Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Section 79.36.450 Railroad right-of-way

§ 79.36.450. Railroad right-of-way

A right-of-way through, over and across any state lands not held under a contract of sale, is hereby granted to any railroad company organized under the laws of this state, or any state or territory of the United States, or under any act of congress of the United States, to any extent not exceeding fifty feet on either side of the center line of any railroad now constructed, or hereafter to be constructed, and for such greater width as is required for excavations, embankments, depots, station grounds, passing tracks or borrow pits, which extra width shall not in any case exceed two hundred feet on either side of said right-of-way.

[1927 c 255 § 86; RRS § 7797-86. Prior: 1907 c 104 § 1; 1901 c 173 § 1. Formerly RCW 79.01.344, 79.36.090.]

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Railroad rights-of-way: Chapter 81.52 RCW. Sections:  Previous  79.36.370  79.36.380  79.36.390  79.36.400  79.36.410  79.36.430  79.36.440  79.36.450  79.36.460  79.36.470  79.36.480  79.36.490  79.36.500  79.36.510  79.36.520  Next

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