If a rural partial-county library district annexes a city or town that maintains its own library, which municipal corporation owns the property of the already established library?

Modified on 2020/11/12 15:32 by Jeremy Stroud Categorized as Establishment, FAQ

<p>An informal AGO Opinion issued 12/15/1994, signed by Assistant Attorney General Jean M. Wilkinson and addressed to Mary Y. Moore, states:</p>
<blockquote>&ldquo;Because neither <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12.470" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.470</a> (relating to rural partial-county libraries) nor <a href="https://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=27.12" target="_blank" class="externallink">RCW 27.12.355 &ndash; .395</a> (relating to annexation by rural county libraries) state that the municipal library assets transfer to the annexing rural county or partial-county library district, the common law rule&hellip; dictates that the annexation does not trigger a change in ownership of municipal library assets.&rdquo;</blockquote>

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If a rural partial-county library district annexes a city or town that maintains its own library, which municipal corporation owns the property of the already established library?