Title 84 — Title 84 PROPERTY TAXES

(1) Any physical improvement to single-family dwellings upon real property, including constructing an accessory dwelling unit, whether attached to or within the single-family dwelling or as a detached unit on the same real property, shall be exempt from taxation for the three ass…

(1) The following property is exempt from taxation: Any and all rights to occupy or use any real or personal property owned in fee or held in trust by:(a) The United States, the state of Washington, or any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state of Washington,…

The following property shall be exempt from taxation: Any agricultural product as defined in RCW 82.04.213 and grown or produced for sale by any person upon the person's own lands or upon lands in which the person has a present right of possession. Taxpayers shall not be required…

(1) Business inventories are exempt from property taxation.(2) As used in this section:(a)(i) "Business inventories" means all livestock, inventories of finished goods and work in process, and personal property not under lease or rental, acquired, or produced solely for the purpo…

(1) Except as provided otherwise in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the real and personal property of a nonprofit fair association that sponsors or conducts a fair or fairs that is eligible to receive support from the fair fund, as created in RCW 15.76.115 and allocated …

(1) Air pollution control equipment constructed or installed after May 15, 1997, by businesses engaged in the generation of electric energy at thermal electric generation facilities first placed in operation after December 31, 1969, and before July 1, 1975, shall be exempt from p…

All conservation futures on agricultural lands acquired pursuant to RCW 64.04.130 or 84.34.200 through 84.34.240, that are held by any nonprofit corporation or association, the primary purpose of which is conserving agricultural lands and preventing the conversion of such lands t…

Any mobile home which is a part of a dealer's inventory and held solely for sale in the ordinary course of the dealer's business and is not used for any other purpose shall be exempt from property taxation: PROVIDED, That this exemption shall not apply to property taxes already l…

The real and personal property owned by nonprofit organizations and used for solicitation or collection of gifts, donations, or grants is exempt from taxation if the organization meets all of the following conditions:(1) The organization is organized and conducted for nonsectaria…

(1) The real and personal property owned or used by a nonprofit entity in providing rental housing for qualifying households or used to provide space for the placement of a mobile home for a qualifying household within a mobile home park is exempt from taxation if:(a) The benefit…

(1) All real and personal property owned by a nonprofit organization, corporation, or association to provide a demonstration farm with research and extension facilities, a public agricultural museum, and an educational tour site, which is used by a state university for agricultur…

(1)(a) Beginning with taxes levied for collection in calendar year 2006, all personal property located on land owned by the United States, or an instrumentality of the United States, at the Hanford reservation that is used exclusively in the performance of a privatization contrac…

(1) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(a) "Motor vehicle" means all motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers used, or of the type designed primarily to be used, upon the public streets and highways, for the convenience or pleasure of the owner, o…

(1) All heavy equipment rental property owned by a heavy equipment rental property dealer is exempt from taxation.(2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a)(i) "Heavy equipment rental property" means any …

(1) All custom computer software, except embedded software, is exempt from property taxation.(2) Retained rights in computer software are exempt from property taxation.(3) Modifications to canned software are exempt from property taxation, but the underlying canned software remai…

All real and personal property subject to a sale/leaseback agreement under RCW 81.112.300 is exempt from taxation.[ 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 27.]Notes:Findings—Construction—2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 ss 18-30: See notes following RCW 81.112.300.

*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6162-S.SL) ***(1) All machinery and equipment owned by a farmer that is personal property is exempt from property taxes levied for any state purpose, including the additional state property tax imposed under RCW 84.52.065(2), if it is used exclusively …

(1) For the purposes of this section, "anaerobic digester" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 82.08.900.(2) All buildings, machinery, equipment, and other personal property which are used primarily for the operation of an anaerobic digester, the land upon which this property…

(1) For the purposes of this section, "wood biomass fuel" means a pyrolytic liquid fuel or synthesis gas-derived liquid fuel, used in internal combustion engines, and produced from wood, forest, or field residue, or dedicated energy crops that do not include wood pieces that have…

(1) Machinery and equipment exempt under RCW 82.08.02565 or 82.12.02565 used in manufacturing semiconductor materials at a building exempt from sales and use tax and in compliance with the employment requirement under RCW 82.08.965 and 82.12.965 are exempt from property taxation.…

The real and personal property owned or used by a nonprofit organization is exempt from taxation if the property is used for solicitation or collection of gifts, donations, or grants for the support of individual artists and the organization meets all of the following conditions:…

(1) Effective January 1, 2005, all buildings, machinery, equipment, and other personal property of a lessee of a port district eligible under RCW 82.08.980 and 82.12.980, used exclusively in manufacturing superefficient airplanes, are exempt from property taxation. A person takin…

(1) Prior to installation of an automatic sprinkler system under RCW 19.27.500 through 19.27.520, an owner or lessee of property who meets the requirements of this section may apply to the assessor of the county in which the property is located for a special property tax exemptio…

(1) Military housing is exempt from taxation if the housing meets the following requirements:(a) The military housing must be situated on land owned in fee by the United States;(b) The military housing must be used for the housing of military personnel and their families; and(c) …

(1) One or more contiguous real property parcels and personal property owned by a senior citizen organization are exempt from taxation, if the property is used for the actual operation of a multipurpose senior citizen center.(2) The exemption in this section is not nullified by t…

(1) The real property owned by a limited equity cooperative that provides owned housing for low-income households is exempt from property taxation if:(a) The benefit of the exemption inures to the limited equity cooperative and its members;(b) At least 85 percent of the occupied …

*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 1960-S3.SL) ***(1) Provided the taxpayer fulfills the requirements of this section, all qualified personal property owned by a taxpayer is exempt from property taxes levied for any state purpose.(2)(a) Unless a taxpayer is assessed under chapter 84.12 …

As used in this chapter:(1) "Church purposes" means the use of real and personal property owned by a nonprofit religious organization for religious worship or related administrative, educational, eleemosynary, and social activities. This definition is to be broadly construed;(2) …

*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2610.SL) ****** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2431.SL) ***(1) In order to qualify for an exemption under this chapter, the nonprofit organizations, associations, or corporations must satisfy the conditions in this section.(2) The property must be used exclus…

(1)(a) Upon cessation of a use under which an exemption has been granted pursuant to RCW 84.36.030, 84.36.037, 84.36.040, 84.36.041, 84.36.042, 84.36.043, 84.36.046, 84.36.050, 84.36.060, 84.36.550, 84.36.560, 84.36.570, 84.36.675, and 84.36.650, except as provided in (b) of this…

All additional taxes imposed under RCW 84.36.262 or 84.36.810 shall become due and payable by the seller or transferor at the time of sale. The county auditor shall not accept an instrument of conveyance unless the additional tax has been paid or the department of revenue has det…

An exempt property owner shall notify the department of revenue of any change of use prior to each assessment year. Any other person believing that a change in the use of exempt property has occurred shall report same to the county assessor, who shall examine the property and if …

*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2610.SL) ***(1) In order to qualify for exempt status for any real or personal property under this chapter except personal property under RCW 84.36.600, all foreign national governments; cemeteries; nongovernmental nonprofit corporations, organizations…

On or before January 1st of each year, the department of revenue must notify the owners of record of property exempted from property taxation at their last known address about the obligation to file an annual renewal declaration for continued exemption. When a continued exemption…

A late filing penalty of ten dollars per month for each month an application or annual renewal declaration is past due shall be required and shall be deposited in the general fund.[ 2007 c 111 s 303; 1998 c 311 s 28; 1994 c 123 s 2; 1977 ex.s. c 209 s 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 127 …

(1) The department of revenue shall review each application for exemption and approve or deny the application before August 1st of the assessment year for which the application is made. However, exemption applications received after March 31st shall be reviewed and determination …

Each application for property tax exemption, or renewal thereof, may include all the real and personal property eligible for exempt status under any of the sections of chapter 84.36 RCW which are contiguous and part of a homogenous unit. Properties separated by public streets and…

On or before August 31st, the department of revenue shall prepare a list by county of those properties exempted by the department under this chapter and shall forward a list to each county assessor of the property exempt in that county.[ 1998 c 311 s 29; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 40 s 13.…

(1) In order to determine whether organizations, associations, corporations, or institutions, except those exempted under RCW 84.36.020, 84.36.049, and 84.36.030, are exempt from property taxes, and before the exemption is allowed for any year, the superintendent or manager or ot…

If subsequent to the time that the exemption of any property is initially approved or renewed, it is determined that such exemption was approved or renewed as the result of inaccurate information provided by the authorized agent of the applicant, the exemption must be revoked and…

Any applicant aggrieved by the department of revenue's denial of an exemption application may petition the state board of tax appeals to review an application for either real or personal property tax exemption and the board shall consider any appeals to determine (1) if the prope…

Except as otherwise provided by law, property that changes from exempt to taxable status is subject to the provisions of RCW 84.36.810 and 84.40.350 through 84.40.390, and the assessor must also place the property on the assessment roll for taxes due and payable in the following …

Each county assessor and the director of the department of revenue shall each issue public notice of the provisions of chapter 40, Laws of 1973 2nd ex. sess. in such a manner as will give constructive notice to all taxpayers of that county or of the state, as the case may be, pri…

The department of revenue of the state of Washington shall make such rules and regulations consistent with chapter 34.05 RCW and the provisions of this chapter as shall be necessary or desirable to permit its effective administration.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 291 s 20; 1973 2nd ex.s. c …

This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, shall take effect immediately and shall be effective for assessment in 1973 for taxes due and pay…