Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 79.15 · 31 active provisions
PART 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS (1) Valuable materials situated upon state lands and state forestlands may be sold separate from the land, when in the judgment of the department, it is for the best interest of the state so to sell the same.(2) Sales of valuable materials from any university lands require:(a) The consent of t…
(1) The department shall exercise general supervision and control over the sale of valuable materials.(2) The department shall maintain all reports, data, and information in its records pertaining to a proposed sale.(3) The department may hold a sale in abeyance pending further inspection and report and may cause such…
All sales of valuable materials shall be made subject to the right, power, and authority of the department to prescribe rules or procedures governing the manner of the sale and removal of the valuable materials. Such procedures shall be binding when contained within a purchaser's contract for valuable materials and app…
The department may cause valuable materials on state lands and state forestlands to be inspected and appraised and offered for sale when authorized by the board without an application having been filed, or deposit made, for the purchase of the same.
A person desiring to purchase valuable materials may make application to the department on forms provided by the department and accompanied by the fee provided in RCW 79.02.250.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, all sales of valuable materials exceeding $25,000 in appraised value must be at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder, provided that on public lands granted to the state for educational purposes sealed bids may be accepted for sales of timber or…
For the purposes of this chapter, "appraisal" means an estimate of the market value of valuable materials. The estimate must reflect the value based on market conditions at the time of the sale or transfer offering. The appraisal must reflect the department's best effort to establish a reasonable market value for the p…
(1) For the sale of valuable materials under this chapter, if the board is required by law to appraise the sale, the board must establish a minimum appraisal value that is valid for a period of one hundred eighty days, or a longer period as may be established by resolution. The board may reestablish the minimum apprais…
It is the duty of the department to fix the date, time, and place of sale.(1) All valuable materials shall have been appraised prior to the date fixed for sale as prescribed in RCW 79.15.060.(2) No sale may be conducted on any day that is a legal holiday.(3) Sales must be held between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p…
(1) Sales, other than direct sales, appraised at an amount not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars, when such sales have been authorized by the board for sale, shall be advertised by publishing not less than ten days prior to sale a notice of such sale in either a newspaper of general circulation, the departme…
The advertisement of sales is for informational purposes only, and under no circumstances does the information in the notice of sale constitute a warranty that the purchaser will receive the stated values, volumes, or acreage. All purchasers are expected to make their own measurements, evaluations, and appraisals.
(1) Valuable materials may be sold separately from the land as a "lump sum sale" or as a "scale sale."(a) "Lump sum sale" means any sale offered with a single total price applying to all the material conveyed.(b) "Scale sale" means any sale offered with per unit prices to be applied to the material conveyed.(2) Payment…
(1) Sales of valuable materials must be conducted under the direction of the department or its authorized representative.(a) Sales of valuable materials, unless otherwise provided in this chapter, shall be at public auction or by sealed bid to the highest bidder, except that, on public lands granted to the state for ed…
The department shall enter upon its records a confirmation of sale and issue to the purchaser a bill of sale for valuable materials if the following conditions have been met:(1) No fewer than ten days have passed since the auctioneer's report has been filed;(2) No affidavit is filed with the department showing that the…
When valuable materials are sold separately from the land and the purchase price is paid in full, the department shall prepare a bill of sale. The bill of sale shall:(1) State the time period for removing the material;(2) Be signed by the commissioner and attested by the seal of the commissioner's office upon full paym…
(1) In the event that the department determines that regulatory requirements or some other circumstance beyond the control of both the department and the purchaser has made a valuable materials contract wholly or partially impracticable to perform, the department may cancel any portion of the contract which could not b…
A sale of valuable materials that has been offered, and for which there are no bids received, may be reoffered consistent with RCW 79.15.060 and 79.15.080(2)(a).
PART 2 DAMAGED TIMBER From time to time timber on state land is damaged by events such as fire, windstorms, and flooding. After such events the timber becomes very susceptible to loss of value and quality due to rot and disease. To obtain maximum value for the state, it is important to sell any damaged timber as fast a…
When the department finds valuable materials on state land that are damaged by fire, wind, flood, or from any other cause, it shall determine if the salvage of the damaged valuable materials is in the best interest of the trust for which the land is held, which may include the salvage of forest biomass under chapter 79…
PART 3 ROCK, GRAVEL, ETC., SALES (1) The department, upon application by any person, may enter into a contract providing for the sale and removal of rock, gravel, sand, and silt located upon state lands or state forestlands, and providing for payment to be made on a royalty basis.(2) The issuance of a contract shall be…
(1) Any county, city, or town may file with the department an application to purchase any stone, rock, gravel, or sand upon any state lands or state forestlands to be used in the construction, maintenance, or repair of any public street, road, or highway within such county, city, or town.(2) Applications shall set fort…
PART 4 FIREWOOD The department may issue licenses to residents of this state to enter upon lands under the administration or jurisdiction of the department for the purpose of removing therefrom, standing or downed timber which is unfit for any purpose except to be used as firewood.
In addition to other matters which may be required to be contained in the application for a license under this chapter the applicant must certify that the wood so removed is to be only for the applicant's own personal use and in his or her own home and that the applicant will not dispose of it to any other person.
The application may be made to the department, and if deemed proper, the license may be issued upon the payment of two dollars and fifty cents which shall be paid into the treasury of the state by the officer collecting the same and placed in the resource management cost account or forest development account, as applic…
Whenever the department determines that it is in the best interest of the state and there will be a benefit to the lands involved or a state program affecting such lands it may designate specific areas and authorize the general public to enter upon lands under its jurisdiction for the purposes of cutting and removing s…