The right-of-way line of any public street, road or highway, or any segment thereof, may be used to define a part of a corporate boundary in an incorporation proceeding. The boundaries of a newly incorporated city or town shall not include a portion of the right-of-way of any public street, road or highway except where the boundary runs from one edge of the right-of-way to the other edge of the right-of-way.
RCW 35.02.170
Use of right-of-way line as corporate boundary—When right-of-way may be included.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 145 Wash. 2d 702 - Grant County Fire Protection District No. 5 v. City of Moses Lake (2002)
Most recently applied in 121 Wash. App. 73 - Snohomish County Fire Protection District No. 1 v. Washington State Boundary Review Board (April 2004)
1989 c 84 s 7; 1986 c 234 s 25; 1975 1st ex.s. c 220 s 2.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.