Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 79 Public Lands - Chapter 79.36 Easements Over Public Lands

79.36.310 Acquisition of property interests for access authorized
Whenever the department finds that it is in the best interests of the state of Washington to acquire any property or use of a road ...

79.36.320 Condemnation -- Duty of attorney general
The attorney general of the state of Washington is hereby required and authorized to condemn said property interests found to be necessary for the public ...

79.36.330 Disposal of property interests acquired
In the event the department should determine that the property interests acquired under the authority of this chapter are no longer necessary for the purposes ...

79.36.340 Acquisition -- Payment
The department in acquiring any property interests under the provisions of this chapter, either by purchase or condemnation, is hereby authorized to pay for the ...

79.36.350 Application for right-of-way
Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of logging or lumbering, quarrying, mining or removing sand, gravel, or other valuable materials from land, ...

79.36.355 Grant of easements and rights in public land
The department may grant to any person such easements and rights in public lands, not otherwise provided in law, as the applicant applying therefor may ...

79.36.360 Condemnation proceedings involving state land
See RCW 8.28.010. ...

79.36.370 Lands subject to easements for removal of valuable materials
All state lands granted, sold or leased since the fifteenth day of June, 1911, or hereafter granted, sold or leased, containing timber, minerals, stone, sand, ...

79.36.380 Private easement subject to common user
Every grant, deed, conveyance, contract to purchase or lease made since June 15, 1911, or hereafter made to any person, firm, or corporation, for a ...

79.36.390 Reasonable facilities and service for transportation must be furnished
Any person, firm, or corporation, having acquired such right-of-way or easement since June 15, 1911, or hereafter acquiring such right-of-way or easement over any public ...

79.36.400 Duty of utilities and transportation commission
Should the owner or operator of any private railroad, skid road, flume, canal, watercourse or other easement operating over lands acquired since the fifteenth day ...

79.36.410 Penalty for violation of orders
In case any person, firm or corporation, owning or operating any private railroad, skid road, flume, canal, watercourse or other easement, over and across any ...

79.36.430 Forfeiture for nonuse
Any such right-of-way heretofore granted which has never been used, or has ceased to be used for the purpose for which it was granted, for ...

79.36.440 Right-of-way for public roads
Any county or city or the United States of America or state agency desiring to locate, establish, and construct a road or street over and ...

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 ...

79.36.460 Railroad right-of-way -- Procedure to acquire
In order to obtain the benefits of RCW 79.36.450, any railroad company hereafter constructing, or proposing to construct, a railroad, shall file with the department ...

79.36.470 Railroad right-of-way -- Appraisement
All state lands over which a right-of-way of any railroad to be hereafter constructed, shall be located, shall be appraised in the same manner as ...

79.36.480 Railroad right-of-way -- Improvements -- Appraisal
Should any improvements, made by anyone not holding adversely to the state at the time of making such improvements or made in good faith by ...

79.36.490 Railroad right-of-way -- Release or payment of damages
When the construction or proposed construction of said railroad affects the value of improvements on state lands not situated on the right-of-way or extra widths, ...

79.36.500 Railroad right-of-way -- Certificate
Upon full payment of the appraised value of any right-of-way for a railroad and of damages to state lands affected, the department shall issue to ...

79.36.510 Utility pipe lines, transmission lines, etc
A right-of-way through, over, and across any state lands or state forest lands, may be granted to any municipal or private corporation, company, association, individual, ...

79.36.520 Utility pipe lines, transmission lines, etc. -- Procedure to acquire
In order to obtain the benefits of the grant made in RCW 79.36.510, the municipal or private corporation or company, association, individual, or the United ...

79.36.530 Utility pipe lines -- Appraisal -- Certificate -- Reversion
Upon the filing of the plat and field notes, as provided in RCW 79.36.520, the land applied for and the valuable materials on the right-of-way ...

79.36.540 Right-of-way for irrigation, diking, and drainage purposes
A right-of-way through, over and across any state lands is hereby granted to any irrigation district, or irrigation company duly organized under the laws of ...

79.36.550 Right-of-way for irrigation, diking, and drainage purposes -- Procedure to acquire
In order to obtain the benefits of the grant provided for in RCW 79.36.540, the irrigation district, irrigation company, association, individual, or the United States ...

79.36.560 Right-of-way for irrigation, diking, and drainage purposes -- Appraisal -- Certificate
Upon the filing of the plat and field notes as provided in RCW 79.36.550, the lands included within the right-of-way applied for shall be appraised ...

79.36.570 Grant of overflow rights
The department shall have the power to grant to any person or corporation the right, privilege, and authority to perpetually back and hold water upon ...

79.36.580 Construction of foregoing sections
The foregoing sections relating to the acquiring of rights-of-way and overflow rights through, over and across lands belonging to the state, shall not be construed ...

79.36.590 Easement reserved in later grants
All state lands hereafter granted, sold or leased shall be subject to the right of the state, or any grantee or lessee or successor in ...

79.36.600 Private easement over state lands
Every grant, deed, conveyance, lease or contract hereafter made to any person, firm or corporation over and across any state lands for the purpose of ...

79.36.610 Easement over public lands subject to common user
Any person, firm or corporation hereafter acquiring the right-of-way or other easement over state lands or over any tide or shore lands belonging to the ...

79.36.620 Reservations in grants and leases
Whenever any person, firm, or corporation shall hereafter purchase, lease, or acquire any state lands, or any easement or interest therein, or any timber, stone, ...

79.36.630 Duty of utilities and transportation commission
Should the owner or operator of any logging and/or lumbering railroad, private railroad, skid road, flume, canal, watercourse, or other easement operating over lands hereafter ...

79.36.640 Penalty for violating utilities and transportation commission's order
In case any person, firm, or corporation owning and/or operating any logging and/or lumbering railroad, private railroad, skid road, flume, canal, watercourse, or other easement ...

79.36.650 Applications -- Appraisement -- Certificate -- Forfeiture -- Fee
Any person, firm, or corporation shall have a right-of-way over public lands, subject to the provisions of RCW 79.36.590 through 79.36.650, when necessary, for the ...