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Chapter 58.04 RCW

BOUNDARIES

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RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 58.04.001PurposeRemedies.
HTMLPDF 58.04.003Definition of surveyor.
HTMLPDF 58.04.007Affected landowners may resolve dispute over location of a point or lineProcedures.
HTMLPDF 58.04.011Authorization to enter upon any land or waters for purpose of resolving dispute.
HTMLPDF 58.04.015Disturbing a survey monumentPenaltyCost.
HTMLPDF 58.04.020Suit to establish lost or uncertain boundariesMediation may be required.
HTMLPDF 58.04.030CommissionersSurvey and report.
HTMLPDF 58.04.040Proceedings, conduct ofCosts.

Notes:

Cities and towns
jurisdiction over adjacent waters (boundaries adjacent to or fronting thereon): RCW 35.21.160.
proposed boundaries required on incorporation: Chapter 35.02 RCW.
Counties
actions to establish boundaries: Chapter 36.05 RCW.
boundaries: Chapter 36.04 RCW.
roads and bridgesEstablishmentMonuments at government survey corners: RCW 36.86.050.
survey map, field notes and profiles: RCW 36.81.060.
Dike or ditch as common boundary: RCW 85.28.140.
Diking and drainage districtsBoundaries: Title 85 RCW.
Fences: Chapter 16.60 RCW.
Flood control districtsBoundaries: Title 86 RCW.
Harbor line commission: RCW 79.115.010.
Public waterway districtsBoundaries: Chapter 91.08 RCW.
Reclamation districts of one million acresBoundaries to be fixed: RCW 89.30.082.
Relocation of inner harbor line: RCW 79.115.020.
Shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture useSurvey and boundary markers: RCW 79.135.140.
Soil conservationAnnexation of territoryBoundary change: RCW 89.08.180.
Survey of county boundaries: RCW 36.04.400.
Tidelands, shorelandsBoundary of shorelands when water lowered: RCW 79.125.500.