§ 35.44.010 Assessment district — All property to be assessed — Basis
§ 35.44.015 Special benefit assessments for farm and agricultural land — Exemption from assessments, etc
§ 35.44.020 Assessment district — Cost items to be included
§ 35.44.030 Assessment district — Zones
§ 35.44.040 Assessment rate per square foot
§ 35.44.045 Open canals or ditches — Safeguards — Ascertaining assessments
§ 35.44.047 Other methods of computing assessments may be used
§ 35.44.050 Assessment roll — Entry of assessments against property
§ 35.44.060 Assessment roll — Diagram on preliminary survey not conclusive
§ 35.44.070 Assessment roll — Filing — Hearing, date, by whom held
§ 35.44.080 Assessment roll — Notice of hearing
§ 35.44.090 Assessment roll — Notice — Mailing — Publication
§ 35.44.100 Assessment roll — Hearing — Objections — Authority of council
§ 35.44.110 Assessment roll — Objections — Timeliness
§ 35.44.120 Assessment roll — Amendment — Procedure
§ 35.44.130 City property — Assessment
§ 35.44.140 County property assessment
§ 35.44.150 Harbor area leaseholds — Assessment
§ 35.44.160 Leases on tidelands — Assessment
§ 35.44.170 Metropolitan park district property — Assessment
§ 35.44.180 Notices — Mailing — Proof
§ 35.44.190 Proceedings conclusive — Exceptions — Adjustments to assessments if other funds become available
§ 35.44.200 Procedure on appeal — Perfecting appeal
§ 35.44.210 Procedure on appeal — Notice of appeal
§ 35.44.220 Procedure on appeal — Bond
§ 35.44.230 Procedure on appeal — Transcript
§ 35.44.240 Procedure on appeal — Notice of hearing
§ 35.44.250 Procedure on appeal — Hearing by superior court
§ 35.44.260 Procedure on appeal — Appellate review
§ 35.44.270 Procedure on appeal — Certified copy of decision or order
§ 35.44.280 Reassessments — When authorized
§ 35.44.290 Reassessments — Basis — Property included
§ 35.44.300 Reassessments — Irregularities not fatal
§ 35.44.310 Reassessments — Amount thereof
§ 35.44.320 Reassessments — Credit for prior payments
§ 35.44.330 Reassessments — Payment
§ 35.44.340 Reassessments — Limitation of time for
§ 35.44.350 Reassessments, assessments on omitted property, supplemental assessments — Provisions governing
§ 35.44.360 Assessments on omitted property — Authority
§ 35.44.370 Assessments on omitted property — Resolution — Notice
§ 35.44.380 Assessments on omitted property — Confirmation ordinance — Collection
§ 35.44.390 Supplemental assessments — When authorized
§ 35.44.400 Supplemental assessments — Limitation of time for
§ 35.44.410 Segregation of assessments
§ 35.44.420 Property donations — Credit against assessments

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 35.44 - Local improvements -- Assessments and reassessments

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.