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| Sections |
| 36.01.010 | Corporate powers. |
| 36.01.020 | Corporate name. |
| 36.01.030 | Powers—How exercised. |
| 36.01.040 | Conveyances for use of county. |
| 36.01.050 | Venue of actions by or against counties. |
| 36.01.060 | County liable for certain court costs. |
| 36.01.070 | Probation and parole services. |
| 36.01.080 | Parking facilities—Construction, operation and rental charges. |
| 36.01.085 | Economic development programs. |
| 36.01.090 | Tourist promotion. |
| 36.01.095 | Emergency medical services—Authorized—Fees. |
| 36.01.100 | Ambulance service authorized—Restriction. |
| 36.01.104 | Levy for emergency medical care and services. |
| 36.01.105 | Fire protection, ambulance or other emergency services provided by municipal corporation within county—Financial and other assistance authorized. |
| 36.01.110 | Federal grants and programs—Powers and authority of counties to participate in—Public corporations, commissions or authorities. |
| 36.01.115 | Nonpolluting power generation by individual—Exemption from regulation—Authorization to contract with utility. |
| 36.01.120 | Foreign trade zones—Finding—Intent. |
| 36.01.125 | Foreign trade zones—Authority to apply for permission to establish, operate and maintain. |
| 36.01.130 | Controls on rent for residential structures—Prohibited—Exceptions. |
| 36.01.150 | Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruption—Scope of local government action. |
| 36.01.160 | Penalty for act constituting a crime under state law—Limitation. |
| 36.01.170 | Administration of trusts benefiting school districts. |
| 36.01.180 | Zoo and aquarium advisory authority—Constitution—Terms. |
| 36.01.190 | Initial meeting of zoo and aquarium advisory authority—Expenditure of funds—Powers. |
| 36.01.200 | Federal funds designated for state schools—Use limited to reduction of outstanding debt obligations of school districts. |
| 36.01.210 | Rail fixed guideway public transportation system—Safety program plan and security and emergency preparedness plan. |
| 36.01.220 | Mobile home, manufactured home, or park model moving or installing—Copies of permits—Definitions. |
| 36.01.225 | Authority to regulate placement or use of homes—Regulation of manufactured homes—Restrictions on location of manufactured/mobile homes and entry or removal of recreational vehicles used as primary residences. |
| 36.01.227 | County may not limit number of unrelated persons occupying a household or dwelling unit—Exceptions. |
| 36.01.230 | Cooperative watershed management. |
| 36.01.240 | Regulation of financial transactions—Limitations. |
| 36.01.250 | Environmental mitigation activities. |
| 36.01.260 | Urban forestry ordinances. |
| 36.01.270 | Contractors—Authority of county to verify registration and report violations. |
| 36.01.280 | Community athletics programs—Sex discrimination prohibited. |
| 36.01.290 | Hosting the homeless by religious organizations—When authorized—Requirements—Prohibitions on local actions. |
| 36.01.300 | State and federal background checks of license applicants and licensees of occupations under local licensing authority. |
| 36.01.310 | Accessible community advisory committees. |
| 36.01.320 | Application for a permit to site an energy plant or alternative energy resource—Written notice to United States department of defense. |
| 36.01.330 | Failing septic systems—Connection to public sewer systems—Appeals process. |
| 36.01.340 | Final determination on state highway permit projects. |
| 36.01.350 | Removal of restrictive covenants—Hearing, notice. |
| 36.01.360 | Telecommunications services and facilities authorized—Requirements. |
| 36.01.370 | Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangements—Prohibition on regulation as state agency. |
| 36.01.380 | Wind and solar resource evaluation equipment. |
NOTES:
Accounts of county, examination of: RCW
43.09.260.
Actions by and against
counties, limitations on: Chapter
4.16 RCW.
Aeronautics facilities of counties to be made available to department of transportation: RCW
47.68.300.
Agricultural fairs, county participation: Chapter
15.76 RCW.
Aircraft excise tax, county exemption: RCW
82.48.100.
Airport zoning: Chapter
14.12 RCW.
Ambulance service for second-class cities, county may provide: RCW
35.23.456.
Armories, county may expend money for site: RCW
38.20.030.
Assisted living facilities, county administration, when: Chapter
18.20 RCW.
Blind made products, services, county to procure when available: RCW
19.06.020.
Bonds, county
election on, vote required: Chapter
39.40 RCW.
form, sale, payment, etc.: Chapter
39.44 RCW.
sale to federal government at private sale: Chapter
39.48 RCW.
validation of: Chapter
39.90 RCW.
Bonds of corporation not to be owned: State Constitution Art. 8 s 7.
Bonds of federal agencies as county investment: Chapter
39.64 RCW.
Cemeteries
private regulation of by county: RCW
68.20.080.
Cemeteries and burial, public, all counties: RCW
68.52.030.
Cemetery districts authorized for certain counties: Chapter
68.52 RCW.
Children and youth services, county participation: RCW
72.05.160.
Cities and towns
agreements with county for planning, construction, etc., of streets: Chapter
35.77 RCW.
community renewal, county participation: RCW
35.81.130.
county aid on street construction, etc.: RCW
47.24.050.
L.I.D. assessment lien, application on sale by county of tax lands: RCW
35.49.160.
property held by under L.I.D. assessment lien not subject to county taxes: RCW
35.53.010.
Cities may support county in which city-owned utility plant located: RCW
35.21.420 through
35.21.427.
Civil service
for sheriff's office: Chapter
41.14 RCW.
status retained when on emergency service work: RCW
38.52.140.
Closed burning seasons in counties: RCW
76.04.205.
Combined city and county municipal corporations: State Constitution Art. 11 s 16 (Amendment 58).
Combined city-county health departments: Chapter
70.08 RCW.
Community centers, counties may establish: Chapter
35.59 RCW.
Community work and training programs, county participation in: Chapter
74.04 RCW.
Contractors, regulation of, inapplicable to counties: RCW
18.27.090.
Contracts
contractor's bond on: Chapter
39.08 RCW.
county may perform work or services for department of transportation: RCW
47.01.210.
executory conditional sales, for purchase of property for park or library purposes: RCW
39.30.010.
public works, application to counties: Chapter
39.04 RCW.
public works, reserve from amount due contractors to cover lien for labor, material or taxes: Chapter
60.28 RCW.
County airport districts: Chapter
14.08 RCW.
County and district fairs as agricultural fair classification: RCW
15.76.120.
County government: State Constitution Art. 11.
County lands
diking, drainage or sewerage improvement assessments, as subject to: RCW
85.08.500,
85.08.530.
diking and drainage intercounty districts assessments, as subject to: RCW
85.24.240.
eminent domain by cities of: Chapter
8.12 RCW.
eminent domain by public waterway districts of: Chapter
91.08 RCW.
lease of for underground storage of natural gas: RCW
80.40.070.
pest district assessments, as subject to: RCW
17.12.080.
right of entry on given department of transportation: RCW
47.01.170.
rights-of-way over by diking districts: RCW
85.05.080.
subject to diking, drainage or sewerage improvement assessments, resale of or lease of by county: RCW
85.08.500.
weed control district assessments, as subject to: RCW
17.04.180.
County office, defined for public assistance purposes: RCW
74.04.005(4).
County roads: Chapter
36.75 RCW.
Courthouse, county to furnish: RCW
2.28.139.
Credit not to be loaned: State Constitution Art. 8 s 7.
Debts of
apportionment on division or enlargement: State Constitution Art. 11 s 3.
limit of: State Constitution Art. 8 s 6 (Amendment 27), Art. 7 s 2 (Amendments 55, 59).
private property not to be taken in satisfaction of: State Constitution Art. 11 s 13.
Dental hygienists, licensed, county may employ: RCW
18.29.050.
Department of revenue, visitation to counties: RCW
84.08.010(3).
Detention, house or room for, establishment of: RCW
13.04.135.
Detention facilities, management of (counties with populations of one million or more): Chapter
13.20 RCW.
Detention of state felons in county jails: Chapter
72.68 RCW.
Diking and drainage intercounty districts: Chapter
85.24 RCW.
Disinfection of county property as county duty: RCW
15.08.230.
Disturbances at state penal facilities
—Reimbursement to cities and counties for certain expenses incurred: RCW
72.72.050,
72.72.060.
Electric franchises and rights-of-way, counties may grant: RCW
80.32.010.
Electrical construction regulations applicable to counties: RCW
19.29.010.
Emergency management, county participation: Chapter
38.52 RCW.
Eminent domain
flood control purposes by counties jointly: RCW
86.13.040.
generally: Chapter
8.08 RCW.
parks, bathing beaches, public camps: RCW
67.20.010.
Existing counties recognized: State Constitution Art. 11 s 1.
Family courts in: Chapter
26.12 RCW.
Federal areas in counties, generally: Chapter
37.08 RCW.
Federal property, purchase of from government by counties: Chapter
39.32 RCW.
Fireworks, county participation in control: Chapter
70.77 RCW.
Fiscal agent for: Chapter
43.80 RCW.
Flood control
county: Chapter
86.12 RCW.
county participation with
state and federal government: Chapter
86.24 RCW.
districts (1937 act), public lands included in: RCW
86.09.013.
maintenance, county participation with state: Chapter
86.26 RCW.
Forest protection in counties: Chapter
76.04 RCW.
Funding indebtedness in counties: Chapter
39.52 RCW.
Group life insurance, public employee associations: RCW
48.24.060.
Hospitals, private, for care of individuals with mental illness, alcoholics, county may prescribe standards: RCW
71.12.550.
Housing authority
generally: Chapter
35.82 RCW.
property as exempt from county taxation: RCW
35.82.210.
Housing cooperation law: Chapter
35.83 RCW.
Indebtedness, county: State Constitution Art. 8.
Industrial development districts, county lands may be conveyed to: Chapter
53.25 RCW.
Intercounty weed districts: Chapter
17.06 RCW.
Intergovernmental disposition of property, county participation: RCW
39.33.010.
Irrigation districts, cancellation of county taxes against, when: RCW
87.64.060.
Island counties, refund of motor vehicle license and fuel tax fees to: RCW
46.68.080.
Joint aid river and harbor improvements, county participation: RCW
88.32.230 through
88.32.235.
Joint planning for improvement of navigable stream, county participation: RCW
88.32.240 through
88.32.250.
Juvenile detention facility as mandatory county function: RCW
13.16.030.
Leases, mineral and petroleum, on county land: Chapter
78.16 RCW.
Leases of property, ballot proposition
Legal aid: Chapter
2.50 RCW.
Legal publications of: Chapter
65.16 RCW.
Lien for labor, material and taxes on public works: Chapter
60.28 RCW.
Limitation of indebtedness of taxing districts: Chapter
39.36 RCW.
Liquor revolving fund moneys, distribution to counties: Chapter
66.08 RCW.
Local milk inspection service units: Chapter
15.36 RCW.
Martial law, proclamation of county under: RCW
38.08.030.
Metropolitan municipal corporations
county participation: Chapter
35.58 RCW.
Military offenses, jurisdiction by county when: Chapter
38.32 RCW.
Mosquito control
county work coordinated with: Chapter
70.22 RCW.
districts, counties where authorized: RCW
17.28.020.
Motor freight carrier, county vehicle exempt as: RCW
81.80.040.
Motor vehicle
accidents, peace officer's reports: RCW
46.52.070.
size, weight and load, local regulations: RCW
46.44.080.
Municipal airports
1941 act: Chapter
14.07 RCW.
1945 act: Chapter
14.08 RCW.
Old age and survivors' insurance, acceptance of for counties: Chapter
41.47 RCW.
Operating agencies (electricity, water resources) to act for counties: Chapter
43.52 RCW.
Parks, bathing beaches, public camps, county may acquire and operate: Chapter
67.20 RCW.
Person defined to include counties for RCW code purposes: RCW
1.16.080.
Pesticide application act, county as subject to: RCW
17.21.220.
Police and sanitary regulations, power to enforce: State Constitution Art. 11 s 11.
Port districts
motor vehicle regulation in by county authorities, procedure: RCW
53.08.230.
regulations of, adoption as county ordinance: RCW
53.08.220.
Printing for counties to be done in state: RCW
43.19.748.
Public assistance
county participation: Chapter
74.04 RCW.
Public contracts and indebtedness: Title 39 RCW.
Public documents (state), distribution to counties: Chapter
40.04 RCW.
Public employees
interchange of personnel with federal agency, rights preserved: RCW
41.04.140 through
41.04.170.
minimum wage act, public employee exclusion: RCW
49.46.010.
public employees' retirement system, county employees as members: RCW
41.40.062.
retirement systems, retention of rights: Chapter
41.04 RCW.
social security, federal coverage includes: Chapter
41.48 RCW.
Public lands
rights-of-way over for county bridges, trestles, across waterways, tide or shore lands: RCW
79.110.120.
rights-of-way over for roads, county wharves: RCW
79.36.440.
sale of road material on to counties: RCW
79.15.320.
Public officers
campaign financing, reporting: Chapter
42.17A RCW.
code of ethics for: Chapter
42.23 RCW.
financial affairs and gifts, reporting: RCW
42.17A.700.
misconduct of enumerated: Chapter
42.20 RCW.
Public purchase preferences: Chapter
39.24 RCW.
Public works
emergency, county participation: Chapter
39.28 RCW.
department of transportation, cooperation: RCW
47.08.070.
prevailing wages to be paid on: Chapter
39.12 RCW.
Publicly owned vehicles
license plate retained when change in ownership: RCW
46.16A.200(8).
Railroad grade crossings
county participation in grants for: Chapter
81.53 RCW.
Reclamation and irrigation districts in United States reclamation areas, contract to bring county lands into: RCW
89.12.110.
Reclamation districts of one million acres, lands in more than one county: RCW
89.30.004.
Rural housing projects: Chapter
35.82 RCW.
Savings and loan associations, counties as member: RCW
33.20.060.
Soft tree fruits commission law, counties constituting districts under: RCW
15.28.010.
Soil and water conservation districts, county may cooperate with: RCW
89.08.341.
State patrol retirement allowances exempt from county taxation: RCW
43.43.310.
State vehicle regulations precedence over local: RCW
46.08.020.
State's title to abandoned channels granted to counties: RCW
86.13.110.
Stock restricted areas in: Chapter
16.24 RCW.
Street railroads in counties: Chapter
81.64 RCW.
Superior court judges, each county entitled to: State Constitution Art. 4 s 5, chapter
2.08 RCW.
Tax liens, foreclosure by county when city or town L.I.D. assessments on, rights of city or town: RCW
35.49.130 through
35.49.160.
Taxes
B & O, counties defined as person for purposes of: RCW
82.04.030.
excise, state preempts field, which: RCW
82.02.020.
federal payments in lieu of ad valorem property taxes to counties, distribution: Chapter
84.72 RCW.
for city and town purposes: State Constitution Art. 11 s 12.
local, legislature not to impose: State Constitution Art. 11 s 12.
property
acquisitions of county subject to lien of: RCW
84.60.050.
county by, generally: Title 84 RCW.
county held tax-title property, treatment of: RCW
36.35.100.
county-interstate bridge as exempt from: RCW
84.36.230.
county lands sold on contract as taxable: RCW
84.40.230.
county property as exempt from: RCW
84.36.010.
county revaluation program: Chapter
84.41 RCW.
county right-of-way easements as exempt from: RCW
84.36.210.
limitation on levies, county application: State Constitution Art. 7 s 2 (Amendments 55, 59); RCW
84.52.050.
state, county liability for share of: State Constitution Art. 11 s 9.
Taxing district
relief act, county application: Chapter
39.64 RCW.
Teletypewriter communications network, county participation: Chapter
43.89 RCW.
Toll roads, bridges and ferries (state), county participation and liability: Chapter
47.56 RCW.
Township organization in: State Constitution Art. 11 s 4 (Amendment 21).
Traffic
enforcement agencies, duty: Chapter
46.64 RCW.
schools, county participation: Chapter
46.83 RCW.
Unfit dwellings, buildings and structures: Chapter
35.80 RCW.
Uniform system of accounting: Chapter
43.09 RCW.
Validation of bonds and financing proceedings: Chapter
39.90 RCW.
Vehicle wreckers' licensing, county to comply with: RCW
46.80.160.
Veterans
indigent and deceased, burial as county responsibility: RCW
73.08.070.
public officials duty as considered leave of absence: RCW
73.16.041.
scoring criteria status in county employment reemployment: RCW
41.04.010, Chapter
73.16 RCW.
Veterans'
meeting hall, county may furnish free of charge: RCW
73.04.070.
meeting place, rent from county funds: RCW
73.04.080.
relief as county responsibility: Chapter
73.08 RCW.
Vital statistics: Chapter
70.58A RCW.
Wages
deductions and rebates, application to counties: Chapter
49.52 RCW.
payment and collection of, county employee exclusion: RCW
49.48.080.
rebates of on public works, penalty: RCW
49.52.090.
Water pollution control, county application: Chapter
90.48 RCW.
Water rights
appropriation of by counties; procedure: Chapter
90.03 RCW.
United States, county application: Chapter
90.40 RCW.
Wharves, counties may authorize and prescribe rates: RCW
88.24.020.
Workers' compensation, county coverage: RCW
51.12.050.
World fair or exposition, county participation: Chapter
35.60 RCW.