REVISED CODE OF WASHINGTON

PUBLIC LANDS

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Chapters
79.02	Public lands management—General.
79.10	Land management authorities and policies.
79.11	State land sales.
79.13	Land leases.
79.14	Mineral, coal, oil, and gas leases.
79.15	Sale of valuable materials.
79.17	Land transfers.
79.19	Land bank.
79.22	Acquisition, management, and disposition of state forestlands.
79.24	Capitol building lands.
79.36	Easements over public lands.
79.38	Access roads.
79.44	Assessments and charges against lands of the state.
79.64	Funds for managing and administering lands.
79.70	Natural area preserves.
79.71	Washington natural resources conservation areas.
79.73	Milwaukee road corridor.
79.100	Derelict vessels.
79.105	Aquatic lands—General.
79.110	Aquatic lands—Easements and rights-of-way.
79.115	Aquatic lands—Harbor areas.
79.120	Aquatic lands—Waterways and streets.
79.125	Aquatic lands—Tidelands and shorelands.
79.130	Aquatic lands—Beds of navigable waters.
79.135	Aquatic lands—Oysters, geoducks, shellfish, other aquacultural uses, and marine aquatic plants.
79.140	Aquatic lands—Valuable materials.
79.145	Marine plastic debris.
79.150	Forest biomass materials located on state lands.
79.155	Community forest trusts.
79.160	Derelict aquatic structures.

NOTES:

Access to state timber: RCW 79.36.310 through 79.36.340.

Acquisition, disposition of state highway property: Chapter 47.12 RCW.

Bridges, obstructions in navigable waters: Chapter 88.28 RCW.

Commissioner of public lands: State Constitution Art. 3 ss 23, 25; chapter 43.12 RCW.

Compact with the United States: State Constitution Art. 26.

Contracts with United States as to highway property: Chapter 47.08 RCW.

Conveyance of real property by public bodies—Recording: RCW 65.08.095.

County lands, generally: Chapter 36.34 RCW.

Diking and drainage, improvement districts, benefit to public land: RCW 85.08.370.

Donation law, conflicting claims: RCW 7.28.280.

Ejectment, quiet title: Chapter 7.28 RCW.

Eminent domain: State Constitution Art. 1 s 16.

Eminent domain by state: Chapter 8.04 RCW.

Extensions of streets over tidelands: State Constitution Art. 15 s 3.

Facilitating recovery from Mt. St. Helens eruption—Scope of state agency action: RCW 43.01.210.

Federal areas, jurisdiction: Chapters 37.04 and 37.08 RCW.

Federal funds for forest management: RCW 43.30.340, 43.30.345.

Firewood on state lands: RCW 79.15.400 through 79.15.440.

Flood control districts may include public lands: Chapter 86.09 RCW.

Forest roads, county: RCW 36.82.140.

Funds for the support of common schools, source: State Constitution Art. 9 s 3.

Governmental lands, exemption from taxation: State Constitution Art. 7 s 1.

Harbor line commission: State Constitution Art. 15 s 1.

Harbor lines, relocation: RCW 79.115.020.

Improvement district, benefit to public land: RCW 85.08.370.

Indians and Indian lands: Chapter 37.12 RCW.

Infractions: Chapter 7.84 RCW.

Insect pests and plant diseases: Chapter 17.24 RCW.

Intergovernmental disposition of property: Chapter 39.33 RCW.

Irrigation districts may include public land: Chapter 87.03 RCW.

Lease of unnecessary lands by director of agriculture: RCW 15.04.090.

Leases of public lands for underground storage of natural gas: RCW 80.40.060.

Marine recreation land act: Chapter 79A.25 RCW.

Oil and gas unit plan, participation of public lands: RCW 78.52.450.

Parks and recreation: Chapter 79A.05 RCW.

Permanent school fund, investment: State Constitution Art. 16 s 5.

Pest districts may include public lands: Chapter 17.12 RCW.

Public lands, authority of United States over certain areas: State Constitution Art. 25 s 1.

Public shooting grounds: Chapter 77.12 RCW.

Public waterways may include public lands: Chapter 91.08 RCW.

Reclamation by state: Chapter 89.16 RCW.

Reclamation districts

may include public lands: RCW 89.30.016.

right-of-way across state land: RCW 89.30.223.

Restraint on disposition of certain areas bordering harbor lines: State Constitution Art. 15 s 1.

River, harbor improvements: Chapter 88.32 RCW.

Sale of other than state forestlands: RCW 79.11.005.

School and granted lands

amount offered, platting: State Constitution Art. 16 s 4.

disposition: State Constitution Art. 16 s 1.

limitations on sales: State Constitution Art. 16 s 3.

manner and terms of sale: State Constitution Art. 16 s 2.

State agency for surveys and maps: Chapter 58.24 RCW.

State boundaries: State Constitution Art. 24 s 1.

State lands subject to easements for removal of materials: RCW 79.36.370, 79.36.590.

Streets over tidelands: RCW 35.21.230 through 35.21.250.

Tidelands

declaration of state ownership: State Constitution Art. 17 s 1.

disclaimer of certain lands by state: State Constitution Art. 17 s 2.

Trespass: Chapter 64.12 RCW.

United States reclamation areas, state lands in: Chapter 89.12 RCW.

Use of state land for game purposes: RCW 77.12.360.

Washington plane coordinate system: Chapter 58.20 RCW.

Waste: Chapter 64.12 RCW.

Weed districts may include public lands: Chapter 17.04 RCW.

Wharves, docks, leasing and maintenance: State Constitution Art. 15 s 2.

Wharves and landings: Chapter 88.24 RCW.

INDEX OF PUBLIC LAND ACTS OF SPECIAL OR

HISTORICAL NATURE NOT CODIFIED IN RCW

Subject			Year		Chapter
Aberdeen. . . .			1901			141
Adams County. . . .		  	1915			78
		  	1941			211
American Lake. . . .		  	1907			191
		  	1907			197
Auburn game farm, transfer to parks and recreation commission. . . .			1981			49
Barthen, Lenore. . . .			1951			59
Behme, C.R.. . . .			1927			247
Bentley, W.C.. . . .			1921			38
Benton County, state patrol land. . . .		  	1961			59
		  	1977	ex.s.		191
Benton County, University of Washington land. . . .			1965	ex.s.		5
Benton County, WSU land. . . .			1961			76
Blaine. . . .			1917			144
Bremerton. . . .			1947			207
Camp Murray, conveyance for aerospace science and modeling center. . . .			1969	ex.s.		85
Canyon Lakes. . . .			1986			7
		           	1893			831
			1893			138
			1901			45
			1909	ex.s.		20
			1911			592
Capitol Buildings. . . .			1913			50
			1915			191
			1917			167
			1925			27
			1927			225
			1945			47
Capitol Place. . . .			1937			160
Centralia. . . .			1949			38
Centralia, city of, easement for street. . . .			1963			81
Chehalis. . . .			1945			124
		  	1935			50
Chelan County. . . .			1935			52
			1935			53
Cheney. . . .			1949			35
Christenson, Ruby. . . .			1935			51
		  	1931			92
Clallam County. . . .			1941			94
			1945			207
Clallam County, county park purposes. . . .			1965	ex.s.		51
Clapp, Helen A.. . . .			1941			121
Clark County, state school for the deaf, conveyance of portion. . . .			1969	ex.s.		62
Clark County, Whipple Creek, exchange. . . .			1967			219
Clarkston. . . .		  	1919			75
		  	1957			148
Columbia River. . . .		  	1905			28
		  	1915			145
Colville. . . .		  	1937			86
		  	1939			144
Commercial Trust Co.. . . .			1907			197
Conconnully Lake, lake in Okanogan County designated as. . . .			1965			104
Cowlitz County. . . .		  	1915			157
		  	1951			134
Cowlitz County, exchange of state forestlands for lands adjacent to Seaquest State Park. . . .			1971	ex.s.		158
Deno, Louis. . . .			1931			51
Deschutes Basin. . . .			1937			159
Deschutes Waterway. . . .			1939			76
Douglas County. . . .			1941			117
Drainage Ditches. . . .			1893			88
Eastern Washington College		  	1949			35
of Ed.. . . .		  	1959			128
Echo Glenn. . . .			1986			7
Everett, Port. . . .			1943			272
Fairmont Cemetery Association. . . .			1939			20
Ferry County, Curlew. . . .			1917			86
Feureur, Louis. . . .			1901			163
Fircrest. . . .			1986			7
Fort Worden, department of institutions land. . . .			1965	ex.s.		66
Franklin County. . . .			1931			100
Game department, tidelands in Clark County. . . .			1959			249
Game Farm. . . .			1929			173
Grays Harbor County. . . .			1955			281
Grays Harbor, Port. . . .		  	1913			27
		  	1957			40
		    	1935			50
			1935			52
Great Northern RR. . . .			1935			53
			1939			159
			1941			117
Harbor lines at Anacortes,
	Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Cosmopolis,	       	1963			139
	Bellingham, Port Angeles,		1967	ex.s.		24
	Renton, Lake Forest Park,. . . .		1971	ex.s.		158
	Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia,		1972	ex.s.		69
	Kalama, Bremerton, Port		1977	ex.s.		124
	Orchard, Vancouver, Port		1979			19
	Townsend, La Conner, Everett, relocation
Harbor lines in Lake Union, Salmon Bay, Union Bay, Commencement Bay, relocation. . . .			1967	ex.s.		24
Hollingsworth, Howard C.. . . .			1949			23
Holman Waterway. . . .			1919			198
Ilwaco. . . .		  	1919			198
		  	1929			222
Ilwaco, Port. . . .		  	1947			101
		  	1957			85
Island County. . . .			1931			12
Jefferson County. . . .		  	1941			94
		  	1941			121
Keystone Water Users Ass'n. . . .			1915			78
		     	1933			77
			1933			99
King County. . . .			1935			49
			1935			51
			1939			8
			1945			119
King County, University of Washington land. . . .			1967	ex.s.		116
King County, unplatted tidelands deeded to state board for community college education; reversion. . . .			1971	ex.s.		241
		   	1927			262
Kitsap County. . . .			1931			86
			1941			106
			1947			207
Kitsap County, sewer disposal plant to county sewer district No. 5. . . .			1965	ex.s.		95
Kitsap County, Washington Veterans' Home land to department of game. . . .			1965	ex.s.		94
Kitsap County, transfer of land from state for recreational purposes. . . .			1975	1st ex.s.		27
Klickitat County. . . .		  	1945			185
		  	1951			73
La Conner. . . .			1939			101
Lake Spokane, Long Lake redesignated as. . . .			1965			104
Lake Washington. . . .			1911			94
Land Commission. . . .		  	1889-90			...
		  	1893			125
Lewis County, department of natural resources, revesting Liberty Bay, relocation of harbor lines. . . .			1961			22
		  	1919			44
Mason County. . . .			1935			104
			1949			132
Mason County, Cemetery District No. 1, deeding of authorized. . . .			1971	ex.s.		90
Mason County, exchange of forest trust land. . . .			1973			26
McCroskey, Milton P.. . . .			1947			26
Medical Lake. . . .			1889-90			...
Military department, lands in Seattle. . . .			1959			181
Montesano. . . .			1933	ex.s.		35
Mt. Spokane State Park. . . .			1947			237
Mulinowski, A.M.. . . .			1955			281
Northern State Hospital at Sedro Woolley, disposition of property. . . .			1974	ex.s.		178
Okanogan County. . . .			1939			159
		   	1907			17
			1917			144
Olympia. . . .			1947			65
			1949			87
Olympia, Port. . . .		  	1949			96
		  	1953			92
Olympic National Park. . . .			1955			231
Olympic National Park, exchange of standing timber for lands. . . .			1963			53
Oregon-Wash. RR and Nav. Co.. . . .			1931			50
Pacific Highway. . . .			1929			215
Payne, J.H.. . . .			1935			49
Peninsula, Port. . . .			1953			283
People's Water & Gas Co.. . . .			1937			163
		   	1917			31
Pierce County. . . .			1929			173
			1933			99
			1949			37
Port of Seattle. . . .			1959			158
Port Orchard. . . .			1951			95
Port Townsend. . . .			1907			117
Pullman. . . .			1947			48
Riverside State Park. . . .			1939			19
Rohrbach, F.L.. . . .			1939			19
Sager, Frank T.. . . .			1951			59
San Juan Island National Historical Park. . . .			1967			94
		    	1883			...
			1890			...
School Lands. . . .			1917			46
			1923			61
			1939			129
		                	1897			28
			1905			76
			1907			3
			1909			30
			1909			221
			1913			59
			1915			115
Seattle. . . .			1925	ex.s.		127
			1927			267
			1929			177
			1931			33
			1939			77
			1949			81
			1957			81
			1957			252
			1981	1st ex.s.		1
Skagit County. . . .			1951			83
Skagit County port, conveyance of tidelands to. . . .			1969			127
Skagit County, sale or exchange of University of Washington land. . . .			1971	ex.s.		228
Skamania County. . . .			1937			91
Slininger, H.A.. . . .			1957			118
		  	1909			126
Snohomish County. . . .			1933			90
			1937			7
Snohomish County, reconveyance, county park. . . .			1967			18
Soap Lake. . . .			1949			147
		  	1913			40
Spokane. . . .			1937			85
			1955			374
		   	1921			98
Spokane County. . . .			1939			20
			1943			273
			1951			25
		   	1909			75
State Lands. . . .			1909			216
			1921			57
			1935			56
State parks, Ike Kinswas State Park—Recreation area. . . .			1971			50
State parks, land in Douglas county. . . .			1959			72
State parks, land on Whidbey Island. . . .			1959			63
State parks, Mayfield Lake State Park, name changed. . . .			1971			50
State parks, Wallace Falls State Park. . . .			1965			146
State Timber. . . .		  	1933			106
		  	1941			135
State Training School. . . .		  	1911			27
		  	1931			94
Steilacoom. . . .			1957			131
Strobach, Richard. . . .			1929			201
Sunde, Olive. . . .			1935			51
Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce. . . .			1959			180
Tacoma. . . .		  	1907			16
		  	1907			123
Tacoma Scouts. . . .			1935			104
Tidelands. . . .			1897			27
		      	1913			68
			1919			51
			1919			161
United States. . . .			1931			86
			1937			91
			1945			79
			1955			231
		      	1891			125
			1893			122
University of Washington. . . .			1903			91
			1907			3
			1909			30
			1911			94
University of Washington, R.H. Thomson expressway. . . .			1967			116
University of Washington, sale or exchange of land in Skagit county. . . .			1971	ex.s.		228
Unplatted Ballard tidelands deeded to state board for community college education; reversion. . . .			1971	ex.s.		241
		   	1901			88
Vancouver. . . .			1909			95
			1933	ex.s.		42
			1937			163
Vancouver, Port. . . .			1919			68
Varney-Sunnyside Packing Co.. . . .			1955			130
Walla Walla County. . . .		  	1913			141
		  	1955			376
Walla Walla County, department of institutions land, conveyance of. . . .			1965			115
		        	1947			48
			1949			23
			1949			24
Washington State College. . . .			1949			25
			1949			207
			1955			261
			1959			59
			1959			89
Washington State University, exchanges, leases. . . .			1961			76
Washington State University, sale or exchange of land in Whitman county. . . .			1971	ex.s.		228
Washington Veterans' Home. . . .		  	1909			183
		  	1945			79
		  	1917			17
Wenatchee. . . .			1947			43
			1955			359
Whitman County. . . .		  	1931			50
		  	1947			26
Whitman County, sale or exchange of WSU land. . . .			1971	ex.s.		228
		      	1961			76
			1963			78
Whitman County, WSU land. . . .			1965			90
			1967			116
			1967	ex.s.		78
			1969	ex.s.		28
Willapa Bay. . . .			1927			231
Willapa-Grays Harbor Highway. . . .		  	1931			25
		  	1933			121
Willapa Harbor, Port. . . .			1933			19
Woodinville. . . .			1986			7
Yakima County. . . .			1949			207
Yakima County, fairground. . . .			1955			257

1Section 1 is codified as RCW 79.24.020; section 10 as RCW 79.24.090, repealed by 1959 c 257 s 48. 2Section 9 is codified as RCW 79.24.040, repealed by 1959 c 257 s 48; section 10 as RCW 79.24.060; section 11 as RCW 79.24.070, repealed by 1959 c 257 s 48; and section 12 as RCW 79.24.030.