RCW 36.34.005 Establishment of comprehensive procedures for management of county property authorized—Exemption from chapter. Pursuant to public notice and hearing, any county may establish comprehensive procedures for the management of county property consistent with the public interest and counties establishing such procedures shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 36.34 RCW: PROVIDED, That all […]
RCW 36.34.010 Authority to sell—May sell timber, minerals separately—Mineral reservation. Whenever it appears to the board of county commissioners that it is for the best interests of the county and the taxing districts and the people thereof that any part or parcel, or portion of such part or parcel, of property, whether real, personal, or […]
RCW 36.34.020 Publication of notice of intention to sell. Whenever the county legislative authority desires to dispose of any county property except: (1) When selling to a governmental agency; (2) When personal property to be disposed of is to be traded in upon the purchase of a like article; (3) When the value of the […]
RCW 36.34.030 Requirements of notice—Posting. The notice of hearing on the proposal to dispose of any county property must particularly describe the property or portion thereof proposed to be sold and designate the place where and the day and hour when a hearing will be held thereon and be posted in a conspicuous place in […]
RCW 36.34.040 Public hearing. The board shall hold a public hearing upon a proposal to dispose of county property at the day and hour fixed in the notice at its usual place of business and admit evidence offered for and against the propriety and advisability of the proposed action. Any taxpayer in person or by […]
RCW 36.34.050 Findings and determination—Minimum price. Within three days after the hearing upon a proposal to dispose of county property, the county legislative authority shall make its findings and determination thereon and cause them to be spread upon its minutes and made a matter of record. The county legislative authority may set a minimum sale […]
RCW 36.34.060 Sales of personalty. Sales of personal property must be for cash except when: (1) A public auction sale by electronic media is conducted pursuant to RCW 36.16.145; (2) Property is transferred to a governmental agency; or (3) The county property is to be traded in on the purchase of a like article, in […]
RCW 36.34.070 Sales and purchases of equipment—Trade-ins. The board may advertise and sell used highway or other equipment belonging to the county or to any taxing division thereof subject to its jurisdiction in the manner prescribed for the sale of county property, or it may trade it in on the purchase of new equipment. If […]
RCW 36.34.080 Sales to be at public auction. (1) All sales of county property ordered after a public hearing upon the proposal to dispose of the property must be supervised by the county treasurer and may be sold: (a) At a county or other government agency’s public auction, including a public auction sale by electronic […]
RCW 36.34.090 Notice of sale. (1) Whenever county property is to be sold at public auction, consignment auction, or sealed bid, the county treasurer or the county treasurer’s designee must: (a) Publish notice of the sale once during each of two successive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; (b) Post […]
RCW 36.34.100 Notice of sale—Requirements of. The notice of sale of county property by auction sale must particularly describe the property to be sold and designate the day and hour and the location of the auction sale. The notice of sale of county property by sealed bid must describe the property to be sold, designate […]
RCW 36.34.110 Disposition of proceeds. The proceeds of sales of county property except in cases of trade-in allowances upon purchases of like property must be paid to the county treasurer who must receipt therefor and execute the proper documents transferring title attested to by the county auditor. In no case shall the title be transferred […]
RCW 36.34.120 Used equipment sales. Proceeds from the sale of used equipment must be credited to the fund from which the original purchase price was paid. [ 1963 c 4 § 36.34.120. Prior: 1945 c 254 § 11; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 4014-11.]
RCW 36.34.130 Intergovernmental sales. The board of county commissioners may dispose of county property to another governmental agency and may acquire property for the county from another governmental agency by means of private negotiation upon such terms as may be agreed upon and for such consideration as may be deemed by the board of county […]
RCW 36.34.135 Leases of county property—Affordable housing. If a county owns property that is located anywhere within the county, including within the limits of a city or town, and that is suitable for affordable housing, the legislative authority of the county may, by negotiation, lease the property for affordable housing for a term not to […]
RCW 36.34.140 Leases of county property—Airports. The board of county commissioners, if it appears that it is for the best interests of the county and the people thereof, that any county real property and its appurtenances should be leased for a year or a term of years, may lease such property under the limitations and […]
RCW 36.34.145 Leases of county property to nonprofit organizations for agricultural fairs. The legislative authority of any county owning property in or outside the limits of any city or town, or anywhere within the county, which is suitable for agricultural fair purposes may by negotiation lease such property for such purposes for a term not […]
RCW 36.34.150 Application to lease—Deposit. Any person desiring to lease county lands shall make application in writing to the board of county commissioners. Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of not less than ten dollars or such other sum as the county commissioners may require, not to exceed twenty-five dollars. The deposit shall […]
RCW 36.34.160 Notice of intention to lease. When, in the judgment of the board of county commissioners, it is found desirable to lease the land applied for, it shall first give notice of its intention to make such lease by publishing a notice in a legal newspaper at least once a week for the term […]
RCW 36.34.170 Objections to leasing. Any person may appear at the meeting of the county commissioners or any adjourned meeting thereof, and make objection to the leasing of the property, which objection shall be stated in writing. In passing upon objections the board of county commissioners shall, in writing, briefly give its reasons for accepting […]
