Washington Code 89.12.100 – State lands — Terms and conditions of sale
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If state lands within a district have been segregated into farm units and the appraised value thereof established, the state shall recognize and accept the appraisal as determining the market value of such lands, and shall offer the state lands for sale for cash on the following terms and conditions:
Terms Used In Washington Code 89.12.100
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- appraised value: shall mean the value of lands within the scope of this chapter appraised or reappraised by the secretary without reference to or increment on account of the irrigation works built or to be built by the United States. See Washington Code 89.12.020
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- district: shall mean an irrigation or reclamation district governed by this chapter as provided in RCW 89. See Washington Code 89.12.020
- family: shall mean a group consisting of either or both husband and wife, together with their children under eighteen years of age, or all of such children if both parents are dead, the term "their children" including the issue and lawfully adopted children of either or both husband and wife. See Washington Code 89.12.020
- lands: shall mean , unless otherwise indicated, lands within the boundaries of a district contracting or intending to contract with the United States under the terms of this chapter. See Washington Code 89.12.020
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
- secretary: shall mean the secretary of the interior of the United States, or his or her duly authorized representative. See Washington Code 89.12.020
(1) Sales shall be made only at the appraised value; (2) only the number of farm units or acreage specified by applicable federal law as not being excess lands shall be sold to any person or family; (3) applicants for the purchase of a farm unit shall be selected, as nearly as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (C) of section 4 of the act of congress of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 702); and (4) each applicant shall be required to execute a recordable contract within six months from the date the state’s conveyance or contract to convey is made, whichever is the earlier, if such a contract is required as a condition to the delivery of water under the terms of the district’s repayment contract with the United States; except as the carrying out of any such terms or conditions as to particular state lands may be precluded by provisions of the state Constitution.
The state shall cooperate with the secretary in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and in connection therewith, may execute recordable contracts covering any state lands and such other agreements as are necessary in connection with the administration of this chapter.