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Wash. Rev. Code § 53.08.010 (2026)

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A port district may acquire by purchase, for cash or on deferred payments for a period not exceeding twenty years, or by condemnation, or both, all lands, property, property rights, leases, or easements necessary for its purposes and may exercise the right of eminent domain in the acquirement or damaging of all such lands, property, and property rights, and may levy and collect assessments upon property for the payment of all damages and compensation in carrying out its purposes, and such right shall be exercised in the same manner and by the same procedure as provided for cities of the first class insofar as consistent with this title, and in connection therewith the county treasurer shall perform the duties of the treasurers of such cities.
[ 1983 c 24 s 1; 1955 c 65 s 2. Prior: 1953 c 171 s 1; 1943 c 166 s 2, part; 1921 c 183 s 1, part; 1917 c 125 s 1, part; 1913 c 62 s 4, part; 1911 c 92 s 4, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 9692, part.]

Notes:

Eminent domain: State Constitution Art. 1 s 16 (Amendment 9).
Eminent domain by cities: Chapter 8.12 RCW.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases, 1953–2013 · leading case: Lane v. Port of Seattle, 316 P.3d 1070 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013).
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Lane v. Port of Seattle, 316 P.3d 1070 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 9× “THE 1981 STATUTE: “EXTRATERRITORIAL RAIL SERVICES” ¶25 Statutory authority has long existed allowing a port to acquire by purchase or by condemnation “all lands, property, property rights, leases, or easements necessary for its purposes.”
Port of Edmonds v. Nw. Fur Breeders Coop., Inc., 816 P.2d 1268 (Wash. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 7× “Specifically, the Coop contends that RCW 53.08.010, which authorizes eminent domain by port districts, declares that such actions shall be exercised in the same manner as cities of the first class, that cities of the first class are required by RCW 35.”
Highline Sch. Dist. No. 401 v. Port of Seattle, 548 P.2d 1085 (Wash. 1976). · cites it 2× “The district predicates its claim on article 1, section 16 of the Washington State Constitution (amendment 9), the due process clauses of the state and federal constitutions, and the condemnation statutes applicable to the port, RCW 53.08.010 and 8.12.030. These statutes empower…”
Htk Mgmt. v. Seattle Monorail Auth., 121 P.3d 1166 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 2× “The port argued that RCW 53.08.010, which authorizes ports to exercise the eminent domain power, requires the port to follow the procedure applicable to first-class cities and references chapter 8.”
HTK Mgmt., L.L.C. v. Seattle Popular Monorail Auth., 155 Wash. 2d 612 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 2× “The port argued that RCW 53.08.010, which authorizes ports to exercise the eminent domain power, requires the port to follow the procedure applicable to first-class cities and references chapter 8.”
Marino Prop. Co. v. Port of Seattle, 567 P.2d 1125 (Wash. 1977). · cites it 3× “RCW 53.08.010, .020, and 53.36.030. 1 Appellant contends, however, that the portion of the bond issue attributable to reacquisition of parcel A is illegal because the gift to the City is not a proper municipal purpose.”
Hogue v. Port of Seattle, 341 P.2d 171 (Wash. 1959). · cites it 3× “Unlike the Umatilla case, the Port of Seattle does not desire to acquire this occupied agricultural and residential land for building sites for any port facilities authorized by RCW 53.08.010 and 53.08.020. It proposes to acquire this large acreage of vegetable gardens, dairy…”
Pub. Util. Dist. No. 2 v. North Am. Foreign Trade Zone Indus., LLC, 151 P.3d 176 (Wash. 2007). “) The enabling statute for port districts, RCW 53.08.010, states, in pertinent part, that “[a] port district.”
In Re Port of Grays Harbor, 638 P.2d 633 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “RCW 53.08.010 provides in pertinent part: A port district may acquire .”
In Re Petition of Port of Seattle, 495 P.2d 327 (Wash. 1972). “) RCW 53.08.010 gives port districts the power to acquire .”
Port of Grays Harbor v. Citifor, Inc., 869 P.2d 1018 (Wash. 1994). · cites it 2× “Soike, Executive Director for the Port of Grays Harbor, advised that "if our offer is not accepted, we will promptly commence condemnation proceedings.”
Silver Firs Town Homes, Inc. v. Silver Lake Water Dist., 12 P.3d 1022 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “at 165 -66 (citing RCW 53.08.010). The court noted that before passing an ordinance, first class cities must give notice containing the preliminary meeting agenda.”
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