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Chapter 79.125 RCW

AQUATIC LANDS—TIDELANDS AND SHORELANDS

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HTMLPDF 79.125.001Intent—2005 c 155.
PLAT/APPRAISAL/REPLAT
HTMLPDF 79.125.010Location of line dividing tidelands from shorelands in tidal rivers.
HTMLPDF 79.125.020First-class tidelands and shorelands to be platted.
HTMLPDF 79.125.030Second-class tidelands and shorelands may be platted.
HTMLPDF 79.125.040Tidelands and shorelands—Plats—Record.
HTMLPDF 79.125.050Date of sale limited by time of appraisal.
HTMLPDF 79.125.060First or second-class tidelands and shorelands—Appraisal—Record.
HTMLPDF 79.125.070Tidelands and shorelands—Notice of filing plat and record of appraisal—Appeal.
HTMLPDF 79.125.080Tidelands and shorelands—Petition for replat—Replatting and reappraisal—Vacation by replat.
HTMLPDF 79.125.090Tidelands and shorelands—Dedication of replat—All interests must join.
HTMLPDF 79.125.100Tidelands and shorelands—Vacation procedure cumulative.
HTMLPDF 79.125.110Tidelands and shorelands—Effect of replat.
EXCHANGE, SALE, LEASE LIMITATIONS/TERMS
HTMLPDF 79.125.200State-owned tidelands, shorelands, and waterways—Sold only to public entities—Leasing—Limitation.
HTMLPDF 79.125.210Sale of second-class tidelands.
HTMLPDF 79.125.220Second-class tidelands or shorelands—Lease for booming purposes.
HTMLPDF 79.125.230Second-class tidelands or shorelands separated from uplands by navigable water—Sale.
HTMLPDF 79.125.240Sale procedure—Terms of payment—Deferred payments, rate of interest.
HTMLPDF 79.125.250Sale procedure—Certificate to governor of payment in full—Deed.
HTMLPDF 79.125.260Sale procedure—Reservation in contract.
HTMLPDF 79.125.270Sale procedure—Form of contract—Forfeiture—Extension of time.
HTMLPDF 79.125.280Subdivision of leases—Fee.
HTMLPDF 79.125.290First-class tidelands and shorelands—Sale of remaining lands.
HTMLPDF 79.125.300Tidelands or shorelands—Failure to re-lease tidelands or shorelands—Appraisal of improvements.
HTMLPDF 79.125.310Effect of mistake or fraud.
SALE OR LEASING PREFERENCE
HTMLPDF 79.125.400First-class tidelands and shorelands—Lease—Preference right of upland owner—How exercised.
HTMLPDF 79.125.410First-class unplatted tidelands and shorelands—Lease preference right to upland owners—Lease for booming purposes.
HTMLPDF 79.125.420Tidelands and shorelands—Vacation by replat—Preference right of tideland or shoreland owner.
HTMLPDF 79.125.430Tidelands or shorelands—Preference rights, time limit on exercise.
HTMLPDF 79.125.440Tidelands or shorelands—Accretions—Lease.
HTMLPDF 79.125.450Second-class shorelands on navigable lakes—Sale.
HTMLPDF 79.125.460Second-class shorelands—Sale or lease when in best public interest—Preference right of upland owner—Procedure upon determining sale or lease not in best public interest or where transfer made for public use—Platting.
SECOND-CLASS SHORELANDS—SPECIAL PLATTING
AND SELECTION PROVISIONS
HTMLPDF 79.125.500Second-class shorelands—Boundary of shorelands when water lowered—Certain shorelands granted to city of Seattle.
HTMLPDF 79.125.510Second-class shorelands—Survey/platting—Selection for slips, docks, wharves, etc.—Filing of plat.
HTMLPDF 79.125.520Second-class shorelands—Platting of certain shorelands of Lake Washington for use as harbor area—Effect.
HTMLPDF 79.125.530Platting of certain shorelands of Lake Washington for use as harbor area—Selection for slips, docks, wharves, etc.—Vesting of title.
SALES OF TIDELANDS AND SHORELANDS
HTMLPDF 79.125.600Sale procedure—Fixing date, place, and time of sale—Notice—Publication and posting.
HTMLPDF 79.125.610List of state-owned tidelands and shorelands permitted to be sold.
HTMLPDF 79.125.620Sale procedure—Additional advertising expense.
HTMLPDF 79.125.630Reoffer—Continuance.
HTMLPDF 79.125.640Sale at public auction—Minimum price—Sales by leaseholder.
HTMLPDF 79.125.650Highest responsible bidder—Determination.
HTMLPDF 79.125.660Sale procedure—Conduct of sales—Deposits—Bid bonds—Memorandum of purchase.
HTMLPDF 79.125.670Sale procedure—Readvertisement of lands not sold.
HTMLPDF 79.125.680Sale procedure—Confirmation of sale.
CONVEYANCE TO PUBLIC ENTITIES/PUBLIC USE
HTMLPDF 79.125.700Sale of state-owned tidelands or shorelands to municipal corporation or state agency—Authority to execute agreements, deeds, etc.
HTMLPDF 79.125.710Grant of lands for city park or playground purposes.
HTMLPDF 79.125.720Exchange of lands to secure city parks and playgrounds.
HTMLPDF 79.125.730Director of ecology to assist city parks.
HTMLPDF 79.125.740Certain tidelands reserved for recreational use and taking of fish and shellfish.
HTMLPDF 79.125.750Access to and from tidelands reserved for recreational use and taking of fish and shellfish.
HTMLPDF 79.125.760Use of certain tidelands, shorelands, and abutting bedlands—Grant to the United States—Purposes—Limitations.
HTMLPDF 79.125.770Tidelands and shorelands—Use of lands granted to United States—Application—Proof of upland use—Conveyance.
HTMLPDF 79.125.780Tidelands and shorelands—Use of lands granted to United States—Easements over tidelands or shorelands to United States.
HTMLPDF 79.125.790Tidelands and shorelands—Use of lands granted to United States—Reversion on cessation of use.
HTMLPDF 79.125.800United States Navy base—Exchange of property—Procedure.