§ 20.76.230. Offsetting compensation against damages—Court certificate.  


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  • Any person or persons wishing to offset an award of compensation or damages, or both, against any assessment, as provided in Section 20.76.220, shall receipt upon the execution docket of the court in which such award is made, and make satisfaction, on the execution docket, of the amount so sought to be made an offset; and shall procure from the Clerk of the court and present to the Director of Finance and Administrative Services a certificate under the seal of the court specifying the amount of which satisfaction has been made on the execution docket, the date of such satisfaction, the number and a brief title of the proceeding, including the number of the ordinance under which the proceeding was prosecuted.

    (Ord. 123361, § 332, 2010; Ord. 120794 § 259, 2002: Ord. 116368 § 264, 1992: Ord. 10725 § 2, 1904.)

    Cases— The right of a property owner to offset compensation for lands taken in condemnation proceedings against an assessment for benefits to his other lands not taken is not waived by taking warrants for such assessments, even though such is not the procedure set out in Ordinance 10725, where no injury or expense results from taking out the warrants. State ex rel. Guye v. Seattle, 49 Wn. 41, 94 P. 656 (1908).