RCW 79.22.040

Deed of county land to department.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Dickgieser v. State (2005)

Most recently applied in 156 Wash. App. 274 - Chuckanut Conservancy v. WASH. STATE DNR (May 2010)

2003 c 334 s 206; 2003 c 313 s 6; 1997 c 370 s 1; 1991 c 363 s 151; 1988 c 128 s 24; 1981 2nd ex.s. c 4 s 4; 1971 ex.s. c 224 s 1; 1969 c 110 s 1; 1957 c 167 s 1; 1951 c 91 s 1;…

If any land acquired by a county through foreclosure of tax liens, or otherwise, comes within the classification of land described in RCW 79.22.010 and can be used as state forestland and if the department deems such land necessary for the purposes of this chapter, the county shall, upon demand by the department, deed such land to the department and the land shall become a part of the state forestlands.

Such land shall be held in trust and administered and protected by the department in the same manner as other state forestlands.

In the event that the department sells logs using the contract harvesting process described in RCW 79.15.500 through 79.15.530, the moneys derived subject to this section are the net proceeds from the contract harvesting sale.

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