Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.12 Removal Of County Seats
- 36.12.010 Petition for removal -- Financial impact statement
Whenever the inhabitants of any county desire to remove the county seat of the county from the place where it is fixed by law or ...
- 36.12.020 Requisites of petition -- Submission to electors
If the petition is signed by qualified voters of the county equal in number to at least one-third of all the votes cast in the ...
- 36.12.030 Notice of election -- Election, how held
Notice of the election, clearly stating the object, shall be given, and the election must be held and conducted, and the returns made, in all ...
- 36.12.040 Manner of voting
In voting on the question, each voter must vote for or against the place named in the petition.[1963 c 4 § 36.12.040. Prior: 1890 p ...
- 36.12.050 Vote required -- Notice of result
When the returns have been received and compared, and the results ascertained by the board, if three-fifths of the legal votes cast by those voting ...
- 36.12.060 Time of removal
In the notice provided for in RCW 36.12.050, the place selected to be the county seat of the county must be so declared upon a ...
- 36.12.070 Notice to county clerk and secretary of state
Whenever any election has been held for change of county seat, the notice given by the board of county commissioners showing the result thereof must ...
- 36.12.080 Failure of election -- Limitation on subsequent removal election
When an election has been held and no one place receives three-fifths of all the votes cast, the former county seat shall remain the county ...
- 36.12.090 Limitation on successive removal elections
When the county seat of a county has been removed by a popular vote of the people of the county, it may be again removed, ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009