Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 58 Boundaries And Plats - Chapter 58.20 Washington Coordinate System

  • 58.20.110 Definitions
    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 58.20.110 through 58.20.220 and 58.20.901: (1) "Committee" means the interagency federal ...
  • 58.20.120 System designation -- Permitted uses
    Until July 1, 1990, the Washington coordinate system of 1927, or its successor, the Washington coordinate system of 1983, may be used in Washington for ...
  • 58.20.130 Plane coordinates adopted -- Zones
    The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the national geodetic survey for defining and stating the positions or locations of points on ...
  • 58.20.140 Designation of system -- Zones
    As established for use in the north zone, the Washington coordinate system of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it ...
  • 58.20.150 Designation of coordinates -- "N" and "E.
    "N" and "E" shall be used in labeling coordinates of a point on the earth's surface and in expressing the position or location of such ...
  • 58.20.160 Tract in both zones -- Description
    When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into the other of the coordinate zones under RCW 58.20.130, ...
  • 58.20.170 Zones -- Technical definitions
    For purposes of more precisely defining the Washington coordinate system of 1983, the following definition by the national geodetic survey is adopted: The Washington coordinate ...
  • 58.20.180 Recording coordinates -- Control stations
    Coordinates based on the Washington coordinate system of 1983, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, may be presented to ...
  • 58.20.190 Conversion of coordinates -- Metric
    Any conversion of coordinates between the meter and the United States survey foot shall be based upon the length of the meter being equal to ...
  • 58.20.200 Term -- Limited use
    The use of the term "Washington coordinate system of 1983" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based ...
  • 58.20.210 United States survey prevails -- Conflict
    Whenever coordinates based on the Washington coordinate system of 1983 are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also ...
  • 58.20.220 Real estate transactions -- Exemption
    Nothing contained in this chapter shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Washington ...
  • 58.20.901 Severability -- 1989 c 54
    If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

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