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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.55.010 (2025)

Pipe line and wire line franchises on county roads

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Any board of county commissioners may grant franchises to persons or private or municipal corporations to use the right-of-way of county roads in their respective counties for the construction and maintenance of waterworks, gas pipes, telephone, telegraph, and electric light lines, sewers and any other such facilities.
[ 1963 c 4 s 36.55.010. Prior: 1961 c 55 s 2; prior: 1937 c 187 s 38, part; RRS s 6450-38, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2019 · leading case: Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 965 P.2d 1148 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998).
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Sundquist Homes, Inc. v. Snohomish Cnty. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 965 P.2d 1148 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “[4] See RCW 36.55.010; RCW 36.55.030. [5] Hillis, 105 Wash.”
King Cnty. v. King Cnty. Water Dists., 453 P.3d 681 (Wash. 2019). · cites it 7× “CP at 1247-48; see also RCW 36.55.010 (granting counties discretion to enter into these franchise agreements).”
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