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Wash. Rev. Code § 64.04.180 (2026)

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Railroad properties, including but not limited to rights-of-way, land held in fee and used for railroad operations, bridges, tunnels, and other facilities, are declared to be suitable for public use upon cessation of railroad operations on the properties. It is in the public interest of the state of Washington that such properties retain their character as public utility and transportation corridors, and that they may be made available for public uses including highways, other forms of mass transportation, conservation, energy production or transmission, or recreation. Nothing in this section or in RCW 64.04.190 authorizes a public agency or utility to acquire reversionary interests in public utility and transportation corridors without payment of just compensation.
[ 1988 c 16 s 1; 1984 c 143 s 22.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2011 · leading case: Lawson v. State, 730 P.2d 1308 (Wash. 1986).
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Lawson v. State, 730 P.2d 1308 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 15× “Among other things, plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of RCW 64.04.180 and RCW 64.04.190. These statutes authorize a change in the use of a railroad right of way to a public nonrailroad use without compensation to holders of reversionary interests in the right of way.”
Miami Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners v. Kanza Rail-Trails Conservancy, Inc., 255 P.3d 1186 (Kan. 2011). · cites it 2× “(1997); Wash. Rev.Code § 64.04.180 et seq. (2010); W.”
Good v. Skagit Cnty., 17 P.3d 1216 (Wash. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “In 1999, the Goods filed the present case against Skagit County in the Whatcom County Superior Court for just compensation under RCW 64.04.180 2 and the Washington Constitution, article I, section 16.”
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