Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 81 Transportation - Chapter 81.36 Railroads -- Corporate Powers And Duties

  • 81.36.010 Right of eminent domain
    Every corporation organized for the construction of any railway, macadamized road, plank road, clay road, canal or bridge, is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate, ...
  • 81.36.020 Right of entry
    A corporation organized for the construction of any railway, macadamized road, plank road, clay road, canal or bridge, shall have a right to enter upon ...
  • 81.36.030 Intersections and connections with other roads or canals
    Every corporation formed under the laws of this state for the construction of a railroad shall have the power to cross, intersect, join and unite ...
  • 81.36.040 Line or canal across or along watercourses
    Every corporation formed under the laws of this state for the construction of railroads or canals shall possess the power to construct its railway or ...
  • 81.36.050 Change of grade or location of road or canal
    Any corporation may change the grade or location of its road, or canal, not departing from the general route specified in the articles of incorporation, ...
  • 81.36.060 Extensions, branch lines
    Any railroad corporation chartered by, or organized under, the laws of the state, or of any state or territory, or under the laws of the ...
  • 81.36.075 Proceedings prior to March 18, 1909, validated
    Any sale or purchase of, and any consolidation by sale, or otherwise, or any lease, or agreement to sell, consolidate with or lease, the whole ...
  • 81.36.090 Requisites to building extension or branch line
    Any railroad corporation chartered by or organized under the laws of the United States, or of any state or territory, whose constructed railroad shall reach ...
  • 81.36.100 Bridges over navigable streams
    Any railroad corporation heretofore duly incorporated and organized under the laws of this state or of the territory of Washington, or which may hereafter be ...
  • 81.36.120 May own securities of irrigation companies
    It shall be lawful for any corporation, whether such corporation is organized under the laws of the territory or state of Washington, the laws of ...
  • 81.36.130 May construct and operate ditches and canals
    It shall be lawful for any such corporation to build, own and operate irrigating ditches and canals in this state for the purpose of irrigating ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009