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Wash. Rev. Code § 47.50.040 (2026)

Access permits

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(1) No connection to a state highway shall be constructed or altered without obtaining an access permit in accordance with this chapter in advance of such action. A permitting authority has the authority to deny access to the state highway system at the location specified in the permit until the permittee constructs or alters the connection in accordance with the permit requirements.
(2) The cost of construction or alteration of a connection shall be borne by the permittee, except for alterations which are not required by law or administrative rule, but are made at the request of and for the convenience of the permitting authority. The permittee, however, shall bear the cost of alteration of any connection which is required by the permitting authority due to increased or altered traffic flows generated by changes in the permittee's facilities or nature of business conducted at the location specified in the permit.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an unpermitted connection is subject to closure by the appropriate permitting authority which shall have the right to install barriers across or remove the connection. When the permitting authority determines that a connection is unpermitted and subject to closure, it shall provide reasonable notice of its impending action to the owner of property served by the connection. The permitting authority's procedures for providing notice and preventing the operation of unpermitted connections shall be adopted by rule.
[ 1991 c 202 s 4.]

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Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1991 c 202: See notes following RCW 47.50.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: Iron Gate Partners, L.L.C. v. Dep't of Transp., 27 P.3d 1259 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001).
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Iron Gate Partners, L.L.C. v. Dep't of Transp., 27 P.3d 1259 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “The access permit was issued pursuant to RCW 47.50.040(1), which provides that “[n]o connection to a state highway shall be constructed or altered without obtaining an access permit[.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 47.50.040(1) — 1 case
Iron Gate Partners, L.L.C. v. Dep't of Transp., 27 P.3d 1259 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). “The access permit was issued pursuant to RCW 47.50.040(1), which provides that “[n]o connection to a state highway shall be constructed or altered without obtaining an access permit[.”
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