RCW 78.22.010
Extinguishment of unused mineral rights authorized.
Any mineral interest, if unused for a period of twenty years, may be extinguished by the surface owner as set forth in RCW 78.22.050 and 78.22.060.
[ 1984 c 252 § 1.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 78 - Mines, Minerals, and Petroleum
Chapter 78.22 - Extinguishment of Unused Mineral Rights.
78.22.010 - Extinguishment of unused mineral rights authorized.
78.22.020 - "Mineral interest" defined.
78.22.030 - Acts constituting use of mineral interest.
78.22.040 - Statement of claim—Contents—Fees—Filing.
78.22.050 - Extinguishment of mineral interest—Procedure.
78.22.060 - Presumption of extinguishment—Conditions—Statement of claim—Filing, recording, indexing.
78.22.070 - Statement of claim—Notice and affidavit of publication—Auditor's duties.
78.22.080 - Exemptions from claim of abandonment and extinguishment.