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Wash. Rev. Code § 86.16.025 (2026)

Authority of department

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Subject to RCW 43.21A.068, with respect to such features as may affect flood conditions, the department shall have authority to examine, approve or reject designs and plans for any structure or works, public or private, to be erected or built or to be reconstructed or modified upon the banks or in or over the channel or over and across the floodway of any stream or body of water in this state.
[ 1995 c 8 s 4; 1989 c 64 s 2; 1987 c 109 s 50; 1939 c 85 s 1; 1935 c 159 s 6; RRS s 9663A-6. Formerly RCW 86.16.020, part.]

Notes:

Findings—1995 c 8: See note following RCW 43.21A.064.
Purpose—Short title—Construction—Rules—Severability—Captions—1987 c 109: See notes following RCW 43.21B.001.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1977–2015 · leading case: Maple Leaf Investors, Inc. v. Dep't of Ecology, 565 P.2d 1162 (Wash. 1977).
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Maple Leaf Investors, Inc. v. Dep't of Ecology, 565 P.2d 1162 (Wash. 1977). · cites it 2× “Additionally, RCW 86.16.025 provides, in part: [T]he state supervisor of flood control shall have authority to examine, approve or reject designs and plans for any structure.”
Klineburger v. King Cnty., 356 P.3d 223 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “RCW 86.16.025. RCW 86.16.031(1). RCW 86.16.”
Bayley v. Kane, 560 P.2d 1165 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). “ouse, apartment, factory or other structure attached to or affixed upon the realty; (8) “Works” shall mean any dam, wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, bridge, improved road, abutments, projection, excavation, channel rectification, conduit, culvert, wire, fence, rock,…”
King Co Dept Of Dev. & Environ. Ser. Bldg, App-cross Res v. Stephan & Sandra Klineburger, Res-cr App (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “11 RCW 86.16.025. 12 RCW 86.16.031(1). 13 RCW 86.”
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