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Code · Washington · Title 47 — Public Highways and Transportation · Chapter 47.58

RCW 47.58.080

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The department is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire in the name of the state by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any lands, property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property of any person, firm, corporation, political subdivision, or other owner, deemed necessary or convenient for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, and operation of any project initiated and carried on by the department under this chapter. The proceedings shall be in accordance with and subject to the provisions of any and all laws applicable to the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the state.
[ 1984 c 7 s 294 ; 1961 c 13 s 47.58.080 . Prior: 1955 c 208 s 8 .]
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