Title 8 — Title 8 EMINENT DOMAIN
9 chapters · 166 sections in this title.
RCW 8.20.005 Condemnation final actions—Notice requirements.
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Proceedings under this chapter are subject to the notice requirements of RCW 8.25.290. Compliance with RCW 8.25.290 is required before an action can be filed under this chapter.[ 2007 c 68 s 6.]
RCW 8.20.010 Petition for appropriation—Contents.
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Any corporation authorized by law to appropriate land, real estate, premises, or other property for right-of-way or any other corporate purposes, may present to the superior court of the county in which any land, real estate, premises, or other property sought to be appropriated …
RCW 8.20.020 Notice—Contents—Service—Publication.
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A notice, stating briefly the objects of the petition, and containing a description of the land, real estate, premises or property sought to be appropriated, and stating the time and place, when and where the same will be presented to the court, or the judge thereof, shall be ser…
RCW 8.20.060 Adjournment of proceedings—Further notice.
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The court or judge may, upon application of the petitioner or of any owner or party interested, for reasonable cause, adjourn the proceedings from time to time, and may order new or further notice to be given to any party whose interest may be affected.[ 1890 p 297 s 3; RRS s 924…
RCW 8.20.070 Adjudication of public use or private way of necessity.
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At the time and place appointed for hearing said petition, or to which the same may have been adjourned, if the court or judge thereof shall have satisfactory proof that all parties interested in the land, real estate, premises, or other property described in said petition, have …
RCW 8.20.080 Trial, how conducted.
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A judge of the superior court shall preside at the trial which shall be held at such time as the court or the judge thereof may direct, at the courthouse in the county where the land, real estate, premises or other property sought to be appropriated is situated, and the jurors at…
RCW 8.20.090 Judgment—Decree of appropriation—Recording.
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At the time of rendering judgment for damages, whether upon default or trial, if the damages awarded be then paid, or upon their payment, if not paid at the time of rendering such judgment, the court or judge thereof shall also enter a judgment or decree of appropriation of the l…
RCW 8.20.100 Payment of damages—Effect—Appellate review.
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Upon the entry of judgment upon the verdict of the jury or the decision of the court or judge thereof, awarding damages as hereinbefore prescribed, the petitioner, or any officer of, or other person duly appointed by said corporation, may make payment of the damages assessed to t…
RCW 8.20.110 Claimants, payment of—Conflicting claims.
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Any person, corporation, state or county, claiming to be entitled to any money paid into court, as provided in RCW 8.20.010 through 8.20.140 may apply to the court therefor, and upon furnishing evidence satisfactory to the court that he, she, or it is entitled to the same, the co…
RCW 8.20.120 Appellate review.
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Either party may seek appellate review of the judgment for damages entered in the superior court within thirty days after the entry of judgment as aforesaid and such review shall bring before the supreme court or the court of appeals the propriety and justness of the amount of da…
RCW 8.20.130 Prosecution of work pending appeal—Bond.
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The construction of any railway surface tramway, elevated cable tramway, or canal, or the prosecution of any works or improvements by any corporation as aforesaid shall not be hindered, delayed or prevented by the prosecution of the appeal of any party to the proceedings: PROVIDE…
RCW 8.20.140 Appropriation of railway right-of-way through canyon, pass, or defile.
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Any railroad company whose right-of-way passes through any canyon, pass or defile shall not prevent any other railroad company from the use and occupancy of said canyon, pass or defile for the purpose of its road in common with the road first located or the crossing of other rail…
RCW 8.20.150 Prior entry with consent—Condemnation avoids ouster.
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No corporation authorized by law to condemn property for public use, which has heretofore entered or shall hereafter enter upon property for a public use with the consent of the record owner or the person or corporation in possession, shall be ousted from such possession or preve…
RCW 8.20.160 Three-year occupancy—Condemnation avoids ouster.
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No corporation which shall have been or shall be in possession of property put to public use for three or more years, and while continuing to put such property to public use shall be ousted therefrom or prevented from continuing such use if prior to the entry of any judgment of o…
RCW 8.20.170 Suit for compensation by owner equivalent to condemnation.
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Nothing in RCW 8.20.150 through 8.20.170 shall prevent the owner of any such property suing for and recovering compensation for such property without instituting suit or proceedings to oust such corporation therefrom, and upon payment of the amount awarded such owner title to the…