advertise and sell used highway or other equipment belonging to the county or to any taxing division thereof subject to its jurisdiction in the manner prescribed for the sale of county property, or it may trade it in on the purchase of new equipment. If the board elects to trade in the used equipment it shall include in its call for bids on the new equipment a notice that the county has for sale or trade-in used equipment of a specified type and description which will be sold or traded in on the same day and hour that the bids on the new equipment are opened. Any bidder on the new equipment may include in his or her offer to sell, an offer to accept the used equipment as a part payment of the new equipment purchase price, setting forth the amount of such allowance.
In determining the lowest and best bid on the new equipment the board shall consider the net cost to the county of such new equipment after trade-in allowances have been deducted. The board may accept the new equipment bid of any bidder without trading in the used equipment but may not require any such bidder to purchase the used equipment without awarding the bidder the new equipment contract. Nothing in this section shall bar anyone from making an offer for the purchase of the used equipment independent of a bid on the new equipment and the board shall consider such offers in relation to the trade-in allowances offered to determine the net best sale and purchase combination for the county.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4072; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.070. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.080 - Sales to be at public auction.

RCW 36.34.080
Sales to be at public auction.
(1) All sales of county property ordered after a public hearing upon the proposal to dispose of the property must be supervised by the county treasurer and may be sold:
(a) At a county or other government agency's public auction, including a public auction sale by electronic media conducted pursuant to RCW 36.16.145;
(b) At a privately operated consignment auction that is open to the public; or
(c) By sealed bid to the highest and best bidder.
(2) All sales of county property must meet or exceed the minimum sale price as directed by the county legislative authority.
[ 2015 c 95 § 5; 1993 c 8 § 1. Prior: 1991 c 363 § 68; 1991 c 245 § 10; 1965 ex.s. c 23 § 1; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.080; prior: 1945 c 254 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-7; prior: 1891 c 76 § 4, part; RRS § 4010, part.]
NOTES:
Intent—2015 c 95: See note following RCW 36.16.145.
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
Public auction sales, where held: RCW 36.16.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.090 - Notice of sale.

RCW 36.34.090
Notice of sale.
(1) Whenever county property is to be sold at public auction, consignment auction, or sealed bid, the county treasurer or the county treasurer's designee must:
(a) Publish notice of the sale once during each of two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county;
(b) Post notice of the sale in a conspicuous place in the county courthouse; and
(c) If a public auction sale by electronic media will be conducted pursuant to RCW 36.16.145, post notice of the sale on the county's internet website.
(2) The posting and date of first publication must be at least ten days before the day fixed for the sale.
[ 2015 c 95 § 6; 1997 c 393 § 5; 1991 c 363 § 69; 1985 c 469 § 46; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.090. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-8; prior: 1891 c 76 § 4, part; RRS § 4010, part.]
NOTES:
Intent—2015 c 95: See note following RCW 36.16.145.
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.100 - Notice of sale—Requirements of.

RCW 36.34.100
Notice of sale—Requirements of.
The notice of sale of county property by auction sale must particularly describe the property to be sold and designate the day and hour and the location of the auction sale. The notice of sale of county property by sealed bid must describe the property to be sold, designate the date and time after which the bids are not received, the location to turn in the sealed bid, and the date, time, and location of the public meeting of the county legislative authority when the bids are opened and read in public.
[ 1991 c 363 § 70; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.100. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 9; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-9; prior: 1891 c 76 § 4, part; RRS § 4010, part.]
NOTES:
Purpose—Captions not law—1991 c 363: See notes following RCW 2.32.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.110 - Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 36.34.110
Disposition of proceeds.
The proceeds of sales of county property except in cases of trade-in allowances upon purchases of like property must be paid to the county treasurer who must receipt therefor and execute the proper documents transferring title attested to by the county auditor. In no case shall the title be transferred until the purchase price has been fully paid.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.110. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 10; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-10; prior: (i) 1915 c 8 § 1, part; 1891 c 76 § 5, part; RRS § 4011, part. (ii) 1891 c 76 § 6, part; RRS § 4013, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.120 - Used equipment sales.

RCW 36.34.120
Used equipment sales.
Proceeds from the sale of used equipment must be credited to the fund from which the original purchase price was paid.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.120. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.130 - Intergovernmental sales.

RCW 36.34.130
Intergovernmental sales.
The board of county commissioners may dispose of county property to another governmental agency and may acquire property for the county from another governmental agency by means of private negotiation upon such terms as may be agreed upon and for such consideration as may be deemed by the board of county commissioners to be adequate.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.130. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 12; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.135 - Leases of county property—Affordable housing.

RCW 36.34.135
Leases of county property—Affordable housing.
If a county owns property that is located anywhere within the county, including within the limits of a city or town, and that is suitable for affordable housing, the legislative authority of the county may, by negotiation, lease the property for affordable housing for a term not to exceed seventy-five years to any public housing authority or nonprofit organization that has demonstrated its ability to construct or operate housing for very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income households as defined in RCW 43.63A.510 and special needs populations. Leases for housing for very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income households and special needs populations shall not be subject to any requirement of periodic rental adjustments, as provided in RCW 36.34.180, but shall provide for such fixed annual rents as appear reasonable considering the public, social, and health benefits to be derived by providing an adequate supply of safe and sanitary housing for very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income households and special needs populations.
[ 1993 c 461 § 6; 1990 c 253 § 7.]
NOTES:
Finding—1993 c 461: See note following RCW 43.63A.510.
Legislative finding and purpose—1990 c 253: See note following RCW 43.70.340.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.140 - Leases of county property—Airports.

RCW 36.34.140
Leases of county property—Airports.
The board of county commissioners, if it appears that it is for the best interests of the county and the people thereof, that any county real property and its appurtenances should be leased for a year or a term of years, may lease such property under the limitations and restrictions and in the manner provided in this chapter, and, if it appears that it is for the best interests of the county and the people thereof, that any county real property and its appurtenances which is now being, or is to be devoted to airport or aeronautical purposes or purposes incidental thereto, should be leased for a year or a term of years, said board of county commissioners may lease such property under the limitations and restrictions and in the manner provided in this chapter, and said board of county commissioners shall have power to lease such county real property and its appurtenances whether such property was heretofore or hereafter acquired or whether heretofore or hereafter acquired by tax deed under tax foreclosure proceedings for nonpayment of taxes or whether held or acquired in any other manner. Any lease executed under the authority of the provisions hereof creates a vested interest and a contract binding upon the county and the lessee.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.140. Prior: 1951 2nd ex.s. c 14 § 1; prior: (i) 1901 c 87 § 1; RRS § 4019. (ii) 1901 c 87 § 6, part; RRS § 4024, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.145 - Leases of county property to nonprofit organizations for agricultural fairs.

RCW 36.34.145
Leases of county property to nonprofit organizations for agricultural fairs.
The legislative authority of any county owning property in or outside the limits of any city or town, or anywhere within the county, which is suitable for agricultural fair purposes may by negotiation lease such property for such purposes for a term not to exceed seventy-five years to any nonprofit organization that has demonstrated its qualification to conduct agricultural fairs. Such agricultural fair leases shall not be subject to any requirement of periodic rental adjustments, as provided in RCW 36.34.180, but shall provide for such fixed annual rental as shall appear reasonable, considering the benefit to be derived by the county in the promotion of the fair and in the improvement of the property. The lessee may utilize or rent out such property at times other than during the fair season for nonfair purposes in order to obtain income for fair purposes, and during the fair season may sublease portions of the property for purposes and activities associated with such fair. No sublease shall be valid unless the same shall be approved in writing by the county legislative authority: PROVIDED, That failure of such lessee, except by act of God, war or other emergency beyond its control, to conduct an annual agricultural fair or exhibition, shall cause said lease to be subject to cancellation by the county legislative authority. A county legislative authority entering into an agreement with a nonprofit association to lease property for agricultural fair purposes shall, when requested to do so, file a copy of the lease agreement with the department of agriculture or the state fair commission in order to assure compliance with the provisions of RCW 15.76.165.
[ 1986 c 171 § 2; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.145. Prior: 1957 c 134 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.150 - Application to lease—Deposit.

RCW 36.34.150
Application to lease—Deposit.
Any person desiring to lease county lands shall make application in writing to the board of county commissioners. Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of not less than ten dollars or such other sum as the county commissioners may require, not to exceed twenty-five dollars. The deposit shall be in the form of a certified check or certificate of deposit on some bank in the county, or may be paid in cash. In case the lands applied for are leased at the time they are offered, the deposit shall be returned to the applicant, but if the party making application fails or refuses to comply with the terms of his or her application and to execute the lease, the deposit shall be forfeited to the county, and the board of county commissioners shall pay the deposit over to the county treasurer, who shall place it to the credit of the current expense fund.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4073; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.150. Prior: 1901 c 87 § 2; RRS § 4020.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.160 - Notice of intention to lease.

RCW 36.34.160
Notice of intention to lease.
When, in the judgment of the board of county commissioners, it is found desirable to lease the land applied for, it shall first give notice of its intention to make such lease by publishing a notice in a legal newspaper at least once a week for the term of three weeks, and shall also post a notice of such intention in a conspicuous place in the courthouse for the same length of time. The notice so published and posted shall designate and describe the property which is proposed to be leased, together with the improvements thereon and appurtenances thereto, and shall contain a notice that the board of county commissioners will meet at the county courthouse on a day and at an hour designated in the notice, for the purpose of leasing the property which day and hour shall be at a time not more than a week after the expiration of the time required for the publication of the notice.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.160. Prior: 1901 c 87 § 3; RRS § 4021.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.170 - Objections to leasing.

RCW 36.34.170
Objections to leasing.
Any person may appear at the meeting of the county commissioners or any adjourned meeting thereof, and make objection to the leasing of the property, which objection shall be stated in writing. In passing upon objections the board of county commissioners shall, in writing, briefly give its reasons for accepting or rejecting the same, and such objections, and the reasons for accepting or refusing the application, shall be published by the board in the next subsequent weekly issue of the newspaper in which the notice of hearing was published.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.170. Prior: 1901 c 87 § 5; RRS § 4023.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.190 - Lease to highest responsible bidder.

RCW 36.34.190
Lease to highest responsible bidder.
No lease shall be made by the county except to the highest responsible bidder at the time of the hearing set forth in the notice of intention to lease.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.190. Prior: 1901 c 87 § 6, part; RRS § 4024, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.192 - Application of RCW 36.34.150 through 36.34.190 to certain service provider agreements under chapter 70A.140 RCW.

RCW 36.34.192
Application of RCW 36.34.150 through 36.34.190 to certain service provider agreements under chapter 70A.140 RCW.
RCW 36.34.150 through 36.34.190 shall not apply to agreements entered into pursuant to chapter 70A.140 RCW provided there is compliance with the procurement procedure under RCW 70A.140.040.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1021; 1986 c 244 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.200 - Execution of lease agreement.

RCW 36.34.200
Execution of lease agreement.
Upon the decision of the board of county commissioners to lease the lands applied for, a lease shall be executed in duplicate to the lessee by the chair of the board and the county auditor, attested by his or her seal of office, which lease shall also be signed by the lessee. The lease shall refer to the order of the board directing the lease, with a description of the lands conveyed, the periods of payment, and the amounts to be paid for each period.
[ 2009 c 549 § 4074; 1963 c 4 § 36.34.200. Prior: 1901 c 87 § 7; RRS § 4025.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.205 - Lease of building space—Counties with a population of six hundred thousand or more.

RCW 36.34.205
Lease of building space—Counties with a population of six hundred thousand or more.
In accordance with RCW 35.42.010 through 35.42.220, a county with a population of six hundred thousand or more may lease space and provide for the leasing of such space through leases with an option to purchase and the acquisition of buildings erected upon land owned by the county upon the expiration of lease of such land. For the purposes of this section, "building," as defined in RCW 35.42.020 shall be construed to include any building or buildings used as part of, or in connection with, the operation of the county. The authority conferred by this section is in addition to and not in lieu of any other provision authorizing counties to lease property.
[ 2009 c 153 § 1; 1998 c 278 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.210 - Forestlands may be conveyed to United States.

RCW 36.34.210
Forestlands may be conveyed to United States.
The board of county commissioners of any county which acquires any lands through foreclosure of tax liens or otherwise, which by reason of their location, topography, or geological formation are chiefly valuable for the purpose of developing and growing timber, and which are situated within the boundaries of any national forest, may, upon application by the proper forest service official of the United States government, convey such lands to the United States government for national forest purposes under the national forestland exchange regulations, for such compensation as may be deemed equitable.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.210. Prior: 1931 c 69 § 1; RRS § 4015-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.220 - Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes.

RCW 36.34.220
Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes.
If the board of county commissioners of any county adjudges that it is desirable and for the general welfare and benefit of the people of the county and for the interest of the county to lease or convey property, real or personal, belonging to the county, however acquired, whether by tax foreclosure or in any other manner, to the United States for the purpose of flood control, navigation, power development, or for use in connection with federal projects within the scope of the federal reclamation act of June 17, 1902, and the act of congress of August 30, 1935, entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," and federal acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, for the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands, the board, by majority vote, may lease or convey such property to the United States for flood control, navigation, and power development purposes, or for use in connection with federal projects for the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands. This property may be conveyed or leased by deed or other instrument of conveyance or lease without notice and upon such consideration, if any, as shall be determined by the board and the deed or lease may be signed by the county treasurer when authorized to do so by resolution of the board. Any deed issued heretofore by any county to the United States under authority of section 1, chapter 46, Laws of 1937 and the amendments thereto, is ratified and approved and declared to be valid.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.220. Prior: 1945 c 94 § 1; 1941 c 142 § 1; 1937 c 46 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4015-6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.230 - Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes—State consents to conveyance.

RCW 36.34.230
Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes—State consents to conveyance.
Pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution of this state, consent of the legislature is given to such conveyance by a county to the United States for such purposes.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.230. Prior: 1937 c 46 § 2; RRS § 4015-7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.240 - Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes—Cession of jurisdiction.

RCW 36.34.240
Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes—Cession of jurisdiction.
Pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States and the Constitution of this state, consent of the legislature is given to the exercise by the congress of the United States of exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever on such tract or parcels of land so conveyed to it: PROVIDED, That all civil process issued from the courts of the state and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the state against any person charged with crime in cases arising outside of said tract may be served and executed thereon in the same manner as if such property were retained by the county.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.240. Prior: 1937 c 46 § 3; RRS § 4015-8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.250 - Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes.

RCW 36.34.250
Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes.
The board of county commissioners of any county by a majority vote are hereby authorized to directly lease, sell, or convey by gift, all or any portion of real estate, or any interest therein owned by the county, however acquired, by tax foreclosure or in any other manner, to the United States for the use and benefit of any branch of the army, navy, marine corps or air forces of the United States, or for enlarging or improving any military base thereof, or for any governmental housing project, or for the purpose of constructing and operating any federal power project, or to the state of Washington, without requiring competitive bids or notice to the public and at such price and terms as the board may deem for the best interests of the county. The property may be conveyed to the United States or to the state of Washington by deed or other instrument of conveyance and shall not require any consideration, if donated, other than the benefit which may be derived by the county on account of the use thereof and development of such property by the United States government or the state.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.250. Prior: 1941 c 227 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4026-1a.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.260 - Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes—Procedure.

RCW 36.34.260
Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes—Procedure.
In any county where the federal government owns and maintains property under the jurisdiction of the navy department or war department, or any other federal department, the board of county commissioners by majority vote may sell, lease or transfer to the United States government any real or personal property owned by said county, however acquired, for the use and benefit of any branch of the army, navy, marine corps or air forces thereof or for enlarging or improving any military base thereof, or for any other governmental housing project, or to the state of Washington, without requiring competitive bids or notice to the public and at such price and terms as the board may deem for the best interests of the county. This property may be conveyed to the government of the United States by bill of sale or other instrument of conveyance and need not require consideration other than the benefit which may be derived by the county on account of the use thereof and development of such property by the United States government. The state of Washington may buy and/or sell such property, or the state of Washington may buy and/or sell such property for the purposes herein stated; or mutually interchange or trade such property or purchase one from the other.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.260. Prior: 1941 c 227 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4026-1b.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.270 - Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes—Execution of instrument of transfer.

RCW 36.34.270
Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes—Execution of instrument of transfer.
The resolution of the board of county commissioners to grant an option to purchase, contract to sell, lease, sell and convey, or donate, as provided, shall be entered by said board upon its journal, and any option to purchase, contract to sell, lease, sale and conveyance, or donation executed pursuant thereto, shall be signed on behalf of the county by the board of county commissioners, or a majority thereof, and shall be acknowledged in the manner prescribed by law.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.270. Prior: 1941 c 227 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 4026-1c.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.280 - Conveyance to municipality.

RCW 36.34.280
Conveyance to municipality.
Whenever any county holds title to lands, for county purposes, acquired by grant, patent, or other conveyance from the United States executed under and pursuant to an act of congress, and the board of county commissioners of such county by resolution finds and determines that any portion thereof is not required for county purposes and that it would be for the best interest of the county to have such portion of the lands devoted to use by a municipality lying within the county, the board of county commissioners may, with the consent of the congress of the United States, by a proper instrument of conveyance executed by the board on behalf of the county, convey such lands to the municipality for municipal purposes, either with or without consideration, and shall not be required to advertise or offer such lands for sale or lease in the manner provided by law for the sale or lease of county property.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.280. Prior: 1917 c 69 § 1; RRS § 4015.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.290 - Dedication of county land for streets and alleys.

RCW 36.34.290
Dedication of county land for streets and alleys.
The boards of county commissioners of the several counties may dedicate any county land to public use for public streets and alleys in any city or town.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.290. Prior: 1903 c 89 § 1; RRS § 4026.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.300 - Dedication of county land for streets and alleys—Execution of dedication—Effective date.

RCW 36.34.300
Dedication of county land for streets and alleys—Execution of dedication—Effective date.
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county deems it for the best interests of the public that any county land lying in any city or town should be dedicated to the public use for streets or alleys, it shall make and enter an order upon its records, designating the land so dedicated, and shall cause a certified copy of the order to be recorded in the auditor's office of the county in which the land is situated, and from and after entry of such order of dedication and the recording thereof as herein provided, such lands shall be thereby dedicated to the public use.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.300. Prior: 1903 c 89 § 2; RRS § 4027.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.310 - Long term leases to United States.

RCW 36.34.310
Long term leases to United States.
Any county in the state may lease any property owned by it to the United States of America or to any agency thereof for a term not exceeding ninety-nine years upon such conditions as may be contained in a written agreement therefor executed on behalf of the county by its board of county commissioners, and by any person on behalf of the United States of America or any agency thereof who has been thereunto authorized: PROVIDED, That any lease made for a longer period than ten years hereunder shall contain provisions requiring the lessee to permit the rentals for every five-year period thereafter, or part thereof, at the commencement of such period, to be readjusted upward and fixed by the board of county commissioners. In the event that the lessee and the board of county commissioners cannot agree upon the rentals for the five-year period, the lessee shall submit to have the disputed rentals for such subsequent period adjusted by arbitration. The lessee shall pick one arbitrator and the board of county commissioners one, and the two so chosen shall select a third. No board of arbitrators shall reduce the rentals below the sum fixed or agreed upon for the last preceding period. All buildings, factories or other improvements made upon property leased under this proviso shall belong to and become property of the county, unless otherwise stipulated, at the expiration of the lease.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.310. Prior: 1949 c 85 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 4019-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.320 - Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property—Limit on indebtedness—Election, when.

RCW 36.34.320
Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property—Limit on indebtedness—Election, when.
See RCW 39.30.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.330 - Exchange for privately owned real property of equal value.

RCW 36.34.330
Exchange for privately owned real property of equal value.
The board of county commissioners of any county shall have authority to exchange county real property for privately owned real property of equal value whenever it is determined by a decree of the superior court in the county in which the real property is located, after publication of notice of hearing is given as fixed and directed by such court, that:
(1) The county real property proposed to be exchanged is not necessary to the future foreseeable needs of such county; and
(2) The real property to be acquired by such exchange is necessary for the future foreseeable needs of such county; and
(3) The value of the county real property to be exchanged is not more than the value of the real property to be acquired by such exchange.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 21 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.340 - May acquire property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes.

RCW 36.34.340
May acquire property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes.
Any county or city may acquire by purchase, gift, devise, bequest, grant or exchange, title to or any interests or rights in real property to be provided or preserved for (a) park or recreational purposes, viewpoint or greenbelt purposes, (b) the conservation of land or other natural resources, or (c) historic, scenic, or view purposes.
[ 1965 ex.s. c 76 § 4.]
NOTES:
Acquisition of interests in land for conservation, protection, preservation, or open space purposes by counties: RCW 64.04.130.
Historic preservation—Authority of county to acquire property: RCW 36.32.435.
Parks, county commissioners may designate name of: RCW 36.32.430.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.355 - Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property.

RCW 36.34.355
Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property.
This chapter does not apply to transfers of property under *sections 1 and 2 of this act.
[ 2006 c 35 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The reference to "sections 1 and 2 of this act" appears to be erroneous. Reference to "sections 2 and 3 of this act" codified as RCW 43.99C.070 and 43.83D.120 was apparently intended. RCW 43.99C.070 and 43.83D.120 were recodified as RCW 43.83.400 and 43.83.410, respectively, by the code reviser September 2015.
Findings—2006 c 35: See note following RCW 43.83.400.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.34 - County Property. › 36.34.360 - Community garden.

RCW 36.34.360
Community garden.
A county may, by ordinance, authorize the use of vacant or blighted county land for the purpose of community gardening under the terms and conditions established for the use of the county land set forth by the ordinance. The ordinance may establish fees for the use of the county land, provide requirements for liability insurance, and provide requirements for a deposit to use the county land, which may be refunded. The ordinance must require that a portion of the community garden include habitat beneficial for the feeding, nesting, and reproduction of all pollinators, including honey bees.
[ 2019 c 353 § 18.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2019 c 353: See note following RCW 43.23.300.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 36 - Counties › Chapter 36.35 - Tax Title Lands. › 36.35.010 - Purpose—Powers of county legislative authority as to tax title lands.

RCW 36.35.010
Purpose—Powers of county legislative authority as to tax title lands.
The purpose of this chapter is to increase the power of county legislative authorities over tax title lands. The legislative authority of each county shall have the power to devote tax title lands to public use under its own control or the control of other governmental or quasi-governmental agencies, to exchange such lands for lands worth at least ninety percent of the value of the land exchanged, and to manage such lands to produce maximum revenue therefrom in the manner which derives the most income from such lands. The further purpose of this chapter is to relieve the courts of the obligation of supervising the county legislative authorities in the management and disposition of tax title lands.
[ 1972 ex.s. c 150 § 1.]