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WA Rev Code § 60.24.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.110 - Limitation of action.

RCW 60.24.110 Limitation of action.No lien provided for in this chapter binds any saw logs, spars, piles or other timber, or lumber and shingles, for a longer period than eight calendar months after the claim as herein provided has been filed, unless a civil action be commenced in a proper court, within that time, to enforce the same: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in case such civil action so commenced should for any cause other than the merits, be nonsuited or dismissed, then the lien shall continue for the term of one calendar month, if the said eight months have expired, to permit the commencement of another action thereon, which shall be as effective in prolonging the lien as if it had been entered during the term of eight months hereinbefore stated.[ 1893 c 132 § 10; RRS § 1171. Prior: Code 1881 § 1950; 1879 p 100 § 5; 1877 p 218 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.120 - Venue—Procedure.

RCW 60.24.120 Venue—Procedure.The liens provided for in this chapter shall be enforced by a civil action in the superior court of the county wherein the lien was filed, and shall be governed by the laws regulating the proceedings in civil actions touching the mode and manner of trial, and the proceedings and laws to secure property so as to hold it for the satisfaction of any lien that be against it; except as hereinafter otherwise provided.[ 1893 c 132 § 11; RRS § 1172. Prior: Code 1881 § 1951; 1877 p 218 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.130 - Sheriff as receiver—Deposit to recover possession—Costs.

RCW 60.24.130 Sheriff as receiver—Deposit to recover possession—Costs.The sheriff of the county wherein the lien is filed shall be the receiver when one is appointed, and the superior court upon a showing made shall appoint such receiver without notice, who shall be allowed such fees as may seem just to the court, which fees shall be accounted for by such sheriff as other fees collected by him or her in his or her official capacity: PROVIDED, That at any time when any property is in the custody of such sheriff under the provisions of this chapter, and any person claiming any interest therein, may deposit with the clerk of the court in which such action is pending, a sum of money in an amount equal to the claim sued upon, together with one hundred dollars, to cover costs and interest, (unless the court shall make an order fixing a different amount to cover such costs and interest, then such an amount as the court shall fix to secure such costs and interest, which such action is being prosecuted) and shall have the right to demand and receive forthwith from such sheriff the possession and custody of such property: PROVIDED, That in no action brought under the provisions of this chapter shall costs be allowed to lienholders unless a demand has been made for payment of his or her lien claim before commencement of suit, unless the court shall find the claimants at time of bringing action had reasonable ground to believe that the owner or the person having control of the property upon which such lien is claimed was attempting to defraud such claimant, or prevent the collection of such lien.[ 2012 c 117 § 140; 1899 c 90 § 1; 1893 c 132 § 12; RRS § 1173.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.140 - Pleadings by defendant—Amendments—Hearing.

RCW 60.24.140 Pleadings by defendant—Amendments—Hearing.If the defendant or defendants appear in a suit to enforce any lien provided by this chapter, he, she, or they shall make their answer on the merits of the complaint, and any motion or demurrer against the said complaint must be filed with the answer; and no motion shall be allowed to make complaint more definite and certain, if it appear to the court that the defendant or defendants have or should have knowledge of the facts, or that it can be made more certain and definite by facts which will appear necessarily in the testimony; but the case, unless the court sustains the demurrer to the complaint, shall be heard on the merits as speedily as possible, and amendments of the pleadings, if necessary, shall be liberally allowed.[ 2012 c 117 § 141; 1893 c 132 § 13; RRS § 1174.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.150 - Enforcement against all or part of property.

RCW 60.24.150 Enforcement against all or part of property.Any person who shall bring a civil action to enforce the lien herein provided for, or any person having a lien as herein provided for, who shall be made a party to any such civil action, has the right to demand that such lien be enforced against the whole or any part of the saw logs, spars, piles, or other timber or manufactured lumber or shingles upon which he or she has performed labor or which he or she has assisted in securing or obtaining, or which he or she has cut on his or her timberland during the eight months next preceding the filing of his or her lien, for all his or her labor upon or for all his of [or] her assistance in obtaining or securing said logs, spars, piles, or other timber, or in manufacturing said lumber or shingles during the whole or any part of the eight months mentioned in *section seven (7) of this act, or for timber cut during the whole or any part of the eight months above mentioned. And where proceedings are commenced against any lot of saw logs, spars, piles, or other timber or lumber or shingles as herein provided, and some of the lienors claim liens against the specific logs, spars, piles, or other timber or lumber or shingles proceeded against, and others against the same generally, to secure their claims for work and labor, the priority of the liens shall be determined as hereinbefore provided.[ 2012 c 117 § 142; 1893 c 132 § 14; RRS § 1175. Prior: Code 1881 § 1952; 1877 p 218 § 14.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: "section seven (7) of this act" is codified as RCW 60.24.075. Section 5 (codified as RCW 60.24.040) was probably intended.
WA Rev Code § 60.24.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.160 - Errors in claim, effect of.

RCW 60.24.160 Errors in claim, effect of.No mistake or error in the statement of the demand, or of the amount of credits and offsets allowed, or of the balance asserted to be due to claimant, nor in the description of the property against which the claim is filed, shall invalidate the lien, unless the court finds that such mistake or error in the statement of the demand, credits and offsets or of the balance due was made with intent to defraud, or the court shall find that an innocent third party without notice, direct or constructive, has, since the claim was filed, become the bona fide owner of the property liened upon, and that the notice of claim was so deficient that it did not put the party upon further inquiry, in any manner.[ 1893 c 132 § 15; RRS § 1176.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.170 - Purchase of property subject to lien—Presumption of notice.

RCW 60.24.170 Purchase of property subject to lien—Presumption of notice.It shall be conclusively presumed by the court that a party purchasing the property liened upon within thirty days given herein to claimants wherein to file their liens, is not an innocent third party, nor that he or she has become a bona fide owner of the property liened upon, unless it shall appear that he or she has paid full value for the said property, and has seen that the purchase money of the said property has been applied to the payment of such bona fide claims as are entitled to liens upon the said property under the provisions of this chapter, according to the priorities herein established.[ 2012 c 117 § 143; 1893 c 132 § 16; RRS § 1177.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.180 - Joinder—Costs.

RCW 60.24.180 Joinder—Costs.Any number of persons claiming liens under this chapter may join in the affidavit in RCW 60.24.075 provided, and may join in the same action, and when separate actions are commenced the court may consolidate them. The court shall also allow as part of the costs the moneys paid for filing, making and recording the claim, and a reasonable attorney's fee for each person claiming a lien.[ 1901 c 23 § 1; 1893 c 132 § 17; RRS § 1178. Prior: Code 1881 § 1691; 1877 p 219 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 60.24.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.190 - Judgment—Sale—Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 60.24.190 Judgment—Sale—Disposition of proceeds.In each civil action, judgment must be rendered in favor of each person having a lien for the amount due to him or her, and the court or judge thereof shall order any property subject to the lien herein provided for to be sold by the sheriff of the proper county in the same manner that personal property is sold on execution, and the court or judge shall apportion the proceeds of such sale to the payment of each judgment, according to the priorities established in this chapter pro rata in its class according to the amount of such judgment.[ 2012 c 117 § 144; 1893 c 132 § 18; RRS § 1179. Prior: Code 1881 § 1954; 1877 p 219 § 16. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1893 c 132 § 19; RRS § 1180 now codified as RCW 60.24.195.]NOTES:Sale of property on execution: Chapter 6.21 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 60.24.195 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.195 - Sale of property subject to lien—When.

RCW 60.24.195 Sale of property subject to lien—When.The court or judge may order any property subject to a lien as in this chapter provided to be sold by the sheriff as personal property is sold on execution either before or at the time judgment is rendered, as provided in RCW 60.24.190, and the proceeds of such sale must be paid into court to be applied as in RCW 60.24.190 directed.[ 1893 c 132 § 19; RRS § 1180. Prior: Code 1881 § 1955; 1877 p 219 § 17. Formerly RCW 60.24.190, part.]NOTES:Sale of property on execution: Chapter 6.21 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 60.24.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.24 - Lien for Labor and Services on Timber and Lumber.|60.24.200 - Damages for eloigning, injuring, destroying, or removing marks, etc.—Recovery.

RCW 60.24.200 Damages for eloigning, injuring, destroying, or removing marks, etc.—Recovery.Any person who shall eloign, injure, or destroy, or who shall render difficult, uncertain, or impossible of identification any saw logs, spars, piles, shingles, or other timber upon which there is a lien as herein provided, without the express consent of the person entitled to such lien, shall be liable to the lienholder for the damages to the amount secured by his or her lien, and it being shown to the court in the civil action to enforce said lien, it shall be the duty of the court to enter a personal judgment for the amount in such action against the said person, provided he or she be a party to such action, or the damages may be recovered by a civil action against such person.[ 2012 c 117 § 145; 1893 c 132 § 20; RRS § 1181. Prior: Code 1881 § 1956; 1877 p 219 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 60.28.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.015 - Recovery from retained percentage—Written notice to contractor of materials furnished.

RCW 60.28.015 Recovery from retained percentage—Written notice to contractor of materials furnished.Every person, firm, or corporation furnishing materials, supplies, or equipment to be used in the construction, performance, carrying on, prosecution, or doing of any work for the state, or any county, city, town, district, municipality, or other public body, shall give to the contractor of the work a notice in writing, which notice shall cover the material, supplies, or equipment furnished or leased during the sixty days preceding the giving of such notice as well as all subsequent materials, supplies, or equipment furnished or leased, stating in substance and effect that such person, firm, or corporation is and/or has furnished materials and supplies, or equipment for use thereon, with the name of the subcontractor ordering the same, and that a lien against the retained percentage may be claimed for all materials and supplies, or equipment furnished by such person, firm, or corporation for use thereon, which notice shall be given by (1) mailing the same by registered or certified mail in an envelope addressed to the contractor, or (2) by serving the same personally upon the contractor or the contractor's representative and obtaining evidence of such service in the form of a receipt or other acknowledgment signed by the contractor or the contractor's representative, and no suit or action shall be maintained in any court against the retained percentage to recover for such material, supplies, or equipment or any part thereof unless the provisions of this section have been complied with.[ 1986 c 314 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 60.28.021 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.021 - Excess over lien claims paid to contractor.

RCW 60.28.021 Excess over lien claims paid to contractor.After the expiration of the forty-five day period for giving notice of lien provided in RCW 60.28.011(2), and after receipt of the certificates of the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries, and the public body is satisfied that the taxes certified as due or to become due by the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries are discharged, and the claims of material suppliers and laborers who have filed their claims, together with a sum sufficient to defray the cost of foreclosing the liens of such claims, and to pay attorneys' fees, have been paid, the public body may withhold from the remaining retained amounts for claims the public body may have against the contractor and shall pay the balance, if any, to the contractor the fund retained by it or release to the contractor the securities and bonds held in escrow.If such taxes have not been discharged or the claims, expenses, and fees have not been paid, the public body shall either retain in its fund, or in an interest bearing account, or retain in escrow, at the option of the contractor, an amount equal to such unpaid taxes and unpaid claims together with a sum sufficient to defray the costs and attorney fees incurred in foreclosing the lien of such claims, and shall pay, or release from escrow, the remainder to the contractor.[ 2009 c 432 § 6; 2007 c 218 § 94; 1992 c 223 § 3.]NOTES:Report—2009 c 432: See RCW 18.27.800.Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.Effective date—1992 c 223: See note following RCW 39.76.011.Waiver of rights, construction—Application—1992 c 223: See RCW 39.04.900 and 39.04.901.
WA Rev Code § 60.28.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.030 - Foreclosure of lien—Limitation of action—Release of funds.

RCW 60.28.030 Foreclosure of lien—Limitation of action—Release of funds.Any person, firm, or corporation filing a claim against the reserve fund shall have four months from the time of the filing thereof in which to bring an action to foreclose the lien. The lien shall be enforced by action in the superior court of the county where filed, and shall be governed by the laws regulating the proceedings in civil actions touching the mode and manner of trial and the proceedings and laws to secure property so as to hold it for the satisfaction of any lien against it: PROVIDED, That the public body shall not be required to make any detailed answer to any complaint or other pleading but need only certify to the court the name of the contractor; the work contracted to be done; the date of the contract; the date of completion and final acceptance of the work; the amount retained; the amount of taxes certified due or to become due to the state; and all claims filed with it showing respectively the dates of filing, the names of claimants, and amounts claimed. Such certification shall operate to arrest payment of so much of the funds retained as is required to discharge the taxes certified due or to become due and the claims filed in accordance with this chapter. In any action brought to enforce the lien, the claimant, if he or she prevails, is entitled to recover, in addition to all other costs, attorney fees in such sum as the court finds reasonable. If a claimant fails to bring action to foreclose his or her lien within the four months period, the reserve fund shall be discharged from the lien of his or her claim and the funds shall be paid to the contractor. The four months limitation shall not, however, be construed as a limitation upon the right to sue the contractor or his or her surety where no right of foreclosure is sought against the fund.[ 2012 c 117 § 146; 1979 ex.s. c 38 § 1; 1955 c 236 § 3; 1927 c 241 § 1; 1921 c 166 § 3; RRS § 10322.]
WA Rev Code § 60.28.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.040 - Tax liens—Priority of liens.

RCW 60.28.040 Tax liens—Priority of liens.(1) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the amount of all taxes, increases, and penalties due or to become due under Title 82 RCW, from a contractor or the contractor's successors or assignees with respect to a public improvement contract wherein the contract price is thirty-five thousand dollars or more, is a lien prior to all other liens upon the amount of the retained percentage withheld by the disbursing officer under such contract.(2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, after payment of all taxes, increases, and penalties due or to become due under Title 82 RCW, from a contractor or the contractor's successors or assignees with respect to a public improvement contract wherein the contract price is thirty-five thousand dollars or more, the amount of all other taxes, increases, and penalties under Title 82 RCW, due and owing from the contractor, is a lien prior to all other liens upon the amount of the retained percentage withheld by the disbursing officer under such contract.(3) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, after payment of all taxes, increases, and penalties due or to become due under Title 82 RCW, the amount of all taxes, increases, and penalties due or to become due under Titles 50 and 51 RCW from the contractor or the contractor's successors or assignees with respect to a public improvement contract wherein the contract price is thirty-five thousand dollars or more is a lien prior to all other liens upon the amount of the retained percentage withheld by the disbursing officer under such contract.(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the amount of all other taxes, increases, and penalties due and owing from the contractor is a lien upon the balance of such retained percentage remaining in the possession of the disbursing officer after all other statutory lien claims have been paid.(5) The employees of a contractor or the contractor's successors or assignees who have not been paid the prevailing wage under such a public improvement contract shall have a first priority lien against the bond or retainage prior to all other liens.[ 2014 c 97 § 301. Prior: 2009 c 432 § 7; 2009 c 219 § 7; 1985 c 80 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 299 § 1; 1955 c 236 § 4; prior: 1949 c 228 § 27, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 8370-204a, part; RCW 82.32.250, part.]NOTES:Report—2009 c 432: See RCW 18.27.800.Severability—Effective dates—1971 ex.s. c 299: See notes following RCW 82.04.050.
WA Rev Code § 60.28.051 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.051 - Duties of disbursing officer upon completion of contract.

RCW 60.28.051 Duties of disbursing officer upon completion of contract.Upon completion of a contract, the state, county, or other municipal officer charged with the duty of disbursing or authorizing disbursement or payment of such contracts shall forthwith notify the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries of the completion of contracts over thirty-five thousand dollars. Such officer shall not make any payment from the retained percentage fund or release any retained percentage escrow account to any person, until he or she has received from the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries certificates that all taxes, increases, and penalties due from the contractor, and all taxes due and to become due with respect to such contract have been paid in full or that they are, in each department's opinion, readily collectible without recourse to the state's lien on the retained percentage.[ 2009 c 432 § 8; 2007 c 210 § 2; 1992 c 223 § 4.]NOTES:Report—2009 c 432: See RCW 18.27.800.Effective date—1992 c 223: See note following RCW 39.76.011.Waiver of rights, construction—Application—1992 c 223: See RCW 39.04.900 and 39.04.901.
WA Rev Code § 60.28.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 60 - Liens|Chapter 60.28 - Lien for Labor, Materials, Taxes on Public Works.|60.28.060 - Duties of disbursing officer upon final acceptance of contract—Request of payment of taxes, increases, penalties, and claims.

RCW 60.28.060 Duties of disbursing officer upon final acceptance of contract—Request of payment of taxes, increases, penalties, and claims.If within thirty days after receipt of notice by the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries of the completion of the contract, the amount of all taxes, increases, and penalties due from the contractor or any of his or her successors or assignees or to become due with respect to such contract have not been paid, the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries may certify to the disbursing officer the amount of all taxes, increases, and penalties due from the contractor, together with the amount of all taxes due and to become due with respect to the contract and may request payment thereof in accordance with the priority provided by this chapter. The disbursing officer shall within ten days after receipt of such certificate and request pay to the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries the amount of all taxes, increases, and penalties certified to be due or to become due and all claims which by statute are a lien upon the retained percentage withheld by the disbursing officer in accordance with the priority provided by this chapter. If the contractor owes no taxes imposed pursuant to Titles 50, 51, and 82 RCW, the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries shall so certify to the disbursing officer.[ 2012 c 117 § 147; 2009 c 432 § 9; 1967 ex.s. c 26 § 25; 1955 c 236 § 6. Prior: 1949 c 228 § 27, part; Rem. Supp. 1949 § 8370-204a, part; RCW 82.32.250, part.]NOTES:Report—2009 c 432: See RCW 18.27.800.Effective date—1967 ex.s. c 26: See note following RCW 82.01.050.