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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.32.330 (2026)

Appeals from board's action

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Any person may appeal to the superior court from any decision or order of the board of county commissioners. Such appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision or order, and the appellant shall within that time serve notice of appeal on the county commissioners. The notice shall be in writing and shall be delivered to at least one of the county commissioners personally, or left with the county auditor. The appellant shall, within ten days after service of the notice of appeal give a bond to the county with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county auditor, conditioned for the payment of all costs which shall be adjudged against him or her on such appeal in the superior court. The practice regulating appeals from and writs of certiorari to justice's courts shall, insofar as applicable, govern in matters of appeal from a decision or order of the board of county commissioners.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent a party having a claim against any county in this state from enforcing the collection thereof by civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction after the same has been presented to and filed as provided by law and disallowed in whole or in part by the board of county commissioners of the proper county. Such action must, however, be commenced within the time limitation provided in *RCW 36.45.030.
[ 2009 c 549 s 4068; 1963 c 4 s 36.32.330. Prior: 1957 c 224 s 5; 1893 c 121 s 1; Code 1881 s 2695; 1869 p 308 s 29; 1867 p 57 s 29; 1863 p 545 s 30; 1854 p 423 s 24; RRS s 4076. Cf. 1879 p 143 ss 1, 2.]

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*Reviser's note: RCW 36.45.030 was repealed by 1993 c 449 s 13.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 27 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1954–2024 · leading case: COBALLES v. Spokane Cnty., 274 P.3d 1102 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012).
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COBALLES v. Spokane Cnty., 274 P.3d 1102 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 10× “040 and RCW 36.32.330 (statutory certiorari); and (2) discretionary review under the court’s inherent and constitutional power (constitutional writ of certiorari).”
Cathcart-Maltby-Clearview Cmty. Council v. Snohomish Cnty., 634 P.2d 853 (Wash. 1981). · cites it 4× “[1] The trial court ruled, for reasons which are unclear, that a 30-day limitation period applied.”
Osborn v. Grant Cnty., 926 P.2d 911 (Wash. 1996). · cites it 4× “Defendants attempted to raise this affirmative defense in the superior court, but the superior court treated the attempt as a motion to amend the pleadings and denied the motion.”
Ronken v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 572 P.2d 1 (Wash. 1977). · cites it 2× “ther taxpayer, therefore they were required to serve notice on the attorney general or county prosecutor prior to this suit, which they did not do; (b) they were not entitled to declaratory relief, as necessary elements for declaratory jurisdiction were absent, and they had an…”
City of Fed. Way v. King Cnty., 815 P.2d 790 (Wash. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “6 RCW 36.32.330. Of these, we must choose the longer 20-day period set out in KCC 20.”
Cary v. Mason Cnty., 132 P.3d 157 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “3 Similarly, under RCW 36.32.330, appeals from decisions of the county commissioners must be appealed within 20 days.”
Chrobuck v. Snohomish Cnty., 480 P.2d 489 (Wash. 1971). · cites it 2× “In furtherance of this argument, defendants point to ROA I-57(e) (1), fixing a 15-day time limit for petitions for extraordinary writs seeking appellate review of judicial proceedings, and RCW 36.32.330, imposing a 20-day time limit for appeals from decisions of a board of…”
Sterling v. Cnty. of Spokane, 642 P.2d 1255 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “The Superior Court granted the motions and dismissed, finding both Sterling and Wolff had no standing.”
Brutsche v. City of Kent, 898 P.2d 319 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “240(A), the court noted that the 20-day period for appealing a decision of the board of county commissioners, RCW 36.32.330, was another analogous limitation period.”
Hook v. Lincoln Cty. Noxious Weed Control, 269 P.3d 1056 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “Hook's challenge to establishment of the weed control board was time barred under RCW 36.32.330, which provides that appeals from a decision or order of a board of county commissioners "shall be taken within twenty days after the decision or order.”
Cary v. Mason Cnty., 219 P.3d 952 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “The District argues further that the Landowners did not timely file their claim under RCW 36.32.330 and our ruling in the first appeal.”
Hatzenbuhler v. Harrison, 306 P.2d 745 (Wash. 1957). “RCW 36.32.330]: “Any person may appeal from any decision or order of the board of county commissioners to the superior court of the proper county.”
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