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Wash. Rev. Code § 27.12.010 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
(1) "Governmental unit" means any county, city, town, rural county library district, intercounty rural library district, rural partial-county library district, or island library district;
(2) "Intercounty rural library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns within two or more counties: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;
(3) "Island library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for all areas outside of incorporated cities and towns on a single island only, and not all of the area of the county, in counties composed entirely of islands and having a population of less than twenty-five thousand at the time the island library district was created: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390;
(4) "Legislative body" means the body authorized to determine the amount of taxes to be levied in a governmental unit; in rural county library districts, in intercounty rural library districts, and in island library districts, the legislative body shall be the board of library trustees of the district;
(5) "Library" means a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation;
(6) "Regional library" means a free public library maintained by two or more counties or other governmental units as provided in RCW 27.12.080;
(7) "Rural county library district" means a library serving all the area of a county not included within the area of incorporated cities and towns: PROVIDED, That any city or town meeting the population requirements of RCW 27.12.360 may be included therein as provided in RCW 27.12.360 through 27.12.390; and
(8) "Rural partial-county library district" means a municipal corporation organized to provide library service for a portion of the unincorporated area of a county. Any city or town located in the same county as a rural partial-county library district may annex to the district if the city or town has a population of one hundred thousand or less at the time of annexation.
[ 2009 c 40 s 2; 1994 c 198 s 1; 1993 c 284 s 2; 1982 c 123 s 1; 1981 c 26 s 1; 1977 ex.s. c 353 s 5; 1965 c 122 s 1; 1947 c 75 s 10; 1941 c 65 s 1; 1935 c 119 s 2; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 8226-2.]

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Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1965–1977 · leading case: Heavens v. King Cnty. Rural Library Dist., 404 P.2d 453 (Wash. 1965).
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Heavens v. King Cnty. Rural Library Dist., 404 P.2d 453 (Wash. 1965). “RCW 27.12.010. “As used in this act, unless the context requires a different meaning: “ (3) ‘Library’ means a free public library supported in whole or in part with money derived from taxation; and “(5) ‘Rural county library district’ means a library serving all the area of a…”
Heavens v. King Cty. Rural Libr. Dist., 404 P.2d 453 (Wash. 1965). “[3] RCW 27.12.010. "As used in this act, unless the context requires a different meaning: ".”
City of Clarkston v. Asotin Cnty. Rural Library Bd., 573 P.2d 382 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 5× “" RCW 27.12.010(1): "(1) 'Governmental unit' means any county, city, town, rural county library district or intercounty rural library district;" RCW 27.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 27.12.010(1) — 1 case
City of Clarkston v. Asotin Cnty. Rural Library Bd., 573 P.2d 382 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “" RCW 27.12.010(1): "(1) 'Governmental unit' means any county, city, town, rural county library district or intercounty rural library district;" RCW 27.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 27.12.010(3) — 1 case
City of Clarkston v. Asotin Cnty. Rural Library Bd., 573 P.2d 382 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “" RCW 27.12.010(1): "(1) 'Governmental unit' means any county, city, town, rural county library district or intercounty rural library district;" RCW 27.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 27.12.010(5) — 1 case
City of Clarkston v. Asotin Cnty. Rural Library Bd., 573 P.2d 382 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “" RCW 27.12.010(1): "(1) 'Governmental unit' means any county, city, town, rural county library district or intercounty rural library district;" RCW 27.”
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