RCW 84.36.030
Property used for character building, benevolent, protective or rehabilitative social services—Camp facilities—Veteran or relief organization owned property—Property of nonprofit organizations that issue debt for student loans or that are guarantee agencies.
The following real and personal property is exempt from taxation:
(1)(a) Property owned by nonprofit organizations or associations, organized and conducted for nonsectarian purposes, which shall be used for character-building, benevolent, protective or rehabilitative social services directed at persons of all ages.
(b) The sale of donated merchandise is not considered a nonexempt use of the property under this section if the proceeds are devoted to the furtherance of the purposes of the selling organization or association as specified in this subsection (1).
(2) Property owned by any nonprofit church, denomination, group of churches, or an organization or association, the membership of which is comprised solely of churches or their qualified representatives, which is utilized as a camp facility if used for organized and supervised recreational activities and church purposes as related to such camp facilities. The exemption provided by this paragraph shall apply to a maximum of two hundred acres of any such camp as selected by the church, including buildings and other improvements thereon.
(3) Property, including buildings and improvements required for the maintenance and safeguarding of such property, owned by nonprofit organizations or associations engaged in character building of boys and girls under eighteen years of age, and used for such purposes and uses, provided such purposes and uses are for the general public good: PROVIDED, That if existing charters provide that organizations or associations, which would otherwise qualify under the provisions of this paragraph, serve boys and girls up to the age of twenty-one years, then such organizations or associations shall be deemed qualified pursuant to this section.
(4) Property owned by all organizations and societies of veterans of any war of the United States, recognized as such by the department of defense, which shall have national charters, and which shall have for their general purposes and objects the preservation of the memories and associations incident to their war service and the consecration of the efforts of their members to mutual helpfulness and to patriotic and community service to state and nation. To be exempt such property must be used in such manner as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes and objects of such societies.
(5) Property owned by all corporations, incorporated under any act of congress, whose principal purposes are to furnish volunteer aid to members of the armed forces of the United States and also to carry on a system of national and international relief and to apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other national calamities and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same.
(6) Property owned by nonprofit organizations exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1954, as amended, that are guarantee agencies under the federal guaranteed student loan program or that issue debt to provide or acquire student loans.
(7) To be exempt under this section, the property must be used exclusively for the purposes for which exemption is granted, except as otherwise provided in this section or RCW 84.36.805.
(8) For the purposes of this section, "general public good" means members of the community derive a benefit from the rental or use of the property by the nonprofit community group or organization.
[ 2014 c 99 § 4; 2006 c 305 § 1; 1993 c 327 § 2; 1990 c 283 § 6; 1987 c 433 § 2; 1984 c 220 § 1; 1983 1st ex.s. c 25 § 1; 1973 2nd ex.s. c 40 § 2. Prior: 1971 ex.s. c 292 § 70; 1971 ex.s. c 64 § 1; 1969 c 137 § 1; 1961 c 15 § 84.36.030; prior: 1955 c 196 § 5; prior: (i) 1939 c 206 § 8, part; 1933 ex.s. c 19 § 1, part; 1933 c 115 § 1, part; 1929 c 126 § 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 130 § 7, part; 1915 c 131 § 1, part; 1903 c 178 § 1, part; 1901 c 176 § 1, part; 1899 c 141 § 2, part; 1897 c 71 §§ 1, 5, part; 1895 c 176 § 2, part; 1893 c 124 §§ 1, 5, part; 1891 c 140 §§ 1, 5, part; 1890 p 532 §§ 1, 5, part; 1886 p 47 § 1, part; Code 1881 § 2829, part; 1871 p 37 § 4, part; 1869 p 176 § 4, part; 1867 p 61 § 2, part; 1854 p 331 § 2, part; RRS § 11111, part. (ii) 1945 c 109 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1945 § 11111a.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Tax preference performance statement—Does not apply—2014 c 99: See notes following RCW 84.36.020.
Construction—1990 c 283 §§ 6 and 7: "Sections 6 and 7 of this act shall not be construed as modifying or affecting any other existing or future exemptions." [ 1990 c 283 § 8.]
Applicability—1983 1st ex.s. c 25: "This act is effective for property taxes levied in calendar year 1983 and due and payable in calendar year 1984 and thereafter." [ 1983 1st ex.s. c 25 § 2.]
Severability—1971 ex.s. c 292: See note following RCW 26.28.010.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
84.36.005 - Property subject to taxation.
84.36.010 - Public, certain public-private and tribal property exempt.
84.36.012 - Tribal property exemption—Application.
84.36.015 - Property valued at less than five hundred dollars—Exceptions.
84.36.020 - Cemeteries, churches, parsonages, convents, and grounds.
84.36.031 - Clarification of exemption in RCW 84.36.030.
84.36.032 - Administrative offices of nonprofit religious organizations.
84.36.035 - Property used by qualifying blood, tissue, or blood and tissue banks.
84.36.041 - Nonprofit homes for the aging.
84.36.046 - Nonprofit cancer clinic or center.
84.36.049 - Nonprofit homeownership development.
84.36.050 - Schools and colleges.
84.36.070 - Intangible personal property—Appraisal.
84.36.079 - Rights, title, interest, and materials of certain vessels under construction.
84.36.080 - Certain ships and vessels.
84.36.090 - Exemption for other ships and vessels.
84.36.100 - Size of vessel immaterial.
84.36.105 - Cargo containers used in ocean commerce.
84.36.120 - Household goods and personal effects—Definitions.
84.36.133 - Aircraft owned and operated by a commuter air carrier.
84.36.135 - Real and personal property of housing finance commission.
84.36.210 - Public right-of-way easements.
84.36.230 - Interstate bridges—Reciprocity.
84.36.240 - Soil and water conservation districts, personal property.
84.36.250 - Water distribution property owned by nonprofit corporation or cooperative association.
84.36.262 - Cessation of use giving rise to exemption.
84.36.264 - Application for exemption under RCW 84.36.260, conservation of ecological systems.
84.36.301 - Legislative finding and declaration for RCW 84.36.300.
84.36.310 - Requirements for exemption under RCW 84.36.300.
84.36.320 - Inspection of books and records for exemption under RCW 84.36.300.
84.36.350 - Property owned and used for sheltered workshops for persons with disabilities.
84.36.379 - Residences—Property tax exemption—Findings.
84.36.381 - Residences—Property tax exemptions—Qualifications.
84.36.383 - Residences—Definitions.
84.36.387 - Residences—Claimants—Penalty for falsification—Reduction by remainderman.
84.36.389 - Residences—Rules and regulations—Audits—Confidentiality—Criminal penalty.
84.36.400 - Improvements to single-family dwellings.
84.36.451 - Right to occupy or use certain public property, including leasehold interests.
84.36.470 - Agricultural products—Exemption.
84.36.477 - Business inventories.
84.36.480 - Nonprofit fair associations.
84.36.500 - Conservation futures on agricultural land.
84.36.510 - Mobile homes in dealer's inventory.
84.36.570 - Nonprofit organizations—Property used for agricultural research and education programs.
84.36.590 - Property used in connection with privatization contract at Hanford reservation.
84.36.595 - Motor vehicles, travel trailers, campers, and vehicles carrying exempt licenses.
84.36.597 - Heavy equipment rental property.
84.36.600 - Computer software.
84.36.605 - Sales/leasebacks by regional transit authorities.
84.36.630 - Farming machinery and equipment.
84.36.635 - Property used for the operation of an anaerobic digester.
84.36.640 - Property used for the manufacture of wood biomass fuel.
84.36.645 - Semiconductor materials.
84.36.650 - Property used by certain nonprofits to solicit or collect money for artists.
84.36.655 - Property related to the manufacture of superefficient airplanes.
84.36.660 - Installation of automatic sprinkler system under RCW 19.27.500 through 19.27.520.
84.36.675 - Housing for low-income households provided by limited equity cooperatives.
84.36.810 - Cessation of use under which exemption granted—Collection of taxes.
84.36.812 - Additional tax payable at time of sale—Appeal of assessed values.
84.36.813 - Change in use—Duty to notify county assessor—Examination—Recommendation.
84.36.815 - Tax exempt status—Initial application—Renewal.
84.36.820 - Renewal notice for exempt property—Failure to file before due date, effect.
84.36.825 - Late filing penalty.
84.36.830 - Review of applications for exemption—Procedure—Approval or denial—Notice.
84.36.833 - Application for exemption or renewal may include all contiguous exempt property.
84.36.835 - List of exempt properties to be prepared and furnished each county assessor.
84.36.840 - Statements—Reports—Information—Filing—Requirements.
84.36.845 - Revocation of exemption approved or renewed due to inaccurate information.
84.36.855 - Property changing from exempt to taxable status—Procedure.
84.36.860 - Public notice of provisions of act.
84.36.865 - Rules and regulations.
84.36.905 - Effective date—Construction—1973 2nd ex.s. c 40.