It must also be replaced by whoever cuts it down.

Whenever any person shall cut down, girdle, or otherwise injure, or carry off any tree, including a Christmas tree as defined in RCWtimber, or shrub on the land of another person, or on the street or highway in front of any person's house, city or town lot, or cultivated grounds, or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or on the street or highway in front thereof, without.

Jul 20, Washington State Law On Cutting Down Trees When a Tree Spreads to Your Neighbor. If you plant a tree on your property and it grows into your neighbor’s property, Triple Damages. Punitive damages can be imposed on you if you deliberately cut down a tree. Jul 20, Trees that start out on your property but grow over the boundary between your property and your neighbor’s property become the joint property of you and your neighbor under Washington state law.

You cannot cut down the tree without getting the permission of your neighbor. Any city or town may by general ordinance require the owner of any property therein to remove or destroy all trees, plants, shrubs or vegetation, or parts thereof, which overhang any sidewalk or street or which are growing thereon in such manner as to obstruct or impair the free and full use of the sidewalk or street by the public; and may further so require the owner of any property therein to remove or destroy all grass, weeds, shrubs, bushes, trees.

Washington State – Street Tree Ordinances. MSRC – Urban Forestry. Tree Ordinances by Washington City.

Bainbridge Island, WA – Ordinance No Beaux Arts Village, WA – Ordinance No – Jan 11, Bellevue, WA – Bellevue Land Use Code – Sec. – Tree retention and Replacement. Trees Urban Ecosystem Analysis City of Bellevue, Washington – Oct. Sep 08, RCW provides that “whenever any person shall cut down, girdle, or otherwise injure, or carry off any tree on the land of another person without lawful authority, in an action by the person against the person committing the trespasses any judgment for the plaintiff shall be for treble the amount of damages claimed or assessed.”.

Because legislatively-enacted tree law is so sparse here, much of Washington's law is based on precedent set by court cases. For example, Merullo cites the case of Costina vs. Ryland. The court. Apr 11, On April 4,Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals declared that a landowner may remove tree roots that encroach onto his or her property – even if it severely damages, or possibly even kills, the tree.

This decision is surprising on a number of levels.

Like in Maine, New Hampshire outlines regulations regarding trees near the shoreline.

The case is known as Mustoe v. Ma/Jordan, and the facts are very simple.