Revised Code of Washington
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Chapter 36.22 RCW
COUNTY AUDITOR
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36.22.010Duties of auditor.
36.22.020Publisher of legislative authority proceedings—Custodian of commissioners' seal.
36.22.030May administer oaths.
36.22.040Duty to audit claims against county.
36.22.050Issuance of warrants—Multiple warrants.
36.22.060Record of warrants.
36.22.070Original claims to be retained.
36.22.080Claims of auditor.
36.22.090Warrants of political subdivisions.
36.22.100Cancellation of unclaimed warrants.
36.22.110Auditor cannot act as attorney or lobbyist.
36.22.120Temporary clerk may be appointed.
36.22.140Auditor or charter county financial officer—Ex officio deputy state auditor.
36.22.150Duty of retiring auditor or his or her representative in case of death.
36.22.160Copying, preserving, and indexing documents.
36.22.170Surcharge for preservation of historical documents—Distribution of revenue to county and state treasurer—Creation of account.
36.22.175Surcharge for local government archives and records management—Records management training—Eastern Washington regional facility.
36.22.181Surcharge for prosecution of mortgage lending fraud—Transmittal to state treasurer.
36.22.185Covenant homeownership program assessment.
36.22.190Distribution of funds.
36.22.200Action for change of name—Filing and recording.
36.22.210Process servers—Registration—Fees.
36.22.215Process servers—Social security numbers.
36.22.220Election assistants, deputies—Appointment, qualifications.
36.22.230Election assistants, deputies—Additional qualifications.
36.22.240Surcharge for growth management planning and review—Increasing residential building capacity.
36.22.250Document recording surcharge.
NOTES:
Acknowledgments, auditor may take: RCW 64.08.010.
Appointment as agent for registration of vehicles: RCW 46.01.130, 46.01.140, 46.01.270.
Canvassing board, auditor as member: RCW 39.40.030.
Cities and towns, certificates of election, auditor to issue: RCW 35.02.130.
Civil actions, judgment by confession acknowledged before: RCW 4.60.040.
County accounts, expense for examination of, auditor to issue warrant for: RCW 43.09.280.
County canvassing board, auditor as member: RCW 29A.60.160.
Custodian of records, auditor as: RCW 65.04.140.
Department of revenue to advise: RCW 84.08.020.
Diking district, auditor as agent of county commissioners in signing petition for: RCW 85.05.083.
Dissolution of inactive port districts: Chapter 53.47 RCW.
District court districting committee, auditor as member of: RCW 3.38.010.
Duties relating to
air pollution control districts: Chapter 70A.15 RCW.
aircraft excise taxes: Chapter 82.48 RCW.
appeals from tax levies: Chapter 84.08 RCW.
assessor's plats: RCW 58.18.010.
basic juvenile court act: Chapter 13.04 RCW.
boundary line proceedings: RCW 58.04.040.
cemetery districts: Chapter 68.52 RCW.
cemetery plat, filing of: RCW 68.24.030.
certification of offices, notice of election: Chapter 29A.36 RCW.
chattel liens: Chapter 60.08 RCW.
chattel mortgages: Chapter 60.08 RCW, Article 62A.9A RCW.
assignment and satisfaction of: Chapter 61.16 RCW.
cities and towns
advancement of classification: Chapter 35.06 RCW.
agreements for sewer connections outside of: RCW 35.67.310.
cities support of county in which generating plant located: RCW 35.21.450.
corrective plats of: RCW 58.10.030.
determining town's uncertain boundaries: RCW 35.27.040, 35.27.050.
disincorporation of: Chapter 35.07 RCW.
general indebtedness bonds, county tax levy to pay: RCW 35.37.120.
incorporation proceedings: Chapter 35.02 RCW.
ordinance reducing city limits: RCW 35.16.050.
unfit buildings, structures, or premises, abatement: RCW 35.80.030.
claim of spouse or domestic partner in community realty: RCW 26.16.100.
collection agency surety bonds: RCW 19.16.190.
conditional sales contracts: Article 62A.9A RCW.
corporations, nonprofit, generally: Title 24 RCW.
educational, religious, benevolent, fraternal or charitable: Chapter 24.03A RCW.
mutual benefit: Chapter 24.03A RCW.
nonstock: Chapter 24.03A RCW.
county airport districts: Chapter 14.08 RCW.
county and city tuberculosis hospital: Chapter 70.30 RCW.
credit unions: Chapter 31.12 RCW.
crop liens: Chapter 60.11 RCW.
dances, licensing of: Chapter 67.12 RCW.
diking, drainage and sewerage improvement districts
generally: Chapter 85.08 RCW.
maintenance costs and levies: Chapter 85.16 RCW.
diking, drainage district benefits to roads, how paid: RCW 85.07.040, 85.07.050.
diking districts: Chapter 85.05 RCW.
levy for continuous benefits: Chapter 85.18 RCW.
reorganization of (1917 act): Chapter 85.20 RCW.
reorganization of (1933 act): Chapter 85.22 RCW.
disinfection of horticultural premises: Chapter 15.08 RCW.
dissolution of inactive special purpose districts: Chapter 36.96 RCW.
doctors, nurses and hospital services, lien for: Chapter 60.44 RCW.
drainage district revenue act: Chapter 85.32 RCW.
drainage districts: Chapter 85.06 RCW.
reorganization of (1917 act): Chapter 85.20 RCW.
reorganization of (1933 act): Chapter 85.22 RCW.
elections
ballots: Chapter 29A.36 RCW.
canvassing returns: Chapter 29A.60 RCW.
ceremonial certificate of, auditor to issue: RCW 29A.52.360.
change of precinct boundaries: RCW 29A.16.070.
conduct of: RCW 29A.60.010.
congressional elections: Chapter 29A.28 RCW.
declarations of candidacy: Chapter 29A.52 RCW.
initiative and referendum: Chapter 29A.72 RCW.
nonpartisan primaries, elections: Chapter 29A.52 RCW.
presidential electors: Chapter 29A.56 RCW.
recall: Chapter 29A.56 RCW.
registration of voters for: Chapter 29A.08 RCW.
status, transfers, and cancellations: Chapter 29A.08 RCW.
voting by mail: Chapter 29A.40 RCW.
voting centers
accessibility to individuals with disabilities: Chapter 29A.16 RCW.
regulations, after closing: Chapter 29A.60 RCW.
voting systems: Chapter 29A.12 RCW.
electric franchises and rights-of-way: RCW 80.32.010.
eminent domain
by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
by counties: Chapter 8.08 RCW.
employee contributions to benefit plans lien claim: RCW 60.76.020.
employee payroll deductions: RCW 41.04.020 through 41.04.036.
execution of judgment: Chapter 6.17 RCW.
fire protection districts: Chapters 52.04, 52.16 RCW.
merger of: Chapter 52.06 RCW.
flood control by counties jointly: Chapter 86.13 RCW.
flood control districts (1937 act): Chapter 86.09 RCW.
flood control zone districts: Chapter 86.15 RCW.
food fish and shellfish
fishways for: RCW 77.57.030.
guards: RCW 77.57.010.
forest fire protection assessments: RCW 76.04.610.
forest protection, claims for damages, services: Chapter 76.04 RCW.
franchises on state highways: Chapter 47.44 RCW.
funding indebtedness of counties: Chapter 39.52 RCW.
health districts: Chapter 70.46 RCW.
homesteads: Chapter 6.13 RCW.
horizontal property regimes (condominiums), declarations and survey maps of: RCW 64.32.100, 64.32.140.
hospital districts: Chapter 70.44 RCW.
housing authority act: Chapter 35.82 RCW.
insurance, mergers and insolvencies: Chapter 48.31 RCW.
intercounty rural library district: Chapter 27.12 RCW.
intercounty weed districts: Chapter 17.06 RCW.
irregular instruments, recording of: RCW 65.08.030.
irrigation districts
director divisions: RCW 87.04.070.
dissolution of districts with bonds: Chapter 87.53 RCW.
dissolution of insolvent districts: Chapter 87.56 RCW.
generally: Chapter 87.03 RCW.
joint control of: Chapter 87.80 RCW.
under contract with United States: Chapter 87.68 RCW.
juries, drawing of: Chapter 2.36 RCW.
labor, materials and taxes on public works, liens for: Chapter 60.28 RCW.
labor and services on timber and lumber, lien for: Chapter 60.24 RCW.
labor lien on restaurant, tavern, hotel, etc.: Chapter 60.34 RCW.
labor liens on franchises, earnings and property of certain companies: Chapter 60.32 RCW.
land office receipts, recording of: RCW 65.08.050.
lease of personal property with conditional right to purchase: Article 62A.9A RCW.
letters patent, recording of: RCW 65.08.090.
licenses to practice dentistry: Chapter 18.32 RCW.
lien of employees for contributions to benefit plans: Chapter 60.76 RCW.
liquor
billiard tables, bowling alleys, licensing of, use, sale of: Chapter 67.14 RCW.
retail license: RCW 67.14.040.
sales, local option on: Chapter 66.40 RCW.
wholesale license: RCW 67.14.050.
marriages: Chapter 26.04 RCW.
mechanics' and materialmen's liens: Chapter 60.04 RCW.
metropolitan municipal corporations: Chapter 35.58 RCW.
mining claims
location of: Chapter 78.08 RCW.
survey reports: Chapter 78.06 RCW.
mosquito control districts: Chapter 17.28 RCW.
motor vehicle registration: RCW 46.01.130, 46.01.140, 46.01.270.
municipal court elections: Chapter 35.20 RCW.
municipal water and sewer facilities act: Chapter 35.91 RCW.
new or limited access highway routes: RCW 47.28.025.
notice of lis pendens: RCW 4.28.160, 4.28.320.
orchard labor liens: Chapter 60.16 RCW.
order discharging attachment: RCW 6.25.160.
park and recreation district commissioner elections: RCW 36.69.090.
partnership ditches, lien claim for labor done: RCW 90.03.450.
partnerships, uniform limited partnerships act: Chapters 25.10, 25.12 RCW.
pendency of action in United States court: RCW 4.28.325.
pest districts: Chapter 17.12 RCW.
planning commission: Chapter 35.63 RCW.
plats, subdivisions and dedications: Chapter 58.17 RCW.
port district L.I.D.'s: RCW 53.20.050.
port districts
annexation of land to: Chapter 53.04 RCW.
budget of: Chapter 53.35 RCW.
commissioner elections: Chapter 53.12 RCW.
consolidation of: Chapter 53.46 RCW.
formation of: Chapter 53.04 RCW.
precinct committee officer: Chapter 29A.80 RCW.
public assistance lien claim: RCW 74.04.300.
public lands
lease of: Chapter 79.13 RCW.
leasing on share crop basis: RCW 79.13.320 through 79.13.360.
materials on, sale of: Chapter 79.15 RCW.
tidelands and shorelands plats: RCW 79.125.040.
public records and evidence: Chapter 5.44 RCW.
public utility districts: Chapters 54.08, 54.12, 54.24, 54.40 RCW.
public waterway districts: Chapter 91.08 RCW.
eminent domain by: RCW 91.08.150.
real property conveyances, recording of: RCW 65.08.070.
reclamation and irrigation districts in United States reclamation areas: Chapter 89.12 RCW.
reclamation districts of one million acres: Chapter 89.30 RCW.
recording, generally: Chapters 65.04, 65.08 RCW.
liability of auditor for damages: RCW 65.04.110.
recording of town plats: Chapter 58.08 RCW.
river and harbor improvement districts: Chapter 88.32 RCW.
river and harbor improvements by counties jointly: RCW 88.32.180 through 88.32.220.
sales under execution and redemption: Chapter 6.21 RCW.
school district directors, superintendents, signatures of: RCW 28A.400.020.
school district organization: Chapter 28A.315 RCW.
sires, services of, lien for: Chapter 60.52 RCW.
street railways: Chapter 81.64 RCW.
superior court, expenses of visiting judge: RCW 2.08.170.
superior court, judges salary: RCW 2.08.100 through 2.08.110.
taxes
excise on real estate sales: RCW 82.45.090.
internal revenue, liens for: Chapter 60.68 RCW.
property
collection of: Chapter 84.56 RCW.
equalization of assessments: Chapter 84.48 RCW.
recovery: Chapter 84.68 RCW.
vehicle use tax: RCW 82.12.045.
townsites on United States lands, acquisition of lands by inhabitants: Chapter 58.28 RCW.
unemployment compensation contributions, lien for: RCW 50.24.050.
vehicle registration: RCW 46.01.130, 46.01.140, 46.01.270.
veterans' meeting place, rent by county: RCW 73.04.080.
veterans' relief: Chapter 73.08 RCW.
voting by mail: Chapter 29A.40 RCW.
water-sewer districts
annexation of property to: Chapter 57.24 RCW.
consolidation of: Chapter 57.32 RCW.
funds of: Chapter 57.20 RCW.
generally: Title 57 RCW.
merger of: Chapter 57.36 RCW.
transfer of part: RCW 57.32.160.
withdrawal of territory from: Chapter 57.28 RCW.
water rights certificates: RCW 90.03.330.
water rights, United States: Chapter 90.40 RCW.
weed districts: Chapter 17.04 RCW.
workers' compensation contributions, liens for: RCW 51.16.170.
Eminent domain by
cities of county land, auditor served: RCW 8.12.080.
state, decree of appropriation filed with auditor: RCW 8.04.120.
state of county land, notice of served on auditor: RCW 8.04.020.
Motor vehicle registration: RCW 46.01.130, 46.01.140, 46.01.270.
Plats, validation of defective city or town plats in office of: Chapter 58.10 RCW.
Public lands, sales and lease of, duties of auditor in certain counties transferred to treasurer: RCW 79.02.090.
Public lands and materials on, sale of, auditor as auctioneer: RCW 79.11.150.
Reclamation district commission, auditor as clerk of: RCW 89.30.058.
Summons for claim against county served on auditor: RCW 4.28.080.
Support of dependent children, auditor to charge no fees in connection with: RCW 74.20.300.
Taxes, property, penalty for nonperformance of duty: RCW 84.09.040.
Television reception improvement districts, auditor's duties: Chapter 36.95 RCW.
Temporary gate across highways, auditor to grant permit for, when: RCW 16.60.085.
Veterans, auditor to furnish documents for free: RCW 73.04.120.
Veterans' discharge, auditor to record without fee: RCW 73.04.030 and 73.04.040.
Veterans' pension papers, auditor to charge no fee: RCW 73.04.010.