RCW 36.88.370
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Wherever herein petitions, ballots or objections are required to be signed by the owners of property, the following rules shall govern the sufficiency thereof:
(1)The signature of the record owner as determined by the records of the county auditor shall be sufficient without the signature of his or her spouse;
(2)in the case of mortgaged property, the signature of the mortgagor shall be sufficient;
(3)in the case of property purchased on contract the signature of the contract purchaser shall be deemed sufficient;
(4)any officer of a corporation owning land in the district duly authorized to execute deeds or encumbrances on behalf of the corporation may sign on behalf of such corporation: PROVIDED, That there shall be attached to the ballot or petition a certified excerpt from the bylaws showing such authority;
(5)if any property in the district stands in the name of a deceased person or any person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the signature of the executor, administrator or guardian as the case may be shall be equivalent to the signature of the owner of the property.
[ 1963 c 84 s 6 ; 1963 c 4 s 36.88.370 . Prior: 1951 c 192 s 37 .]