§ 85.06.010 Districts authorized — Powers — Management
§ 85.06.015 Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW
§ 85.06.070 Eminent domain powers — Purchase of real property authorized
§ 85.06.080 Commissioners — Powers and duties
§ 85.06.090 Petition for improvement — Contents
§ 85.06.100 Petition for improvement — Employment of assistants — Compensation as costs in suit
§ 85.06.110 Summons — Contents — Service
§ 85.06.120 Appearance of defendants — Jury — Verdict — Assessment of damages and benefits — Decree
§ 85.06.125 Special assessments — Budgets — Alternative methods
§ 85.06.130 Assessment of benefited lands formerly omitted — Procedure — Appeals
§ 85.06.140 Dismissal of proceedings, when — Costs
§ 85.06.150 Procedure to claim awards
§ 85.06.160 Transcript of benefits to auditor — Assessments — Collection — Supplemental assessment
§ 85.06.180 Construction — Contractors — Performance bonds
§ 85.06.190 Substantial changes in plans — Procedure
§ 85.06.200 Payments on contracts — Retained percentage
§ 85.06.210 Connecting private drains — Procedure — Costs
§ 85.06.220 Connecting with lower districts — Procedure
§ 85.06.230 City or town may act as or be included in drainage district
§ 85.06.240 Estimate for maintenance and repair — Emergency expenditures
§ 85.06.250 Organization of board — Warrants, how issued
§ 85.06.255 Special assessment bonds
§ 85.06.330 Warrants presented for indorsement — When and how paid
§ 85.06.340 Trial — Findings and forms of verdict
§ 85.06.350 Public lands subject to assessment — Rights and liabilities of public corporations
§ 85.06.360 Assessments on public lands — How paid
§ 85.06.370 Fees for service of process
§ 85.06.380 Commissioners — Compensation and expenses
§ 85.06.390 Improvement of watercourses — Preservation of vested rights
§ 85.06.400 Powers of court — Injunctions
§ 85.06.500 Extension or enlargement of system
§ 85.06.545 Annexation of territory — Consolidation of special districts — Suspension of operations — Reactivation
§ 85.06.550 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped
§ 85.06.560 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Notice to present claims — Registration
§ 85.06.570 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Petition to court for assessment — Contents
§ 85.06.580 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Hearing to be fixed — Order for publication of notice
§ 85.06.590 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Notice — Contents, publication, etc
§ 85.06.600 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Hearing — Order for levy — Costs
§ 85.06.610 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Certification of order to tax levying officers
§ 85.06.620 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Dismissal of petition
§ 85.06.630 Payment of preliminary expense where proceedings are dropped — Appellate review
§ 85.06.640 Additional improvements — Authorized — Change in plans
§ 85.06.650 Additional improvements — Methods of payment
§ 85.06.660 Additional improvements — Resolution — Notice and hearing — Protests — Appellate review, conclusiveness of order of board
§ 85.06.670 Additional improvements — Acquisition, sale of property — Contracts to share expense
§ 85.06.680 Additional improvements — Private property not to be taken without compensation
§ 85.06.690 Additional improvements — Right of eminent domain
§ 85.06.700 Additional improvements — Powers are additional — “Drainage district” defined
§ 85.06.710 Costs in excess of estimate — Authorized — Warrants validated
§ 85.06.720 Costs in excess of estimate — Petition to reopen original proceedings — Damages and benefits
§ 85.06.730 Costs in excess of estimate — Summons on petition — Contents — Service — Answer
§ 85.06.740 Costs in excess of estimate — Hearing by jury — Verdict
§ 85.06.750 Costs in excess of estimate — Judgment — Appellate review

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 85.06 - Drainage districts and miscellaneous drainage provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Juror: A person who is on the jury.
  • 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.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • 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.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.