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Code · Washington · Title 58 — Boundaries and Plats · Chapter 58.08

RCW 58.08.050

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Whenever any city or town has been surveyed and platted and a plat thereof showing the roads, streets and alleys has been filed in the office of the auditor of the county in which such city or town is located, such plat shall be deemed the official plat of such city, or town, and all roads, streets and alleys in such city or town as shown by such plat, be and the same are declared public highways: PROVIDING, That nothing herein shall apply to any part of a city or town that has been vacated according to law.
[Code 1881 s 3049; 1877 p 314 s 1 ; RRS s 9292.]
Notes:
Platted streets, public highways — Lack of compliance, penalty: RCW 58.08.035 .
Streets and alleys over first-class tidelands — Control of: RCW 35.21.250 .
Streets over tidelands declared public highways: RCW 35.21.230 .
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