Title 27 - Libraries, museums, and historical activities
- 27.04 - State library.
- 27.04.010 - Library created -- Rule-making authority -- Appointment of state librarian.
- 27.04.045 - Duties of state librarian -- Lending fees for interlibrary services.
- 27.04.055 - Qualifications of librarians -- Rules -- Fees.
- 27.04.100 - Reimbursement of employees for offender or resident assaults.
- 27.04.900 - State library commission -- Transfer of functions to office of the secretary of state.
- 27.04.901 - Effective date -- 2002 c 342.
- 27.12 - Public libraries.
- 27.12.010 - Definitions.
- 27.12.020 - Policy of state.
- 27.12.025 - Authorization.
- 27.12.030 - Libraries, how established.
- 27.12.040 - Rural library districts -- Establishment -- Proposed maximum levy rate.
- 27.12.050 - Rural library districts -- Board of library trustees -- Tax levies.
- 27.12.060 - Rural library districts -- General powers.
- 27.12.070 - Rural county library districts or rural partial-county library districts -- Disbursement of revenues and collection of taxes.
- 27.12.079 - Disincorporation of district located in county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more and inactive for five years.
- 27.12.080 - Regional libraries.
- 27.12.090 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Establishment.
- 27.12.100 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Establishment -- Procedure.
- 27.12.110 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Expansion of existing districts.
- 27.12.120 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Assumption of property, assets, liabilities.
- 27.12.130 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Board of trustees.
- 27.12.140 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Name may be adopted.
- 27.12.150 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Tax levies.
- 27.12.160 - Intercounty rural library districts -- District treasurer.
- 27.12.170 - Intercounty rural library districts -- Powers of board -- Procedures.
- 27.12.180 - Contracts for library service.
- 27.12.190 - Library trustees -- Appointment, election, removal, compensation.
- 27.12.210 - Library trustees -- Organization -- Bylaws -- Powers and duties.
- 27.12.212 - Community revitalization financing -- Public improvements.
- 27.12.215 - Job recruitment expenditures authorized.
- 27.12.220 - Rural, island, and intercounty rural districts -- Budget for capital outlays -- Accumulation of funds.
- 27.12.222 - Rural, island, and intercounty rural districts -- General obligation bonds -- Excess levies.
- 27.12.223 - Bonds -- Sale -- Security for deposit.
- 27.12.240 - Annual appropriations -- Control of expenditures.
- 27.12.260 - Annual report of trustees.
- 27.12.270 - Rules and regulations -- Free use of libraries.
- 27.12.280 - Use by nonresidents -- Exchange of books.
- 27.12.285 - Library services for Indian tribes.
- 27.12.290 - Violators may be excluded.
- 27.12.300 - Gifts -- Title to property.
- 27.12.305 - Sale of library materials authorized -- Disposition of proceeds.
- 27.12.310 - Charter provisions superseded.
- 27.12.320 - Dissolution -- Disposition of property.
- 27.12.321 - School district public libraries abolished -- Disposition of assets.
- 27.12.330 - Penalty for injury to property.
- 27.12.340 - Wilfully retaining books -- Infraction.
- 27.12.350 - Executory conditional sales contracts for purchase of property -- Limit on indebtedness -- Election, when.
- 27.12.355 - Rural county library district, island library district, or intercounty rural library district -- Withdrawal or reannexation of areas.
- 27.12.360 - Annexation of city or town into rural county library district, island library district, or intercounty rural library district -- Initiation procedure.
- 27.12.370 - Annexation of city or town into library district -- Special election procedure.
- 27.12.380 - Annexation of city or town into library district -- Withdrawal of annexed city or town.
- 27.12.390 - Annexation of city or town into library district -- Tax levies.
- 27.12.395 - Annexation of city or town into library district -- Assumption of liabilities.
- 27.12.400 - Island library districts -- Establishment -- Procedure.
- 27.12.410 - Island library districts -- Restrictions on establishment.
- 27.12.420 - Island library districts -- Board of trustees -- Tax levies.
- 27.12.430 - Island library districts -- Name may be adopted.
- 27.12.440 - Island library districts -- Powers and limitations for indebtedness.
- 27.12.450 - Island library districts -- Dissolution, when.
- 27.12.470 - Rural partial-county library districts.
- 27.15 - Library capital facility areas.
- 27.15.005 - Findings.
- 27.15.010 - Definitions.
- 27.15.020 - Request to establish library capital facility area -- Ballot propositions.
- 27.15.030 - Governing body.
- 27.15.040 - Authority to construct, acquire, maintain, and remodel facilities -- Interlocal agreements -- Legal title.
- 27.15.050 - Financing -- Bonds authorized.
- 27.15.060 - Dissolution of library capital facility area.
- 27.18 - Interstate library compact.
- 27.20 - State law library.
- 27.24 - County law libraries.
- 27.24.010 - Establishment.
- 27.24.020 - Board of trustees -- Composition -- Terms.
- 27.24.030 - Powers of board.
- 27.24.040 - Annual report.
- 27.24.062 - Establishment of regional law libraries.
- 27.24.066 - Library rooms and service.
- 27.24.067 - Free use of library.
- 27.24.068 - Establishment of county law library -- Trustee -- Free use of library.
- 27.24.070 - Portion of filing fees for county or regional law library.
- 27.24.090 - Discontinuance of fees.
- 27.24.900 - Effective date -- 1992 c 62.
- 27.34 - State historical societies -- Historic preservation.
- 27.34.010 - Purpose.
- 27.34.020 - Definitions.
- 27.34.060 - State historical societies -- Budget requests.
- 27.34.070 - State historical societies -- Powers and duties.
- 27.34.075 - Educational publications printing.
- 27.34.080 - State historical societies -- Appointment of directors -- Removal.
- 27.34.200 - Archaeology and historic preservation -- Legislative declaration.
- 27.34.220 - Director -- Powers.
- 27.34.230 - Director -- Duties.
- 27.34.240 - Apportionment of grants.
- 27.34.250 - Advisory council on historic preservation -- Members.
- 27.34.260 - Advisory council -- Compensation and reimbursement of members.
- 27.34.270 - Advisory council -- Duties.
- 27.34.280 - Advisory council, heritage council -- Financial and administrative services.
- 27.34.330 - Heritage capital projects -- Proposals for funding -- Prioritized list.
- 27.34.350 - Governor's award for excellence in teaching history.
- 27.34.360 - Women's history consortium -- Created -- Washington state historical society as managing agency.
- 27.34.365 - Women's history consortium -- Board of advisors.
- 27.34.370 - Women's history consortium -- Responsibilities of board of advisors.
- 27.34.375 - Women's history consortium -- Responsibilities.
- 27.34.380 - Women's history consortium -- Report to the legislature.
- 27.34.390 - Vancouver national historic reserve.
- 27.34.395 - Vancouver national historic reserve -- Designated partner representative -- Duties of Washington state historical society.
- 27.34.400 - Heritage barn preservation program.
- 27.34.405 - Heritage barn preservation advisory board -- Report.
- 27.34.410 - Heritage barn preservation fund.
- 27.34.415 - Cemeteries -- Burial sites -- Centralized database.
- 27.34.900 - State capital historical museum.
- 27.34.906 - Pickett House -- In trust -- Reverter.
- 27.34.910 - Effective date -- 1983 c 91.
- 27.34.915 - Severability -- 1993 c 101.
- 27.34.916 - Effective date -- 1993 c 101.
- 27.40 - Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum of University of Washington.
- 27.40.010 - Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum constituted state natural history and anthropology museum.
- 27.40.030 - Acceptance of materials from private sources.
- 27.40.034 - Permanent acquisition of documents and materials on loan to museum, procedure -- Return of stolen documents and materials to owner.
- 27.40.036 - Sale or trade of acquired documents or materials -- Use of proceeds.
- 27.40.040 - Management in board of regents.
- 27.44 - Indian graves and records.
- 27.44.020 - Examination permitted -- Removal to archaeological repository.
- 27.44.030 - Intent.
- 27.44.040 - Protection of Indian graves -- Penalty.
- 27.44.050 - Civil action by Indian tribe or member -- Time for commencing action -- Venue -- Damages -- Attorneys' fees.
- 27.44.055 - Skeletal human remains -- Duty to notify -- Ground disturbing activities -- Coroner determination -- Definitions.
- 27.44.900 - Captions not law -- 1989 c 44.
- 27.44.901 - Liberal construction -- 1989 c 44.
- 27.48 - Preservation of historical materials.
- 27.53 - Archaeological sites and resources.
- 27.53.010 - Declaration.
- 27.53.020 - Archaeological resource preservation -- Designation of department of archaeology and historic preservation -- Cooperation among agencies.
- 27.53.030 - Definitions.
- 27.53.040 - Archaeological resources -- Declaration.
- 27.53.045 - Abandoned archaeological resources -- Declaration.
- 27.53.060 - Disturbing archaeological resource or site -- Permit required -- Conditions -- Exceptions -- Penalty.
- 27.53.070 - Field investigations -- Communication of site or resource location to department.
- 27.53.080 - Archaeological activities upon public lands -- Entry -- Agreement -- Approval of activities -- Information regarding results of studies and activities.
- 27.53.090 - Violations -- Penalty.
- 27.53.095 - Knowing and willful failure to obtain or comply with permit -- Penalties.
- 27.53.100 - Historic archaeological resources on state-owned aquatic lands -- Discovery and report -- Right of first refusal.
- 27.53.110 - Contracts for discovery and salvage of state-owned historic archaeological resources.
- 27.53.120 - Recovery of property from historic archaeological sites -- Mitigation of damage -- Refusal to issue salvage permit to prevent destruction of resource.
- 27.53.130 - List of areas requiring permits.
- 27.53.140 - Rule-making authority.
- 27.53.150 - Proceeds from state's property -- Deposit and use.
- 27.53.900 - Severability -- 1975 1st ex.s. c 134.
- 27.53.901 - Severability -- 1988 c 124.
- RCW Dispositions
- 27.60 - 1989 Washington centennial
- 27.53 - Archaeological sites and resources
- 27.24 - County law libraries
- 27.32 - Eastern Washington state historical society
- 27.16 - Educational service district circulating libraries
- 27.52 - Historic sites and markers commission
- 27.44 - Indian graves and records
- 27.14 - Library district local improvement districts
- 27.48 - Preservation of historical materials
- 27.12 - Public libraries
- 27.36 - State capitol historical association and museum
- 27.08 - State certification of librarians
- 27.34 - State historical societies — historic preservation
- 27.20 - State law library
- 27.04 - State library
- 27.40 - Thomas burke memorial Washington state museum of university of Washington
- 27.28 - Washington state historical society
- 27.26 - Western library network
- Notes