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RCW Sections

• 8.20.010  Petition for appropriation -- Contents.
• 8.20.020  Notice -- Contents -- Service -- Publication.
• 8.20.060  Adjournment of proceedings -- Further notice.
• 8.20.070  Adjudication of public use or private way of necessity.
• 8.20.080  Trial, how conducted.
• 8.20.090  Judgment -- Decree of appropriation -- Recording.
• 8.20.100  Payment of damages -- Effect -- Appellate review.
• 8.20.110  Claimants, payment of -- Conflicting claims.
• 8.20.120  Appellate review.
• 8.20.130  Prosecution of work pending appeal -- Bond.
• 8.20.140  Appropriation of railway right-of-way through canyon, pass, or defile.
• 8.20.150  Prior entry with consent -- Condemnation avoids ouster.
• 8.20.160  Three-year occupancy -- Condemnation avoids ouster.
• 8.20.170  Suit for compensation by owner equivalent to condemnation.
• 8.20.180  Appointment of guardian ad litem for minors, alleged incapacitated persons -- Protection of interests.

Notes:

Additional provisions relating to eminent domain proceedings: Chapter 8.25 RCW. Corporations, certain types: RCW 81.36.010. Corporations conveying water: RCW 90.16.100. Easements over public lands: Chapter 79.36 RCW. Electric light and power companies: RCW 80.32.060 through 80.32.080. Eminent domain affecting corporations other than municipal: State Constitution Art. 12 § 10. Gas and oil pipelines: RCW 81.88.020. Grade crossing eliminations, appropriation for: RCW 81.53.180. Mining companies: RCW 78.04.010. Railroad companies, appropriation by: RCW 81.36.010. Railroads, rights of way: RCW 81.52.040, 81.53.180. State university -- Rights-of-way to railroads: RCW 28B.20.330. Street and electric railroads: RCW 81.64.040. Telecommunications companies: RCW 80.36.010, State Constitution Art. 12 § 19. Underground natural gas storage: RCW 80.40.030, 80.40.040. Water power companies: RCW 90.16.030.