35.50.005 – Filing of title, diagram, expense—Posting proposed roll.

RCW 35.50.005 Filing of title, diagram, expense—Posting proposed roll. Within fifteen days after any city or town has ordered a local improvement and created a local improvement district, the city or town shall cause to be filed with the officer authorized by law to collect the assessments for such improvement, the title of the improvement […]

35.50.010 – Assessment lien—Attachment—Priority.

RCW 35.50.010 Assessment lien—Attachment—Priority. The charge assessed upon the respective lots, tracts, or parcels of land and other property in the assessment roll confirmed by ordinance of the city or town council for the purpose of paying the cost and expense in whole or in part of any local improvement, shall be a lien upon […]

35.50.020 – Assessment lien—Validity.

RCW 35.50.020 Assessment lien—Validity. If the city or town council in making assessments against any property within any local improvement district or utility local improvement district has acted in good faith and without fraud, the assessments shall be valid and enforceable as such and the lien thereof upon the property assessed shall be valid. It […]

35.50.030 – Authority and conditions precedent to foreclosure.

RCW 35.50.030 Authority and conditions precedent to foreclosure. If on the first day of January in any year, two installments of any local improvement assessment are delinquent, or if the final installment thereof has been delinquent for more than one year, the city or town shall proceed with the foreclosure of the delinquent assessment or […]

35.50.040 – Entire assessment, foreclosure of.

RCW 35.50.040 Entire assessment, foreclosure of. When the local improvement assessment is payable in installments, the enforcement of the lien of any installment shall not prevent the enforcement of the lien of any subsequent installment. A city or town may by general ordinance provide that upon failure to pay any installment due the entire assessment […]

35.50.050 – Limitation of foreclosure action.

RCW 35.50.050 Limitation of foreclosure action. An action to collect a local improvement assessment or any installment thereof or to enforce the lien thereof whether brought by the city or town, or by any person having the right to bring such action must be commenced within ten years after the assessment becomes delinquent or within […]

35.50.220 – Procedure—Commencement of action.

RCW 35.50.220 Procedure—Commencement of action. In foreclosing local improvement assessment liens, a city or town shall proceed by filing a complaint in the superior court of the county in which the city or town is located. It shall be sufficient to allege in the complaint (1) the passage of the ordinance authorizing the improvement, (2) […]

35.50.225 – Procedure—Form of summons.

RCW 35.50.225 Procedure—Form of summons. In foreclosing local improvement assessments, the summons shall be substantially in the following form: SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR [ . . . . . .] COUNTY . . . .,          No . . . . . Plaintiff,   v. summons for foreclosure . . . ., of local improvement Defendant. assessment […]

35.50.230 – Procedure—Parties and property included.

RCW 35.50.230 Procedure—Parties and property included. In foreclosing local improvement assessment liens, it is not necessary to bring a separate suit for each of the lots, tracts, or parcels of land or other property or for each separate local improvement district or utility local improvement district. All or any of the lots, tracts, or parcels […]

35.50.240 – Procedure—Pleadings and evidence.

RCW 35.50.240 Procedure—Pleadings and evidence. In foreclosing local improvement assessment liens, the assessment roll and the ordinance confirming it, or duly authenticated copies thereof shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity and legality of the proceedings connected therewith and the burden of proof shall be on the defendants. [ 1982 c 91 § 4; […]

35.50.250 – Procedure—Summons and service.

RCW 35.50.250 Procedure—Summons and service. In foreclosing local improvement assessments, if the lot, tract, or parcel contains a residential structure with an assessed value of at least two thousand dollars, the summons shall be served upon the defendants in the manner required by RCW 4.28.080. For all other lots, tracts, or parcels the summons shall […]

35.50.260 – Procedure—Trial and judgment—Notice of sale.

RCW 35.50.260 Procedure—Trial and judgment—Notice of sale. In foreclosing local improvement assessments the action shall be tried to the court without a jury. If the parties interested in any particular lot, tract, or parcel default, the court may enter judgment of foreclosure and sale as to such parties and lots, tracts, or parcels and the […]

35.50.270 – Procedure—Sale—Right of redemption.

RCW 35.50.270 Procedure—Sale—Right of redemption. In foreclosing local improvement assessments, all sales shall be subject to the right of redemption within two years from the date of sale. [ 1983 c 303 § 22; 1982 c 91 § 8; 1965 c 7 § 35.50.270. Prior: 1933 c 9 § 2, part; RRS § 9386-1, part.] […]