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Chapter 35.01 RCW

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS CLASSIFIED

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HTMLPDF 35.01.010First-class city.
HTMLPDF 35.01.020Second-class city.
HTMLPDF 35.01.040Town.

NOTES:

Combined city and county municipal corporations: State Constitution Art. 11 s 16 (Amendment 58).
Determining population
generally: Chapter 43.62 RCW.
of annexed territory: RCW 35.13.260.
First-class cities, generally: Chapter 35.22 RCW.
Metropolitan municipal corporations: Chapter 35.58 RCW.
Second-class cities, generally: Chapter 35.23 RCW.
Towns, generally: Chapter 35.27 RCW.

First-class city.

A first-class city is a city with a population of ten thousand or more at the time of its organization or reorganization that has a charter adopted under Article XI, section 10, of the state Constitution.
[ 1994 c 81 s 3; 1965 c 7 s 35.01.010. Prior: 1955 c 319 s 2; prior: (i) 1890 p 140 s 11, part; RRS s 8932, part. (ii) 1907 c 248 s 1, part; 1890 p 140 s 12, part; RRS s 8933, part.]


Second-class city.

A second-class city is a city with a population of fifteen hundred or more at the time of its organization or reorganization that does not have a charter adopted under Article XI, section 10, of the state Constitution, and does not operate under Title 35A RCW.
[ 1997 c 361 s 9; 1994 c 81 s 4; 1965 c 7 s 35.01.020. Prior: 1955 c 319 s 3; prior: (i) 1890 p 140 s 11, part; RRS s 8932, part. (ii) 1907 c 248 s 1, part; 1890 p 140 s 12, part; RRS s 8933, part.]


Town.

A town has a population of less than fifteen hundred at the time of its organization and does not operate under Title 35A RCW.
[ 1997 c 361 s 10; 1994 c 81 s 5; 1965 c 7 s 35.01.040. Prior: 1963 c 119 s 2; 1955 c 319 s 5; prior: (i) 1890 p 140 s 11, part; RRS s 8932, part. (ii) 1890 p 141 s 13; RRS s 8934.]
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