{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-35a.57.020","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 35A.57.020","heading":"Metropolitan municipal corporations—May be formed around charter code city.","body":"Any area of the state containing two or more cities, at least one of which is a code city having at least ten thousand population, may organize as a metropolitan municipal corporation. The presence in such area of a code city having at least ten thousand population, shall fulfill the requirement of RCW 35.58.030 as to the class of city required to be included in an area incorporating as a metropolitan municipal corporation.","path":["Title 35A","Chapter 35A.57"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=35A.57.020","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:25:19Z","sha256":"bef6cf531118f18198d775e4a8e2034540debac3ae74c0aabec71be70509d760","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-35a.56.010","next":"us-wa/rcw-35a.58.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}