# RCW 64.34.010: RCW 64.34.010: Applicability > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S010 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 64.34.010 - **Heading:** RCW 64.34.010: Applicability - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 64 / Chapter 34 / Section 010 ## Text (1) This chapter applies to all condominiums created within this state after July 1, 1990. RCW 64.34.040 (separate titles and taxation), RCW 64.34.050 (applicability of local ordinances, regulations, and building codes), RCW 64.34.060 (condemnation), RCW 64.34.208 (construction and validity of declaration and bylaws), RCW 64.34.268 (1) through (7) and (10) (termination of condominium), RCW 64.34.212 (description of units), RCW 64.34.304 (1) (a) through (f) and (k) through (t) (powers of unit owners' association), RCW 64.34.308 (1) (board of directors and officers), RCW 64.34.340 (voting — proxies), RCW 64.34.344 (tort and contract liability), RCW 64.34.354 (notification on sale of unit), RCW 64.34.360 (3) (common expenses — assessments), RCW 64.34.364 (lien for assessments), RCW 64.34.372 (association records), RCW 64.34.425 (resales of units), RCW 64.34.455 (effect of violation on rights of action; attorney's fees), RCW 64.34.380 through 64.34.392 (reserve studies and accounts), and RCW 64.34.020 (definitions) to the extent necessary in construing any of those sections, apply to all condominiums created in this state before July 1, 1990; but those sections apply only with respect to events and circumstances occurring after July 1, 1990, and do not invalidate or supersede existing, inconsistent provisions of the declaration, bylaws, or survey maps or plans of those condominiums. (2) The provisions of chapter 64.32 RCW do not apply to condominiums created after July 1, 1990, and do not invalidate any amendment to the declaration, bylaws, and survey maps and plans of any condominium created before July 1, 1990, if the amendment would be permitted by this chapter. The amendment must be adopted in conformity with the procedures and requirements specified by those instruments and by chapter 64.32 RCW. If the amendment grants to any person any rights, powers, or privileges permitted by this chapter which are not otherwise provided for in the declaration or chapter 64.32 RCW, all correlative obligations, liabilities, and restrictions in this chapter also apply to that person. (3) This chapter does not apply to condominiums or units located outside this state. (4) RCW 64.34.400 (applicability — waiver), RCW 64.34.405 (liability for public offering statement requirements), RCW 64.34.410 (public offering statement — general provisions), RCW 64.34.415 (public offering statement — conversion condominiums), RCW 64.34.420 (purchaser's right to cancel), RCW 64.34.430 (escrow of deposits), RCW 64.34.440 (conversion condominiums — notice — tenants-relocation assistance), and RCW 64.34.455 (effect of violations on rights of action — attorney's fees) apply with respect to all sales of units pursuant to purchase agreements entered into after July 1, 1990, in condominiums created before July 1, 1990, in which as of July 1, 1990, the declarant or an affiliate of the declarant owns or had the right to create at least ten units constituting at least twenty percent of the units in the condominium. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 64.34.005 RCW 64.34.005: Findings—Intent—2004 c 201.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S005.md) - [RCW 64.34.010 RCW 64.34.010: Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S010.md) - [RCW 64.34.020 RCW 64.34.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S020.md) - [RCW 64.34.030 RCW 64.34.030: Variation by agreement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S030.md) - [RCW 64.34.040 RCW 64.34.040: Separate interests—Taxation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S040.md) - [RCW 64.34.050 RCW 64.34.050: Local ordinances, regulations, and building codes—Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S050.md) - [RCW 64.34.060 RCW 64.34.060: Condemnation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S060.md) - [RCW 64.34.070 RCW 64.34.070: Law applicable—General principles.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S070.md) - [RCW 64.34.073 RCW 64.34.073: Application of chapter 64.55 RCW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S073.md) - [RCW 64.34.076 RCW 64.34.076: Application to common interest communities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S076.md) - [RCW 64.34.080 RCW 64.34.080: Contracts—Unconscionability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S080.md) - [RCW 64.34.090 RCW 64.34.090: Obligation of good faith.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S090.md) - [RCW 64.34.100 RCW 64.34.100: Remedies liberally administered.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S100.md) - [RCW 64.34.110 RCW 64.34.110: New declaration minimum density.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S110.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T64_C34_S010. 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