2021 Revised Code of Washington
Title 79 - Public Lands
- RCW Dispositions - Information about RCW sections that have been repealed, expired, decodified, or recodified.
- Chapter 79.02 - Public Lands Management—General.
- Chapter 79.10 - Land Management Authorities and Policies.
- Chapter 79.11 - State Land Sales.
- Chapter 79.13 - Land Leases.
- Chapter 79.14 - Mineral, Coal, Oil, and Gas Leases.
- Chapter 79.15 - Sale of Valuable Materials.
- Chapter 79.17 - Land Transfers.
- Chapter 79.19 - Land Bank.
- Chapter 79.22 - Acquisition, Management, and Disposition of State Forestlands.
- Chapter 79.24 - Capitol Building Lands.
- Chapter 79.36 - Easements Over Public Lands.
- Chapter 79.38 - Access Roads.
- Chapter 79.44 - Assessments and Charges Against Lands of the State.
- Chapter 79.64 - Funds for Managing and Administering Lands.
- Chapter 79.70 - Natural Area Preserves.
- Chapter 79.71 - Washington Natural Resources Conservation Areas.
- Chapter 79.73 - Milwaukee Road Corridor.
- Chapter 79.100 - Derelict Vessels.
- Chapter 79.105 - Aquatic Lands—General.
- Chapter 79.110 - Aquatic Lands—Easements and Rights-of-Way.
- Chapter 79.115 - Aquatic Lands—Harbor Areas.
- Chapter 79.120 - Aquatic Lands—Waterways and Streets.
- Chapter 79.125 - Aquatic Lands—Tidelands and Shorelands.
- Chapter 79.130 - Aquatic Lands—Beds of Navigable Waters.
- Chapter 79.135 - Aquatic Lands—Oysters, Geoducks, Shellfish, Other Aquacultural Uses, and Marine Aquatic Plants.
- Chapter 79.140 - Aquatic Lands—Valuable Materials.
- Chapter 79.145 - Marine Plastic Debris.
- Chapter 79.150 - Forest Biomass Materials Located on State Lands.
- Chapter 79.155 - Community Forest Trusts.
Access to state timber: RCW 79.36.310 through 79.36.340.
Acquisition, disposition of state highway property: Chapter 47.12 RCW.
Bridges, obstructions in navigable waters: Chapter 88.28 RCW.
Commissioner of public lands: State Constitution Art. 3 §§ 23, 25; chapter 43.12 RCW.
Compact with the United States: State Constitution Art. 26.
Contracts with United States as to highway property: Chapter 47.08 RCW.
Conveyance of real property by public bodies—Recording: RCW 65.08.095.
County lands, generally: Chapter 36.34 RCW.
Diking and drainage, improvement districts, benefit to public land: RCW 85.08.370.
Donation law, conflicting claims: RCW 7.28.280.
Ejectment, quiet title: Chapter 7.28 RCW.
Eminent domain: State Constitution Art. 1 § 16.
Eminent domain by state: Chapter 8.04 RCW.
Extensions of streets over tidelands: State Constitution Art. 15 § 3.
Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruption—Scope of state agency action: RCW 43.01.210.
Federal areas, jurisdiction: Chapters 37.04 and 37.08 RCW.
Federal funds for forest management: RCW 43.30.340, 43.30.345.
Firewood on state lands: RCW 79.15.400 through 79.15.440.
Flood control districts may include public lands: Chapter 86.09 RCW.
Forest roads, county: RCW 36.82.140.
Funds for the support of common schools, source: State Constitution Art. 9 § 3.
Governmental lands, exemption from taxation: State Constitution Art. 7 § 1.
Harbor line commission: State Constitution Art. 15 § 1.
Harbor lines, relocation: RCW 79.115.020.
Improvement district, benefit to public land: RCW 85.08.370.
Indians and Indian lands: Chapter 37.12 RCW.
Infractions: Chapter 7.84 RCW.
Insect pests and plant diseases: Chapter 17.24 RCW.
Intergovernmental disposition of property: Chapter 39.33 RCW.
Irrigation districts may include public land: Chapter 87.03 RCW.
Lease of unnecessary lands by director of agriculture: RCW 15.04.090.
Leases of public lands for underground storage of natural gas: RCW 80.40.060.
Marine recreation land act: Chapter 79A.25 RCW.
Oil and gas unit plan, participation of public lands: RCW 78.52.450.
Parks and recreation: Chapter 79A.05 RCW.
Permanent school fund, investment: State Constitution Art. 16 § 5.
Pest districts may include public lands: Chapter 17.12 RCW.
Public lands, authority of United States over certain areas: State Constitution Art. 25 § 1.
Public shooting grounds: Chapter 77.12 RCW.
Public waterways may include public lands: Chapter 91.08 RCW.
Reclamation by state: Chapter 89.16 RCW.
Reclamation districts
may include public lands: RCW 89.30.016.
right-of-way across state land: RCW 89.30.223.
Restraint on disposition of certain areas bordering harbor lines: State Constitution Art. 15 § 1.
River, harbor improvements: Chapter 88.32 RCW.
Sale of other than state forestlands: RCW 79.11.005.
School and granted lands
amount offered, platting: State Constitution Art. 16 § 4.
disposition: State Constitution Art. 16 § 1.
limitations on sales: State Constitution Art. 16 § 3.
manner and terms of sale: State Constitution Art. 16 § 2.
State agency for surveys and maps: Chapter 58.24 RCW.
State boundaries: State Constitution Art. 24 § 1.
State lands subject to easements for removal of materials: RCW 79.36.370, 79.36.590.
Streets over tidelands: RCW 35.21.230 through 35.21.250.
Tidelands
declaration of state ownership: State Constitution Art. 17 § 1.
disclaimer of certain lands by state: State Constitution Art. 17 § 2.
Trespass: Chapter 64.12 RCW.
United States reclamation areas, state lands in: Chapter 89.12 RCW.
Use of state land for game purposes: RCW 77.12.360.
Washington plane coordinate system: Chapter 58.20 RCW.
Waste: Chapter 64.12 RCW.
Weed districts may include public lands: Chapter 17.04 RCW.
Wharves, docks, leasing and maintenance: State Constitution Art. 15 § 2.
Wharves and landings: Chapter 88.24 RCW.
Subject
Year
Chapter
Aberdeen. . . .
1901
141
Adams County. . . .
1915
78
1941
211
American Lake. . . .
1907
191
1907
197
Auburn game farm, transfer to parks and recreation commission. . . .
1981
49
Barthen, Lenore. . . .
1951
59
Behme, C.R.. . . .
1927
247
Bentley, W.C.. . . .
1921
38
Benton County, state patrol land. . . .
1961
59
1977
ex.s.
191
Benton County, University of Washington land. . . .
1965
ex.s.
5
Benton County, WSU land. . . .
1961
76
Blaine. . . .
1917
144
Bremerton. . . .
1947
207
Camp Murray, conveyance for aerospace science and modeling center. . . .
1969
ex.s.
85
Canyon Lakes. . . .
1986
7
1893
831
1893
138
1901
45
1909
ex.s.
20
1911
592
Capitol Buildings. . . .
1913
50
1915
191
1917
167
1925
27
1927
225
1945
47
Capitol Place. . . .
1937
160
Centralia. . . .
1949
38
Centralia, city of, easement for
street. . . .
1963
81
Chehalis. . . .
1945
124
1935
50
Chelan County. . . .
1935
52
1935
53
Cheney. . . .
1949
35
Christenson, Ruby. . . .
1935
51
1931
92
Clallam County. . . .
1941
94
1945
207
Clallam County, county park purposes. . . .
1965
ex.s.
51
Clapp, Helen A.. . . .
1941
121
Clark County, state school for the deaf, conveyance of portion. . . .
1969
ex.s.
62
Clark County, Whipple Creek,
exchange. . . .
1967
219
Clarkston. . . .
1919
75
1957
148
Columbia River. . . .
1905
28
1915
145
Colville. . . .
1937
86
1939
144
Commercial Trust Co.. . . .
1907
197
Conconnully Lake, lake in Okanogan County designated as. . . .
1965
104
Cowlitz County. . . .
1915
157
1951
134
Cowlitz County, exchange of state forestlands for lands adjacent to Seaquest State Park. . . .
1971
ex.s.
158
Deno, Louis. . . .
1931
51
Deschutes Basin. . . .
1937
159
Deschutes Waterway. . . .
1939
76
Douglas County. . . .
1941
117
Drainage Ditches. . . .
1893
88
Eastern Washington College
1949
35
of Ed.. . . .
1959
128
Echo Glenn. . . .
1986
7
Everett, Port. . . .
1943
272
Fairmont Cemetery Association. . . .
1939
20
Ferry County, Curlew. . . .
1917
86
Feureur, Louis. . . .
1901
163
Fircrest. . . .
1986
7
Fort Worden, department of institutions land. . . .
1965
ex.s.
66
Franklin County. . . .
1931
100
Game department, tidelands in Clark
County. . . .
1959
249
Game Farm. . . .
1929
173
Grays Harbor County. . . .
1955
281
Grays Harbor, Port. . . .
1913
27
1957
40
1935
50
1935
52
Great Northern RR. . . .
1935
53
1939
159
1941
117
Harbor lines at Anacortes,
Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cosmopolis,
1963
139
Bellingham, Port Angeles,
1967
ex.s.
24
Renton, Lake Forest Park,. . . .
1971
ex.s.
158
Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia,
1972
ex.s.
69
Kalama, Bremerton, Port
1977
ex.s.
124
Orchard, Vancouver, Port
1979
19
Townsend, La Conner, Everett, relocation
Harbor lines in Lake Union, Salmon Bay, Union Bay, Commencement Bay, relocation. . . .
1967
ex.s.
24
Hollingsworth, Howard C.. . . .
1949
23
Holman Waterway. . . .
1919
198
Ilwaco. . . .
1919
198
1929
222
Ilwaco, Port. . . .
1947
101
1957
85
Island County. . . .
1931
12
Jefferson County. . . .
1941
94
1941
121
Keystone Water Users Ass'n. . . .
1915
78
1933
77
1933
99
King County. . . .
1935
49
1935
51
1939
8
1945
119
King County, University of Washington
land. . . .
1967
ex.s.
116
King County, unplatted tidelands deeded to state board for community college education; reversion. . . .
1971
ex.s.
241
1927
262
Kitsap County. . . .
1931
86
1941
106
1947
207
Kitsap County, sewer disposal plant to county sewer district No. 5. . . .
1965
ex.s.
95
Kitsap County, Washington Veterans' Home land to department of game. . . .
1965
ex.s.
94
Kitsap County, transfer of land from state for recreational purposes. . . .
1975
1st ex.s.
27
Klickitat County. . . .
1945
185
1951
73
La Conner. . . .
1939
101
Lake Spokane, Long Lake redesignated
as. . . .
1965
104
Lake Washington. . . .
1911
94
Land Commission. . . .
1889-90
...
1893
125
Lewis County, department of natural resources, revesting Liberty Bay, relocation of harbor lines. . . .
1961
22
1919
44
Mason County. . . .
1935
104
1949
132
Mason County, Cemetery District No. 1, deeding of authorized. . . .
1971
ex.s.
90
Mason County, exchange of forest trust
land. . . .
1973
26
McCroskey, Milton P.. . . .
1947
26
Medical Lake. . . .
1889-90
...
Military department, lands in
Seattle. . . .
1959
181
Montesano. . . .
1933
ex.s.
35
Mt. Spokane State Park. . . .
1947
237
Mulinowski, A.M.. . . .
1955
281
Northern State Hospital at Sedro Woolley, disposition of property. . . .
1974
ex.s.
178
Okanogan County. . . .
1939
159
1907
17
1917
144
Olympia. . . .
1947
65
1949
87
Olympia, Port. . . .
1949
96
1953
92
Olympic National Park. . . .
1955
231
Olympic National Park, exchange of standing timber for lands. . . .
1963
53
Oregon-Wash. RR and Nav. Co.. . . .
1931
50
Pacific Highway. . . .
1929
215
Payne, J.H.. . . .
1935
49
Peninsula, Port. . . .
1953
283
People's Water & Gas Co.. . . .
1937
163
1917
31
Pierce County. . . .
1929
173
1933
99
1949
37
Port of Seattle. . . .
1959
158
Port Orchard. . . .
1951
95
Port Townsend. . . .
1907
117
Pullman. . . .
1947
48
Riverside State Park. . . .
1939
19
Rohrbach, F.L.. . . .
1939
19
Sager, Frank T.. . . .
1951
59
San Juan Island National Historical
Park. . . .
1967
94
1883
...
1890
...
School Lands. . . .
1917
46
1923
61
1939
129
1897
28
1905
76
1907
3
1909
30
1909
221
1913
59
1915
115
Seattle. . . .
1925
ex.s.
127
1927
267
1929
177
1931
33
1939
77
1949
81
1957
81
1957
252
1981
1st ex.s.
1
Skagit County. . . .
1951
83
Skagit County port, conveyance of tidelands to. . . .
1969
127
Skagit County, sale or exchange of University of Washington land. . . .
1971
ex.s.
228
Skamania County. . . .
1937
91
Slininger, H.A.. . . .
1957
118
1909
126
Snohomish County. . . .
1933
90
1937
7
Snohomish County, reconveyance, county
park. . . .
1967
18
Soap Lake. . . .
1949
147
1913
40
Spokane. . . .
1937
85
1955
374
1921
98
Spokane County. . . .
1939
20
1943
273
1951
25
1909
75
State Lands. . . .
1909
216
1921
57
1935
56
State parks, Ike Kinswas State Park—Recreation area. . . .
1971
50
State parks, land in Douglas county. . . .
1959
72
State parks, land on Whidbey Island. . . .
1959
63
State parks, Mayfield Lake State Park, name changed. . . .
1971
50
State parks, Wallace Falls State Park. . . .
1965
146
State Timber. . . .
1933
106
1941
135
State Training School. . . .
1911
27
1931
94
Steilacoom. . . .
1957
131
Strobach, Richard. . . .
1929
201
Sunde, Olive. . . .
1935
51
Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce. . . .
1959
180
Tacoma. . . .
1907
16
1907
123
Tacoma Scouts. . . .
1935
104
Tidelands. . . .
1897
27
1913
68
1919
51
1919
161
United States. . . .
1931
86
1937
91
1945
79
1955
231
1891
125
1893
122
University of Washington. . . .
1903
91
1907
3
1909
30
1911
94
University of Washington, R.H. Thomson expressway. . . .
1967
116
University of Washington, sale or exchange of land in Skagit county. . . .
1971
ex.s.
228
Unplatted Ballard tidelands deeded to state board for community college education; reversion. . . .
1971
ex.s.
241
1901
88
Vancouver. . . .
1909
95
1933
ex.s.
42
1937
163
Vancouver, Port. . . .
1919
68
Varney-Sunnyside Packing Co.. . . .
1955
130
Walla Walla County. . . .
1913
141
1955
376
Walla Walla County, department of institutions land, conveyance of. . . .
1965
115
1947
48
1949
23
1949
24
Washington State College. . . .
1949
25
1949
207
1955
261
1959
59
1959
89
Washington State University, exchanges, leases. . . .
1961
76
Washington State University, sale or exchange of land in Whitman
county. . . .
1971
ex.s.
228
Washington Veterans' Home. . . .
1909
183
1945
79
1917
17
Wenatchee. . . .
1947
43
1955
359
Whitman County. . . .
1931
50
1947
26
Whitman County, sale or exchange of WSU land. . . .
1971
ex.s.
228
1961
76
1963
78
Whitman County, WSU land. . . .
1965
90
1967
116
1967
ex.s.
78
1969
ex.s.
28
Willapa Bay. . . .
1927
231
Willapa-Grays Harbor Highway. . . .
1931
25
1933
121
Willapa Harbor, Port. . . .
1933
19
Woodinville. . . .
1986
7
Yakima County. . . .
1949
207
Yakima County, fairground. . . .
1955
257
1Section 1 is codified as RCW 79.24.020; section 10 as RCW 79.24.090, repealed by 1959 c 257 § 48.
2Section 9 is codified as RCW 79.24.040, repealed by 1959 c 257 § 48; section 10 as RCW 79.24.060; section 11 as RCW 79.24.070, repealed by 1959 c 257 § 48; and section 12 as RCW 79.24.030.
