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Wash. Rev. Code § 57.02.001 (2026)

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Every sewer district and every water district previously created shall be reclassified and shall become a water-sewer district, and shall be known as the ". . . . . Water-Sewer District," or "Water-Sewer District No. . . . ." or shall continue to be known as a "sewer district" or a "water district," with the existing name or number inserted, as appropriate. As used in this title, "district" means a water-sewer district, a sewer district, or a water district. All debts, contracts, and obligations previously made or incurred by or in favor of any water district or sewer district, and all bonds or other obligations issued or executed by those districts, and all assessments or levies, and all other things and proceedings done or taken by those districts or by their respective officers, are declared legal and valid and of full force and effect.
[ 1996 c 230 s 101.]

Notes:

Part headings not law—1996 c 230: "Part headings as used in this act do not constitute any part of the law." [ 1996 c 230 s 1700.]
Effective date—1996 c 230: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1997." [ 1996 c 230 s 1704.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Landmark Dev., Inc. v. City of Roy, 980 P.2d 1234 (Wash. 1999).
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Landmark Dev., Inc. v. City of Roy, 980 P.2d 1234 (Wash. 1999). “See RCW 57.02.001. Recodified at RCW 57.08.005.”
Holmes Harbor Sewer Dist. v. Holmes Harbor Home Bldg. LLC, 123 P.3d 823 (Wash. 2005). “16.090 (1991) (repealed by Laws of 1996, ch.”
Holmes Harbor Sewer Dist. v. Holmes Harbor Home Bldg., L.L.C., 155 Wash. 2d 858 (Wash. 2005). “RCW 57.02.001 (Laws of 1996, ch. 230, § 101).”
Ronald Wastewater Dist., Res. v. Olympic View Water & Sewer Dist., Apps. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 7× “Ronald then filed a motion for partial summary judgment, seeking a declaratory judgment that (1) the Transfer Order annexed Point Wells to Ronald as of January 1, 1986, (2) the Transfer Order was binding on Snohomish County, Olympic, Woodway, and Edmonds as of January 1, 1986,…”
Landmark Dev., Inc. v. City of Roy, 980 P.2d 1234 (Wash. 1999). “See RCW 57.02.001. [2] Recodified at RCW 57.08.”
Michael L. Darland, et ux v. Snoqualmie Pass Util. Dist. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “RCW 57.02.001. Snoqualmie Pass Utility District is such a sewer-water district.”
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