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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) When the department decides to sell any state-owned tidelands or shorelands, otherwise permitted by RCW 79.125.200 to be sold, it shall be the duty of the department to fix the date, place, and the time of sale, and no sale shall be had on any day which is a legal holiday.
(2) The department shall give notice of the sale by advertisement published once a week for four consecutive weeks immediately preceding the date fixed for sale in the notice, in at least one newspaper published and of general circulation in the county in which the whole or any part of any lot, block, or tract of land to be sold is situated, and by causing a copy of the notice to be posted in a conspicuous place in the department's Olympia office and the region headquarters administering the sale.
(3) The notice shall: (a) Specify the place and time of sale; (b) specify the appraised value; (c) describe with particularity each parcel of land to be sold; and (d) specify that the terms of sale will be posted in the region headquarters and the department's Olympia office.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 79. Public Lands § 79.125.600. Sale procedure--Fixing date, place, and time of sale--Notice--Publication and posting - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-79-public-lands/wa-rev-code-79-125-600/
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