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Wash. Rev. Code § 8.04.010 (2026)

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Whenever any officer, board, commission, or other body representing the state is authorized by the legislature to acquire any land, real estate, premises, or other property, deemed necessary for the public uses of the state, or any department or institution thereof, the attorney general shall present to the superior court of the county in which the land, real estate, premises, or other property so sought to be acquired or appropriated is situated, a petition in which the land, real estate, premises, or other property sought to be appropriated shall be described with reasonable certainty, and setting forth the name of each and every owner, encumbrancer, or other person or party interested therein, or any part thereof, insofar as can be ascertained from the public records, the object for which the property is sought to be appropriated, and praying that a jury be impanelled to ascertain and determine the compensation to be made in money to such owner or owners, respectively, and to all tenants, encumbrancers, and others interested, for taking such land, real estate, premises, or other property, or in case a jury is waived, as in other civil cases in courts of record, in the manner prescribed by law, then that the compensation to be made as aforesaid be ascertained and determined by the court.
[ 1955 c 156 s 6; 1911 c 64 s 1; 1891 c 74 s 1; RRS s 891.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1953–2003 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Eastvold v. Yelle, 279 P.2d 645 (Wash. 1955).
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State Ex Rel. Eastvold v. Yelle, 279 P.2d 645 (Wash. 1955). · cites it 4× “" RCW 8.04.010 et seq., under which relator demands that respondent issue a warrant, pertains to eminent domain by the state.”
State v. Calkins, 314 P.2d 449 (Wash. 1957). · cites it 2× “The proposed new limited-access highway (designated as part of secondary state highway No. 11-G) extends a distance of approximately five miles from Ephrata to secondary state highway No.”
State Ex Rel. Sternoff v. SUP'R CT. FOR KING CTY., 325 P.2d 300 (Wash. 1958). · cites it 2× “070 requires: “At the time and place appointed for hearing the petition [as provided in RCW 8.04.010 and 8.04.020], ... if the court has satisfactory proof that all parties interested in the lands, .”
King Cnty. v. Theilman, 369 P.2d 503 (Wash. 1962). “” (RCW 8.04.010) (Italics ours.), and the court must determine that its acquisition “ .”
State v. Costich, 117 Wash. App. 491 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “RCW 8.04.010 provides for a jury trial to determine “compensation to be made .”
State v. Teuscher, 761 P.2d 49 (Wash. 1988). “RCW 8.04.010 requires that a petition for *492 appropriation shall set forth each owner, encumbrancer, or other person interested in the property sought to be condemned.”
State v. Bergh, 393 P.2d 293 (Wash. 1964). · cites it 2× “January 28, 1960, the state petitioned for appropriation of respondents’ property in accordance with RCW 8.04.010, and simultaneously filed a notice of the filing of the petition in accordance with RCW 8.”
State v. Scheel, 443 P.2d 658 (Wash. 1968). “” “Any person, corporation or county claiming to be entitled to any money paid into court, as provided in RCW 8.04.010 through 8.04.160, may apply to the court therefor, and upon furnishing evidence satisfactory to the court that he or it is entitled to the same, the court shall…”
In Re Sw Suburban Sewer Dist., 377 P.2d 431 (Wash. 1963). “' (RCW 8.04.010) (Italics ours.), and the court must determine that its acquisition `.”
State v. Costich, 72 P.3d 190 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “RCW 8.04.010 provides for a jury trial to determine "compensation to be made .”
State Ex Rel. Mower v. Sup'r Ct. for Pierce Cty., 260 P.2d 355 (Wash. 1953). “1943, § 9692] Procedure for port districts In addition, where the state itself exercises this power, the procedure is found in RCW 8.04.010 to 8.04.180. In the case of private corporations authorized by law to exercise such power, RCW 8.”
State v. Higgins, 449 P.2d 393 (Wash. 1969). · cites it 2× “140 provides: *120 Any person, corporation or county claiming to be entitled to any money paid into court, as provided in RCW 8.04.010 through 8.04.160, may apply to the court therefor, and upon furnishing evidence satisfactory to the court that he or it is entitled to the same,…”
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