RCW 85.05.540
Plat of reclaimed land—Benefits to be determined and paid.
Where tide or other unsurveyed lands are reclaimed by a diking district and the owner of said lands shall desire to plat the same into lots, tracts or subdivisions, such plat shall specify and acknowledge the total benefits then a charge against each lot, tract or subdivision in said plat. Before a plat shall be approved or filed, same shall be submitted to the board of dike commissioners for their consideration. In case the owner and such board cannot agree as to the adjudged maximum benefits to be charged as the lien of the district and acknowledged to be such against each lot, tract or subdivision in such plat, any interested party may cause an action to be brought in the superior court of the county to have the just amount determined, and the decree of the court in such cause shall fix the amount of such lien and the same shall be conclusive and binding. In fixing the amount to be charged against the several lots, tracts and subdivisions, the adjudged benefits per acre, allowing credits for the benefits levied and paid at said time, shall be taken as the basis for determining the sum to be charged. The amount of adjudged benefits against property dedicated to the public for roads and highways in such plat shall be charged back against the abutting subdivisions and tracts in a just and equitable manner. All diking district assessments levied against the lands included in the plat shall be paid in full at the time said plat is approved. When approved such plat shall be filed with the county auditor of the county. Thereafter the lands within said plat shall be conveyed, assessed and taxed with reference to said plat.
[ 1925 ex.s. c 69 § 4; RRS § 4292-4. Formerly RCW 85.04.505.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.05 - Diking Districts.
85.05.010 - Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
85.05.065 - Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
85.05.070 - Eminent domain—Powers of district.
85.05.071 - Resolution to construct drainage system.
85.05.072 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Notice of hearing.
85.05.073 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Procedure in absence of objections.
85.05.074 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Objections to improvement.
85.05.075 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Assessment of benefits.
85.05.076 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Appeal to supreme court—Trial de novo.
85.05.078 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Bonds to construct drainage system.
85.05.079 - Resolution to construct drainage system—Appellate review.
85.05.080 - Rights-of-way on public land.
85.05.081 - Organization—Matters to be set in notices, petitions or proceedings.
85.05.082 - Beds and shores of streams granted to district.
85.05.083 - Auditor to sign petition for his county, when.
85.05.085 - Commissioners, duty of.
85.05.090 - Petition for improvement—Contents.
85.05.100 - Petition for improvement—Employment of assistants—Compensation as costs in suits.
85.05.110 - Summons—Contents—Service.
85.05.120 - Appearance of defendants—Jury—Verdict—Decree.
85.05.130 - Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted—Procedure—Appeals.
85.05.135 - Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
85.05.140 - Proceedings may be dismissed when.
85.05.150 - Procedure to claim awards.
85.05.160 - Transcript of benefits to auditor—Assessments—Collection.
85.05.170 - Tax to pay cost on dismissal.
85.05.180 - Construction—Contractors—Performance bonds.
85.05.190 - Substantial changes in plans—Procedure.
85.05.200 - Payments on contracts—Retained percentage.
85.05.210 - Private dikes, how connected—Additional plans—Costs.
85.05.220 - Connecting with other diking systems.
85.05.230 - Action by district to prevent washing away of stream banks.
85.05.250 - Dikes along public road.
85.05.260 - Incorporated town may act as or be included in diking district.
85.05.270 - Estimate for maintenance and repair—Emergency expenditures.
85.05.280 - Organization of board—Warrants, how issued.
85.05.355 - Special assessment bonds.
85.05.360 - Warrants—When and how paid.
85.05.365 - Certificates of delinquency—Foreclosure—Sale—Use of proceeds.
85.05.366 - Funds to purchase delinquent certificates.
85.05.367 - Lands owned by district exempt from taxation.
85.05.370 - Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
85.05.380 - Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
85.05.390 - Assessments on public lands—How paid.
85.05.400 - Fees for service of process.
85.05.410 - Commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
85.05.420 - Powers of court—Injunctions.
85.05.430 - Sale of unneeded property—Authorized.
85.05.450 - Sale of unneeded property—Protests—Resolution of final action—Conveyance.
85.05.460 - Sale of unneeded property—Conveyance delayed if protests filed—Appeal.
85.05.470 - Sale of unneeded property—Direct action in superior court by protestant on final order.
85.05.490 - Levy for preliminary expenses.
85.05.500 - Levy for preliminary expenses—Preliminary expenses defined.
85.05.540 - Plat of reclaimed land—Benefits to be determined and paid.
85.05.550 - Plat of reclaimed land—Construction, application of RCW 85.05.510 through 85.05.550.