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RCW 35.49.160

Tax title property—Disposition of proceeds upon resale.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 42 Wash. 2d 80 - City of Tacoma v. Perkins (1953)

Most recently applied in Palzar v. City of Tacoma (June 1977)

2013 c 221 s 1; 1965 c 7 s 35.49.160

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Whenever property struck off to or bid in by a county at a sale for general taxes is subsequently sold by the county, the proceeds of the sale must be applied as follows:

(1) First, to reimburse the county for the costs of foreclosure and sale as defined in RCW 36.35.110;

(2) Any remaining proceeds must next be applied to pay any amounts deferred under chapter 84.37 or 84.38 RCW on the property, including accrued interest, and outstanding at the time the county acquired the property by tax deed;

(3) Any remaining proceeds must next be applied to discharge in full the lien or liens for general taxes for which the property was sold;

(4) Any remaining proceeds must be paid to the city or town to discharge all local improvement assessment liens against the property; and

(5) Any surplus proceeds must be distributed among the proper county funds.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.