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Wash. Rev. Code § 7.48.130 (2026)

Public nuisance defined

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A public nuisance is one which affects equally the rights of an entire community or neighborhood, although the extent of the damage may be unequal.
[Code 1881 s 1236; 1875 p 79 s 2; RRS s 9912.]

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Crimes, nuisances: Chapter 9.66 RCW.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 39 cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1953–2026 · leading case: Grundy v. Thurston Cnty., 117 P.3d 1089 (Wash. 2005).
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Grundy v. Thurston Cnty., 117 P.3d 1089 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 4× “RCW 7.48.130. Among the enumerated public nuisances is "[t]o obstruct or impede, without legal authority, the passage of any river, harbor, or collection of water.”
Grundy v. Thurston Cnty., 155 Wash. 2d 1 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 4× “RCW 7.48.130. Among the enumerated public nuisances is “[t]o obstruct or impede, without legal authority, the passage of any river, harbor, or collection of water.”
Miotke v. City of Spokane, 678 P.2d 803 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 4× “"Public nuisance" is defined by RCW 7.48.130 as "one which affects equally the rights of an entire community or neighborhood, although the extent of the damage may be unequal.”
Kitsap Cnty. v. Kitsap Rifle & Revolver Club, 337 P.3d 328 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “As a result, in order to prevail the County must show not only that the Club’s activities constitute a nuisance but that they constitute a public nuisance.”
Hostetler v. Ward, 704 P.2d 1193 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 3× “11 Such nuisances are further categorized as "public," RCW 7.48.130, 12 and "private," RCW 7.48.”
Asche v. Bloomquist, 133 P.3d 475 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “RCW 7.48.130, .150. Our Supreme Court has explained that an actionable nuisance is an act or omission that injures the plaintiffs’ property or unreasonably interferes with their enjoyment of the property.”
Animal Legal Def. Fund v. Olympic Game Farm, Inc., 387 F. Supp. 3d 1202 (W.D. Wash. 2019). · cites it 3× “" Wash. Rev. Code § 7.48.130 ; cf. Wash. Rev.”
Asche v. Bloomquist, 133 P.3d 475 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “RCW 7.48.130, .150. Our Supreme Court has explained that an actionable nuisance is as an act or omission that injures the plaintiffs' property or unreasonably interferes with their enjoyment of the property.”
Wallace v. Lewis Cnty., 137 P.3d 101 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “¶ 47 A nuisance may be either public or private. A public nuisance is one that affects equally the rights of an entire community or neighborhood; a private nuisance is one that is not a public nuisance.”
Tiegs v. Boise Cascade Corp., 922 P.2d 115 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “” RCW 7.48.130; Kitsap County v. Kev, Inc., 106 Wn.”
Wallace v. Lewis Cnty., 134 Wash. App. 1 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “RCW 7.48.130, .150. B. Statute of Limitations ¶48 Plaintiffs have two years from the time a nuisance action accrues to file a lawsuit.”
Womack v. Von Rardon, 135 P.3d 542 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “3d 1089 (quoting RCW 7.48.130). All other nuisances are private.”
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Charles & Janice Wolfe, V State Dept Of Transp. (Wash. Ct. App. 2018).
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