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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.105 - Corporate seals—Effect of absence from instrument.

RCW 64.04.105
Corporate seals—Effect of absence from instrument.
The absence of a corporate seal on any deed, mortgage, lease, bond or other instrument or contract in writing shall not affect its validity, legality or character in any respect.
[ 1957 c 200 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.130 - Interests in land for purposes of conservation, protection, preservation, etc.—Ownership by certain entities—Conveyances—Definitions.

RCW 64.04.130
Interests in land for purposes of conservation, protection, preservation, etc.—Ownership by certain entities—Conveyances—Definitions.
A development right, easement, covenant, restriction, or other right, or any interest less than the fee simple, to protect, preserve, maintain, improve, restore, limit the future use of, or conserve for open space purposes, any land or improvement on the land, whether the right or interest be appurtenant or in gross, may be held or acquired by any state agency, federal agency, county, city, town, federally recognized Indian tribe, or metropolitan municipal corporation, nonprofit historic preservation corporation, or nonprofit nature conservancy corporation. Any such right or interest constitutes and is classified as real property. All instruments for the conveyance thereof must be substantially in the form required by law for the conveyance of any land or other real property.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Nonprofit historic preservation corporation" means an organization which qualifies as being tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and which has as one of its principal purposes the conducting or facilitating of historic preservation activities within the state, including conservation or preservation of historic sites, districts, buildings, and artifacts.
(2) "Nonprofit nature conservancy corporation" means an organization which qualifies as being tax exempt under 26 U.S.C. section 501(c)(3) (of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) as it existed on June 25, 1976, and which has as one of its principal purposes the conducting or facilitating of scientific research; the conserving of natural resources, including but not limited to biological resources, for the general public; or the conserving of natural areas including but not limited to wildlife or plant habitat.
[ 2013 c 120 § 1; 1987 c 341 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 21 § 1.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Acquisition of open space, land, or rights to future development by certain entities: RCW 84.34.200 through 84.34.250.
Property tax exemption for conservation futures on agricultural land: RCW 84.36.500.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.135 - Criteria for monitoring historical conformance not to exceed those in original donation agreement—Exception.

RCW 64.04.135
Criteria for monitoring historical conformance not to exceed those in original donation agreement—Exception.
The criteria for monitoring historical conformance shall not exceed those included in the original donation agreement, unless agreed to in writing between grantor and grantee.
[ 1987 c 341 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.140 - Legislative declaration—Solar energy systems—Solar easements authorized.

RCW 64.04.140
Legislative declaration—Solar energy systems—Solar easements authorized.
The legislature declares that the potential economic and environmental benefits of solar energy use are considered to be in the public interest; therefore, local governments are authorized to encourage and protect access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The legislature further declares that solar easements appropriate to assuring continued access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems may be created and may be privately negotiated.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 1.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.150 - Solar easements—Definitions.

RCW 64.04.150
Solar easements—Definitions.
(1) As used in this chapter:
(a) "Solar energy system" means any device or combination of devices or elements which rely upon direct sunlight as an energy source, including but not limited to any substance or device which collects sunlight for use in:
(i) The heating or cooling of a structure or building;
(ii) The heating or pumping of water;
(iii) Industrial, commercial, or agricultural processes; or
(iv) The generation of electricity.
A solar energy system may be used for purposes in addition to the collection of solar energy. These uses include, but are not limited to, serving as a structural member or part of a roof of a building or structure and serving as a window or wall; and
(b) "Solar easement" means a right, expressed as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract, or other written instrument executed by or on behalf of any landowner for the purpose of assuring adequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.
(2) A solar easement is an interest in real property, and shall be created in writing and shall be subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements.
(3) A solar easement shall be appurtenant and run with the land or lands benefited and burdened, unless otherwise provided in the easement.
(4) Any instrument creating a solar easement shall include but not be limited to:
(a) A description of the real property subject to the solar easement and a description of the real property benefiting from the solar easement; and
(b) A description of the extent of the solar easement which is sufficiently certain to allow the owner of the real property subject to the easement to ascertain the extent of the easement. Such description may be made by describing the vertical and horizontal angles, expressed in degrees, at which the solar easement extends over the real property subject to the easement and the points from which those angles are to be measured, or the height over the property above which the solar easement extends, or a prohibited shadow pattern, or any other reasonably certain description.
(5) Any instrument creating a solar easement may include:
(a) The terms or conditions or both under which the solar easement is granted or will be terminated; and
(b) Any provisions for compensation to the owner of property benefiting from the solar easement in the event of interference with the enjoyment of the solar easement, or compensation to the owner of the property subject to the solar easement for maintaining the solar easement.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 12.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.160 - Solar easements—Creation.

RCW 64.04.160
Solar easements—Creation.
A solar easement created under this chapter may only be created by written agreement. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to create or authorize the creation of an implied easement or a prescriptive easement.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 14.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.170 - Interference with solar easement—Remedies.

RCW 64.04.170
Interference with solar easement—Remedies.
In any action for interference with a solar easement, if the instrument creating the easement does not specify any appropriate and applicable remedies, the court may choose one or more remedies including but not limited to the following:
(1) Actual damages as measured by increased charges for supplemental energy, the capital cost of the solar energy system, and/or the cost of additional equipment necessary to supply sufficient energy:
(a) From the time the interference began until the actual or expected cessation of the interference; or
(b) If the interference is not expected to cease, in a lump sum which represents the present value of the damages from the time the interference began until the normally expected end of the useful life of the equipment which was interfered with;
(2) Reasonable and necessary attorney's fees as fixed by the court; and
(3) An injunction against the interference.
[ 1979 ex.s. c 170 § 13.]
NOTES:
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 170: See note following RCW 64.04.140.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.175 - Easements established by dedication—Extinguishing or altering.

RCW 64.04.175
Easements established by dedication—Extinguishing or altering.
Easements established by a dedication are property rights that cannot be extinguished or altered without the approval of the easement owner or owners, unless the plat or other document creating the dedicated easement provides for an alternative method or methods to extinguish or alter the easement.
[ 1991 c 132 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.180 - Railroad properties as public utility and transportation corridors—Declaration of availability for public use—Acquisition of reversionary interest.

RCW 64.04.180
Railroad properties as public utility and transportation corridors—Declaration of availability for public use—Acquisition of reversionary interest.
Railroad properties, including but not limited to rights-of-way, land held in fee and used for railroad operations, bridges, tunnels, and other facilities, are declared to be suitable for public use upon cessation of railroad operations on the properties. It is in the public interest of the state of Washington that such properties retain their character as public utility and transportation corridors, and that they may be made available for public uses including highways, other forms of mass transportation, conservation, energy production or transmission, or recreation. Nothing in this section or in RCW 64.04.190 authorizes a public agency or utility to acquire reversionary interests in public utility and transportation corridors without payment of just compensation.
[ 1988 c 16 § 1; 1984 c 143 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.190 - Public utility and transportation corridors—Defined.

RCW 64.04.190
Public utility and transportation corridors—Defined.
Public utility and transportation corridors are railroad properties (1) on which railroad operations have ceased; (2) that have been found suitable for public use by an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States; and (3) that have been acquired by purchase, lease, donation, exchange, or other agreement by the state, one of its political subdivisions, or a public utility.
[ 1988 c 16 § 2; 1984 c 143 § 23.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.200 - Existing rate or charge for energy conservation—Seller's duty to disclose.

RCW 64.04.200
Existing rate or charge for energy conservation—Seller's duty to disclose.
Prior to closing, the seller of real property subject to a rate or charge for energy conservation measures, services, or payments provided under a tariff approved by the utilities and transportation commission pursuant to RCW 80.28.065 shall disclose to the purchaser of the real property the existence of the obligation and the possibility that the purchaser may be responsible for the payment obligation.
[ 1993 c 245 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—1993 c 245: See note following RCW 80.28.065.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.04 - Conveyances. › 64.04.210 - Requests for notice of transfer or encumbrance—Disclosure—Notice to department of social and health services.

RCW 64.04.210
Requests for notice of transfer or encumbrance—Disclosure—Notice to department of social and health services.
(1) If the department of social and health services has filed a request for notice of transfer or encumbrance under RCW 43.20B.750:
(a) A title insurance company or agent that discovers the presence of a request for notice of transfer or encumbrance when performing a title search on real property shall disclose the presence of the request for notice of transfer or encumbrance in any report preliminary to, or any commitment to offer, a certificate of title insurance for the real property; and
(b) Any individual who transfers or encumbers real property shall provide the department of social and health services with a notice of transfer or encumbrance. The department of social and health services shall adopt by rule a model form for notice of transfer or encumbrance to be used by a purchaser or lender when notifying the department.
(2) If the department of social and health services has caused to be recorded a termination of request for notice of transfer or encumbrance in the deed and mortgage records under RCW 43.20B.750, an individual transferring or encumbering the real property is not required to provide the notice of transfer or encumbrance required by subsection (1)(b) of this section.
[ 2005 c 292 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.005 - Definitions.

RCW 64.06.005
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Commercial real estate" has the same meaning as in RCW 60.42.005.
(2) "Improved residential property," "unimproved residential property," and "commercial real estate" do not include a condominium unit created under chapter 64.90 RCW on or after July 1, 2018, if the buyer of the unit entered into a contract to purchase the unit prior to July 1, 2018, and received a public offering statement pursuant to chapter 64.34 RCW prior to July 1, 2018.
(3) "Improved residential real property" means:
(a) Real property consisting of, or improved by, one to four residential dwelling units;
(b) A residential condominium as defined in RCW 64.34.020(10), unless the sale is subject to the public offering statement requirement in the Washington condominium act, chapter 64.34 RCW;
(c) A residential timeshare, as defined in RCW 64.36.010(11), unless subject to written disclosure under the Washington timeshare act, chapter 64.36 RCW;
(d) A mobile or manufactured home, as defined in RCW 43.22.335 or 46.04.302, that is personal property; or
(e) A residential common interest community as defined in RCW 64.90.010(10) unless the sale is subject to the public offering statement requirement in the Washington uniform common interest ownership act, chapter 64.90 RCW.
(4) "Residential real property" means both improved and unimproved residential real property.
(5) "Seller disclosure statement" means the form to be completed by the seller of residential real property as prescribed by this chapter.
(6) "Unimproved residential real property" means property zoned for residential use that is not improved by one or more residential dwelling units, a residential condominium, a residential timeshare, or a mobile or manufactured home. It does not include commercial real estate or property defined as "timberland" under RCW 84.34.020.
[ 2019 c 238 § 214; 2010 c 64 § 1; 2009 c 505 § 1; 2007 c 107 § 2; 2002 c 268 § 8; 1994 c 200 § 1.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Application—2009 c 505: "This act applies prospectively and not retroactively. It applies only to sales of property that arise on or after July 26, 2009." [ 2009 c 505 § 5.]
Findings—Intent—2007 c 107: See note following RCW 64.06.015.
Purpose—Finding—Effective dates—2002 c 268: See notes following RCW 43.22.434.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.010 - Application—Exceptions for certain transfers of real property.

RCW 64.06.010
Application—Exceptions for certain transfers of real property.
This chapter does not apply to the following transfers of real property:
(1) A foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure;
(2) A gift or other transfer to a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or child of a transferor or child of any parent, spouse, or domestic partner of a transferor;
(3) A transfer between spouses or between domestic partners in connection with a marital dissolution or dissolution of a state registered domestic partnership;
(4) A transfer where a buyer had an ownership interest in the property within two years of the date of the transfer including, but not limited to, an ownership interest as a partner in a partnership, a limited partner in a limited partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, a leasehold interest, or transfers to and from a facilitator pursuant to a tax deferred exchange;
(5) A transfer of an interest that is less than fee simple, except that the transfer of a vendee's interest under a real estate contract is subject to the requirements of this chapter;
(6) A transfer made by the personal representative of the estate of the decedent or by a trustee in bankruptcy; and
(7) A transfer in which the buyer has expressly waived the receipt of the seller disclosure statement. However, if the answer to any of the questions in the section entitled "Environmental" would be "yes," the buyer may not waive the receipt of the "Environmental" section of the seller disclosure statement.
[ 2010 c 64 § 2; 2008 c 6 § 632; 2007 c 107 § 3; 1994 c 200 § 2.]
NOTES:
Part headings not law—Severability—2008 c 6: See RCW 26.60.900 and 26.60.901.
Findings—Intent—2007 c 107: See note following RCW 64.06.015.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.021 - Notice regarding sex offenders.

RCW 64.06.021
Notice regarding sex offenders.
The notice regarding sex offenders under RCW 64.06.020 does not create any legal duty on the part of the seller, or on the part of any real estate licensee, to investigate or to provide the buyer with information regarding the actual presence, or lack thereof, of registered sex offenders in the area of any property, including but not limited to any property that is the subject of a disclosure or waiver of disclosure under this chapter, or that is exempt from disclosure under RCW 64.06.010.
[ 2004 c 114 § 2.]
NOTES:
Application—2004 c 114: "This act applies prospectively only and not retroactively. It applies only to residential real property purchase and sale agreements entered into on or after January 1, 2005, without regard to when the agreements are closed or finalized." [ 2004 c 114 § 3.]
Effective date—2004 c 114: "This act takes effect January 1, 2005." [ 2004 c 114 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.022 - Disclosure of possible proximity to farm or working forest.

RCW 64.06.022
Disclosure of possible proximity to farm or working forest.
A seller of residential real property shall make available to the buyer the following statement: "This notice is to inform you that the real property you are considering for purchase may lie in close proximity to a farm or working forest. The operation of a farm or working forest involves usual and customary agricultural practices or forest practices, which are protected under RCW 7.48.305, the Washington right to farm act."
[ 2019 c 17 § 2; 2010 c 64 § 4; 2006 c 77 § 1; 2005 c 511 § 3.]
NOTES:
Findings—2019 c 17: "(1) The legislature finds that maintaining the ecological and economic benefits of Washington's working forests is a critical part of planning for a fast-growing population and a changing climate. Sustainable, thriving working forests offer multiple benefits to the state, including clean water and air, fish and wildlife habitat, carbon storage, areas of open space and green amidst constant development pressures, and a strong economic base for rural jobs and statewide economic diversity.
(2) The legislature further finds that RCW 7.48.305, also known as the Washington right to farm act, provides certain protections from nuisance lawsuits arising from standard agricultural and forest practices. However, the mandatory real estate disclosure statement that provides residential home purchasers with notice of the right to farm act expressly notifies homebuyers of the law's protections for nearby agricultural operations but fails to provide that same notice for nearby forestry operations.
(3) The legislature further finds that modifying the real estate disclosure statement relating to the right to farm act to include working forests gives homebuyers a more accurate description of the effect of the right to farm act and Washington's science-based forest practices regulations that protect the state's public resources. This is important as population growth encroaches into forestland and brings residential land uses into areas historically dominated by commercial forestry." [ 2019 c 17 § 1.]
Applicability—2019 c 17: "This act applies prospectively only and not retroactively. It applies only to sales of property that arise on or after January 1, 2020." [ 2019 c 17 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.030 - Delivery of disclosure statement—Buyer's options—Time frame.

RCW 64.06.030
Delivery of disclosure statement—Buyer's options—Time frame.
Unless the buyer has expressly waived the right to receive the disclosure statement, not later than five business days or as otherwise agreed to, after mutual acceptance of a written agreement between a buyer and a seller for the purchase and sale of residential real property, the seller shall deliver to the buyer a completed, signed, and dated real property transfer disclosure statement. Within three business days, or as otherwise agreed to, of receipt of the real property transfer disclosure statement, the buyer shall have the right to exercise one of the following two options: (1) Approving and accepting the real property transfer disclosure statement; or (2) rescinding the agreement for the purchase and sale of the property, which decision may be made by the buyer in the buyer's sole discretion. If the buyer elects to rescind the agreement, the buyer must deliver written notice of rescission to the seller within the three-business-day period, or as otherwise agreed to, and upon delivery of the written rescission notice the buyer shall be entitled to immediate return of all deposits and other considerations less any agreed disbursements paid to the seller, or to the seller's agent or an escrow agent for the seller's account, and the agreement for purchase and sale shall be void. If the buyer does not deliver a written recision notice to [the] seller within the three-business-day period, or as otherwise agreed to, the real property transfer disclosure statement will be deemed approved and accepted by the buyer.
[ 1996 c 301 § 3; 1994 c 200 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.050 - Error, inaccuracy, or omission in disclosure statement—Actual knowledge—Liability.

RCW 64.06.050
Error, inaccuracy, or omission in disclosure statement—Actual knowledge—Liability.
(1) The seller shall not be liable for any error, inaccuracy, or omission in the real property transfer disclosure statement if the seller had no actual knowledge of the error, inaccuracy, or omission. Unless the seller has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission in a real property transfer disclosure statement, the seller shall not be liable for such error, inaccuracy, or omission if the disclosure was based on information provided by public agencies, or by other persons providing information within the scope of their professional license or expertise, including, but not limited to, a report or opinion delivered by a land surveyor, title company, title insurance company, structural inspector, pest inspector, licensed engineer, or contractor.
(2) Any real estate licensee involved in a real property transaction is not liable for any error, inaccuracy, or omission in the real property transfer disclosure statement if the licensee had no actual knowledge of the error, inaccuracy, or omission. Unless the licensee has actual knowledge of an error, inaccuracy, or omission in a real property transfer disclosure statement, the licensee shall not be liable for such error, inaccuracy, or omission if the disclosure was based on information provided by public agencies, or by other persons providing information within the scope of their professional license or expertise, including, but not limited to, a report or opinion delivered by a land surveyor, title company, title insurance company, structural inspector, pest inspector, licensed engineer, or contractor.
[ 2010 c 64 § 6; 1996 c 301 § 5; 1994 c 200 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.060 - Consumer protection act does not apply.

RCW 64.06.060
Consumer protection act does not apply.
The legislature finds that the practices covered by this chapter are not matters vitally affecting the public interest for the purpose of applying the consumer protection act, chapter 19.86 RCW.
[ 1994 c 200 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.070 - Buyer's rights or remedies.

RCW 64.06.070
Buyer's rights or remedies.
Except as provided in RCW 64.06.050, nothing in this chapter shall extinguish or impair any rights or remedies of a buyer of real estate against the seller or against any agent acting for the seller otherwise existing pursuant to common law, statute, or contract; nor shall anything in this chapter create any new right or remedy for a buyer of real property other than the right of recision exercised on the basis and within the time limits provided in this chapter.
[ 2010 c 64 § 7; 1996 c 301 § 6; 1994 c 200 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.080 - Seller and landlord disclosure requirement—Electronic notice by city or county.

RCW 64.06.080
Seller and landlord disclosure requirement—Electronic notice by city or county.
(1) Any ordinance, resolution, or policy adopted by a city or county that imposes a requirement on landlords or sellers of real property, or their agents, to provide information to a buyer or tenant pertaining to the subject property or the surrounding area is effective only after:
(a) A summary of the ordinance, resolution, or policy is posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e); and
(b) An internet link to the ordinance, resolution, or policy, or the relevant portion of the actual language of the ordinance, resolution, or policy, is posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e).
(2) If, prior to June 9, 2016, a city or county adopted an ordinance, resolution, or policy that imposes a requirement on landlords or sellers of real property, or their agents, to provide information to a buyer or tenant pertaining to the subject property or the surrounding area, the city or county must cause, within ninety days of June 9, 2016:
(a) A summary of the ordinance, resolution, or policy to be posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e); and
(b) An internet link to the ordinance, resolution, or policy, or the relevant portion of the actual language of the ordinance, resolution, or policy, to be posted electronically in accordance with RCW 43.110.030(2)(e). If the requirement is not electronically posted as required by this subsection, the requirement must thereafter cease to be in effect.
[ 2016 c 138 § 1; 2015 2nd sp.s. c 10 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.090 - Oil tank for heating—No cost insurance—Seller's notice.

RCW 64.06.090
Oil tank for heating—No cost insurance—Seller's notice.
A seller of residential real property shall make available to the buyer the following statement: "This notice is to inform you that if the real property you are considering for purchase utilizes an oil tank for heating purposes, no cost insurance may be available from the pollution liability insurance agency."
[ 2018 c 289 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2018 c 289: "This act takes effect January 1, 2020." [ 2018 c 289 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.06 - Real Property Transfers—Sellers' Disclosures. › 64.06.900 - Effective date—1994 c 200.

RCW 64.06.900
Effective date—1994 c 200.
This act shall take effect on January 1, 1995.
[ 1994 c 200 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.010 - Who may take acknowledgments.

RCW 64.08.010
Who may take acknowledgments.
Acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged may be taken in this state before a justice of the supreme court, or the clerk thereof, or the deputy of such clerk, before a judge of the court of appeals, or the clerk thereof, before a judge of the superior court, or qualified court commissioner thereof, or the clerk thereof, or the deputy of such clerk, or a county auditor, or the deputy of such auditor, or a qualified notary public, or a qualified United States commissioner appointed by any district court of the United States for this state, and all said instruments heretofore executed and acknowledged according to the provisions of this section are hereby declared legal and valid.
[ 1971 c 81 § 131; 1931 c 13 § 1; 1929 c 33 § 3; RRS § 10559. Prior: 1913 c 14 § 1; Code 1881 § 2315; 1879 p 110 § 1; 1877 p 317 § 5; 1875 p 107 § 1; 1873 p 466 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.020 - Acknowledgments out of state—Certificate.

RCW 64.08.020
Acknowledgments out of state—Certificate.
Acknowledgments of deeds conveying or encumbering real estate situated in this state, or any interest therein, and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged, may be taken in any other state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or in any possession of the United States, before any person authorized to take the acknowledgments of deeds by the laws of the state, territory, district, or possession wherein the acknowledgment is taken, or before any commissioner appointed by the governor of this state, for that purpose, but unless such acknowledgment is taken before a commissioner so appointed by the governor, or before the clerk of a court of record of such state, territory, district, or possession, or before a notary public or other officer having a seal of office, the instrument shall have attached thereto a certificate of the clerk of a court of record of the county, parish, or other political subdivision of such state, territory, district, or possession wherein the acknowledgment was taken, under the seal of said court, certifying that the person who took the acknowledgment, and whose name is subscribed to the certificate thereof, was at the date thereof such officer as he or she represented himself or herself to be, authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and that the clerk verily believes the signature of the person subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment to be genuine.
[ 2012 c 117 § 190; 1929 c 33 § 4; RRS §§ 10560, 10561. Prior: Code 1881 §§ 2316, 2317; 1877 p 313 §§ 6, 7; 1873 p 466 §§ 6, 7; 1867 pp 93, 94 §§ 1, 2; 1866 p 89 § 1; 1865 p 25 § 1. Formerly RCW 64.08.020 and 64.08.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.040 - Foreign acknowledgments, who may take.

RCW 64.08.040
Foreign acknowledgments, who may take.
Acknowledgments of deeds conveying or encumbering real estate situated in this state, or any interest therein and other instruments in writing, required to be acknowledged, may be taken in any foreign country before any minister, plenipotentiary, secretary of legation, charge d'affaires, consul general, consul, vice consul, consular agent, or commercial agent appointed by the United States government, or before any notary public, or before the judge, clerk, or other proper officer of any court of said country, or before the mayor or other chief magistrate of any city, town or other municipal corporation therein.
[ 1929 c 33 § 5; RRS § 10563, part. Prior: 1901 c 53 § 1; 1888 p 1 § 1; Code 1881 § 2319; 1875 p 108 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.050 - Certificate of acknowledgment—Evidence.

RCW 64.08.050
Certificate of acknowledgment—Evidence.
The officer, or person, taking an acknowledgment as in this chapter provided, shall certify the same by a certificate written upon or annexed to the instrument acknowledged and signed by him or her and sealed with his or her official seal, if any, and reciting in substance that the person, or persons, known to him or her as, or determined by satisfactory evidence to be, the person, or persons, whose name, or names, are signed to the instrument as executing the same, acknowledged before him or her on the date stated in the certificate that he, she, or they, executed the same freely and voluntarily. Such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. The officer or person taking the acknowledgment has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose name is signed on the instrument if that person: (1) Is personally known to the officer or person taking the acknowledgment; (2) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally known to the officer or person taking the acknowledgment; or (3) is identified on the basis of identification documents.
[ 1988 c 69 § 1; 1929 c 33 § 6; RRS §§ 10564, 10565. Prior: Code 1881 §§ 2320, 2321; 1879 p 158 §§ 2, 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.060 - Form of certificate for individual.

RCW 64.08.060
Form of certificate for individual.
A certificate of acknowledgment for an individual, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in RCW 42.45.140(1), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:
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On this day personally appeared before me (here insert the name of grantor or grantors) to me known to be the individual, or individuals described in and who executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he (she or they) signed the same as his (her or their) free and voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Given under my hand and official seal this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . (Signature of officer and official seal)
If acknowledgment is taken before a notary public of this state the signature shall be followed by substantially the following: Notary Public in and for the state of Washington, residing at . . . . . . . . ., (giving place of residence).
[ 2017 c 281 § 41; 2016 c 202 § 40; 1988 c 69 § 2; 1929 c 33 § 13; RRS § 10566. Prior: 1888 p 51 § 2; 1886 p 179 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 c 281: See RCW 42.45.905.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.070 - Form of certificate for corporation.

RCW 64.08.070
Form of certificate for corporation.
A certificate of acknowledgment for a corporation, substantially in the following form or, after December 31, 1985, substantially in the form set forth in RCW 42.45.140(2), shall be sufficient for the purposes of this chapter and for any acknowledgment required to be taken in accordance with this chapter:
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On this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., before me personally appeared . . . . . ., to me known to be the (president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other authorized officer or agent, as the case may be) of the corporation that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he or she was authorized to execute said instrument and that the seal affixed is the corporate seal of said corporation.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written. (Signature and title of officer with place of residence of notary public.)
[ 2017 c 281 § 42; 2016 c 202 § 41; 2012 c 117 § 191; 1988 c 69 § 3; 1929 c 33 § 14; RRS § 10567. Prior: 1903 c 132 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2017 c 281: See RCW 42.45.905.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.090 - Authority of superintendents, business managers, and officers of correctional institutions to take acknowledgments and administer oaths—Procedure.

RCW 64.08.090
Authority of superintendents, business managers, and officers of correctional institutions to take acknowledgments and administer oaths—Procedure.
The superintendents, associate and assistant superintendents, business managers, records officers, and camp superintendents of any correctional institution or facility operated by the state of Washington are hereby authorized and empowered to take acknowledgments on any instruments of writing, and certify the same in the manner required by law, and to administer all oaths required by law to be administered, all of the foregoing acts to have the same effect as if performed by a notary public: PROVIDED, That such authority shall only extend to taking acknowledgments for and administering oaths to officers, employees, and residents of such institutions and facilities. None of the individuals herein empowered to take acknowledgments and administer oaths shall demand or accept any fee or compensation whatsoever for administering or taking any oath, affirmation, or acknowledgment under the authority conferred by this section.
In certifying any oath or in signing any instrument officially, an individual empowered to do so under this section shall, in addition to his or her name, state in writing his or her place of residence, the date of his or her action, and affix the seal of the institution where he or she is employed: PROVIDED, That in certifying any oath to be used in any of the courts of this state, it shall not be necessary to append an impression of the official seal of the institution.
[ 2012 c 117 § 192; 1972 ex.s. c 58 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.08 - Acknowledgments. › 64.08.100 - Acknowledgments by persons unable to sign name.

RCW 64.08.100
Acknowledgments by persons unable to sign name.
Any person who is otherwise competent but is physically unable to sign his or her name or make a mark may make an acknowledgment authorized under this chapter by orally directing the notary public or other authorized officer taking the acknowledgment to sign the person's name on his or her behalf. In taking an acknowledgment under this section, the notary public or other authorized officer shall, in addition to stating his or her name and place of residence, state that the signature in the acknowledgment was obtained under the authority of this section.
[ 1987 c 76 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.010 - Waste actionable.

RCW 64.12.010
Waste actionable.
Wrongs heretofore remediable by action of waste shall be subjects of actions as other wrongs.
[Code 1881 § 600; 1877 p 125 § 605; 1869 p 143 § 554; 1854 p 206 § 403; RRS § 937.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.020 - Waste by guardian or tenant, action for.

RCW 64.12.020
Waste by guardian or tenant, action for.
If a guardian, tenant in severalty or in common, for life or for years, or by sufferance, or at will, or a subtenant, of real property commit waste thereon, any person injured thereby may maintain an action at law for damages therefor against such guardian or tenant or subtenant; in which action, if the plaintiff prevails, there shall be judgment for treble damages, or for fifty dollars, whichever is greater, and the court, in addition may decree forfeiture of the estate of the party committing or permitting the waste, and of eviction from the property. The judgment, in any event, shall include as part of the costs of the prevailing party, a reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court. But judgment of forfeiture and eviction shall only be given in favor of the person entitled to the reversion against the tenant in possession, when the injury to the estate in reversion is determined in the action to be equal to the value of the tenant's estate or unexpired term, or to have been done or suffered in malice.
[ 1943 c 22 § 1; Code 1881 § 601; 1877 p 125 § 606; 1869 p 143 § 555; 1854 p 206 § 403; Rem. Supp. 1943 § 938.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.030 - Injury to or removing trees, etc.—Damages.

RCW 64.12.030
Injury to or removing trees, etc.—Damages.
Whenever any person shall cut down, girdle, or otherwise injure, or carry off any tree, including a Christmas tree as defined in *RCW 76.48.020, timber, or shrub on the land of another person, or on the street or highway in front of any person's house, city or town lot, or cultivated grounds, or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or on the street or highway in front thereof, without lawful authority, in an action by the person, city, or town against the person committing the trespasses or any of them, any judgment for the plaintiff shall be for treble the amount of damages claimed or assessed.
[ 2009 c 349 § 4; Code 1881 § 602; 1877 p 125 § 607; 1869 p 143 § 556; RRS § 939.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 76.48.020 was recodified as RCW 76.48.021 pursuant to 2009 c 245 § 29.
Trespass, public lands: Chapter 79.02 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.040 - Mitigating circumstances—Damages.

RCW 64.12.040
Mitigating circumstances—Damages.
If upon trial of such action it shall appear that the trespass was casual or involuntary, or that the defendant had probable cause to believe that the land on which such trespass was committed was his or her own, or that of the person in whose service or by whose direction the act was done, or that such tree or timber was taken from uninclosed [unenclosed] woodlands, for the purpose of repairing any public highway or bridge upon the land or adjoining it, judgment shall only be given for single damages.
[ 2012 c 117 § 193; Code 1881 § 603; 1877 p 125 § 608; 1869 p 143 § 557; RRS § 940.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.050 - Injunction to prevent waste on public land.

RCW 64.12.050
Injunction to prevent waste on public land.
When any two or more persons are opposing claimants under the laws of the United States to any land in this state, and one is threatening to commit upon such land waste which tends materially to lessen the value of the inheritance and which cannot be compensated by damages and there is imminent danger that unless restrained such waste will be committed, the party, on filing his or her complaint and satisfying the court or judge of the existence of the facts, may have an injunction to restrain the adverse party. In all cases he or she shall give notice and bond as is provided in other cases where injunction is granted, and the injunction when granted shall be set aside or modified as is provided generally for injunction and restraining orders.
[ 2012 c 117 § 194; Code 1881 § 604; 1877 p 125 § 609; 1869 p 144 § 558; 1854 p 206 § 404; RRS § 941.]
NOTES:
Injunction, generally: Chapter 7.40 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances › Chapter 64.12 - Waste and Trespass. › 64.12.060 - Action by occupant of unsurveyed land.

RCW 64.12.060
Action by occupant of unsurveyed land.
Any person now occupying and settled upon, or who may hereafter occupy or settle upon any of the unsurveyed public lands not to exceed one hundred sixty acres in this territory, for the purpose of holding and cultivating the same, may commence and maintain any action, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for interference with or injuries done to his or her possessions of said lands, against any person or persons so interfering with or injuring such lands or possessions: PROVIDED, ALWAYS, That if any of the aforesaid class of settlers are absent from their claims continuously, for a period of six months in any one year, the said person or persons shall be deemed to have forfeited all rights under this act.
[ 1883 p 70 § 1; RRS § 942.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The preamble and sections 2 and 3 of the 1883 act, section 1 of which is codified above as RCW 64.12.060, read as follows:
Preamble: "whereas, A great many citizens of the United States are now settling upon and cultivating the unsurveyed government lands in this territory; and, as many years may elapse before the government surveys will be extended over the said lands, so that the settlers upon the same, can take them under the laws of the United States, and defend them against the trespass of others, therefore:"
"Sec. 2. Any person or persons, who shall wilfully and maliciously disturb, or in any wise injure, or destroy the dwelling house or other building, or any fence inclosing [enclosing], or being on the claim of any of the aforesaid class of settlers, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred ($100) dollars, for each and every offense, to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding ninety (90) days." [ 1883 p 71 § 2.]
"Sec. 3. Any person or persons, who shall wilfully or maliciously set fire to any dwelling, or other building, of any of the aforesaid class of settlers, shall be deemed guilty of arson, and subject to the penalties of the law in such cases, made and provided." [ 1883 p 71 § 3.]