Legislative finding.

RCW 64.44.005 — under Chapter 64.44 Contaminated properties..

RCW 64.44.005

The legislature finds that some properties are being contaminated by hazardous chemicals used in unsafe or illegal ways in the manufacture of illegal drugs or by hazardous drugs contaminating transient accommodations regulated by the department. Innocent members of the public may be harmed by the residue left by these chemicals when the properties are subsequently rented or sold without having been decontaminated.[ 2017 c 115 s 1; 1990 c 213 s 1.]