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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.75.020 (2026)

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All of the county roads in each of the several counties shall be established, laid out, constructed, altered, repaired, improved, and maintained by the legislative authority of the respective counties as agents of the state, or by private individuals or corporations who are allowed to perform such work under an agreement with the county legislative authority. Such work shall be done in accordance with adopted county standards under the supervision and direction of the county engineer.
[ 1982 c 145 s 6; 1963 c 4 s 36.75.020. Prior: 1943 c 82 s 1; 1937 c 187 s 2; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 6450-2.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2008–2020 · leading case: King Cnty. v. King Cnty. Water Dists. (Wash. 2019).
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King Cnty. v. King Cnty. Water Dists. (Wash. 2019). · cites it 4× “Clerk's Papers (CP) at 1244; see also RCW 36.75.020 (requiring counties to operate and maintain county roads).”
Carlton Evans & Margaret Evans v. Spokane Cnty. (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “THE TRIAL COURT PROPERLY GRANTED SUMMARY JUDGMENT DISMISSAL OF THE THEORY THAT THE COUNTY COMMITTED NEGLIGENCE BY VIOLATING A ROAD STANDARD REQUIRING “CLEAR ZONES” RCW 36.75.020 requires counties to build and maintain their roads according to standards adopted by the county’s…”
City of Spokane Valley v. Spokane Cnty., 145 Wash. App. 825 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “010(6) reads, “every highway or part thereof, outside *831 the limits of incorporated cities and towns and which has not been designated as a state highway.” The word “highway” is defined in RCW 36.”
City of Spokane Valley v. Spokane Cnty., 187 P.3d 340 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008). “" The word "highway" is defined in RCW 36.75.010(11) as "every way, lane, road, street, boulevard, and every way or place in the state of Washington open as a matter of right to public vehicular travel both inside and outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns.”
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