RCW 85.28.020
Petition to appropriate—Contents.
The person or persons desiring the location and establishment of such ditch or drain may file in the superior court of the county in which the lands sought to be appropriated are situated, a petition showing the name of the petitioner or petitioners; a description of the lands to be benefited, and of those over which the ditch would pass, and setting forth the name of every owner, incumbrancer, or other person or party interested in the lands over which said ditch would pass, or any part thereof, so far as the same can be ascertained from the public records of the county. Such petition shall also show the object for which the lands are sought to be appropriated, the necessity for the appropriation, and the length, width and depth of the ditch on the lands of each separate owner, with a description of said ditch, as nearly as practicable; and shall also set out the estimated damage to the lands of each owner to be crossed by such ditch.
[ 1899 c 125 § 2; RRS § 4395. Prior: 1883 p 77 § 2, part.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 85 - Diking and Drainage
Chapter 85.28 - Private Ditches and Drains.
85.28.010 - Private parties authorized to establish ditches and drains.
85.28.020 - Petition to appropriate—Contents.
85.28.030 - Cost bond by petitioner.
85.28.040 - Viewers to be appointed—Duties.
85.28.050 - Report of viewers and plat to be filed.
85.28.060 - Summons to landowners—Contents and form.
85.28.080 - Service by publication.
85.28.090 - Trial—Findings or verdict—Decree—Time for payment of award.
85.28.110 - Compensation of viewers—Costs.
85.28.120 - New viewers may be appointed if report not adopted.
85.28.130 - Drainage of tide or marsh lands—Division of cost between contiguous tracts.
85.28.140 - Dike or ditch as common boundary—Division of costs.