Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 84.64.200 (2026)

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(1) At all sales of property for which certificates of delinquency are held by the county, if no other bids are received, the county must be considered a bidder for the full area of each tract or lot to the amount of all taxes, interest, and costs due thereon, and where no bidder appears, acquire title in trust for the taxing districts as absolutely as if purchased by an individual under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) All bidders except the county at sales of property for which certificates of delinquency are held by the county must pay the full amount of taxes, interest, and costs for which judgment is rendered, together with all taxes, interest, and costs which are delinquent at the time of sale, regardless of whether the taxes, interest, or costs are included in the judgment.

[ 2015 c 95 s 13; 2007 c 295 s 7; 1981 c 322 s 6; 1961 c 15 s 84.64.200. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 130 s 129; RRS s 11290; prior: 1901 c 178 s 4; 1899 c 141 s 24; 1897 c 71 s 116; 1893 c 124 s 136.]

Notes:

Intent—2015 c 95: See note following RCW 36.16.145.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1971–1996 · leading case: Clallam Cnty. v. Folk, 922 P.2d 73 (Wash. 1996).

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Clallam Cnty. v. Folk, 922 P.2d 73 (Wash. 1996). “See RCW 84.64.200 (providing that if no other bids are received at tax sale, the county shall be considered the bidder to the amount of all taxes, interest, and costs due on the property, and shall "acquire title thereto as absolutely as if purchased by an individual under the…”

In Re Foreclosure of Liens, 922 P.2d 73 (Wash. 1996). “See RCW 84.64.200 (providing that if no other bids are received at tax sale, the county shall be considered the bidder to the amount of all taxes, interest, and costs due on the property, and shall "acquire title thereto as absolutely as if purchased by an individual under the…”

Pierce Cnty. v. Schwab, 739 P.2d 116 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “" The 1975 foreclosure proceeding specified liens "for Delinquent Real Property Taxes for the Year 1970 and Some Prior Years," and by its terms did not affect later liens. Tax liens which arose after 1970 could not have been foreclosed in the 1975 tax foreclosure proceedings…”

City of Tacoma v. Pierce Cnty., 485 P.2d 454 (Wash. 1971). “At the time of foreclosure there was no bid in the amount of the statutory prescribed minimum; therefore, under RCW 84.64.200 the county acquired title to the property.”

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