Washington Code 36.05.030 – Residents of area may intervene
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A majority of the voters living in the territory embracing such disputed, lost, obscure, or uncertain boundary line may, by petition, duly verified by one or more of them, intervene in the suit, and thereupon the court shall have jurisdiction and power, in locating and establishing the boundary line or lines, to strike or transfer from one county to another a strip or portion of such territory not exceeding two miles in width.
[ 1963 c 4 § 36.05.030. Prior: 1897 c 76 § 3; RRS § 3966.]
Terms Used In Washington Code 36.05.030
- 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.
- territory: as used in this chapter , means that portion of counties lying along the boundary line and within one mile on either side thereof. See Washington Code 36.05.080