RCW 58.28.210 Unincorporated towns on United States land—Superior court judge to file claim. It is the duty of the judge of the superior court of any county in this state to enter at the proper land office of the United States such quantity of land as the inhabitants of any unincorporated town, situate upon lands […]
RCW 58.28.220 Petition to superior court judge—Contents—Procedure. The judge of the superior court of any county in this state, whenever he or she is so requested by a petition signed by not less than five residents, householders in any such unincorporated town, whose names appear upon the assessment roll for the year preceding such application […]
RCW 58.28.230 Survey and plat—Boundaries—Monuments. Such judge must thereupon cause a survey to be made by some competent person, of the lands which the inhabitants of said town may be entitled to claim under said acts of congress, located according to the legal subdivisions of the sections according to the government survey thereof, and the […]
RCW 58.28.240 Plats—Filing. The plat thereof must be made in triplicate on a scale of not less than eighty feet to an inch, which must be duly certified under oath by the surveyor, one of which must be filed with the county auditor of the county wherein such unincorporated town is situated, one must be […]
RCW 58.28.250 Survey, notice of—Bids for—Franchises continued. Before proceeding to make such survey, at least ten days’ notice thereof must be given, by posting within the limits of such townsite, not less than five written or printed notices of the time when such survey shall commence, or by publication thereof in a newspaper published in […]
RCW 58.28.260 Contents of plat. Such plat must show as follows: (1) All streets, alleys, avenues, roads and highways, and the width thereof. (2) All parks, squares and all other ground reserved for public uses, with the boundaries and dimensions thereof. (3) All lots and blocks, with their boundaries, designating such lots and blocks by […]
RCW 58.28.270 Monuments—Location, placement requisites. Such surveyor must mark all corners of blocks or lots shown on the plat by substantial stakes or monuments, and must set stone or iron monuments at the points of intersection of the center lines of all the streets, where practicable, or as near as possible to such points, and […]
RCW 58.28.280 Monuments—Markings—Surveyor’s certificate on plat. If a stone is used as a monument it must have a cross cut in the top at the point of intersection of center lines of streets, or a hole may be drilled in the stone to mark such point. If an iron monument is used it must be […]
RCW 58.28.290 Plats filed—Auditor’s fee. All such plats must be made on mounted drawing paper, and filed and recorded in the office of the county auditor, and he or she must keep the original plat for public inspection. The fee of such county auditor for filing and recording each of such plats, and the field […]
RCW 58.28.300 Assessments—Disposition—Employment of attorney authorized. Each lot or parcel of said lands having thereon valuable improvements or buildings ordinarily used as dwellings or for business purposes, not exceeding one-tenth of one acre in area, shall be rated and assessed by the said judge at the sum of one dollar; each lot or parcel of […]
RCW 58.28.310 Notice of possession filed—Assessment and fee—Certificate—Judge’s record. Every person, company, corporation, or association, claimant of any town lot or parcel of land, within the limits of such townsite, must present to such judge within three months after the patent (or a certified copy thereof), from the United States has been filed in the […]
RCW 58.28.320 Deficiency assessment—When payable. If it is found that the amounts hereinbefore specified as assessments and fees for costs and expenses, prove to be insufficient to cover and defray all the necessary expenses, the said judge must estimate the deficiency and assess such deficiency pro rata upon all the lots and parcels of land […]
RCW 58.28.330 Deed to claimants—Actions contesting title, limitations on. At the expiration of six months after the time of filing such patent, or certified copy thereof, in the office of the county auditor, if there has been no adverse claim filed in the meantime, said judge must execute and deliver to such claimant or to […]
RCW 58.28.340 Entries on mineral lands—Rights of claimants. Townsite entries may be made by such judge on mineral lands of the United States, but no title shall be acquired by such judge to any vein of gold, silver, cinnabar, copper or lead, or to any valid mining claim or possession held under existing laws. When […]
RCW 58.28.350 Conflicting claims—Procedure. In all cases of adverse claims or disputes arising out of conflicting claims to land or concerning boundary lines, the adverse claimants may submit the decision thereof to said judge by an agreement in writing specifying particularly the subject matter in dispute and may agree that his or her decision shall […]
RCW 58.28.360 Proof of right—Costs upon failure of both conflicting parties. If in any action brought under this chapter, or under said acts of congress, the right to the ground in controversy shall not be established by either party, the court or jury shall so find and judgment shall be entered accordingly. In such case […]
RCW 58.28.370 Notice of filing patent. Said judge must promptly give public notice by advertising for four weeks in any newspaper published in such town, or if there be no newspaper published in such town, then by publication in some newspaper having general circulation in such town, and not less than five written or printed […]
RCW 58.28.380 Abandonment of claim. If any person, company, association, or any other claimant of lands in such townsite fails, neglects or refuses to make application to said judge for a deed of conveyance to said land so claimed, and pay the sums of money specified in this chapter, within three months after the filing […]
RCW 58.28.390 Sale of unoccupied lots—Notice—Minimum price. All lots in such townsite which were unoccupied within the meaning of the said acts of congress at the time of the entry of said townsite in the United States land office shall be sold by such judge or under his or her direction, at public auction to […]
RCW 58.28.400 Lands for school and public purposes—Expenses as charge against fund. All school lots or parcels of land reserved or occupied for school purposes, must be conveyed to the school district in which such town is situated without cost or charge of any kind whatever. All lots or parcels of land reserved or occupied […]
