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Wash. Rev. Code § 36.75.080 (2026)

Highways used ten years are county roads

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All public highways in this state, outside incorporated cities and towns and not designated as state highways which have been used as public highways for a period of not less than ten years are county roads: PROVIDED, That no duty to maintain such public highway nor any liability for any injury or damage for failure to maintain such public highway or any road signs thereon shall attach to the county until the same shall have been adopted as a part of the county road system by resolution of the county commissioners.
[ 1963 c 4 s 36.75.080. Prior: 1955 c 361 s 3; prior: 1945 c 125 s 1, part; 1937 c 187 s 10, part; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 6450-10, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1965–2006 · leading case: Standing Rock Homeowners Ass'n v. Misich, 23 P.3d 520 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001).
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Standing Rock Homeowners Ass'n v. Misich, 23 P.3d 520 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 5× “*238 ISSUES Did the trial court err by (A) not declaring the portion of Camp 12 Road running through Standing Rock to be a public road by prescription under RCW 36.75.080, or (B) by abusing its equitable discretion when concluding Standing Rock could maintain unlocked gates?…”
Standing Rock Homeowners Assn. v. Misich, 23 P.3d 520 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 5× “Misich appealed. ISSUES Did the trial court err by (A) not declaring the portion of Camp 12 Road running through Standing Rock to be a public road by prescription under RCW 36.”
Primark, Inc. v. Burien Gardens Assocs., 823 P.2d 1116 (Wash. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 6× “Burien Gardens Associates, intervenor below and owner of property adjacent to the subject property, appeals an order granting Primark Corporation's petition under RCW 36.75.080 and RCW 2.28.150 to declare the subject property a county road.”
Hellberg v. Coffin Sheep Co., 404 P.2d 770 (Wash. 1965). “” RCW 36.75.080 2 “Highways worked seven years are county roads.”
Bunnell v. Blair, 132 Wash. App. 149 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “¶16 Relying on RCW 36.75.080, the Blairs contend the prior use of PR 134 demonstrates the road is public rather than private.”
Bunnell v. Blair, 130 P.3d 423 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “¶ 16 Relying on RCW 36.75.080, the Blairs contend the prior use of PR 134 demonstrates the road is public rather than private.”
Todd v. Kitsap Cnty., 676 P.2d 484 (Wash. 1984). “See RCW 36.75.080 (10-year period for establishing county roads where no public expenditure) and RCW 4.”
Kingston Vill. Corp. v. King Cnty., 484 P.2d 408 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971). “070, or 10-year statute, RCW 36.75.080. There was substantial evidence in the record from which the court was justified in finding that the strip had been used as a public highway for over 10 years and had been maintained at county expense for over 7 years.”
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