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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.50 - Local Improvements—Foreclosure of Assessments. › 35.50.225 - Procedure—Form of summons.

RCW 35.50.225
Procedure—Form of summons.
In foreclosing local improvement assessments, the summons shall be substantially in the following form:
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON
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Plaintiff,
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summons for foreclosure
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of local improvement
Defendant.
assessment lien
To the Defendant: A lawsuit has been started against you in the above entitled court by . . . . . ., plaintiff. Plaintiff's claim is stated in the written complaint, a copy of which is served upon you with this summons. The purpose of this suit is to foreclose on your interest in the following described property:
[legal description]
which is located at:
[street address]
In order to defend against this lawsuit, you must respond to the complaint by stating your defense in writing, and by serving a copy upon the person signing this summons within twenty days after the service of this summons, excluding the day of service, or a default judgment may be entered against you without notice. A default judgment is one where plaintiff is entitled to what he or she asks for because you have not responded. If you serve a notice of appearance on the undersigned person, you are entitled to notice before a default judgment may be entered.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
If judgment is taken against you, either by default or after hearing by the court, your property will be sold at public auction.
You may prevent the sale by paying the amount of the judgment at any time prior to the sale.
If your property is sold, you may redeem the property at any time up to two years after the date of the sale, by paying the amount for which the property was sold, plus interest and costs of the sale.
If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any, may be served on time.
[signed] . . . .
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Print or Type Name
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Plaintiff
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Plaintiff's
Attorney
P.O. Address . . . .
Dated . . . .
Telephone Number . . . .
[ 2009 c 549 § 2090; 1982 c 91 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 c 91: See note following RCW 35.50.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.50 - Local Improvements—Foreclosure of Assessments. › 35.50.230 - Procedure—Parties and property included.

RCW 35.50.230
Procedure—Parties and property included.
In foreclosing local improvement assessment liens, it is not necessary to bring a separate suit for each of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land or other property or for each separate local improvement district or utility local improvement district. All or any of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land or other property upon which local improvement assessments are delinquent under any and all local improvement assessment rolls in the city or town may be proceeded against in the same action. For all lots, tracts, or parcels which contain a residential structure with an assessed value of at least two thousand dollars, all persons owning or claiming to own the property shall be made defendants thereto. For all other lots, tracts, or parcels, the persons whose names appear on the assessment roll and property tax rolls as owners of the property charged with the assessments or taxes shall be made defendants thereto.
[ 1983 c 303 § 19; 1982 c 91 § 3; 1967 c 52 § 19; 1965 c 7 § 35.50.230. Prior: 1933 c 9 § 2, part; RRS § 9386-1, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 c 91: See note following RCW 35.50.030.
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.50 - Local Improvements—Foreclosure of Assessments. › 35.50.240 - Procedure—Pleadings and evidence.

RCW 35.50.240
Procedure—Pleadings and evidence.
In foreclosing local improvement assessment liens, the assessment roll and the ordinance confirming it, or duly authenticated copies thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity and legality of the proceedings connected therewith and the burden of proof shall be on the defendants.
[ 1982 c 91 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.50.240. Prior: 1933 c 9 § 2, part; RRS § 9386-1, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 c 91: See note following RCW 35.50.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.50 - Local Improvements—Foreclosure of Assessments. › 35.50.250 - Procedure—Summons and service.

RCW 35.50.250
Procedure—Summons and service.
In foreclosing local improvement assessments, if the lot, tract, or parcel contains a residential structure with an assessed value of at least two thousand dollars, the summons shall be served upon the defendants in the manner required by RCW 4.28.080. For all other lots, tracts, or parcels the summons shall be served by either personal service on the defendants or by certified and regular mail.
[ 1983 c 303 § 20; 1982 c 91 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.50.250. Prior: 1933 c 9 § 2, part; RRS § 9386-1, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 c 91: See note following RCW 35.50.030.
Commencement of actions: Chapter 4.28 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.50 - Local Improvements—Foreclosure of Assessments. › 35.50.270 - Procedure—Sale—Right of redemption.

RCW 35.50.270
Procedure—Sale—Right of redemption.
In foreclosing local improvement assessments, all sales shall be subject to the right of redemption within two years from the date of sale.
[ 1983 c 303 § 22; 1982 c 91 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.50.270. Prior: 1933 c 9 § 2, part; RRS § 9386-1, part.]
NOTES:
Severability—1982 c 91: See note following RCW 35.50.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.51 - Local Improvements—Classification of Property—Reserve Funds. › 35.51.010 - Definitions.

RCW 35.51.010
Definitions.
The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Local improvement district" means any local improvement district, local utility district, or any other similar special assessment district.
(2) "Municipality" means any city, town, county, metropolitan municipal corporation, or any other municipal corporation or quasi-municipal corporation of the state of Washington authorized to order local improvements, to establish local improvement districts, and to levy special assessments on property specially benefited thereby to pay the expense of the improvements.
(3) "Permissible floor area" means the maximum total floor area, at grade and above and below grade, of a building or other structure that may lawfully be developed on a property.
(4) "Private land use restriction" means any restriction on the use of property imposed by agreement and enforceable by a court of law and that the legislative authority of a municipality determines is useful in measuring special benefits to a property from an improvement. Such restrictions include but are not limited to easements, covenants, and equitable servitudes that are not mere personal obligations.
(5) "Public land use restriction" means any restriction on the use of property imposed by federal, state, or local laws, regulations, ordinances, or resolutions. Such restrictions include but are not limited to local zoning ordinances and historic preservation statutes.
[ 1985 c 397 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.51 - Local Improvements—Classification of Property—Reserve Funds. › 35.51.020 - Joint planning, construction, and operation of improvements.

RCW 35.51.020
Joint planning, construction, and operation of improvements.
A municipality may contract with any other municipality, with a public corporation, or with the state of Washington, for the following purposes:
(1) To have the acquisition or construction of the whole or any part of an improvement performed by another municipality, by a public corporation, or by the state of Washington;
(2) To pay, from assessments on property within a local improvement district or from the proceeds of local improvement district bonds, notes or warrants, the whole or any part of the expense of an improvement ordered, constructed, acquired, or owned by another municipality or a public corporation; or
(3) To integrate the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, management, or operation, or any combination thereof, of the improvements of one municipality or a public corporation with the planning, financing, construction, acquisition, management, or operation, or any combination thereof, of the improvements of another municipality or public corporation on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon including, but not limited to, the allocation of the costs of the improvements and the allocation of planning, financing, construction, management, operation, or other responsibilities.
[ 1987 c 242 § 5; 1985 c 397 § 6.]
NOTES:
Policy—1987 c 242: See note following RCW 35.43.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.51 - Local Improvements—Classification of Property—Reserve Funds. › 35.51.050 - Loan agreements—Assessments may be pledged.

RCW 35.51.050
Loan agreements—Assessments may be pledged.
Assessments for local improvements in a local improvement district created by a municipality may be pledged and applied when collected to the payment of its obligations under a loan agreement entered into under chapter 39.69 RCW to pay costs of improvements in such a local improvement district.
[ 1997 c 426 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.51 - Local Improvements—Classification of Property—Reserve Funds. › 35.51.900 - Authority supplemental—1985 c 397.

RCW 35.51.900
Authority supplemental—1985 c 397.
The authority granted by sections 1 through 8 of this act is supplemental and in addition to the authority granted by Title 35 RCW and to any other authority granted to cities, towns, or municipal corporations to levy special assessments.
[ 1985 c 397 § 12.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.51 - Local Improvements—Classification of Property—Reserve Funds. › 35.51.9001 - Authority supplemental—1997 c 426.

RCW 35.51.9001
Authority supplemental—1997 c 426.
The authority granted by RCW 35.51.050 is supplemental and in addition to the authority granted by Title 35 RCW and to any other authority granted to cities, towns, or municipal corporations to levy, pledge, and apply special assessments.
[ 1997 c 426 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.010 - Property to be held in trust—Taxability.

RCW 35.53.010
Property to be held in trust—Taxability.
Property bid in by the city or town or struck off to it pursuant to proceedings for the foreclosure of local improvement assessment liens shall be held in trust by the city or town for the fund of the improvement district or the revenue bond fund into which assessments in utility local improvement districts are pledged to be paid for the benefit of which the property was sold. Any property so held in trust shall be exempt from taxation for general state, county and municipal purposes during the period that it is so held.
[ 1967 c 52 § 20; 1965 c 7 § 35.53.010. Prior: 1933 c 107 § 1, part; 1927 c 275 § 3, part; 1911 c 98 § 31, part; RRS § 9383, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.020 - Discharge of trust.

RCW 35.53.020
Discharge of trust.
The city or town may relieve itself of its trust relation to a local improvement district fund or revenue bond fund into which utility local improvement assessments are pledged to be paid as to any lot, tract, or parcel of property by paying into the fund the amount of the delinquent assessment for which the property was sold and all accrued interest, together with interest to the time of the next call of bonds or warrants against such fund at the rate provided thereon. Upon such payment the city or town shall hold the property discharged of the trust.
[ 1967 c 52 § 21; 1965 c 7 § 35.53.020. Prior: 1933 c 107 § 1, part; 1927 c 275 § 3, part; 1911 c 98 § 31, part; RRS § 9383, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.030 - Sale or lease of trust property.

RCW 35.53.030
Sale or lease of trust property.
A city or town may lease or sell and convey any such property held in trust by it, by virtue of the conveyance thereof to it by a local improvement assessment deed. The sale may be public or private and for such price and upon such terms as may be determined by resolution of the council, any provisions of law, charter, or ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding. After first reimbursing any funds which may have advanced moneys on account of any lot, tract, or parcel, all proceeds resulting from lease or sale thereof shall ratably belong and be paid into the funds of the local improvement concerned.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.53.030. Prior: 1927 c 275 § 4; 1911 c 98 § 32; RRS § 9384.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.040 - Termination of trust in certain property.

RCW 35.53.040
Termination of trust in certain property.
A city or town which has heretofore acquired or hereafter acquires any property through foreclosure of delinquent assessments for local improvements initiated or proceedings commenced before June 8, 1927, may terminate its trust therein by an action in the superior court, if all the bonds and warrants outstanding in the local improvement district in which the assessments were levied are delinquent.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.53.040. Prior: 1929 c 142 § 1, part; RRS § 9384-1, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.050 - Termination of trust in certain property—Complaint—Allegations.

RCW 35.53.050
Termination of trust in certain property—Complaint—Allegations.
The complaint in any such action by a city or town to terminate its trust in property acquired at a local improvement assessment sale shall set forth:
(1) The number of the local improvement district or utility local improvement district,
(2) The bonds and warrants owing thereby,
(3) The owners thereof or that the owners are unknown,
(4) A description of the assets of the district with the estimated value thereof,
(5) The amount of the assessments, including penalty and interest, of any other local improvement districts or utility local improvement districts which are a lien upon the same property,
(6) The amount of the bonds and warrants owing by such other districts and the names of the owners thereof unless they are unknown, except where the bonds and warrants are guaranteed by a local improvement guaranty fund or pursuant to any other form of guaranty authorized by law.
[ 1967 c 52 § 22; 1965 c 7 § 35.53.050. Prior: 1929 c 142 § 1, part; RRS § 9384-1, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.060 - Termination of trust in certain property—Property—Parties—Summons.

RCW 35.53.060
Termination of trust in certain property—Property—Parties—Summons.
Two or more delinquent districts and all property, bonds and warrants therein may be included in one action to terminate the trust.
All persons owning any bonds or warrants of the districts involved in the action or having an interest therein shall be made parties defendant except in cases where the bonds or warrants are guaranteed by a local improvement guaranty fund or pursuant to any other form of guaranty authorized by law.
Summons shall be served as in other actions. Unknown owners and unknown parties shall be served by publication.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.53.060. Prior: 1929 c 142 § 1, part; RRS § 9384-1, part.]
NOTES:
Commencement of actions: Chapter 4.28 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.53 - Local Improvements—Disposition of Property Acquired. › 35.53.070 - Termination of trust in certain property—Receivership—Regulations.

RCW 35.53.070
Termination of trust in certain property—Receivership—Regulations.
In such an action the court after acquiring jurisdiction shall proceed as in the case of a receivership except that the city or town shall serve as trustee in lieu of a receiver.
The assets of the improvement districts involved shall be sold at such prices and in such manner as the court may deem advisable and be applied to the costs and expenses of the action and the liquidation of the bonds and warrants of the districts or revenue bonds to which utility local improvement assessments are pledged to pay.
No notice to present claims other than the summons in the action shall be necessary. Any claim presented shall be accompanied by the bonds and warrants upon which it is based. Dividends upon any bonds or warrants for which no claim was filed shall be paid into the general fund of the city or town, but the owner thereof may obtain it at any time within five years thereafter upon surrender and cancellation of his or her bonds and warrants.
Upon the termination of the receivership the city or town shall be discharged from all trusts relating to the property, funds, bonds, and warrants involved in the action.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2091; 1967 c 52 § 23; 1965 c 7 § 35.53.070. Prior: 1929 c 142 § 1, part; RRS § 9384-1, part.]
NOTES:
Construction—Severability—1967 c 52: See notes following RCW 35.43.042.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.010 - Establishment.

RCW 35.54.010
Establishment.
(1) There is established in every city and town a fund to be designated the "local improvement guaranty fund" for the purpose of guaranteeing, to the extent of the fund, the payment of its local improvement bonds and warrants or other short-term obligations issued to pay for any local improvement ordered in the city or town or in any area wholly or partly outside its corporate boundaries: (a) In any city of the first class having a population of more than three hundred thousand, subsequent to June 8, 1927; (b) in any city or town having created and maintained a guaranty fund under chapter 141, Laws of 1923, subsequent to the date of establishment of such fund; and (c) in any other city or town subsequent to April 7, 1926: PROVIDED, That this shall not apply to any city of the first class which maintains a local improvement guaranty fund under chapter 138, Laws of 1917, but any such city maintaining a guaranty fund under chapter 138, Laws of 1917 may by ordinance elect to operate under the provisions of this chapter and may transfer to the guaranty fund created hereunder all the assets of the former fund and, upon such election and transfer, all bonds guaranteed under the former fund shall be guaranteed under the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The local improvement guaranty fund established under subsection (1) of this section shall not be subject to any claim by the owner or holder of any local improvement bond, warrant, or other short-term obligation issued under an ordinance that provides that such obligations shall not be secured by the local improvement guaranty fund.
[ 2002 c 41 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 116 § 7; 1965 c 7 § 35.54.010. Prior: (i) 1917 c 138 § 1; RRS § 8986. (ii) 1917 c 138 § 2; RRS § 8987. (iii) 1917 c 138 § 3; RRS § 8988. (iv) 1917 c 138 § 4; RRS § 8989. (v) 1917 c 138 § 5; RRS § 8990. (vi) 1917 c 138 § 6; RRS § 8991. (vii) 1927 c 209 § 1; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 1; 1923 c 141 § 1; RRS § 9351-1. (viii) 1927 c 209 § 2, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 2, part; 1923 c 141 § 2, part; RRS § 9351-2, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.020 - Rules and regulations.

RCW 35.54.020
Rules and regulations.
Every city and town operating under the provisions of this chapter shall prescribe by ordinance appropriate rules and regulations for the maintenance and operation of the guaranty fund not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.020. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.030 - Source—Interest and earnings.

RCW 35.54.030
Source—Interest and earnings.
Interest and earnings from the local improvement guaranty fund shall be paid into the fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.030. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.040 - Source—Subrogation rights to assessments.

RCW 35.54.040
Source—Subrogation rights to assessments.
Whenever any sum is paid out of the local improvement guaranty fund on account of principal or interest of a local improvement bond or warrant, the city or town as trustee of the fund shall be subrogated to all the rights of the holder of the bond or interest coupon or warrant so paid, and the proceeds thereof, or of the underlying assessment, shall become part of the guaranty fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.040. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.050 - Source—Surplus from improvement funds.

RCW 35.54.050
Source—Surplus from improvement funds.
If in any local improvement fund guaranteed by a local improvement guaranty fund there is a surplus remaining after the payment of all outstanding bonds and warrants payable therefrom, it shall be paid into the local improvement guaranty fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.050. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.060 - Source—Taxation.

RCW 35.54.060
Source—Taxation.
For the purpose of maintaining the local improvement guaranty fund, every city and town shall, at the time of making its annual budget and tax levy, provide for the levy of a sum sufficient, with the other sources of the fund, to pay the warrants issued against the fund during the preceding fiscal year and to establish a balance therein: PROVIDED, That the levy in any one year shall not exceed the greater of: (1) Twelve percent of the outstanding obligations guaranteed by the fund, or (2) the total amount of delinquent assessments and interest accumulated on the delinquent assessments before the levy as of September 1.
The taxes levied for the maintenance of the local improvement guaranty fund shall be additional to and, if need be, in excess of all statutory and charter limitations applicable to tax levies in any city or town.
[ 1981 c 323 § 7; 1965 c 7 § 35.54.060. Prior: (i) 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part. (ii) 1927 c 209 § 2, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 2, part; 1923 c 141 § 2, part; RRS § 9351-2, part.]
NOTES:
Special assessments or taxation for local improvements: State Constitution Art. 7 § 9.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.070 - Use of fund—Purchase of bonds, coupons and warrants.

RCW 35.54.070
Use of fund—Purchase of bonds, coupons and warrants.
Defaulted bonds, interest coupons and warrants against local improvement funds shall be purchased out of the guaranty fund, and as between the several issues of bonds, coupons, or warrants no preference shall exist, but they shall be purchased in the order of their presentation.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.070. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.080 - Use of fund—Purchase of general tax certificates or property on or after foreclosure—Disposition.

RCW 35.54.080
Use of fund—Purchase of general tax certificates or property on or after foreclosure—Disposition.
For the purpose of protecting the guaranty fund, so much of the guaranty fund as is necessary may be used to purchase certificates of delinquency for general taxes on property subject to local improvement assessments which underlie the bonds, coupons, or warrants guaranteed by the fund, or to purchase such property at county tax foreclosures, or from the county after foreclosure.
The city or town, as trustee of the fund, may foreclose the lien of general tax certificates of delinquency and purchase the property at foreclosure sale; when doing so the court costs, costs of publication, expense for clerical work and other expenses incidental thereto shall be charged to and paid from the local improvement guaranty fund.
After acquiring title to property by purchase at general tax foreclosure sale or from the county after foreclosure, a city or town may lease it or sell it at public or private sale at such price on such terms as may be determined by resolution of the council. All proceeds shall belong to and be paid into the local improvement guaranty fund.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.54.080. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.090 - Warrants against fund.

RCW 35.54.090
Warrants against fund.
Warrants drawing interest at a rate established by the issuing officer under the direction of the legislative authority of the city or town shall be issued against the local improvement guaranty fund to meet any liability accruing against it. The warrants so issued shall at no time exceed five percent of the outstanding obligations guaranteed by the fund.
[ 1981 c 323 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.54.090. Prior: 1933 c 109 § 1, part; 1927 c 209 § 3, part; 1925 ex.s. c 183 § 3, part; 1923 c 141 § 3, part; RRS § 9351-3, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.095 - Transfer of assets to general fund—When authorized—Payment of claims as general obligation, when.

RCW 35.54.095
Transfer of assets to general fund—When authorized—Payment of claims as general obligation, when.
(1) Any city or town maintaining a local improvement guaranty fund under this chapter, upon certification by the city or town treasurer that the local improvement guaranty fund has sufficient funds currently on hand to meet all valid outstanding obligations of the fund and all other obligations of the fund reasonably expected to be incurred in the near future, may by ordinance transfer assets from such fund to its general fund. The net cash of the local improvement guaranty fund may be reduced by such transfer to an amount not less than ten percent of the net outstanding obligations guaranteed by such fund.
(2) If, at any time within five years of any transfer of assets from the local improvement guaranty fund to the general fund of a city or town, the net cash of the local improvement guaranty fund is reduced below the minimum amount specified in subsection (1) of this section, the city or town shall, to the extent of the amount transferred, pay valid claims against the local improvement guaranty fund as a general obligation of the city or town. In addition, such city or town shall pay all reasonable costs of collection necessarily incurred by the holders of valid claims against the local improvement guaranty fund.
[ 1979 c 55 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.100 - Deferral of collection of assessments for economically disadvantaged persons—Payment from guaranty fund—Lien—Payment dates for deferred obligations.

RCW 35.54.100
Deferral of collection of assessments for economically disadvantaged persons—Payment from guaranty fund—Lien—Payment dates for deferred obligations.
Whenever payment of a local improvement district assessment is deferred pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.43.250 the amount of the deferred assessment shall be paid out of the local improvement guaranty fund. The local improvement guaranty fund shall have a lien on the benefited property in an amount equal to the deferral together with interest as provided for by the establishing ordinance.
The lien may accumulate up to an amount not to exceed the sum of two installments: PROVIDED, That the ordinance creating the local improvement district may provide for one or additional deferrals of up to two installments. Local improvement assessment obligations deferred under chapter 137, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. shall become payable upon the earliest of the following dates:
(1) Upon the date and pursuant to conditions established by the political subdivision granting the deferral; or
(2) Upon the sale of property which has a deferred assessment lien upon it from the purchase price; or
(3) Upon the death of the person to whom the deferral was granted from the value of his or her estate; except a surviving spouse shall be allowed to continue the deferral which shall then be payable by that spouse as provided in this section.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2092; 1972 ex.s. c 137 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1972 ex.s. c 137: See note following RCW 35.49.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.54 - Local Improvements—Guaranty Funds. › 35.54.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 35.54.900
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
[ 2009 c 521 § 79.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—2009 c 521 §§ 5-8, 79, 87-103, 107, 151, 165, 166, 173-175, and 190-192: See note following RCW 2.10.900.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 35 - Cities and Towns › Chapter 35.55 - Local Improvements—Filling Lowlands. › 35.55.010 - Authority—Second-class cities.

RCW 35.55.010
Authority—Second-class cities.
If the city council of any city of the second class deems it necessary or expedient on account of the public health, sanitation, the general welfare, or other cause, to fill or raise the grade of any marshlands, swamplands, tidelands, shorelands, or lands commonly known as tideflats, or any other lowlands situated within the limits of the city, and to clear and prepare the lands for such filling, it may do so and assess the expense thereof, including the cost of making compensation for property taken or damaged, and all other costs and expense incidental to such improvement, to the property benefited, except such amount of such expense as the city council may direct to be paid out of the current or general expense fund.
If, in the judgment of the city council the special benefits for any such improvement shall extend beyond the boundaries of the filled area, the council may create an enlarged district which shall include, as near as may be, all the property, whether actually filled or not, which will be specially benefited by such improvement, and in such case the council shall specify and describe the boundaries of such enlarged district in the ordinance providing for such improvement and shall specify that such portion of the total cost and expense of such improvement as may not be borne by the current or general expense fund, shall be distributed and assessed against all the property of such enlarged district.
[ 1994 c 81 § 57; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.010. Prior: 1917 c 63 § 1; 1909 c 147 § 1; RRS § 9432.]
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RCW 35.55.020
Alternative methods of financing.
If the city council desires to make any improvement authorized by the provisions of this chapter it shall provide therefor by ordinance and unless the ordinance provides that the improvement shall be paid for wholly or in part by special assessments upon the property benefited, compensation therefor shall be made from any general funds of the city applicable thereto. If the ordinance provides that the improvement shall be paid for wholly or in part by special assessments upon property benefited, the proceedings for the making of the special assessments shall be as hereinafter provided.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.020. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 2, part; RRS § 9433, part.]
NOTES:
Special assessments or taxation for local improvements: State Constitution Art. 7 § 9.
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RCW 35.55.030
Boundaries—Excepted property.
Such ordinance shall specify the boundaries of the proposed improvement district and shall describe the lands which it is proposed to assess for said improvement. If any parcel of land within the boundaries of such proposed improvement district has been wholly filled to the proposed grade elevation of the proposed fill, such parcel of land may be excluded from the lists of lands to be assessed, when in the opinion of the city council justice and equity require its exclusion. The boundaries of any improvement district may be altered so as to exclude land therefrom at any time up to the levying of the assessment but such changing of the boundaries shall be by ordinance.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.030. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 2, part; RRS § 9433, part.]
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RCW 35.55.040
Damages—Eminent domain.
If an ordinance has been passed as in this chapter provided, and it appears that in making of the improvement so authorized, private property will be taken or damaged thereby, the city shall file a petition in the superior court of the county in which such city is situated, in the name of the city, praying that just compensation to be made for the property to be taken or damaged for the improvement specified in the ordinance be ascertained, and conduct proceedings in eminent domain in accordance with the statutes relating to cities for the ascertainment of the compensation to be made for the taking and damaging of property, except insofar as the same may be inconsistent with this chapter.
The filling of unimproved and uncultivated lowlands of the character mentioned in RCW 35.55.010 shall not be considered as damaging or taking of such lands. The damage if any, done to cultivated lands or growing crops thereon, or to buildings and other improvements situated within the district proposed to be filled, shall be ascertained and determined in the manner above provided; but no damage shall be awarded to any property owner for buildings or improvements placed upon lands included within said district after the publication of the ordinance defining the boundaries of the proposed improvement district: PROVIDED, That the city shall after the passage of such ordinance, proceed with said improvement with due diligence. If the improvement is to be made at the expense of the property benefited, no account shall be taken of benefits by the jury or court in assessing the amount of compensation to be made to the owner of any property within such district, but such compensation shall be assessed without regard to benefits to the end that said property for which damages may be so awarded, may be assessed the same as other property within the district for its just share and proportion of the expense of making said improvement, and the fact that compensation has been awarded for the damaging or taking of any parcel of land shall not preclude the assessment of such parcel of land for its just proportion of said improvement.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.040. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 3; RRS § 9434.]
NOTES:
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
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RCW 35.55.050
Estimates—Plans and specifications.
At the time of the initiation of the proceedings for any improvement as contemplated by this chapter, or at any time afterward, the city council shall cause plans and specifications for said improvement to be prepared and shall cause an estimate to be made of the cost and expense of making said improvement, including the cost of supervision and engineering, abstractor's fees, interest and discounts and all other expenses incidental to said improvement, including an estimate of the amount of damages for property taken or damaged, which plans, specifications and estimates shall be approved by the city council.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.050. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 4; RRS § 9435.]
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RCW 35.55.060
Assessment roll—Items—Assessment units—Installments.
When such plans and specifications have been prepared and the estimates of the cost and expense of making the improvement have been adopted by the council and when an estimate has been made of the compensation to be paid for property damaged or taken, either before or after the compensation has been ascertained in the eminent domain proceedings, the city council shall cause an assessment roll to be prepared containing a list of all of the property within the improvement district which it is proposed to assess for the improvement, together with the names of the owners, if known, and if unknown the property shall be assessed to an unknown owner, and opposite each description shall be set the amount assessed to such description.
When so ordered by the council, the entire amount of compensation paid or to be paid for property damaged or taken, including all of the costs and expenses incidental to the condemnation proceedings together with the entire cost and expense of making the improvement, may be assessed against the property within the district subject to assessment, but the council may order any portion of the costs paid out of the current or general expense fund of the city.
The assessments shall be made according to and in proportion to surface area one square foot of surface to be the unit of assessment, except that the several parcels of land in any enlarged district not actually filled shall be assessed in accordance with special benefits: PROVIDED, That where any parcel of land was partially filled by the owner prior to the initiation of the improvement, an equitable deduction for such partial filling may be allowed.
The cost and expense incidental to the filling of the streets, alleys and public places within such assessment district shall be borne by the private property within such district subject to assessment when so ordered by the council. When the assessments are payable in installments, the assessment roll when equalized, shall show the number of installments and the amounts thereof. The assessments may be made payable in any number of equal annual installments not exceeding ten in number.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.060. Prior: 1917 c 63 § 2; 1909 c 147 § 5; RRS § 9436.]
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RCW 35.55.070
Hearing on assessment roll—Notice—Council's authority.
When such assessment roll has been prepared it shall be filed in the office of the city clerk and thereupon the city clerk shall give notice by publication in at least three issues of the official paper that such roll is on file in his or her office and that at a date mentioned in said notice, which shall be at least twenty days after the date of the first publication thereof, the city council will sit as a board of equalization to equalize said roll and to hear, consider and determine protests and objections against the same.
At the time specified in the notice, the city council shall sit as a board of equalization to equalize the roll and they may adjourn the sitting from time to time until the equalization of such roll is completed. The city council as board of equalization may hear, consider and determine objections and protests against any assessment and may make such alterations and modifications in the assessment roll as justice and equity may require.
[ 2009 c 549 § 2093; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.070. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 6; RRS § 9437.]
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RCW 35.55.080
Hearings—Appellate review.
Any person who has made objections to the assessment as equalized, shall have the right to appeal from the equalization as made by the city council to the superior court of the county. The appeal shall be made by filing a written notice of appeal with the city clerk within ten days after the equalization of the assessments by the council. The notice of appeal shall describe the property and the objections of such appellant to such assessment.
The appellant shall also file with the clerk of the superior court within ten days from the time of taking the appeal a copy of the notice of appeal together with a copy of the assessment roll and proceedings thereon, certified by the city clerk and a bond to the city conditioned to pay all costs that may be awarded against appellant in such sum not less than two hundred dollars and with such security as shall be approved by the clerk of the court.
The case shall be docketed by the clerk of the court in the name of the person taking the appeal as plaintiff and the city as defendant. The cause shall then be at issue and shall be tried immediately by the court as in the case of equitable causes; no further pleadings shall be necessary. The judgment of the court shall be either to confirm, modify or annul the assessment insofar as the same affects the property of the appellant. Appellate review of the superior court's decision may be sought as in other causes.
[ 1988 c 202 § 38; 1971 c 81 § 94; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.080. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 7; RRS § 9438.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
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RCW 35.55.090
Lien—Collection of assessments.
From and after the equalization of the roll, the several assessments therein shall become a lien upon the real estate described therein and shall remain a lien until paid. The assessment lien shall take precedence of all other liens against such property, except the lien of general taxes. The assessments shall be collected by the same officers and enforced in the same manner as provided by law for the collection and enforcement of local assessments for street improvements. All of the provisions of laws and ordinances relative to the enforcement and collection of local assessments for street improvements shall be applicable to these assessments.
[ 1965 c 7 § 35.55.090. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 8; RRS § 9439.]
NOTES:
Assessments for local improvements, collection and foreclosure: Chapters 35.49, 35.50 RCW.
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RCW 35.55.100
Interest on assessments.
The local assessments shall bear interest at such rate as may be fixed by the council after the expiration of thirty days after the equalization of the assessment roll and shall bear such interest after delinquency as may be provided by general ordinance of the city.
[ 1981 c 156 § 3; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.100. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 12, part; RRS § 9443, part.]
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RCW 35.55.110
Payment of cost of improvement—Interest on warrants.
If the improvement contemplated by this chapter is ordered to be made upon the immediate payment plan, the city council shall provide for the payment thereof by the issuance of local improvement fund warrants against the local improvement district, which warrants shall be paid only out of the funds derived from the local assessments in the district and shall bear interest at a rate determined by the city council from date of issuance. If the improvement is ordered to be made upon the bond installment plan, the city council shall provide for the issuance of bonds against the improvement district.
[ 1981 c 156 § 4; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.110. Prior: (i) 1909 c 147 § 12, part; RRS § 9443, part. (ii) 1909 c 147 § 9; RRS § 9440.]
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RCW 35.55.120
Local improvement bonds—Terms.
The city council shall have full authority to provide for the issuance of bonds against the improvement district fund in such denominations as the city council may provide which shall bear such rate of interest as the city council may fix. Interest shall be paid annually and the bonds shall become due and payable at such time, not exceeding ten years from the date thereof, as may be fixed by the council and shall be payable out of the local assessment district fund.
If so ordered by the council, the bonds may be issued in such a way that different numbers of the bonds may become due and payable at different intervals of time, or they may be so issued that all of the bonds against said district mature together.
[ 1981 c 156 § 5; 1965 c 7 § 35.55.120. Prior: 1909 c 147 § 10, part; RRS § 9441, part.]