Washington Code — 76
Browse 495 sections in division 76 of the Washington code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 76.04.005. Definitions.
- § 76.04.015. Fire protection powers and duties of department — Enforcement — Investigation — Administration.
- § 76.04.016. Fire prevention and suppression capacity — Duties owed to public in general — Legislative intent.
- § 76.04.021. Department must accommodate livestock owner's request to retrieve or care for animals at risk due to a wildfire — Liability.
- § 76.04.025. Federal funds.
- § 76.04.035. Wardens — Appointment — Duties.
- § 76.04.045. Rangers — Appointment — Ex officio rangers — Compensation.
- § 76.04.055. Service of notices.
- § 76.04.065. Arrests without warrants.
- § 76.04.075. Rules — Penalty.
- § 76.04.085. Penalty for violations.
- § 76.04.095. Cooperative protection.
- § 76.04.105. Contracts for protection and development.
- § 76.04.115. Articles of incorporation — Requirements.
- § 76.04.125. Requisites of contract.
- § 76.04.135. Cooperative agreements — Public agencies — Transfer of ownership of department-owned firefighting vehicle, procedure.
- § 76.04.155. Firefighting — Employment — Assistance.
- § 76.04.165. Legislative declaration — Forest protection zones.
- § 76.04.167. Legislative declaration — Equitable sharing of forest fire protection costs — Coordinated forest fire protection and suppression.
- § 76.04.175. Fire suppression equipment — Comparison of costs.
- § 76.04.177. Fire suppression equipment — Requirement to utilize private equipment.
- § 76.04.179. Wildland fire advisory committee.
- § 76.04.181. Maximizing the utilization of local fire suppression assets — Department's duty.
- § 76.04.183. Prescribed burn manager certification program — Rule-making authority.
- § 76.04.185. Electric utility wildfire mitigation plan.
- § 76.04.187. Wildfire risk assessment — Public safety evacuation strategies — Emergency disaster and evacuation plan messaging — Other departmental duties.
- § 76.04.192. Aviation usage by local fire departments — Report to the legislature.
- § 76.04.194. Aerial fire response — Use of suppression funding.
- § 76.04.196. Prescribed fire claims fund pilot program — Prescribed fire claims account. (Effective until July 1, 2027.)
- § 76.04.205. Burning permits — Civil penalty.
- § 76.04.215. Burning mill wood waste — Arresters.
- § 76.04.235. Dumping mill waste, forest debris — Penalty.
- § 76.04.246. Use of blasting fuse.
- § 76.04.305. Closed to entry — Designation.
- § 76.04.315. Suspension of burning permits/privileges.
- § 76.04.325. Closure of forest operations or forestlands.
- § 76.04.405. Steam, internal combustion, or electrical engines and other spark-emitting equipment regulated.
- § 76.04.415. Penalty for violations — Work stoppage notice.
- § 76.04.425. Unauthorized entry into sealed fire tool box.
- § 76.04.435. Deposit of fire or live coals.
- § 76.04.445. Reports of fire.
- § 76.04.455. Discarding lighted material or smoking flammable material — Discharge, release, or detonation of certain materials — Receptacles in conveyances — Posting a copy of this section.
- § 76.04.465. Certain snags to be felled currently with logging.
- § 76.04.475. Reimbursement for costs of suppression action.
- § 76.04.486. Escaped slash burns — Obligations.
- § 76.04.495. Negligent starting of fires or allowance of extreme fire hazard or debris — Liability — Recovery of reasonable expenses — Lien.
- § 76.04.505. Finding — Intent.
- § 76.04.511. Wildfire response, forest restoration, and community resilience account.
- § 76.04.516. Report to the governor and legislature — Forest inventory — Forest growth and yield modeling — Sustainable harvest calculation — Review — Report.
- § 76.04.521. Forest sector workforce development.
- § 76.04.525. Wildland fire aviation support plan.
- § 76.04.600. Owners to protect forests.
- § 76.04.610. Forest fire protection assessment.
- § 76.04.620. State funds — Loans — Recovery of funds from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account.
- § 76.04.630. Landowner contingency forest fire suppression account — Expenditures — Assessments.
- § 76.04.650. Disposal of forest debris — Permission to allow trees to fall on another's land.
- § 76.04.660. Additional fire hazards — Extreme fire hazard areas — Abatement, isolation or reduction — Summary action — Recovery of costs — Inspection of property.
- § 76.04.700. Failure to extinguish campfire.
- § 76.04.710. Wilful setting of fire.
- § 76.04.720. Removal of notices.
- § 76.04.730. Negligent fire — Spread.
- § 76.04.740. Reckless burning.
- § 76.04.750. Uncontrolled fire a public nuisance — Suppression — Duties — Summary action — Recovery of costs.
- § 76.04.760. Civil actions — Forested lands — Fire damage.
- § 76.04.770. Authorization to enter privately or publicly owned land to extinguish or control a wildland fire — Limitation of liability.
- § 76.04.780. Utility wildland fire prevention advisory committee — Duties — Report — Membership — Immunity.
- § 76.04.900. Captions — 1986 c 100.
- § 52.12.101. Burning permits authorized — Resolution.
- § 70.54.080. Liability of person handling steamboat or steam boiler.
- § 64.12.030. Injury to or removing trees, etc. — Damages.
- § 79.02.320. Removal of timber — Treble damages.
- § 76.06.010. Forest insects and tree diseases are public nuisance.
- § 76.06.020. Definitions.
- § 76.06.030. Administration — Comprehensive forest health program — Limited liability.
- § 76.06.040. Maintenance of forestlands in healthy condition.
- § 76.06.130. Exotic forest insect or disease control — Department's authority and duties — Declaration of forest health emergency.
- § 76.06.140. Forest health problems — Findings.
- § 76.06.150. Forest health — Commissioner of public lands designated as state's lead — Duties — Report to legislature.
- § 76.06.160. Forest health issues — Tiered system.
- § 76.06.170. Forest health technical advisory committee.
- § 76.06.180. Forest health hazard warning — Forest health hazard order — Notice — Appeal.
- § 76.06.190. Chapter 480, Laws of 2007 subject to the provisions of chapter 76.09 RCW.
- § 76.06.200. Forest health assessment and treatment framework.
- § 76.06.900. Severability.
- § 76.09.010. Legislative finding and declaration.
- § 76.09.020. Definitions.
- § 76.09.030. Forest practices board — Created — Membership — Terms — Vacancies — Meetings — Compensation, travel expenses — Staff.
- § 76.09.040. Forest practices rules — Adoption — Review of proposed rules — Hearings — Fish protection standards — Program for the acquisition of riparian open space.
- § 76.09.050. Rules establishing classes of forest practices — Applications for classes of forest practices — Approval or disapproval — Notifications — Procedures — Appeals — Waiver.
- § 76.09.055. Findings — Emergency rule making authorized.
- § 76.09.060. Form and contents of notification and application — Reforestation requirements — Conversion of forestland to other use — New applications — Approval — Emergencies.
- § 76.09.063. Forest practices permit — Habitat incentives agreement.
- § 76.09.065. Fee for applications and notifications related to the commercial harvest of timber — Forest practices application account — Creation — Applications submitted to a local governmental entity.
- § 76.09.067. Application for forest practices — Owner of perpetual timber rights.
- § 76.09.070. Reforestation — Requirements — Procedures — Notification on sale or transfer.
- § 76.09.080. Stop work orders — Grounds — Contents — Procedure — Appeals.
- § 76.09.090. Notice of failure to comply — Contents — Procedures — Appeals — Hearing — Final order — Limitations on actions.
- § 76.09.100. Failure to comply with water quality protection — Department of ecology authorized to petition appeals board — Action on petition.
- § 76.09.110. Final orders or final decisions binding upon all parties.
- § 76.09.120. Failure of owner to take required course of action — Notice of cost — Department authorized to complete course of action — Liability of owner for costs — Lien.
- § 76.09.130. Failure to obey stop work order — Departmental action authorized — Liability of owner or operator for costs.
- § 76.09.140. Enforcement.
- § 76.09.150. Inspection — Right of entry.
- § 76.09.160. Right of entry by department of ecology.
- § 76.09.170. Violations — Conversion to nontimber operation — Penalties — Remission or mitigation — Appeals — Lien.
- § 76.09.180. Disposition of moneys received as penalties, reimbursement for damages.
- § 76.09.190. Additional penalty, gross misdemeanor.
- § 76.09.205. Appeals board review.
- § 76.09.240. Forest practices — County, city, or town to regulate — When — Adoption of development regulations — Enforcement — Technical assistance — Exceptions and limitations — Verification that land not subject to a notice of conversion to nonforestry uses — Reporting of information to the department of revenue.
- § 76.09.250. Policy for continuing program of orientation and training.
- § 76.09.260. Department to represent state's interest — Cooperation with other public agencies — Grants and gifts.
- § 76.09.270. Annual determination of state's research needs — Recommendations.
- § 76.09.280. Removal of log and debris jams from streams.
- § 76.09.290. Inspection of lands — Reforestation.
- § 76.09.300. Mass earth movements and fluvial processes — Program to correct hazardous conditions on sites associated with roads and railroad grades — Hazard-reduction plans.
- § 76.09.305. Advisory committee to review hazard-reduction plans authorized — Compensation, travel expenses.
- § 76.09.310. Hazard-reduction program — Notice to landowners within areas selected for review — Proposed plans — Objections to plan, procedure — Final plans — Appeal.
- § 76.09.315. Implementation of hazard-reduction measures — Election — Notice and application for cost-sharing funds — Inspection — Letter of compliance — Limitations on liability.
- § 76.09.320. Implementation of hazard-reduction program — Cost sharing by department — Limitations.
- § 76.09.330. Legislative findings — Liability from naturally falling trees required to be left standing.
- § 76.09.340. Certain forest practices exempt from rules and policies under this chapter.
- § 76.09.350. Long-term multispecies landscape management plans — Pilot projects, selection — Plan approval, elements — Notice of agreement recorded — Memorandums of agreements — Report, evaluation.
- § 76.09.360. Single multiyear permit.
- § 76.09.368. Intent — Small forestland owners — Alternate plan processes/alternate harvest restrictions — Report to the legislature.
- § 76.09.370. Findings — Forests and fish report — Adoption of rules.
- § 76.09.390. Sale of land or timber rights with continuing obligations — Notice — Failure to notify — Exemption.
- § 76.09.405. Forest and fish support account — Created.
- § 76.09.410. Road maintenance and abandonment plans — Fish passage barriers.
- § 76.09.420. Road maintenance and abandonment plans — Rules — Checklist — Report to the legislature — Emergency rules.
- § 76.09.430. Application to RCW 76.13.150.
- § 76.13.150. Fish passage barriers — Cost-sharing program.
- § 76.09.440. Small forestland owner — Fish passage barriers.
- § 76.09.450. Small forestland owner — Defined.
- § 76.09.460. Notice of conversion to nonforestry use — Denial of permits or approvals by the county, city, town, or regional governmental entity — Enforcement.
- § 76.09.470. Conversion of land to nonforestry use — Action required of landowner — Action required of county, city, town, or regional governmental entity.
- § 76.09.480. Identification of projects that mitigate infrastructure and noninfrastructure development.
- § 76.09.490. Forest practices hydraulic project — Department may request information/technical assistance from the department of fish and wildlife — Concurrence review process.
- § 76.09.500. Programmatic safe harbor agreement for the northern spotted owl — Department's authority — Rule making — Review of decisions.
- § 76.09.900. Short title.
- § 76.09.905. Air pollution laws not modified.
- § 76.09.910. Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified — Exceptions.
- § 76.09.915. Repeal and savings.
- § 76.09.920. Application for extension of prior permits.
- § 76.09.925. Effective dates — 1974 ex.s. c 137.
- § 76.09.935. Severability — 1974 ex.s. c 137.
- § 90.48.425. Forest practices act and regulations relating to water quality protection to be utilized to satisfy federal water pollution act.
- § 76.13.005. Finding.
- § 76.13.007. Purpose.
- § 76.13.010. Definitions.
- § 76.13.020. Authority.
- § 76.13.030. Funding sources — Fees — Contracts.
- § 76.13.100. Findings.
- § 76.13.110. Small forestland owner office — Establishment — Duties — Advisory committee — Report to the legislature.
- § 76.13.120. Findings — Definitions — Forestry riparian easement program — Legislative intent. (Effective until July 1, 2027.)
- § 76.13.130. Small parcels — Alternative management plans.
- § 76.13.140. Small forestland owners — Value of buffer trees.
- § 76.13.150. Fish passage barriers — Cost-sharing program.
- § 76.13.160. Qualifying small forestland owner — Review of certain records.
- § 76.13.170. List of forest riparian easements to be funded.
- § 76.13.180. Sale of land to nonqualifying landowner — Selling landowner must reimburse the state.
- § 76.13.190. Integrated small forestland owner forest health program.
- § 76.14.010. Definitions.
- § 76.14.020. Yacolt burn designated high hazard area — Rehabilitation required.
- § 76.14.030. Administration.
- § 76.14.040. Duties.
- § 76.14.050. Firebreaks — Powers of department — Grazing lands.
- § 76.14.051. Firebreaks — Preexisting agreements not altered.
- § 76.14.060. Powers and duties — Private lands.
- § 76.14.070. Powers and duties — Expenditure of public funds.
- § 76.14.080. Fire protection projects — Assessments — Payment.
- § 76.14.090. Fire protection projects — Notice — Hearing.
- § 76.14.100. Fire protection projects — Collection of assessments.
- § 76.14.110. Fire protection projects — Credit on assessment for private expenditure.
- § 76.14.120. Landowner's responsibility under other laws.
- § 76.14.130. Lands not to be included in project.
- § 76.15.005. Finding.
- § 76.15.007. Purpose.
- § 76.15.010. Definitions.
- § 76.15.020. Authority.
- § 76.15.030. Funding sources — Fees — Contracts.
- § 76.15.040. Primary duty, department's — Cooperation.
- § 76.15.050. Agreements for urban tree planting.
- § 76.15.060. Urban tree planting to be encouraged.
- § 76.15.090. Evergreen community designation — Department's duties.
- § 76.15.100. Analysis — Priority regions — Consultation — Vulnerable populations — Statewide inventory.
- § 76.15.110. Promotion of urban and community forestry — Department's authority.
- § 76.36.010. Definitions.
- § 76.36.020. Forest products to be marked.
- § 76.36.035. Registration of brands — Assignments — Fee — Rules — Penalty.
- § 76.36.060. Impression of mark — Presumption.
- § 76.36.070. Cancellation of registration.
- § 76.36.090. Catch brands.
- § 76.36.100. Right of entry to retake branded products.
- § 76.36.110. Penalty for false branding, etc.
- § 76.36.120. Forgery of mark, etc. — Penalty.
- § 76.36.130. Sufficiency of mark.
- § 76.36.140. Application of chapter to eastern Washington.
- § 76.36.160. Deposit of fees — Use.
- § 76.42.010. Removal of debris authorized — Enforcement of chapter — Department of natural resources.
- § 76.42.020. Definitions.
- § 76.42.030. Removal of wood debris — Authorized.
- § 76.42.060. Navigable waters — Unlawful to deposit wood debris into — Exception.
- § 76.42.070. Rules and regulations — Administration of chapter — Authority to adopt and enforce.
- § 76.44.010. Institute created.
- § 76.44.020. Administration of institute.
- § 76.44.030. Duties.
- § 76.44.040. Dissemination of research results.
- § 76.44.050. Authority to solicit financial support — Use of funds for the institute's operations and activities.
- § 76.44.070. Addressing issues facing the forest sector.
- § 76.44.080. Policy advisory committee — Membership — Compensation.
- § 76.44.090. Director to coordinate cooperatives and centers.
- § 76.48.011. Declaration of public interest.
- § 76.48.021. Definitions.
- § 76.48.031. Specialized forest products permits — Required — Inspection.
- § 76.48.041. Contents of authorization, sales invoice, or bill of lading.
- § 76.48.051. Specialized forest products permit — True copy.
- § 76.48.061. Permit requirements.
- § 76.48.071. Validation of forms for verifiable permits and validated permits.
- § 76.48.081. Specialized forest products permits — Expiration — Specifications.
- § 76.48.091. Acceptance and validation of permits — Authorized agents.
- § 76.48.101. Possession of specialized forest products by first or secondary buyer — Display of documentation — Specialty wood processors.
- § 76.48.111. Specialized forest products buyers and huckleberry buyers — Required records.
- § 76.48.121. Display of business license.
- § 76.48.131. Unlawful acts.
- § 76.48.141. False, fraudulent, forged, or stolen specialized forest products permit, sales invoice, bill of lading, etc. — Penalty.
- § 76.48.151. Penalties — Affirmative defense.
- § 76.48.161. Multiple convictions for violating RCW 76.48.141 or 76.48.151 — Suspension of privileges to obtain a specialized forest products permit.
- § 76.48.171. Disposition of fines.
- § 76.48.181. Agencies responsible for enforcement of chapter.
- § 76.48.191. Detention of specialized forest products and documentation.
- § 76.48.201. Protection of items seized under RCW 76.48.191 — Disposition of items.
- § 76.48.211. Exemptions.
- § 76.48.221. Effect of RCW 76.48.031 with respect to huckleberries.
- § 76.48.231. Department to develop educational material.
- § 76.48.241. Assistance and training for minority groups.
- § 76.48.251. Specialized forest products outreach and education account.
- § 76.48.907. Saving — 1967 ex.s. c 47.
- § 76.52.010. Short title.
- § 76.52.020. Contracts with landowners.
- § 76.52.030. Extending department forest management services to landowners.
- § 76.52.040. Disposition of funds from landowners.
- § 76.56.010. Center for international trade in forest products created at the University of Washington.
- § 76.56.020. Duties.
- § 76.56.030. Director — Appointment.
- § 76.56.040. Use of center's programs, research, and advisory services — Schedule of fees.
- § 76.56.050. Solicitation of financial contributions and support — Annual report — Use of other funds.
- § 79.38.010. Acquisition of property for access to public lands.
- § 79.38.020. Exchange of easement rights.
- § 79.38.030. Use of roads by purchasers of valuable materials.
- § 79.38.040. Permits for use of roads.
- § 79.38.050. Access road revolving fund.
- § 79.38.060. Use of moneys not deposited in revolving fund.
- § 79.38.070. Department-county agreements for improvement of access roads.
- § 36.34.005. Establishment of comprehensive procedures for management of county property authorized — Exemption from chapter.
- § 36.34.010. Authority to sell — May sell timber, minerals separately — Mineral reservation.
- § 36.34.020. Publication of notice of intention to sell.
- § 36.34.030. Requirements of notice — Posting.
- § 36.34.040. Public hearing.
- § 36.34.050. Findings and determination — Minimum price.
- § 36.34.060. Sales of personalty.
- § 36.34.070. Sales and purchases of equipment — Trade-ins.
- § 36.34.080. Sales to be at public auction.
- § 36.34.090. Notice of sale.
- § 36.34.100. Notice of sale — Requirements of.
- § 36.34.110. Disposition of proceeds.
- § 36.34.120. Used equipment sales.
- § 36.34.130. Intergovernmental sales.
- § 36.34.135. Leases of county property — Affordable housing.
- § 36.34.140. Leases of county property — Airports.
- § 36.34.145. Leases of county property to nonprofit organizations for agricultural fairs.
- § 36.34.150. Application to lease — Deposit.
- § 36.34.160. Notice of intention to lease.
- § 36.34.170. Objections to leasing.
- § 36.34.180. Lease terms.
- § 36.34.190. Lease to highest responsible bidder.
- § 36.34.192. Application of RCW 36.34.150 through 36.34.190 to certain service provider agreements under chapter 70A.140 RCW.
- § 36.34.200. Execution of lease agreement.
- § 36.34.205. Lease of building space — Counties with a population of six hundred thousand or more.
- § 36.34.210. Forestlands may be conveyed to United States.
- § 36.34.220. Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes.
- § 36.34.230. Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes — State consents to conveyance.
- § 36.34.240. Lease or conveyance to United States for flood control, navigation, and allied purposes — Cession of jurisdiction.
- § 36.34.250. Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes.
- § 36.34.260. Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes — Procedure.
- § 36.34.270. Lease or conveyance to the state or to United States for military, housing, and other purposes — Execution of instrument of transfer.
- § 36.34.280. Conveyance to municipality.
- § 36.34.290. Dedication of county land for streets and alleys.
- § 36.34.300. Dedication of county land for streets and alleys — Execution of dedication — Effective date.
- § 36.34.310. Long term leases to United States.
- § 36.34.320. Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property — Limit on indebtedness — Election, when.
- § 36.34.330. Exchange for privately owned real property of equal value.
- § 36.34.340. May acquire property for park, recreational, viewpoint, greenbelt, conservation, historic, scenic, or view purposes.
- § 36.34.355. Chapter not applicable to certain transfers of property.
- § 36.34.360. Community garden.
- § 37.08.260. Auburn general depot.
- § 37.08.240. Lake Washington ship canal.
- § 37.08.250. Additional right-of-way.
- § 86.13.100. Lease or disposal of property — Disposition of proceeds.
- § 35.44.140. County property assessment.
- § 35.49.070. Payment by county.