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79.02.200 | Abstracts of public lands. | The department shall cause full and correct abstracts of all the public lands to be made and kept in suitable and well bound books, and other suitable records. Such abstracts shall show in proper columns and pages the section or part of section, lot or block, township and range in which each tract is situated, whether ... |
79.02.210 | Maps and plats—Record and index—Public inspection. | All maps, plats, and field notes of surveys, required to be made by this title shall, after approval by the department, be deposited and filed in the office of the department, which shall keep a careful and complete record and index of all maps, plats, and field notes of surveys in its possession, in well bound books, ... |
79.02.220 | Seal. | All notices, orders, contracts, certificates, rules and regulations, or other documents or papers made and issued by or on behalf of the department, or the commissioner, as provided in this title, shall be authenticated by a seal whereon shall be the vignette of George Washington, with the words "Seal of the commission... |
79.02.230 | Blank forms of applications for appraisal, transfer, sale, and lease of state lands, valuable materials. | The department shall cause to be prepared, and furnish to applicants, blank forms of applications for the appraisal, transfer, and purchase of any state lands and the purchase of valuable materials situated thereon, and for the lease of state lands. These forms shall contain instructions to inform and aid applicants.
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79.02.240 | Fees. | The department may charge and collect fees as determined by the board for each category of services performed based on costs incurred.
[ 2003 c 334 s 428 ; 1979 ex.s. c 109 s 18 ; 1959 c 153 s 1 ; 1927 c 255 s 190 ; RRS s 7797-190. Formerly RCW 79.01.720 , 43.12.120 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.... |
79.02.250 | Reasonable fees—Disposition. | (1) Applications for the purchase or use of lands and the sale of valuable materials by the department shall be accompanied by reasonable fees to be prescribed by the board in an amount sufficient to defray the cost of performing or otherwise providing for the processing, review, or inspection of the applications or ac... |
79.02.260 | Fee book. | The department shall keep a fee book, in which shall be entered all fees received, with the date paid and the name of the person paying the same, and the nature of the services rendered for which the fee is charged, which book shall be verified monthly by affidavit entered therein. All fees collected by the department ... |
79.02.270 | Deed. | When the entire purchase price of any state lands shall have been fully paid, the commissioner shall certify such fact to the governor, and shall cause a quitclaim deed signed by the governor and attested by the secretary of state, with the seal of the state attached thereto, to be issued to the purchaser and to be rec... |
79.02.280 | Assignment of contracts or leases. | All contracts of purchase or leases issued by the department shall be assignable in writing by the contract holder or lessee and the assignee shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of law applicable to the assignor and shall have the same rights in all respects as the original purchaser, or lessee, of the l... |
79.02.290 | Subdivision of contracts or leases—Fee. | Whenever the holder of a contract of purchase or the holder of any lease, except for mining of valuable minerals or coal, or extraction of petroleum or gas, shall surrender the same to the department with the request to have it divided into two or more contracts, or leases, the department may divide the same and issue ... |
79.02.300 | Trespass, waste, damages—Prosecutions. | (1) Every person who, without authorization, uses or occupies public lands, removes any valuable material as defined in RCW 79.02.010 from public lands, or causes waste or damage to public lands, or injures publicly owned personal property or publicly owned improvements to real property on public lands, is liable to th... |
79.02.310 | Trespasser guilty of theft, when. | Every person who willfully commits any trespass upon any public lands of the state and cuts down, destroys, or injures any timber, or any tree, including a Christmas tree as defined in *RCW 76.48.020 , standing or growing thereon, or takes, or removes, or causes to be taken, or removed, therefrom any wood or timber lyi... |
79.02.320 | Removal of timber—Treble damages. | Every person who shall cut or remove, or cause to be cut or removed, any timber growing or being upon any public lands of the state, including a Christmas tree as defined in *RCW 76.48.020 , or who shall manufacture the same into logs, bolts, shingles, lumber or other articles of use or commerce, unless expressly autho... |
79.02.330 | Lessee or contract holder guilty of misdemeanor. | Every person being in lawful possession of any public lands of the state, under and by virtue of any lease or contract of purchase from the state, cuts down, destroys, or injures, or causes to be cut down, destroyed, or injured, any timber standing or growing thereon, or takes or removes, or causes to be taken or remov... |
79.02.370 | Protection against cedar theft. | The board must establish procedures to protect against cedar theft and to ensure adequate notice is given for persons interested in purchasing cedar.
[ 2003 c 334 s 333 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010 . |
79.02.400 | Charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory real property—Inventory—Transfer. | (1) Every five years the department of social and health services and other state agencies that operate institutions shall conduct an inventory of all real property subject to the charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institution account and other real property acquired for institutional purposes or for the b... |
79.02.410 | Charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory real property—High economic return potential—Income. | Where charitable, educational, penal, and reformatory institutions land has the potential for lease for commercial, industrial, or residential uses or other uses with the potential for high economic return and is within urban or suburban areas, the department shall make every effort consistent with trust land managemen... |
79.02.420 | Finding—Intent—Community and technical college forest reserve land base—Management—Disposition of revenue. | (1) The legislature finds that the state's community and technical colleges need a dedicated source of revenue to augment other sources of capital improvement funding. The intent of this section is to ensure that the forestland purchased under section 310, chapter 16, Laws of 1990 1st ex. sess. and known as the communi... |
79.10.010 | Reports. | (1) It shall be the duty of the department to report, and recommend, to each session of the legislature, any changes in the law relating to the methods of handling the public lands of the state that the department may deem advisable. (2) The department shall provide a comprehensive biennial report to reflect the previo... |
79.10.020 | Department authority to accept land. | The department is hereby authorized, when in its judgment it appears advisable, to accept on behalf of the state, any grant of land within the state which shall then become a part of the state forests. No grant may be accepted until the title has been examined and approved by the attorney general of the state and a rep... |
79.10.030 | Management of acquired lands—Land acquired by escheat suitable for park purposes. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall manage and control all lands acquired by the state by escheat or under RCW 79.19.010 through 79.19.110 and all lands acquired by the state by deed of sale or gift or by devise, except such lands which are conveyed or devised to the state to ... |
79.10.040 | Gifts of land for offices. | Any county, city or town is authorized and empowered to convey to the state of Washington any lands owned by such county, city or town upon the selection of such lands by the department and the department is hereby authorized to select and accept conveyances of lands from such counties, cities or towns, suitable for us... |
79.10.050 | Gifts of county or city land for offices, warehouses, etc.—Use of lands authorized. | The department is authorized to use such lands for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and to improve said lands and build thereon any necessary structures for the purposes hereinbefore expressed and expend in so doing such funds as may be authorized by law therefor.
[ 1988 c 128 s 26 ; 1937 c 125 s 2 ; RRS s 5812-3d. ... |
79.10.060 | Compliance with local ordinances, when. | The department may comply with county or municipal zoning ordinances, laws, rules, or regulations affecting the use of public lands where such regulations are consistent with the treatment of similar private lands.
[ 2004 c 199 s 209 ; 2003 c 334 s 544 ; 1971 ex.s. c 234 s 13 . Formerly RCW 79.68.110 .]
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79.10.070 | Management of public lands within watershed area providing water supply for city or town—Lake Whatcom municipal watershed pilot project—Report—Exclusive method of condemnation by city or town for watershed purposes. | (1) In the management of public lands lying within the limits of any watershed over and through which is derived the water supply of any city or town, the department may alter its land management practices to provide water with qualities exceeding standards established for intrastate and interstate waters by the depart... |
79.10.080 | Classification of land after timber removed. | When the merchantable timber has been sold and actually removed from any state lands, the department may classify the land, and may reserve from any future sale such portions thereof as may be found suitable for reforestation, and in such case, shall enter such reservation in its records. All lands reserved shall not b... |
79.10.090 | Economic analysis of state lands held in trust—Scope—Use. | Periodically at intervals to be determined by the board, the department shall cause an economic analysis to be made of those state lands held in trust, where the nature of the trust makes maximization of the economic return to the beneficiaries of income from state lands the prime objective. The analysis shall be by sp... |
79.10.100 | Concept to be utilized, when. | The legislature hereby directs that a multiple use concept be utilized by the department in the administration of public lands where such a concept is in the best interests of the state and the general welfare of the citizens thereof, and is consistent with the applicable provisions of the various lands involved.
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79.10.110 | "Multiple use" defined. | "Multiple use" as used in RCW 79.10.070 , 79.44.003 , and this chapter shall mean the management and administration of state-owned lands under the jurisdiction of the department to provide for several uses simultaneously on a single tract and/or planned rotation of one or more uses on and between specific portions of t... |
79.10.120 | Multiple uses compatible with financial obligations of trust management—Other uses permitted, when. | Multiple uses additional to and compatible with those basic activities necessary to fulfill the financial obligations of trust management may include but are not limited to: (1) Recreational areas; (2) Recreational trails for both vehicular and nonvehicular uses developed or maintained consistent with RCW 79.10.500 ; (... |
79.10.125 | Land open to public for fishing, hunting, and nonconsumptive wildlife activities. | All state lands hereafter leased for grazing or agricultural purposes shall be open and available to the public for purposes of hunting and fishing, and for nonconsumptive wildlife activities, as defined by the board of natural resources, unless closed to public entry because of fire hazard or unless the department giv... |
79.10.130 | Scope of department's authorized activities. | (1) The department is hereby authorized to carry out all activities necessary to achieve the purposes of this section and RCW 79.10.060 , 79.10.070 , 79.10.100 through 79.10.120 , 79.10.200 through 79.10.330 , 79.44.003 , and 79.105.050 including, but not limited to: (a) Planning, construction, and operation of conserv... |
79.10.140 | Outdoor recreation—Construction, operation, and maintenance of primitive facilities—Right-of-way and public access—Use of state and federal outdoor recreation funds. | The department is authorized: (1) To construct, operate, and maintain primitive outdoor recreation and conservation facilities on lands under its jurisdiction which are of primitive character when deemed necessary by the department to achieve maximum effective development of such lands and resources consistent with the... |
79.10.200 | Multiple use land resource allocation plan—Adoption—Factors considered. | The department may adopt a multiple use land resource allocation plan for all or portions of the lands under its jurisdiction providing for the identification and establishment of areas of land uses and identifying those uses which are best suited to achieve the purposes of RCW 79.10.060 , 79.10.070 , 79.10.100 through... |
79.10.210 | Public lands identified and withdrawn. | For the purpose of providing increased continuity in the management of public lands and of facilitating long range planning by interested agencies, the department is authorized to identify and to withdraw from all conflicting uses at such times and for such periods as it shall determine appropriate, limited acreages of... |
79.10.220 | Conferring with other agencies. | The department may confer with other public and private agencies to facilitate the formulation of policies and/or plans providing for multiple use concepts. The department is empowered to hold public hearings from time to time to assist in achieving the purposes of RCW 79.10.060 , 79.10.070 , 79.10.100 through 79.10.12... |
79.10.240 | Department's existing authority and powers preserved. | Nothing in RCW 79.10.060 , 79.10.070 , 79.10.100 through 79.10.120 , 79.10.130 , 79.10.200 through 79.10.330 , 79.44.003 , and * 79.90.456 shall be construed to affect or repeal any existing authority or powers of the department in the management or administration of the lands under its jurisdiction.
[ 2003 c 334 s 546... |
79.10.250 | Existing withdrawals for state park and state game purposes preserved. | Nothing in RCW 79.10.060 , 79.10.070 , 79.10.100 through 79.10.120 , 79.10.130 , 79.10.200 through 79.10.330 , 79.44.003 , and * 79.90.456 shall be construed to affect, amend, or repeal any existing withdrawal of public lands for state park or state game purposes.
[ 2003 c 334 s 547 ; 1971 ex.s. c 234 s 15 . Formerly R... |
79.10.280 | Land use data bank—Contents, source. | (1) The department shall design expansion of its land use data bank to include additional information that will assist in the formulation, evaluation, and updating of intermediate and long-range goals and policies for land use, population growth and distribution, urban expansion, open space, resource preservation and u... |
79.10.300 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 79.10.310 , 79.10.320 , and 79.10.330 . (1) "Arrearage" means the summation of the annual sustainable harvest timber volume since July 1, 1979, less the sum of state timber sales contract default volume and the state timb... |
79.10.310 | "Sustained yield plans" defined. | "Sustained yield plans" as used in RCW 79.10.070 , 79.44.003 , and this chapter shall mean management of the forest to provide harvesting on a continuing basis without major prolonged curtailment or cessation of harvest.
[ 2003 c 334 s 536 ; 1971 ex.s. c 234 s 3 . Formerly RCW 79.68.030 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note... |
79.10.320 | Sustainable harvest program. | The department shall manage the state-owned lands under its jurisdiction which are primarily valuable for the purpose of growing forest crops on a sustained yield basis insofar as compatible with other statutory directives. To this end, the department shall periodically adjust the acreages designated for inclusion in t... |
79.10.330 | Arrearages—End of decade. | If an arrearage exists at the end of any planning decade, the department shall conduct an analysis of alternatives to determine the course of action regarding the arrearage which provides the greatest return to the trusts based upon economic conditions then existing and forecast, as well as impacts on the environment o... |
79.10.340 | Sustainable harvest sale. | The board of natural resources shall offer for sale the sustainable harvest as identified in the 1984-1993 forestland management program, or as subsequently revised. In the event that decisions made by entities other than the department cause a decrease in the sustainable harvest the department shall offer additional t... |
79.10.400 | Cooperative agreements. | The department with regard to state forestlands and state lands is hereby authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with the United States of America, Indian tribes, and private owners of timberland providing for coordinated forest management, including time, rate, and method of cutting timber and method of silvi... |
79.10.410 | Cooperative units. | The department is hereby authorized and directed to determine, define, and declare informally the establishment of a sustained yield unit, comprising the land area to be covered by any such cooperative agreement and include therein such other lands as may be later acquired by the department and included under the coope... |
79.10.420 | Limitations on agreements. | The department shall agree that the cutting from combined national forestlands, state forestlands, and state lands will be limited to the sustained yield capacity of these lands in the management unit as determined by the contracting parties and approved by the board for state forestlands and by the department for stat... |
79.10.430 | Easements—Life of agreements. | The private contracting party or parties shall enjoy the right of easement over state forestlands and state lands included under said cooperative agreement for railway, road, and other uses necessary to the carrying out of the agreement. This easement shall be only for the life of the cooperative agreement and shall be... |
79.10.440 | Sale agreements. | During the period when any such cooperative agreement is in effect, the timber on the state forestlands and state lands which the department determines shall be included in the sustained yield unit may, from time to time, be sold at not less than its appraised value as approved by the department for state lands and the... |
79.10.450 | Minimum price. | The sale of timber upon state forestland and state land within such sustained yield unit or units shall be made for not less than the appraised value thereof as heretofore provided for the sale of timber on state lands. However, if in the judgment of the department, it is to the best interests of the state to do so, th... |
79.10.460 | Contracts—Requirements. | A written contract shall be entered into with the successful bidder which shall fix the time when logging operations shall be commenced and concluded and require monthly payments for timber removed as soon as scale sheets have been tabulated and the amount of timber removed during the month determined, or require payme... |
79.10.470 | Transfer or assignment of contracts. | No transfer or assignment by the purchaser shall be valid unless the transferee or assignee is acceptable to the department and the transfer or assignment approved by it in writing.
[ 2003 c 334 s 517 ; 1988 c 128 s 73 ; 1941 c 123 s 3 ; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 7879-16a. Formerly RCW 79.60.080 , 79.52.120 .]
Intent — 2003 c ... |
79.10.480 | Performance bond—Cash deposit. | The purchaser shall, at the time of executing the contract, deliver a performance bond or sureties acceptable in regard to terms and amount to the department, but such performance bond or sureties shall not exceed ten percent of the estimated value of the timber purchased computed at the stumpage price and at no time s... |
79.10.500 | Recreational trail policy—Development. | (1) The department must develop and implement, through an inclusive stakeholder process managed by the department, an official recreational trail policy that is consistent with this section and the management mandate of the department. (2)(a) The recreational trail policy developed by the department under this section ... |
79.10.510 | Recreational facilities and trails—Local government permits. | The department should work with representatives of local governments to find efficiencies in gaining local government permits for the development and maintenance of recreational facilities and trails. If barriers to permitting efficiencies require legislative action to overcome, then the department must provide options... |
79.10.520 | Prioritizing investments on forest health treatments. | (1)(a) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the department shall, to the extent feasible given all applicable trust responsibilities, develop and implement a policy for prioritizing investments on forest health treatments to protect state lands and state forestlands, as those t... |
79.10.530 | Identification of lands for forest health treatment—Prioritized list—Report to the legislature. | (1)(a) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, consistent with the prioritization policy developed pursuant to RCW 79.10.520 , and to the extent feasible given all applicable trust responsibilities, the department must identify areas of state lands and state forestlands that would... |
79.10.540 | Bridge jumping warning signs. | (1) Before entering into any contract for the construction of or replacement of any bridge on department controlled land, the commissioner must consider whether to require the installation of informational signs that address the hazard of diving or jumping off the bridge as part of the contract. These signs are meant t... |
79.11.005 | Sale of administrative sites. | (1) The department is authorized to sell any real property not designated or acquired as state forestlands, but acquired by the state, either in the name of the forest board, the forestry board, or the division of forestry, for administrative sites, lien foreclosures, or other purposes whenever it shall determine that ... |
79.11.010 | Maximum and minimum acreage subject to sale—Exception—Approval by legislature or regents. | (1) Not more than one hundred and sixty acres of any land granted to the state by the United States shall be offered for sale in one parcel and no university lands shall be offered for sale except by legislative directive or with the consent of the board of regents of the University of Washington. (2) Any land granted ... |
79.11.020 | Powers/duties of department. | The department shall exercise general supervision and control over the sale for any purpose of land granted to the state for educational purposes. It shall be the duty of the department to prepare all reports, data, and information in its records pertaining to any such proposed sale. The department shall have power, if... |
79.11.030 | Terms of sale. | All state lands shall be sold on terms and conditions established by the board in light of market conditions. Sales by real estate contract or for cash may be authorized. All deferred payments shall draw interest at such rate as may be fixed, from time to time, by rule adopted by the board, and the rate of interest, as... |
79.11.040 | Who may purchase—Application—Fees. | Any person desiring to purchase any state lands shall file an application on the forms provided by the department and accompanied by the fees authorized under RCW 79.02.250 .
[ 2003 c 334 s 311 ; 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 151 ; 1979 ex.s. c 109 s 2 ; 1967 c 163 s 4 ; 1959 c 257 s 3 ; 1927 c 255 s 22 ; RRS s 7797-22. Prior:... |
79.11.060 | Entire section may be inspected. | Whenever application is made to purchase less than a section of unplatted state lands, the department may order the inspection of the entire section or sections of which the lands applied for form a part.
[ 2003 c 334 s 327 ; 1959 c 257 s 9 ; 1927 c 255 s 28 ; RRS s 7797-28. Prior: 1909 c 223 s 2 . Formerly RCW 79.01.1... |
79.11.070 | Survey to determine area subject to sale. | The department may cause any state lands to be surveyed for the purpose of ascertaining and determining the area subject to sale.
[ 2003 c 334 s 330 ; 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 s 153 ; 1959 c 257 s 11 ; 1927 c 255 s 30 ; RRS s 7797-30. Prior: 1909 c 223 s 2 ; 1907 c 256 s 5 ; 1903 c 74 s 1 ; 1897 c 89 s 11 ; 1895 c 178 ss 17... |
79.11.080 | Inspection and appraisal. | When in the judgment of the department, there is sufficient interest for the appraisement and sale of state lands, the department shall cause each tract of land to be inspected as to its topography, development potential, forestry, agricultural, and grazing qualities, coal, mineral, stone, gravel, or other valuable mat... |
79.11.090 | Sales by public auction—Appraised value. | Except as provided in RCW 79.11.340 , all sales of land under this chapter shall be at public auction, to the highest bidder, on the terms prescribed by law and as specified in the notice provided under RCW 79.11.120 , and no land shall be sold for less than its appraised value.
[ 2003 c 334 s 352 ; (2003 c 381 s 3 rep... |
79.11.100 | Date of sale limited by time of appraisal—Purchasers required to make independent appraisals. | In no case shall any lands granted to the state be offered for sale under this chapter unless the same shall have been appraised by the board within ninety days prior to the date fixed for the sale. A purchaser of state lands may not rely upon the appraisal prepared by the department or made by the board for purposes o... |
79.11.110 | Separate appraisal of improvements. | Before any state lands are offered for sale, the department may establish the fair market value of those authorized improvements not owned by the state.
[ 2003 c 334 s 336 ; 1979 ex.s. c 109 s 5 ; 1959 c 257 s 14 ; 1927 c 255 s 34 ; RRS s 7797-34. Prior: 1915 c 147 s 2 ; 1909 c 223 s 3 ; 1907 c 256 s 6 ; 1901 c 148 s 1... |
79.11.120 | Sale procedure—Fixing date, place, and time of sale. | When the department decides to sell any state lands, or with the consent of the board of regents of the University of Washington, or by legislative directive, decides to sell any lot, block, tract, or tracts of university lands, it is the duty of the department to fix the date, place, and time of sale. (1) No sale may ... |
79.11.130 | Notice—Pamphlet—List of lands to be sold—Certain valuable materials exempt. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2348.SL ) ***
(1) The department shall give notice of the sale by advertisement published not fewer than two times during a four-week period prior to the time of sale in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the whole, or any part of any lot, block, or tract of... |
79.11.135 | Notification requirements. | Actions under this chapter are subject to the notification requirements of RCW 43.17.400 .
[ 2007 c 62 s 3 .]
Finding — Intent — Severability — 2007 c 62: See notes following RCW 43.17.400 . |
79.11.140 | Additional advertising. | The department is authorized to expend any sum in additional advertising of such sale as it determines to be for the best interest of the state.
[ 2003 c 334 s 348 ; 1927 c 255 s 48 ; RRS s 7797-48. Prior: 1923 c 19 s 1 ; 1897 c 89 s 14 . Formerly codified as RCW 79.01.192 , 79.12.320 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note f... |
79.11.150 | Conduct of sales. | Sales by public auction under this chapter shall be conducted under the direction of the department or its authorized representative. The department or department's representative are hereinafter referred to as auctioneers. On or before the time specified in the notice of sale each bidder shall deposit with the auction... |
79.11.160 | Deposit by purchaser to cover value of improvements. | A purchaser of state lands who is not the owner of the authorized improvements thereon shall deposit with the auctioneer making the sale, at the time of the sale, the appraised value of such improvements. The department shall pay to the owner of the improvements the sum deposited. However, when the improvements are own... |
79.11.165 | Reoffer. | Any sale which has been offered, and for which there are no bids received shall not be reoffered until it has been readvertised as specified in RCW 79.11.130 and 79.11.140 . If all sales cannot be offered within the specified time on the advertised date, the sale shall continue on the following day between 10:00 a.m. a... |
79.11.175 | Confirmation of sale. | The department shall enter upon its records a confirmation of sale and issue to the purchaser a contract of sale if the following conditions have been met: (1) No fewer than ten days have passed since the auctioneer's report has been filed; (2) No affidavit is filed with the department showing that the interests of the... |
79.11.190 | Readvertisement of lands not sold. | If any land offered for sale is not sold, it may again be advertised for sale, as provided in this chapter, whenever in the opinion of the commissioner it shall be expedient to do so. Whenever any person applies to the department in writing to have such land offered for sale, agrees to pay at least the appraised value ... |
79.11.200 | Form of contract—Rate of interest. | The purchaser of state lands under the provisions of this chapter, except in cases where the full purchase price is paid at the time of the purchase, shall enter into and sign a contract with the state, to be signed by the commissioner on behalf of the state, with the seal of the commissioner's office attached, and in ... |
79.11.210 | Reservation in contract. | Each and every contract for the sale of, and each deed to, state lands shall contain the following reservation: "The party of the first part hereby expressly saves, excepts, and reserves out of the grant hereby made, unto itself and its successors and assigns forever, all oils, gases, coal, ores, minerals, and fossils ... |
79.11.220 | Relinquishment to United States, in certain cases of reserved mineral rights. | Whenever the state shall have heretofore sold or may hereafter sell any state lands and issued a contract of purchase or executed a deed of conveyance therefor, in which there is a reservation of all oils, gases, coal, ores, minerals, and fossils of every kind and of rights in connection therewith, and the United State... |
79.11.250 | Lands subject to platting. | The department shall cause all unplatted state lands, within the limits of any incorporated city or town, or within two miles of the boundary thereof, where the valuation of such lands is found by appraisement to exceed one hundred dollars per acre, to be platted into lots and blocks, of not more than five acres in a b... |
79.11.260 | Vacation—Vested rights. | When, in the judgment of the department the best interest of the state will be thereby promoted, the department may vacate any plat or plats covering state lands, and vacate any street, alley, or other public place therein situated. The vacation of any such plat shall not affect the vested rights of any person or perso... |
79.11.270 | Vacation—Preference right to purchase. | Whenever all the owners and other persons having a vested interest in the lands abutting on any street, alley, or other public place, or any portion thereof, in any plat of state lands, lying outside the limits of any incorporated city or town, petition the department, the department may vacate any such tract, alley, o... |
79.11.290 | Leased lands reserved from sale. | State lands held under lease as provided in RCW 79.13.370 shall not be offered for sale, or sold, during the life of the lease, except upon application of the lessee.
[ 2003 c 334 s 380 ; 1927 c 255 s 75 ; RRS s 7797-75. Prior: 1897 c 89 s 23 . Formerly RCW 79.01.300 , 79.12.560 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note followi... |
79.11.310 | Sale of lands with low-income potential. | (1) The purpose of this section is to provide revenues to the state and its various taxing districts through the sale of public lands which are currently used primarily for grazing and similar low priority purposes, by enabling their development as irrigated agricultural lands. (2) All applications for the purchase of ... |
79.11.320 | Assessments added to purchase price. | (1) When any public land of the state is offered for sale and the state has paid assessments for local improvements, or benefits, to any municipal corporation authorized by law to assess the same, the amount of the assessments paid by the state shall be added to the appraised value of such land. (2) The amount of asses... |
79.11.340 | Sale of acquired lands. | *** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2348.SL ) ***
(1) Except as provided in RCW 79.10.030 (2), the department shall manage and control all lands acquired by the state by escheat, deed of sale, gift, devise, or under RCW 79.19.010 through 79.19.110 , except such lands that are conveyed or devised to the state for a particular p... |
79.13.010 | Lease of state lands—General. | (1) Subject to other provisions of this chapter and subject to rules adopted by the board, the department may lease state lands for purposes it deems advisable, including, but not limited to, commercial, industrial, residential, agricultural, and recreational purposes in order to obtain a fair market rental return to t... |
79.13.020 | Who may lease. | Any person desiring to lease any state lands for any purpose not prohibited by law may make application to the department on forms provided by the department and accompanied by the fee provided under RCW 79.02.250 .
[ 2003 c 334 s 370 .]
Intent — 2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010 . |
79.13.030 | Lease contents. | Every lease issued by the department must contain: (1) The specific use or uses to which the land is to be employed; (2) The improvements required, if any; (3) Provisions providing that the rent is payable in advance in quarterly, semiannual, or annual payments as determined by the department, or as agreed upon by the ... |
79.13.040 | Inspections—Surveys. | (1) When in the judgment of the department there is sufficient interest for the lease of state lands, it must inspect each tract of land as to its topography, development potential, forestry, agricultural, and grazing qualities; the presence of coal, mineral, stone, gravel, or other valuable materials; the distance fro... |
79.13.050 | Improvements. | (1) Only improvements authorized in writing by the department or consistent with the approved plan of development may be placed on the state lands under lease. Improvements are subject to the following conditions: (a) A minimum reasonable time must be allowed for completion of the improvements; (b) Improvements become ... |
79.13.060 | Lease terms. | (1) State lands may be leased not to exceed ten years with the following exceptions: (a) The lands may be leased for agricultural purposes not to exceed twenty-five years, except: (i) Leases that authorize tree fruit or grape production may be for up to fifty-five years; (ii) Share crop leases may not exceed ten years;... |
79.13.070 | Forfeiture. | If any rental is not paid on or before its due date according to the terms of the lease, the department must declare a forfeiture, cancel the lease, and eject the lessee from the land. The department may extend the time for payment of annual rental when in its judgment the interests of the state will not be prejudiced ... |
79.13.080 | Disposition of crops on forfeited land. | Whenever the state of Washington shall become the owner of any growing crop, or crop grown upon, any state lands, by reason of the forfeiture, cancellation, or termination of any contract or lease of state lands, or from any other cause, the department is authorized to arrange for the harvesting, sale, or other disposi... |
79.13.090 | Leases to United States for national defense. | State lands may be leased to the United States for national defense purposes at the fair rental value thereof as determined by the department, for a period of five years or less. Such leases may be made without competitive bidding at public auction and without payment in advance by the United States government of the f... |
79.13.100 | Battery charging, battery exchange, and rapid charging stations. | (1) The state and any local government, including any housing authority, is authorized to lease land owned by such an entity to any person for purposes of installing, maintaining, and operating a battery charging station, a battery exchange station, or a rapid charging station, for a term not in excess of fifty years, ... |
79.13.110 | Types of lease authorization. | (1) The department may authorize the use of state land by lease at state auction for initial leases or by negotiation for existing leases. (2) Leases that authorize commercial, industrial, or residential uses may be entered into by public auction or negotiations at the option of the department. Negotiations are subject... |
79.13.120 | Notice of leasing. | (1) The department must give thirty days' notice of leasing by public auction. The notice must: (a) Specify the place and time of auction, bid deposit if any, the appraised value, describe each parcel to be leased, and the terms and conditions of the lease; (b) Be posted in some conspicuous place in the county auditor'... |
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