RCW 79.02.010 Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this title unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) “Aquatic lands” means all state-owned tidelands, shorelands, harbor areas, and the beds of navigable waters as defined in RCW 79.105.060 that are administered by the department. (2) “Board” means the board of natural resources. (3) “Commissioner” […]
RCW 79.02.020 Witnesses—Compelling attendance. (1) The board or the commissioner has the power to compel through subpoena the attendance of witnesses and production of records for: (a) Hearings pertaining to public lands as provided by this title; (b) Determining the value and character of land, valuable materials, or improvements; and (c) Determining waste or damage […]
RCW 79.02.030 Court review of actions. Any applicant to purchase, or lease, any public lands of the state, or any valuable materials thereon, and any person whose property rights or interests will be affected by such sale or lease, feeling aggrieved by any order or decision of the board, or the commissioner, concerning the same, […]
RCW 79.02.040 Reconsideration of official acts. The department may review and reconsider any of its official acts relating to public lands until such time as a lease, contract, or deed shall have been made, executed, and finally issued, and the department may recall any lease, contract, or deed issued for the purpose of correcting mistakes […]
RCW 79.02.050 Effect of mistake or fraud. (1) Any sale, transfer, or lease in which the purchaser, transfer recipient, or lessee obtains the sale or lease by fraud or misrepresentation is void, and the contract of purchase or lease shall be of no effect. In the event of fraud, the contract, transferred property, or lease […]
RCW 79.02.060 Scope of provisions of chapter 199, Laws of 2004. The provisions of chapter 199, Laws of 2004 are not intended to affect the trust responsibilities or trust management by the department for any trust lands granted by the federal government or legislatively created trusts. The trust obligations relating to federally granted lands, state […]
RCW 79.02.080 Rewards for information regarding violations. The department is authorized to offer and pay a reward not to exceed ten thousand dollars in each case for information regarding violations of any statute or rule relating to the state’s public lands and natural resources on those lands, except forest practices under chapter 76.09 RCW. No […]
RCW 79.02.090 Transfer of county auditor’s duties. The duties of the county auditor in each county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more, with regard to sales and leases dealt with under this title except RCW 79.11.250, 79.11.260, and * 79.94.040, are transferred to the county treasurer. [ 2003 c 334 § […]
RCW 79.02.095 Statutes not applicable to state tidelands, shorelands, harbor areas, and the beds of navigable waters. RCW 79.11.080, 79.11.010, 79.11.110, * 79.01.140, 79.11.160, 79.10.125, 79.13.130, * 79.01.252, * 79.01.256, * 79.01.260, * 79.01.264, 79.13.180, 79.02.260, 79.13.320, 79.13.410, 79.13.010, and * 79.01.277 do not apply to state tidelands, shorelands, harbor areas, and the beds of […]
