RCW 85.28.080
Service by publication.
In case any person interested in any of the lands to be crossed by such ditch, as aforesaid, does not reside in the county, or cannot be found therein, or conceals himself or herself so that personal service cannot be had upon him or her, upon proof thereof being made satisfactorily to appear to said court, said summons may be served by publication, in the same manner and with like effect as is done in civil actions: PROVIDED, That no other or different form of summons shall be required for publication than is required for personal service.
[ 2013 c 23 § 443; 1899 c 125 § 7; RRS § 4400.]
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.