# RCW 47.32.060: RCW 47.32.060: Hearing—Findings—Order—Appellate review

> Washington · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S060

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 47.32.060
- **Heading:** RCW 47.32.060: Hearing—Findings—Order—Appellate review
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 47 / Chapter 32 / Section 060

## Text

At the time and place appointed for hearing upon the complaint, which hearing shall be by summary proceedings, if the court or judge thereof finds that due notice has been given by posting and publication and that the order of the department was duly made, and is further satisfied and finds that the state highway or portion thereof described is legally a state highway having the width of right-of-way specified in the order and that the structure, buildings, improvements, or other means of occupancy of the state highway or portion thereof as stated in the certificate of the department do in fact encroach, or that any portion thereof encroach, upon the state highway right-of-way, the court or judge thereof shall thereupon make and enter an order establishing that each of the structures, buildings, improvements, and other means of occupancy specified in the order is unlawfully maintained within the right-of-way and is subject to confiscation and sale and that they be forthwith confiscated, removed from the right-of-way, and sold, and providing that six days after the entry of the order, a writ shall issue from the court directed to the sheriff of the county, commanding the sheriff to seize and remove from the right-of-way of the state highway each such structure, building, improvement, or other means of occupancy specified in the order forthwith on receipt of a writ based on the order and to take and hold the property in his or her custody for a period of ten days, unless redelivered earlier as provided for by law, and if not then so redelivered to sell the property at public or private sale and to pay the proceeds thereof into the registry of the court within sixty days after the issuance of the writ, and further in such action, including costs of posting original notices of the department, the costs of posting and publishing notices of hearing as part thereof and any cost of removal, be paid by the clerk to the state treasurer and credited to the motor vehicle fund. The order shall be filed with the clerk of the court and recorded in the minutes of the court, and is final unless appellate review thereof is sought within five days after filing of the order.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 47.32.010 RCW 47.32.010: Order to remove obstructions—Removal by state.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S010.md)
- [RCW 47.32.020 RCW 47.32.020: Notice of order, contents, posting—Return.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S020.md)
- [RCW 47.32.030 RCW 47.32.030: Proceedings in rem authorized—Records certified.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S030.md)
- [RCW 47.32.040 RCW 47.32.040: Complaint, contents.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S040.md)
- [RCW 47.32.050 RCW 47.32.050: Notice, action, service, contents—Proceedings void when.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S050.md)
- [RCW 47.32.060 RCW 47.32.060: Hearing—Findings—Order—Appellate review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S060.md)
- [RCW 47.32.070 RCW 47.32.070: Writ, execution of—Return—Disposition of unsold property.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S070.md)
- [RCW 47.32.080 RCW 47.32.080: Property reclaimed—Bond.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S080.md)
- [RCW 47.32.090 RCW 47.32.090: Sureties on bond—Hearing on claim.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S090.md)
- [RCW 47.32.100 RCW 47.32.100: Procedure when claimant wins or loses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S100.md)
- [RCW 47.32.110 RCW 47.32.110: Merchandising structures—Permit—Removal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S110.md)
- [RCW 47.32.120 RCW 47.32.120: Business places along highway.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S120.md)
- [RCW 47.32.130 RCW 47.32.130: Dangerous objects and structures as nuisances—Logs—Abatement—Removal.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S130.md)
- [RCW 47.32.140 RCW 47.32.140: Railroad grade crossings, obstructions—Hearing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T47_C32_S140.md)

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