{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-36.88.370","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 36.88.370","heading":"Signatures on petitions, ballots, objections—Determining sufficiency.","body":"Wherever herein petitions, ballots or objections are required to be signed by the owners of property, the following rules shall govern the sufficiency thereof: (1) The signature of the record owner as determined by the records of the county auditor shall be sufficient without the signature of his or her spouse; (2) in the case of mortgaged property, the signature of the mortgagor shall be sufficient; (3) in the case of property purchased on contract the signature of the contract purchaser shall be deemed sufficient; (4) any officer of a corporation owning land in the district duly authorized to execute deeds or encumbrances on behalf of the corporation may sign on behalf of such corporation: PROVIDED, That there shall be attached to the ballot or petition a certified excerpt from the bylaws showing such authority; (5) if any property in the district stands in the name of a deceased person or any person for whom a guardian has been appointed, the signature of the executor, administrator or guardian as the case may be shall be equivalent to the signature of the owner of the property.","path":["Title 36","Chapter 36.88"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=36.88.370","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:33:01Z","sha256":"c015f55ef679253eaba3d22416ae31f31a08afaac40767ad291910a542e576cb","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-36.88.360","next":"us-wa/rcw-36.88.375"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}