RCW 79.15.010 Valuable materials sold separately. (1) Valuable materials situated upon state lands and state forestlands may be sold separate from the land, when in the judgment of the department, it is for the best interest of the state so to sell the same. (2) Sales of valuable materials from any university lands require: (a) […]
RCW 79.15.020 Duties of department. (1) The department shall exercise general supervision and control over the sale of valuable materials. (2) The department shall maintain all reports, data, and information in its records pertaining to a proposed sale. (3) The department may hold a sale in abeyance pending further inspection and report and may cause […]
RCW 79.15.030 Rules or procedures for removal of valuable materials sold. All sales of valuable materials shall be made subject to the right, power, and authority of the department to prescribe rules or procedures governing the manner of the sale and removal of the valuable materials. Such procedures shall be binding when contained within a […]
RCW 79.15.040 Sale of valuable materials without application or deposit. The department may cause valuable materials on state lands and state forestlands to be inspected and appraised and offered for sale when authorized by the board without an application having been filed, or deposit made, for the purchase of the same. [ 2003 c 334 […]
RCW 79.15.045 Who may purchase—Fee. A person desiring to purchase valuable materials may make application to the department on forms provided by the department and accompanied by the fee provided in RCW 79.02.250. [ 2003 c 334 § 312.] NOTES: Intent—2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010.
RCW 79.15.050 Type of sale—Direct sales. (1) All sales of valuable materials exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars in appraised value must be at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder, provided that on public lands granted to the state for educational purposes sealed bids may be accepted for sales of timber or stone […]
RCW 79.15.055 Appraisal—Defined. For the purposes of this chapter, “appraisal” means an estimate of the market value of valuable materials. The estimate must reflect the value based on market conditions at the time of the sale or transfer offering. The appraisal must reflect the department’s best effort to establish a reasonable market value for the […]
RCW 79.15.060 Date of sale limited by time of appraisal—Transfer of authority. (1) For the sale of valuable materials under this chapter, if the board is required by law to appraise the sale, the board must establish a minimum appraisal value that is valid for a period of one hundred eighty days, or a longer […]
RCW 79.15.070 Time and date of sale. It is the duty of the department to fix the date, time, and place of sale. (1) All valuable materials shall have been appraised prior to the date fixed for sale as prescribed in RCW 79.15.060. (2) No sale may be conducted on any day that is a […]
RCW 79.15.080 Advertising sales of valuable materials. (1) Sales, other than direct sales, appraised at an amount not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, when authorized by the board for sale, shall be advertised by publishing not less than ten days prior to sale a notice of such sale in a newspaper of general circulation […]
RCW 79.15.090 Advertisement for informational purposes only. The advertisement of sales is for informational purposes only, and under no circumstances does the information in the notice of sale constitute a warranty that the purchaser will receive the stated values, volumes, or acreage. All purchasers are expected to make their own measurements, evaluations, and appraisals. [ […]
RCW 79.15.100 Terms and conditions of sale—Exemption for forest biomass. (1) Valuable materials may be sold separately from the land as a “lump sum sale” or as a “scale sale.” (a) “Lump sum sale” means any sale offered with a single total price applying to all the material conveyed. (b) “Scale sale” means any sale […]
RCW 79.15.110 Conduct of sales. (1) Sales of valuable materials must be conducted under the direction of the department or its authorized representative. (a) Sales of valuable materials, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder, except that, on public lands granted to the […]
RCW 79.15.120 Confirmation of sale. The department shall enter upon its records a confirmation of sale and issue to the purchaser a bill of sale for valuable materials if the following conditions have been met: (1) No fewer than ten days have passed since the auctioneer’s report has been filed; (2) No affidavit is filed […]
RCW 79.15.130 Bill of sale. When valuable materials are sold separately from the land and the purchase price is paid in full, the department shall prepare a bill of sale. The bill of sale shall: (1) State the time period for removing the material; (2) Be signed by the commissioner and attested by the seal […]
RCW 79.15.140 Valuable materials contract—Impracticable to perform/cancellation—Substitute valuable materials. (1) In the event that the department determines that regulatory requirements or some other circumstance beyond the control of both the department and the purchaser has made a valuable materials contract wholly or partially impracticable to perform, the department may cancel any portion of the contract […]
RCW 79.15.150 Reoffer. A sale of valuable materials that has been offered, and for which there are no bids received, shall not be reoffered until it has been readvertised as prescribed in RCW 79.11.130. [ 2003 c 334 § 351.] NOTES: Intent—2003 c 334: See note following RCW 79.02.010.
