{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.270","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 36.04.270","heading":"Pierce county.","body":"Pierce county shall consist of the territory bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing at the mouth, midchannel, of the Nisqually river; thence following the main channel of said river to its head; thence due east to the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence northerly along the summit to the head of the Green Water; thence westerly down said river to its confluence with White river; thence down the main channel of White river to the intersection of the fifth standard parallel; thence west along said line to the southeast corner of section thirty-one, township twenty-one north, range four east of Willamette Meridian; thence north along the east line of said section thirty-one to its intersection with the northerly line of the Puyallup Indian reservation; thence northwesterly on said line of the Puyallup Indian reservation, projected northwesterly in a straight line, to its intersection with the center line of Puget Sound; thence southwesterly and westerly following the channel of Dalco Passage to the south entrance of Colvo's Passage; thence down the channel of said passage to the northeast corner of section sixteen, in township twenty-two north, range two east; thence west to the northeast corner of section sixteen, in township twenty-two north, range one west; thence southerly along the channels of Case's Inlet and Puget Sound, to the middle of the mouth of the Nisqually river and place of beginning.","path":["Title 36","Chapter 36.04"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=36.04.270","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:27:14Z","sha256":"adf96eeff53c8f0535168ff768a93abd9b77a1afcd8285486912535fcfd44db1","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.260","next":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.280"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}