RCW 17.10.210
Quarantine of land—Order—Expense.
(1) Whenever the director, the county noxious weed control board, or a weed district finds that a parcel of land is so seriously infested with class A or class B noxious weeds that control measures cannot be undertaken thereon without quarantining the land and restricting or denying access thereto or use thereof, the director, the county noxious weed control board, or weed district, with the approval of the director of the department of agriculture, may issue an order for the quarantine and restriction or denial of access or use. Upon issuance of the order, the director, the county noxious weed control board, or the weed district shall commence necessary control measures and may institute legal action for the collection of costs for control work, which may include attorneys' fees and the costs of other appropriate actions.
(2) An order of quarantine shall be served, by any method sufficient for the service of civil process, on all persons known to qualify as owners of the land within the meaning of this chapter.
(3) The director shall, with the advice of the state noxious weed control board, determine how the expense of control work undertaken pursuant to this section, and the cost of any quarantine in connection therewith, is apportioned.
[ 1997 c 353 § 25; 1987 c 438 § 22; 1969 ex.s. c 113 § 21.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 17 - Weeds, Rodents, and Pests
Chapter 17.10 - Noxious Weeds—Control Boards.
17.10.007 - Purpose—Construction—1975 1st ex.s. c 13.
17.10.020 - County noxious weed control boards—Created—Jurisdiction—Inactive status.
17.10.040 - Activation of inactive county noxious weed control board.
17.10.070 - State noxious weed control board—Powers—Report.
17.10.090 - State noxious weed list—Selection of weeds for control by county board.
17.10.110 - Regional noxious weed control board—Creation.
17.10.130 - Regional noxious weed control board—Powers and duties.
17.10.134 - Liability of county and regional noxious weed control boards.
17.10.140 - Owner's duty to control spread of noxious weeds.
17.10.154 - Owners' agreements with county noxious weed control boards—Terms—Enforcement.
17.10.180 - Hearing on liability for expense of control—Notice—Review.
17.10.190 - Notice and information as to noxious weed control.
17.10.201 - Noxious weed control on federal and tribal lands—State and county cooperation.
17.10.205 - Control of noxious weeds in open areas.
17.10.210 - Quarantine of land—Order—Expense.
17.10.230 - Violations—Penalty.
17.10.250 - Applications for noxious weed control funds.
17.10.270 - Noxious weed control boards—Authority to obtain insurance or surety bonds.
17.10.280 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds.
17.10.290 - Lien for labor, material, equipment used in controlling noxious weeds—Notice of lien.
17.10.310 - Notice of infraction—Issuance.
17.10.350 - Infraction—Penalty.
17.10.890 - Deactivation of county noxious weed control board—Hearing.
17.10.900 - Weed districts—Continuation—Dissolution—Transfer of assessment funds.