{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.370","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 36.04.370","heading":"Whatcom county.","body":"Whatcom county shall consist of the territory bounded as follows, to wit: Commencing on the forty-ninth parallel at the point dividing the American and British possessions in the Gulf of Georgia; thence along said boundary line to where it deflects at the north entrance to the Haro Strait; thence along the northeasterly boundary of San Juan county to the ninth standard parallel, or the northwest corner of Skagit county; thence due east along said parallel to the summit of the Cascade mountains; thence northerly along the summit of said mountains to the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude; thence west along said parallel to the place of beginning.","path":["Title 36","Chapter 36.04"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=36.04.370","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:27:14Z","sha256":"17ca0af66e0e6c219141447175c2a1df3a883d3486b7034be6a303b85df3a33b","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.360","next":"us-wa/rcw-36.04.380"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}