Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 53.12.245 (2026)

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WA-LEGapp.leg.wa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

The port commission shall organize by the election of its own members of a president and secretary, shall by resolution adopt rules governing the transaction of its business and shall adopt an official seal. All proceedings of the port commission shall be by motion or resolution recorded in a book or books kept for such purpose, which shall be public records.

[ 1955 c 348 s 6.]

Notes:

Severability—1955 c 348: See note following RCW 53.08.120.

Public records: Title 40 RCW, chapter 42.56 RCW.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1977–2019 · leading case: Port of Seattle v. Rio, 559 P.2d 18 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Port of Seattle v. Rio, 559 P.2d 18 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 5× “The Port had adopted resolutions 2425 and 2520, which required that “further specific Commission authorization” be obtained if the total price offered for acquisition of condemned property exceeded the Port’s appraisal by 10 percent.”

Randolph Peterson v. Port Of Benton, 443 P.3d 818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “245 indicates that “[a]Il proceedings of the port commission shall be by motion or resolution recorded in a book or books kept for such purpose, which shall be public records.” However, ROW 53.08.070 provides that ‘a port district may enter into any contract for warfage,…”

Columbia River Carbonates, V Port Of Woodland (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “" RCW 53.12.245. The Port argues, "There is no requirement in the statute that resolutions be adopted at public hearing, rather only requiring that the resolution be maintained as a public record.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.