Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Chapter 79.125 Aquatic Lands -- Tidelands And Shorelands

79.125.001 Intent -- 2005 c 155
See RCW 79.105.001. ...
79.125.010 Location of line dividing tidelands from shorelands in tidal rivers
The department is authorized to locate in all navigable rivers in this state which are subject to tidal flow, the line dividing the tidelands in ...
79.125.020 First-class tidelands and shorelands to be platted
It is the duty of the department simultaneously with the establishment of harbor lines and the determination of harbor areas in front of any city ...
79.125.030 Second-class tidelands and shorelands may be platted
The department may survey and plat any second-class tidelands and shorelands not previously platted.[2005 c 155 § 502; 1982 1st ex.s. c 21 § 88. ...
79.125.040 Tidelands and shorelands -- Plats -- Record
The department shall prepare plats showing all tidelands and shorelands, surveyed, platted, and appraised by it in the respective counties, on which shall be marked ...
79.125.050 Date of sale limited by time of appraisal
In no case shall any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, be offered for sale unless the lands have ...
79.125.060 First or second-class tidelands and shorelands -- Appraisal -- Record
In appraising tidelands or shorelands, the department shall appraise each lot, tract, or piece of land separately, and shall maintain a description of each lot, ...
79.125.070 Tidelands and shorelands -- Notice of filing plat and record of appraisal -- Appeal
(1) The department shall, before filing in the department's Olympia office the plat and record of appraisal of any tidelands or shorelands platted and appraised ...
79.125.080 Tidelands and shorelands -- Petition for replat -- Replatting and reappraisal -- Vacation by replat
Whenever all of the owners and other persons having a vested interest in those tidelands or shorelands embraced within any plat of tidelands or shorelands ...
79.125.090 Tidelands and shorelands -- Dedication of replat -- All interests must join
If in the preparation of a replat provided for in RCW 79.125.080 by the department, it becomes desirable to appropriate any tidelands or shorelands previously ...
79.125.100 Tidelands and shorelands -- Vacation procedure cumulative
RCW 79.125.080, 79.125.090, and 79.125.420 are intended to afford a method of procedure, in addition to other methods provided in this title for the vacation ...
79.125.110 Tidelands and shorelands -- Effect of replat
A replat of tidelands or shorelands platted shall be in full force and effect and shall constitute a vacation of streets, alleys, waterways, and other ...
79.125.200 State-owned tidelands, shorelands, and waterways -- Sold only to public entities -- Leasing -- Limitation
(1) This section applies to: (a) First-class tidelands as defined in RCW 79.105.060; (b) Second-class tidelands as defined in RCW 79.105.060; (c) First-class shorelands as ...
79.125.210 Sale of second-class tidelands
All second-class tidelands shall be offered for sale, when otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, and sold in the same manner as state ...
79.125.220 Second-class tidelands or shorelands -- Lease for booming purposes
(1) The department is authorized to lease any second-class tidelands or shorelands, whether reserved from sale, or from lease for other purposes, by or under ...
79.125.230 Second-class tidelands or shorelands separated from uplands by navigable water -- Sale
Second-class tidelands and shorelands that are separated from the upland by navigable waters shall be sold, when otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, ...
79.125.240 Sale procedure -- Terms of payment -- Deferred payments, rate of interest
All state-owned tidelands and shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, shall be sold on the following terms: One-tenth to be paid on ...
79.125.250 Sale procedure -- Certificate to governor of payment in full -- Deed
When the entire purchase price of any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, shall have been fully paid, the ...
79.125.260 Sale procedure -- Reservation in contract
Each and every contract for the sale of, and each deed to, state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, shall ...
79.125.270 Sale procedure -- Form of contract -- Forfeiture -- Extension of time
The purchaser of state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, except in cases where the full purchase price is paid ...
79.125.280 Subdivision of leases -- Fee
Whenever the holder of any contract to purchase any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, or the holder of ...
79.125.290 First-class tidelands and shorelands -- Sale of remaining lands
Any first-class tidelands or shorelands remaining unsold, and where there is no pending application for purchase under claim of any preference right, when otherwise permitted ...
79.125.300 Tidelands or shorelands -- Failure to re-lease tidelands or shorelands -- Appraisal of improvements
(1) In case any lessee of tidelands or shorelands, for any purpose except mining of valuable minerals or coal, or extraction of petroleum or gas, ...
79.125.310 Effect of mistake or fraud
Any sale or lease of state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, made by mistake, or not in accordance with ...
79.125.400 First-class tidelands and shorelands -- Lease -- Preference right of upland owner -- How exercised
(1) Upon platting and appraisal of first-class tidelands or shorelands as provided in this chapter, if the department deems it for the best public interest ...
79.125.410 First-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands -- Lease preference right to upland owners -- Lease for booming purposes
(1) The department is authorized to lease to the abutting upland owner any unplatted first-class tidelands or shorelands. (2) The department shall, prior to the ...
79.125.420 Tidelands and shorelands -- Vacation by replat -- Preference right of tideland or shoreland owner
If any platted street, alley, waterway, or other public place is vacated by a replat as provided for in RCW 79.125.080 and 79.125.090, or any ...
79.125.430 Tidelands or shorelands -- Preference rights, time limit on exercise
All preference rights to purchase tidelands or shorelands, when otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be purchased, awarded by the department, or by the superior ...
79.125.440 Tidelands or shorelands -- Accretions -- Lease
Any accretions that may be added to any tract or tracts of tidelands or shorelands previously sold, or that may be sold, by the state, ...
79.125.450 Second-class shorelands on navigable lakes -- Sale
(1) The legislature finds that maintaining public lands in public ownership is often in the public interest. However, when second-class shorelands on navigable lakes have ...
79.125.460 Second-class shorelands -- Sale or lease when in best public interest -- Preference right of upland owner -- Procedure upon determining sale or lease not in best public interest or where transfer made for public use -- Platting
(1) If application is made to purchase or lease any second-class shorelands and the department deems it for the best public interest to offer second-class ...
79.125.500 Second-class shorelands -- Boundary of shorelands when water lowered -- Certain shorelands granted to city of Seattle
In every case where the state of Washington had prior to June 13, 1913, sold to any purchaser from the state any second-class shorelands bordering ...
79.125.510 Second-class shorelands -- Survey/platting -- Selection for slips, docks, wharves, etc. -- Filing of plat
It is the duty of the department to survey the second-class shorelands and in platting the survey to designate for public use all of the ...
79.125.520 Second-class shorelands -- Platting of certain shorelands of Lake Washington for use as harbor area -- Effect
It is the duty of the department to plat for the public use harbor area in front of the portions of the shorelands of Lake ...
79.125.530 Platting of certain shorelands of Lake Washington for use as harbor area -- Selection for slips, docks, wharves, etc. -- Vesting of title
Immediately after establishing the harbor area provided for in RCW 79.125.520, it is the duty of the department to make a plat designating all first ...
79.125.600 Sale procedure -- Fixing date, place, and time of sale -- Notice -- Publication and posting
(1) When the department decides to sell any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, it shall be the duty ...
79.125.610 List of state-owned tidelands and shorelands permitted to be sold
The department shall print a list of all state-owned tidelands and shorelands otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, giving appraised value, character of ...
79.125.620 Sale procedure -- Additional advertising expense
The department is authorized to expend any sum in additional advertising of the sale as shall be determined to be in the best interests of ...
79.125.630 Reoffer -- Continuance
Any sale that has been offered, and for which there are no bids received shall not be reoffered until it has been readvertised as specified ...
79.125.640 Sale at public auction -- Minimum price -- Sales by leaseholder
All sales of state-owned tidelands and shorelands otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, shall be sold at public auction to the highest responsible ...
79.125.650 Highest responsible bidder -- Determination
(1) To determine the "highest responsible bidder" under RCW 79.125.640, the department shall be entitled to consider, in addition to price, the following: (a) The ...
79.125.660 Sale procedure -- Conduct of sales -- Deposits -- Bid bonds -- Memorandum of purchase
(1) Sales by public auction under this chapter shall be conducted under the direction of the department or by its authorized representative. The department's representatives ...
79.125.670 Sale procedure -- Readvertisement of lands not sold
If any tideland or shoreland, when otherwise permitted under RCW 79.125.200, offered for sale is not sold, it may again be advertised for sale, as ...
79.125.680 Sale procedure -- Confirmation of sale
(1) A sale of tidelands or shorelands otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be sold shall be confirmed if: (a) No affidavit showing that the ...
79.125.700 Sale of state-owned tidelands or shorelands to municipal corporation or state agency -- Authority to execute agreements, deeds, etc
The department may with the advice and approval of the board sell state-owned tidelands or shorelands at the appraised market value to any municipal corporation ...
79.125.710 Grant of lands for city park or playground purposes
Whenever application is made to the department by any incorporated city or town or metropolitan park district for the use of any state-owned tidelands or ...
79.125.720 Exchange of lands to secure city parks and playgrounds
In the event there are no state-owned tidelands or shorelands in any city or town or metropolitan park district suitable for the purposes of RCW ...
79.125.730 Director of ecology to assist city parks
The director of ecology, in addition to serving as an ex officio member of the committee, is authorized and directed to assist the city or ...
79.125.740 Certain tidelands reserved for recreational use and taking of fish and shellfish
The following described tidelands, being public lands of the state, are withdrawn from sale or lease and reserved as public areas for recreational use and ...
79.125.750 Access to and from tidelands reserved for recreational use and taking of fish and shellfish
The director of fish and wildlife may take appropriate action to provide public and private access, including roads and docks, to and from the tidelands ...
79.125.760 Use of certain tidelands, shorelands, and abutting bedlands -- Grant to the United States -- Purposes -- Limitations
The use of any tidelands, shorelands, and abutting bedlands covered with less than four fathoms of water at ordinary low tide belonging to the state, ...
79.125.770 Tidelands and shorelands -- Use of lands granted to United States -- Application -- Proof of upland use -- Conveyance
Whenever application is made to the department by any department of the United States government for the use of any state-owned tidelands or shorelands and ...
79.125.780 Tidelands and shorelands -- Use of lands granted to United States -- Easements over tidelands or shorelands to United States
Whenever application is made to the department, by any department of the United States government, for the use of any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, for ...
79.125.790 Tidelands and shorelands -- Use of lands granted to United States -- Reversion on cessation of use
Whenever the United States shall cease to hold and use any uplands for the use and purposes mentioned in RCW 79.125.760, or shall cease to ...
79.125.800 United States Navy base -- Exchange of property -- Procedure
The department is authorized to deed, by exchanges of property, to the United States Navy those tidelands necessary to facilitate the location of the United ...
79.125.900 Savings -- Captions -- Severability -- Effective dates -- 1982 1st ex.s. c 21
See RCW 79.135.900 through 79.135.904. ...
79.125.901 Severability -- Part/subchapter headings not law -- 2005 c 155
See RCW 79.105.903 and 79.105.904. ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009