Revised Code of Washington
2024 Archive

Chapter 17.10 RCW
NOXIOUS WEEDS—CONTROL BOARDS
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17.10.007Purpose—Construction—1975 1st ex.s. c 13.
17.10.010Definitions.
17.10.020County noxious weed control boards—Created—Jurisdiction—Inactive status.
17.10.030State noxious weed control board—Members—Terms—Elections—Meetings—Reimbursement for travel expenses.
17.10.040Activation of inactive county noxious weed control board.
17.10.050Activated county noxious weed control board—Members—Election—Terms—Meetings—Quorum—Expenses—Officers—Vacancy.
17.10.060Activated county noxious weed control board—Weed coordinator—Authority—Rules and regulations.
17.10.070State noxious weed control board—Powers—Report.
17.10.074Director—Powers.
17.10.080State noxious weed list—Hearing—Adoption—Guidelines for placing plants on the list—Dissemination.
17.10.090State noxious weed list—Selection of weeds for control by county board.
17.10.100Order to county board to include weed from state board's list in county's noxious weed list.
17.10.110Regional noxious weed control board—Creation.
17.10.120Regional noxious weed control board—Members—Meetings—Quorum—Officers—Effect on county boards.
17.10.130Regional noxious weed control board—Powers and duties.
17.10.134Liability of county and regional noxious weed control boards.
17.10.140Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds.
17.10.145State agencies' duty to control spread of noxious weeds—Replacement of noxious weeds with native forage plants that are beneficial to pollinators.
17.10.154Owners' agreements with county noxious weed control boards—Terms—Enforcement.
17.10.160Right of entry—Warrant for noxious weed search—Civil liability—Penalty for preventing entry.
17.10.170Finding presence of noxious weeds—Notice for failure of owner to control—Control by county board—Liability of owner—Lien—Alternative.
17.10.180Hearing on liability for expense of control—Notice—Review.
17.10.190Notice and information as to noxious weed control.
17.10.201Noxious weed control on federal and tribal lands—State and county cooperation.
17.10.205Control of noxious weeds in open areas.
17.10.210Quarantine of land—Order—Expense.
17.10.230Violations—Penalty.
17.10.235Selling product, article, or feed containing noxious weed seeds or toxic weeds—Penalty—Rules—Inspections—Fees.
17.10.240Budget for county noxious weed control board—Report to the legislature—Special assessments, appropriations for noxious weed control—Assessment rates.
17.10.250Applications for noxious weed control funds.
17.10.260Administrative powers to be exercised in conformity with administrative procedure act—Use of weed control substances subject to other acts.
17.10.270Noxious weed control boards—Authority to obtain insurance or surety bonds.
17.10.280Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds.
17.10.290Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Notice of lien.
17.10.300Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Claim—Filing—Contents.
17.10.310Notice of infraction—Issuance.
17.10.350Infraction—Penalty.
17.10.890Deactivation of county noxious weed control board—Hearing.
17.10.900Weed districts—Continuation—Dissolution—Transfer of assessment funds.