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Wash. Rev. Code § 7.48.010 (2026)

Actionable nuisance defined

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The obstruction of any highway or the closing of the channel of any stream used for boating or rafting logs, lumber or timber, or whatever is injurious to health or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to essentially interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of the life and property, is a nuisance and the subject of an action for damages and other and further relief.
[Code 1881 s 605; 1877 p 126 s 610; 1869 p 144 s 599; 1854 p 207 s 405; RRS s 943.]

Notes:

Crimes
malicious mischief: Chapter 9.61 RCW.
public nuisance: RCW 9.66.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60 cases (17 in the last 5 years), 1953–2025 · leading case: Miotke v. City of Spokane, 678 P.2d 803 (Wash. 1984).
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Miotke v. City of Spokane, 678 P.2d 803 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 4× “RCW 7.48.010 defines actionable nuisances for which damages and other relief are available.”
Hostetler v. Ward, 704 P.2d 1193 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “10 *356 RCW 7.48.010 and RCW 7.48.120 define actionable nuisances.”
Kitsap Cnty. v. Kitsap Rifle & Revolver Club, 337 P.3d 328 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “More specifically, the trial court concluded that these activities constituted a public nuisance per se; a statutory public nuisance in violation of RCW 7.48.010, .120, .130, .140(1), and .140(2) and KCC 17.”
Collinson v. John L. Scott, Inc., 778 P.2d 534 (Wash. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “Washington's nuisance statute defines an actionable nuisance for which damages and other relief are available as "whatever is injurious to health or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to essentially interfere with the…”
Tiegs v. Watts, 135 Wash. 2d 1 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 2× “51 RCW 7.48.010 defines actionable nuisance for which damages and other relief are available.”
Tiegs v. Watts, 954 P.2d 877 (Wash. 1998). · cites it 2× “[51] RCW 7.48.010 defines actionable nuisance for which damages and other relief are available.”
City of Seattle v. Monsanto Co., 237 F. Supp. 3d 1096 (W.D. Wash. 2017). · cites it 2× “Seattle’s public nuisance claim is grounded on statutory causes of action, see RCW 7.48.010, -.130, not common law, so it is not preempted by the WPLA.”
Hue v. Farmboy Spray Co., Inc., 896 P.2d 682 (Wash. 1995). “8 As part of this negligence claim, it is unclear whether Plaintiffs argued that the detailed label instructions, including the need for extreme care to avoid drift, were violated.”
Highline Sch. Dist. No. 401 v. Port of Seattle, 548 P.2d 1085 (Wash. 1976). “7 Traditional nuisance principles, whether based upon common law or statute (see RCW 7.48.010, 7.48.120), present several obstacles to plaintiffs alleging damages attributable to aircraft noise.”
Asche v. Bloomquist, 133 P.3d 475 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “RCW 7.48.010 (indicating that a nuisance is “the subject of an action for damages and other and further relief”); 17 William B.”
Grundy v. Thurston Cnty., 117 P.3d 1089 (Wash. 2005). “" RCW 7.48.010. Any person whose property is injuriously affected or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by a nuisance may sue for damages and for injunctive relief to abate the nuisance.”
Grundy v. Thurston Cnty., 155 Wash. 2d 1 (Wash. 2005). “” RCW 7.48.010. Any person whose property is injuriously affected or whose personal enjoyment is lessened by a nuisance may sue for damages and for injunctive relief to abate the nuisance.”
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