2021 Revised Code of Washington
Title 79 - Public Lands

  • RCW Dispositions - Information about RCW sections that have been repealed, expired, decodified, or recodified.
Chapters

NOTES:

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.

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