Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 36 Counties - Chapter 36.08 Transfer Of Territory Where City's Harbor Lies In Two Counties

  • 36.08.010 Petition and notice of election
    If a harbor, inlet, bay, or mouth of river is embraced within two adjoining counties, and an incorporated city is located upon the shore of ...
  • 36.08.020 Conduct of election -- Proclamation of change
    The election shall be conducted in all respects as general elections are conducted under the laws governing general elections, in so far as they may ...
  • 36.08.030 Official proceedings not disturbed by transfer
    All assessments and collection of taxes, and all judicial or other official proceedings commenced prior to the governor's proclamation transferring territory to a contiguous county, ...
  • 36.08.040 Local officers to serve out terms
    All township, precinct, school, and road district officers within the transferred territory shall continue to hold their respective offices within the county to which they ...
  • 36.08.050 Transferee county liable for existing debts -- Exception
    Every county which is thus enlarged by territory taken from another county shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts of the ...
  • 36.08.060 Adjustment of indebtedness
    The county auditors of the respective counties interested in the transfer of territory, as in this chapter provided, are constituted a board of appraisers and ...
  • 36.08.070 Arbitration of differences
    If the board of appraisers and adjusters do not agree on any subject, value, or settlement, they shall choose a third man from an adjoining ...
  • 36.08.080 Expense of proceedings
    The expense of the proceedings and election provided for in this chapter shall be paid by the county to which the territory is attached.[1963 c ...
  • 36.08.090 Transcript of records by county auditor
    The county auditor of the county to which any territory may be transferred may take transcripts of all records, books, papers, etc., on file in ...
  • 36.08.100 Construction -- Limitations
    Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize the annexing of territory of one county to a neighboring county, where the territory proposed to ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009