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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.50.030 (2026)

Authority and conditions precedent to foreclosure

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If on the first day of January in any year, two installments of any local improvement assessment are delinquent, or if the final installment thereof has been delinquent for more than one year, the city or town shall proceed with the foreclosure of the delinquent assessment or delinquent installments thereof by proceedings brought in its own name in the superior court of the county in which the city or town is situate.
The proceedings shall be commenced on or before March 1st of that year or on or before such other date in such year as may be fixed by general ordinance, but not before the city or town treasurer has notified by certified mail the persons whose names appear on the current assessment roll as owners of the property charged with the assessments or installments which are delinquent, at the address last known to the treasurer, a notice thirty days before the commencement of the proceedings. If the person whose name appears on the assessment rolls of the county assessor as owner of the property, or whose name appears on the tax rolls of the county treasurer as taxpayer of the property, or the address shown for the owner, differs from that appearing on the city or town assessment roll, then the treasurer shall also mail a copy of the notice to that person or that address.
The notice shall state the amount due, including foreclosure costs, upon each separate lot, tract, or parcel of land and the date after which the proceedings will be commenced. The city or town treasurer shall file with the clerk of the superior court at the time of commencement of the foreclosure proceeding the affidavit of the person who mailed the notices. This affidavit shall be conclusive proof of compliance with the requirements of this section.
[ 2002 c 168 s 1; 1997 c 393 s 1; 1983 c 303 s 18; 1982 c 91 s 1; 1981 c 323 s 6; 1965 c 7 s 35.50.030. Prior: 1933 c 9 s 1, part; 1927 c 275 s 5, part; 1919 c 70 s 2; 1915 c 185 s 1; 1911 c 98 ss 34, 36, part; RRS s 9386, part; prior: 1897 c 111.]

Notes:

Severability—1982 c 91: "If any provision of this amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1982 c 91 s 10.]
Construction—1933 c 9: "The provisions of this act shall be applicable to the lien of assessments heretofore as well as hereafter levied and to foreclosure proceedings now pending." [ 1933 c 9 s 3.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1952–1984 · leading case: Brower v. Wells, 690 P.2d 1144 (Wash. 1984).
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Brower v. Wells, 690 P.2d 1144 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 2× “RCW 35.50.030 required the City to mail a preforeclosure notice to the person listed on the city assessment rolls as the owner of the property charged with the assessment.”
City of Algona v. Sharp, 638 P.2d 627 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “" RCW 35.50.030 et seq. provide for foreclosure of delinquent assessments.”
Crider v. City of Othello, 513 P.2d 571 (Wash. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “*538 Plaintiff contends the judgment of foreclosure and subsequent sale is void because the city failed to comply with RCW 35.50.030. This statute requires the city treasurer to mail a notice of delinquency to each property owner charged with assessments 30 days prior to…”
Symington v. Hudson, 243 P.2d 484 (Wash. 1952). “” Did plaintiff have some “interest therein” by reason of his certificate of purchase from the city of Seattle? RCW 35.50.030 et seq. (Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.”
Palzar v. City of Tacoma, 565 P.2d 1191 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “200, RCW 35.50.030). Under our holding the City had the additional alternative of allowing the property to be sold at a general tax foreclosure sale and collecting the assessment either through the proceeds of the sale, if sufficient, or by having the purchaser take subject to…”
Carter v. Palzer, 571 P.2d 946 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 4× “It is an express statutory condition precedent to any such foreclosure, that a notice of delinquency and foreclosure be mailed by the town or city treasurer 30 days before the commencement of foreclosure proceedings and that the treasurer file an affidavit attesting to the…”
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