RCW 85.06.090
Petition for improvement—Contents.
Whenever it is desired to prosecute the construction of a system of drainage by said drainage district, said district, by and through its board of commissioners, shall file a petition in the superior court of the county in which said district is located, setting forth therein the route and termini of said system, with a complete description thereof, together with specifications for its construction, with all necessary plats and plans thereof, with draughts of any artificial appliances or equipment necessary in aid thereof, together with the estimated cost of such proposed improvement, showing therein the names of the landowners whose lands are to be benefited by such proposed improvement; the number of acres owned by each landowner, and the maximum amount of benefits per acre to be derived by each landowner set forth therein from the construction of said proposed improvement, and that the same will be conducive to the public health, convenience and welfare, and increase the value of all of said property for purposes of public revenue. Said petition shall further set forth the names of the landowners through whose land the right-of-way is desired for said improvement; the amount of land necessary to be taken therefor, and an estimate of the value of said lands so sought to be taken for such right-of-way, and the damages sustained by any person or corporation interested therein, if any, by reason of such appropriation, irrespective of any benefits to be derived by such landowners by reason of the construction of said improvement. Such estimate shall be made, respectively, to each person through whose land said right-of-way is sought to be appropriated. Said petition shall set forth as defendants therein all the persons or corporations to be benefited by said improvement, and all persons or corporations through whose land the right-of-way is sought to be appropriated, and all persons or corporations having any interest therein, as mortgagee or otherwise, appearing of record, and shall set forth that said proposed system of drainage is necessary to drain all of said lands described in said petition, and that all lands sought to be appropriated for said right-of-way are necessary to be used as a right-of-way in the construction and maintenance of said improvement; and when the proposed improvement will protect or benefit the whole or any part of any public or corporate road or railroad, so that the traveled track or roadbed thereof will be improved by its construction, such fact shall be set forth in said petition, and such public or private corporations owning said road or railroad shall be made parties defendant therein, and the maximum amount of benefits to be derived from said proposed improvement shall be estimated in said petition against said road or railroad: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That all maps, plats, field notes, surveys, plans, specifications, or other data heretofore made, ascertained or prepared under laws heretofore enacted on the subject of this chapter, may be used under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1913 c 86 § 4; 1905 c 175 § 2; 1895 c 115 § 9; RRS § 4307. Formerly RCW 85.04.050, part.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.06 - Drainage Districts and Miscellaneous Drainage Provisions.
85.06.010 - Districts authorized—Powers—Management.
85.06.015 - Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW.
85.06.070 - Eminent domain powers—Purchase of real property authorized.
85.06.080 - Commissioners—Powers and duties.
85.06.090 - Petition for improvement—Contents.
85.06.100 - Petition for improvement—Employment of assistants—Compensation as costs in suit.
85.06.110 - Summons—Contents—Service.
85.06.120 - Appearance of defendants—Jury—Verdict—Assessment of damages and benefits—Decree.
85.06.125 - Special assessments—Budgets—Alternative methods.
85.06.130 - Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted—Procedure—Appeals.
85.06.140 - Dismissal of proceedings, when—Costs.
85.06.150 - Procedure to claim awards.
85.06.160 - Transcript of benefits to auditor—Assessments—Collection—Supplemental assessment.
85.06.180 - Construction—Contractors—Performance bonds.
85.06.190 - Substantial changes in plans—Procedure.
85.06.200 - Payments on contracts—Retained percentage.
85.06.210 - Connecting private drains—Procedure—Costs.
85.06.220 - Connecting with lower districts—Procedure.
85.06.230 - City or town may act as or be included in drainage district.
85.06.240 - Estimate for maintenance and repair—Emergency expenditures.
85.06.250 - Organization of board—Warrants, how issued.
85.06.255 - Special assessment bonds.
85.06.330 - Warrants presented for indorsement—When and how paid.
85.06.340 - Trial—Findings and forms of verdict.
85.06.350 - Public lands subject to assessment—Rights and liabilities of public corporations.
85.06.360 - Assessments on public lands—How paid.
85.06.370 - Fees for service of process.
85.06.380 - Commissioners—Compensation and expenses.
85.06.390 - Improvement of watercourses—Preservation of vested rights.
85.06.400 - Powers of court—Injunctions.
85.06.500 - Extension or enlargement of system.
85.06.550 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped.
85.06.620 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Dismissal of petition.
85.06.630 - Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped—Appellate review.
85.06.640 - Additional improvements—Authorized—Change in plans.
85.06.650 - Additional improvements—Methods of payment.
85.06.670 - Additional improvements—Acquisition, sale of property—Contracts to share expense.
85.06.680 - Additional improvements—Private property not to be taken without compensation.
85.06.690 - Additional improvements—Right of eminent domain.
85.06.700 - Additional improvements—Powers are additional—"Drainage district" defined.
85.06.710 - Costs in excess of estimate—Authorized—Warrants validated.
85.06.730 - Costs in excess of estimate—Summons on petition—Contents—Service—Answer.
85.06.740 - Costs in excess of estimate—Hearing by jury—Verdict.
85.06.750 - Costs in excess of estimate—Judgment—Appellate review.