2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code
Chapter 35A.21 - Provisions Affecting All Code Cities.
35A.21.322 Transfer of ownership of a code city-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
RCW 35A.21.322 Transfer of ownership of a code city-owned vessel—Review of vessel's physical condition.
(1) Prior to transferring ownership of a code city-owned vessel, the code city shall conduct a thorough review of the physical condition of the vessel, the vessel's operating capability, and any containers and other materials that are not fixed to the vessel.
(2) If the code city determines that the vessel is in a state of advanced deterioration or poses a reasonably imminent threat to human health or safety, including a threat of environmental contamination, the code city may: (a) Not transfer the vessel until the conditions identified under this subsection have been corrected; or (b) permanently dispose of the vessel by landfill, deconstruction, or other related method.
(3) Vessels taken into custody under chapter 79.100 RCW are not subject to this section or RCW 35A.21.324.
[ 2013 c 291 § 17.]
