§ 85.05.010 Districts authorized — Powers — Management
§ 85.05.065 Certain powers and rights governed by chapter 85.38 RCW
§ 85.05.070 Eminent domain — Powers of district
§ 85.05.071 Resolution to construct drainage system
§ 85.05.072 Resolution to construct drainage system — Notice of hearing
§ 85.05.073 Resolution to construct drainage system — Procedure in absence of objections
§ 85.05.074 Resolution to construct drainage system — Objections to improvement
§ 85.05.075 Resolution to construct drainage system — Assessment of benefits
§ 85.05.076 Resolution to construct drainage system — Appeal to supreme court — Trial de novo
§ 85.05.077 Resolution to construct drainage system — Assessments for drains and dikes to be segregated
§ 85.05.078 Resolution to construct drainage system — Bonds to construct drainage system
§ 85.05.079 Resolution to construct drainage system — Appellate review
§ 85.05.080 Rights-of-way on public land
§ 85.05.081 Organization — Matters to be set in notices, petitions or proceedings
§ 85.05.082 Beds and shores of streams granted to district
§ 85.05.083 Auditor to sign petition for his county, when
§ 85.05.085 Commissioners, duty of
§ 85.05.090 Petition for improvement — Contents
§ 85.05.100 Petition for improvement — Employment of assistants — Compensation as costs in suits
§ 85.05.110 Summons — Contents — Service
§ 85.05.120 Appearance of defendants — Jury — Verdict — Decree
§ 85.05.135 Special assessments — Budgets — Alternative methods
§ 85.05.140 Proceedings may be dismissed when
§ 85.05.150 Procedure to claim awards
§ 85.05.160 Transcript of benefits to auditor — Assessments — Collection
§ 85.05.170 Tax to pay cost on dismissal
§ 85.05.180 Construction — Contractors — Performance bonds
§ 85.05.190 Substantial changes in plans — Procedure
§ 85.05.200 Payments on contracts — Retained percentage
§ 85.05.210 Private dikes, how connected — Additional plans — Costs
§ 85.05.220 Connecting with other diking systems
§ 85.05.230 Action by district to prevent washing away of stream banks
§ 85.05.240 Action by district to prevent washing away of stream banks — Expenses for appropriation of land
§ 85.05.250 Dikes along public road
§ 85.05.260 Incorporated town may act as or be included in diking district
§ 85.05.270 Estimate for maintenance and repair — Emergency expenditures
§ 85.05.280 Organization of board — Warrants, how issued
§ 85.05.355 Special assessment bonds
§ 85.05.360 Warrants — When and how paid
§ 85.05.365 Certificates of delinquency — Foreclosure — Sale — Use of proceeds
§ 85.05.366 Funds to purchase delinquent certificates
§ 85.05.367 Lands owned by district exempt from taxation
§ 85.05.370 Trial — Findings and forms of verdict
§ 85.05.380 Public lands subject to assessment — Rights and liabilities of public corporations
§ 85.05.390 Assessments on public lands — How paid
§ 85.05.400 Fees for service of process
§ 85.05.410 Commissioners — Compensation and expenses
§ 85.05.420 Powers of court — Injunctions
§ 85.05.430 Sale of unneeded property — Authorized
§ 85.05.440 Sale of unneeded property — Resolution of intention — Notice of hearing — Publication and posting
§ 85.05.450 Sale of unneeded property — Protests — Resolution of final action — Conveyance
§ 85.05.460 Sale of unneeded property — Conveyance delayed if protests filed — Appeal
§ 85.05.470 Sale of unneeded property — Direct action in superior court by protestant on final order
§ 85.05.490 Levy for preliminary expenses
§ 85.05.500 Levy for preliminary expenses — Preliminary expenses defined
§ 85.05.540 Plat of reclaimed land — Benefits to be determined and paid
§ 85.05.550 Plat of reclaimed land — Construction, application of RCW 85.05.510 through 85.05.550
§ 85.05.605 Annexation of territory — Consolidation of special districts — Suspension of operations — Reactivation
§ 85.05.610 Authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by congress
§ 85.05.620 Authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by congress — Indian trust lands and restricted lands may be included, when
§ 85.05.630 Authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by congress — Vesting of right, title and interest to dikes and land
§ 85.05.640 Authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by congress — Definitions
§ 85.05.650 Authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by congress — Ratification and confirmation of prior acts
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