Any area of the state containing two or more cities, at least one of which is of ten thousand or more population, may organize as a metropolitan municipal corporation for the performance of certain functions, as provided in this chapter. The boundaries of a metropolitan municipal corporation may not be expanded to include territory located in a county other than a component county except as a result of the consolidation of two or more contiguous metropolitan municipal corporations.
RCW 35.58.030
Corporations authorized—Limitation on boundaries.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 57 Wash. 2d 446 - Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle v. City of Seattle (1960)
Most recently applied in 57 Wash. 2d 446 - Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle v. City of Seattle (December 1960)
1993 c 240 s 1; 1965 c 7 s 35.58.030
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.