58.24.010 - Declaration of necessity. - Washington Statutes

Declaration of necessity.

It is the responsibility of the state to provide a means for the identification and preservation of survey points for the description of common land boundaries in the interest of the people of the state. There is a necessity for the adoption and maintenance of a system of permanent reference as to boundary monuments. The department of natural resources shall be the recognized agency for the establishment of this system.

[1987 c 466 § 4; 1982 c 165 § 1; 1951 c 224 § 2.]

Notes: Severability -- 1951 c 224: "If any provision of this act shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other portion of this act which can be given effect without the invalid provision, and to this end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable." [1951 c 224 § 7.]