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Statutes > Washington > Title-88 > 88-24 > 88-24-010

Right of riparian owner to construct — Rates.

Any person owning land adjoining any navigable waters or watercourse, within or bordering upon this state, may erect upon his own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them so far into said waters or watercourses as the convenience of shipping may require; and he may charge for wharfage such rates as shall be reasonable: PROVIDED, That he shall at all times leave sufficient room in the channel for the ordinary purposes of navigation.

[Code 1881 § 3271; 1863 p 531 § 1; 1860 p 326 § 1; 1854 p 357 § 1; RRS § 9613.]

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Washington > Title-88 > 88-24 > 88-24-010

Right of riparian owner to construct — Rates.

Any person owning land adjoining any navigable waters or watercourse, within or bordering upon this state, may erect upon his own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them so far into said waters or watercourses as the convenience of shipping may require; and he may charge for wharfage such rates as shall be reasonable: PROVIDED, That he shall at all times leave sufficient room in the channel for the ordinary purposes of navigation.

[Code 1881 § 3271; 1863 p 531 § 1; 1860 p 326 § 1; 1854 p 357 § 1; RRS § 9613.]


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Washington > Title-88 > 88-24 > 88-24-010

Right of riparian owner to construct — Rates.

Any person owning land adjoining any navigable waters or watercourse, within or bordering upon this state, may erect upon his own land any wharf or wharves, and may extend them so far into said waters or watercourses as the convenience of shipping may require; and he may charge for wharfage such rates as shall be reasonable: PROVIDED, That he shall at all times leave sufficient room in the channel for the ordinary purposes of navigation.

[Code 1881 § 3271; 1863 p 531 § 1; 1860 p 326 § 1; 1854 p 357 § 1; RRS § 9613.]