Title 36 — Title 36 COUNTIES
97 chapters · 1,831 sections in this title.
RCW 36.81.010 Resolution of intention and necessity.
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The board may by original resolution entered upon its minutes declare its intention to establish any county road in the county and declare that it is a public necessity and direct the county road engineer to report upon such project.[ 1963 c 4 s 36.81.010. Prior: 1937 c 187 s 19;…
RCW 36.81.020 Freeholders' petition—Bond.
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Ten or more freeholders of any county may petition the board for the establishment of a county road in the vicinity of their residence, setting forth and describing the general course and terminal points of the proposed improvement and stating that the same is a public necessity.…
RCW 36.81.030 Deeds and waivers.
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The board may require the petitioners to secure deeds and waivers of damages for the right-of-way from the landowners, and, in such case, before an examination or survey by the county road engineer is ordered, such deeds and waivers shall be filed with the board.[ 1963 c 4 s 36.8…
RCW 36.81.040 Action on petition.
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Upon the filing of the petition and bond and being satisfied that the petition has been signed by freeholders residing in the vicinity of the proposed road, the board shall direct the county road engineer to report upon the project.[ 1963 c 4 s 36.81.040. Prior: 1937 c 187 s 20, …
RCW 36.81.050 Engineer's report.
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Whenever directed by the board to report upon the establishment of a county road the engineer shall make an examination of the road and if necessary a survey thereof. After examination, if the engineer deems the road to be impracticable, he or she shall so report to the board wit…
RCW 36.81.060 Survey map, field notes and profiles.
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The county road engineer shall file with his or her report a correctly prepared map of the road as surveyed, which map must show the tracts of land over which the road passes, with the names, if known, of the several owners thereof, and he or she shall file therewith his or her f…
RCW 36.81.070 Notice of hearing on report.
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The board shall fix a time and place for hearing the report of the engineer and cause notice thereof to be published once a week for two successive weeks in the county official newspaper and to be posted for at least twenty days at each termini of the proposed road.The notice sha…
RCW 36.81.080 Hearing—Road established by resolution.
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On the day fixed for the hearing or any day to which the hearing has been adjourned, upon proof to its satisfaction made by affidavit of due publication and posting of the notice of hearing, the board shall consider the report and any and all evidence relative thereto, and if the…
RCW 36.81.090 Expense of proceedings.
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The cost and expense of the road, together with cost of proceedings thereon and of right-of-way and any quarries or other land acquired therefor, and the maintenance of the road shall be paid out of the county road fund. When the costs are assessed against the principals on the b…
RCW 36.81.100 County road on or over dikes.
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The board of any county may establish county roads over, across or along any dike maintained by any diking, or diking and drainage, district in the manner provided by law for establishing county roads over or across private property, and shall determine and offer the amount of da…
RCW 36.81.110 County road on or over dikes—Condemnation for dike roads.
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If any offer of damages to any diking, or diking and drainage, district is not accepted in the manner provided by law, it shall be deemed rejected, and the board by order, shall direct condemnation proceedings to procure the right-of-way to be instituted in the superior court of …
RCW 36.81.121 Perpetual advanced six-year plans for coordinated transportation program, expenditures—Nonmotorized transportation—Railroad right-of-way.
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(1) At any time before adoption of the budget, the legislative authority of each county, after one or more public hearings thereon, shall prepare and adopt a comprehensive transportation program for the ensuing six calendar years. If the county has adopted a comprehensive plan pu…
RCW 36.81.122 Provisions for bicycle paths, lanes, routes, roadways and improvements to be included in annual revision or extension of comprehensive road programs—Exception.
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The annual revision and extension of comprehensive road programs pursuant to RCW 36.81.121 shall include consideration of and, wherever reasonably practicable, provisions for bicycle paths, lanes, routes, and roadways: PROVIDED, That no provision need be made for such a path, lan…
RCW 36.81.130 Procedure specified for establishment, construction, and maintenance.
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The laying out, construction, and maintenance of all county roads shall hereafter be in accordance with the following procedure:On or before the first Monday in October of each year each county road engineer shall file with the county legislative authority a recommended plan for …
RCW 36.81.140 Columbia Basin project road systems—Establishment by plat.
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When plats or blocks of farm units have been or are filed under the provisions of chapter 89.12 RCW which contain a system of county roads, or when a supplemental plat of a system of county roads to serve such a plat is filed in connection therewith, the filing period and formal …