Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Chapter 79.11 State Land Sales

79.11.005 Sale of administrative sites
(1) The department is authorized to sell any real property not designated or acquired as state forest lands, but acquired by the state, either in ...

79.11.010 Maximum and minimum acreage subject to sale -- Exception -- Approval by legislature or regents
(1) Not more than one hundred and sixty acres of any land granted to the state by the United States shall be offered for sale ...

79.11.020 Powers/duties of department
The department shall exercise general supervision and control over the sale for any purpose of land granted to the state for educational purposes. It shall ...

79.11.030 Terms of sale
All state lands shall be sold on terms and conditions established by the board in light of market conditions. Sales by real estate contract or ...

79.11.040 Who may purchase -- Application -- Fees
Any person desiring to purchase any state lands shall file an application on the forms provided by the department and accompanied by the fees authorized ...

79.11.060 Entire section may be inspected
Whenever application is made to purchase less than a section of unplatted state lands, the department may order the inspection of the entire section or ...

79.11.070 Survey to determine area subject to sale
The department may cause any state lands to be surveyed for the purpose of ascertaining and determining the area subject to sale.[2003 c 334 § ...

79.11.080 Inspection and appraisal
When in the judgment of the department, there is sufficient interest for the appraisement and sale of state lands, the department shall cause each tract ...

79.11.090 Sales by public auction -- Appraised value
Except as provided in RCW 79.11.340, all sales of land under this chapter shall be at public auction, to the highest bidder, on the terms ...

79.11.100 Date of sale limited by time of appraisal--Purchasers required to make independent appraisals
In no case shall any lands granted to the state be offered for sale under this chapter unless the same shall have been appraised by ...

79.11.110 Separate appraisal of improvements
Before any state lands are offered for sale, the department may establish the fair market value of those authorized improvements not owned by the state.[2003 ...

79.11.120 Sale procedure -- Fixing date, place, and time of sale
When the department decides to sell any state lands, or with the consent of the board of regents of the University of Washington, or by ...

79.11.130 Notice -- Pamphlet -- List of lands to be sold -- Certain valuable materials exempt
(1) The department shall give notice of the sale by advertisement published not fewer than two times during a four-week period prior to the time ...

79.11.135 Notification requirements
Actions under this chapter are subject to the notification requirements of RCW 43.17.400.[2007 c 62 § 3.]Notes: Finding -- Intent -- Severability -- 2007 c ...

79.11.140 Additional advertising
The department is authorized to expend any sum in additional advertising of such sale as it determines to be for the best interest of the ...

79.11.150 Conduct of sales
Sales by public auction under this chapter shall be conducted under the direction of the department or its authorized representative. The department or department's representative ...

79.11.160 Deposit by purchaser to cover value of improvements
A purchaser of state lands who is not the owner of the authorized improvements thereon shall deposit with the auctioneer making the sale, at the ...

79.11.165 Reoffer
Any sale which has been offered, and for which there are no bids received shall not be reoffered until it has been readvertised as specified ...

79.11.175 Confirmation of sale
The department shall enter upon its records a confirmation of sale and issue to the purchaser a contract of sale if the following conditions have ...

79.11.190 Readvertisement of lands not sold
If any land offered for sale is not sold, it may again be advertised for sale, as provided in this chapter, whenever in the opinion ...

79.11.200 Form of contract -- Rate of interest
The purchaser of state lands under the provisions of this chapter, except in cases where the full purchase price is paid at the time of ...

79.11.210 Reservation in contract
Each and every contract for the sale of, and each deed to, state lands shall contain the following reservation: "The party of the first part ...

79.11.220 Relinquishment to United States, in certain cases of reserved mineral rights
Whenever the state shall have heretofore sold or may hereafter sell any state lands and issued a contract of purchase or executed a deed of ...

79.11.250 Lands subject to platting
The department shall cause all unplatted state lands, within the limits of any incorporated city or town, or within two miles of the boundary thereof, ...

79.11.260 Vacation -- Vested rights
When, in the judgment of the department the best interest of the state will be thereby promoted, the department may vacate any plat or plats ...

79.11.270 Vacation -- Preference right to purchase
Whenever all the owners and other persons having a vested interest in the lands abutting on any street, alley, or other public place, or any ...

79.11.290 Leased lands reserved from sale
State lands held under lease as provided in RCW 79.13.370 shall not be offered for sale, or sold, during the life of the lease, except ...

79.11.310 Sale of lands with low-income potential
(1) The purpose of this section is to provide revenues to the state and its various taxing districts through the sale of public lands which ...

79.11.320 Assessments added to purchase price
(1) When any public land of the state is offered for sale and the state has paid assessments for local improvements, or benefits, to any ...

79.11.340 Sale of acquired lands
(1) Except as provided in RCW 79.10.030(2), the department shall manage and control all lands acquired by the state by escheat, deed of sale, gift, ...