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Wash. Rev. Code § 84.34.010 (2026)

Legislative declaration

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The legislature hereby declares that it is in the best interest of the state to maintain, preserve, conserve and otherwise continue in existence adequate open space lands for the production of food, fiber and forest crops, and to assure the use and enjoyment of natural resources and scenic beauty for the economic and social well-being of the state and its citizens. The legislature further declares that assessment practices must be so designed as to permit the continued availability of open space lands for these purposes, and it is the intent of this chapter so to provide. The legislature further declares its intent that farm and agricultural lands shall be valued on the basis of their value for use as authorized by section 11 of Article VII of the Constitution of the state of Washington.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 212 s 1; 1970 ex.s. c 87 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2023 · leading case: In Re the Est. of Bergau, 693 P.2d 703 (Wash. 1985).
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In Re the Est. of Bergau, 693 P.2d 703 (Wash. 1985). · cites it 2× “RCW 84.34.010. To implement this goal, RCW 84.”
Clallam Cnty. v. W. Washington Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 130 Wash. App. 127 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 84.34.010 provides: The legislature hereby declares that it is in the best interest of the state to maintain, preserve, conserve and otherwise continue in existence adequate open space lands for the production of food.”
W.R. Co. v. North Carolina Prop. Tax Comm'n, 269 S.E.2d 636 (N.C. Ct. App. 1980). “1980); Wash. Rev. Code Ann. §§ 84.34.010 -.922 (Supp.”
Clallam Cnty. v. W. Wash. Growth, 121 P.3d 764 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “020; RCW 84.34.010. RCW 84.34.010 provides: The legislature hereby declares that it is in the best interest of the state to maintain, preserve, conserve and otherwise continue in existence adequate open space lands for the production of food .”
In Re the Est. of Bergau, 684 P.2d 734 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “RCW 84.34.010, .065. This law was intended to operate in part as a tax savings to farm owners.”
Joe Patrick Flarity, V. Argonaut Ins. Co. (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “RCW 84.34.010. Because Flarity has failed to show that the statutes he references create a private cause of action, there are no set of facts that would entitle Flarity to relief for this claim.”
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