11 chapters · 172 sections in this title.
RCW 88.24.010 Right of riparian owner to construct—Rates.
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Any person owning land adjoining any navigable waters or watercourse, within or bordering upon this state, may erect upon his or her own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them so far into said waters or watercourses as the convenience of shipping may require; and he or sh…
RCW 88.24.020 County may authorize wharves and prescribe rates.
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(1) Whenever any person shall be desirous of erecting any wharf at the terminus of any public highway, or at any accustomed landing place, he or she may apply to the county commissioners of the proper county, who, if they shall be satisfied that the public convenience requires sa…
RCW 88.24.030 City or town may authorize wharves—Rates—Liability.
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Whenever any person or persons shall be desirous of erecting a wharf at the terminus of any street of any incorporated town or city in the state, he or she or they may apply to the municipal authorities of such town or city who, if they shall be satisfied that the public convenie…
RCW 88.24.040 Construction requirements of wharves—When deemed incomplete.
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All wharves now standing, or hereafter to be built, in this state, shall be deemed insufficient, incomplete and unfinished unless they have good and substantial banisters or railing on the sides thereof, or a strip of hewn timber at least eight by ten inches square, well secured …
RCW 88.24.070 County acquisition by condemnation of right-of-way.
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In cases where a person or persons, firm or corporation has acquired a right, title or interest in and to the tidelands or other lands over which it is proposed to build, construct or maintain such wharf or landing, whether such interest be a title in fee simple or as lessee or u…