Title 51 — Title 51 INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE
14 chapters · 346 sections in this title.
RCW 51.48.010 Employer's liability for penalties, injury or disease occurring before payment of compensation secured.
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Every employer shall be liable for the penalties described in this title and may also be liable if an injury or occupational disease has been sustained by a worker prior to the time he or she has secured the payment of such compensation to a penalty in a sum not less than fifty p…
RCW 51.48.017 Self-insurer delaying or refusing to pay benefits.
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(1) Every time a self-insurer unreasonably delays or refuses to pay benefits as they become due, the self-insurer shall pay a penalty not to exceed the greater of $1,000 or 25 percent of: (a) The amount due or (b) each underpayment made to the claimant. For purposes of this secti…
RCW 51.48.020 Employer's false reporting or failure to secure payment of compensation—False information by claimants—Unlawful actions—Penalties.
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(1)(a) Any employer, who knowingly misrepresents to the department the amount of his or her payroll or employee hours upon which the premium under this title is based, shall be liable to the state for up to ten times the amount of the difference in premiums paid and the amount th…
RCW 51.48.022 Failure to secure payment of compensation—Stop work order—Penalty—Rules.
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(1) In addition to the penalties provided by this chapter, an employer performing services that require registration under chapter 18.27 RCW or licensing under chapter 18.106 or 19.28 RCW who violates RCW 51.14.010 may be subject to a stop work order issued under this section.(2)…
RCW 51.48.025 Retaliation by employer prohibited—Investigation—Remedies.
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(1) No employer may discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed or communicated to the employer an intent to file a claim for compensation or exercises any rights provided under this title. However, nothing in this section prevents…
RCW 51.48.030 Failure to keep records and make reports.
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(1) Every employer who fails to keep and preserve the records required by this title or fails to make the reports provided in this title shall be subject to a penalty determined by the director but not to exceed five hundred dollars or two hundred percent of the quarterly tax for…
RCW 51.48.040 Inspection of employer's records.
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(1) The books, records and payrolls of the employer pertinent to the administration of this title shall always be open to inspection by the department or its traveling auditor, agent or assistant, for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the payroll, the persons employe…
RCW 51.48.050 Liability for illegal collections for medical aid.
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It shall be unlawful for any employer to directly or indirectly demand or collect from any of his or her workers any sum of money whatsoever for or on account of medical, surgical, hospital, or other treatment or transportation of injured workers, other than as specified in RCW 5…
RCW 51.48.055 Termination, dissolution, or abandonment of business—Personal liability for unpaid premiums.
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(1) Upon termination, dissolution, or abandonment of a corporate or limited liability company business, any officer, member, manager, or other person having control or supervision of payment and/or reporting of industrial insurance, or who is charged with the responsibility for t…
RCW 51.48.060 Physician or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner—Failure to report or comply.
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Any physician or licensed *advanced registered nurse practitioner who fails, neglects or refuses to file a report with the director, as required by this title, within five days of the date of treatment, showing the condition of the injured worker at the time of treatment, a descr…
RCW 51.48.075 Information and training on premium liability.
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The department shall, working with business associations and other employer and employee groups when practical, publish information and provide training to promote understanding of the premium liability that may be incurred under this chapter.[ 2004 c 243 s 5.]Notes:Adoption of r…
RCW 51.48.080 Violation of rules.
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(1) Every person, firm, or corporation who violates or fails to obey, observe, or comply with any statutory provision of this title or rule of the department promulgated under authority of this title, shall be subject to a penalty of not to exceed $1,000.(2) The department may, f…
RCW 51.48.090 Collection.
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Civil penalties to the state under this title shall be collected by civil action in the name of the state and paid into the accident fund unless a different fund is designated.[ 1961 c 23 s 51.48.090. Prior: (i) 1947 c 247 s 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 7676d, part. (ii) 1911 c 74 …
RCW 51.48.095 Adjustment for inflation.
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(1) The penalties payable pursuant to this chapter shall be adjusted for inflation every three years, beginning July 1, 2023, based upon changes in the consumer price index during that time period.(2) For purposes of this section, "consumer price index" means, for any calendar ye…
RCW 51.48.100 Waiver—Penalty-free periods.
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(1) The director may waive the whole or any part of any penalty charged under this title.(2) Until June 30, 1986: (a) The director may, at his or her discretion, declare a penalty-free period of no more than three months only for employers who have never previously registered und…
RCW 51.48.103 Engaging in business without certificate of coverage—Unlawful actions—Penalties.
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(1) It is a gross misdemeanor:(a) For any employer to engage in business subject to this title without having obtained a certificate of coverage as provided for in this title;(b) For the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or other officer of any company to cause or …
RCW 51.48.105 Failure to apply for coverage of employees—Not applicable, when.
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The penalties provided under this title for failure to apply for coverage for employees as required by the provisions of Title 51 RCW, the worker's compensation law, shall not be applicable prior to March 1, 1972, as to any employer whose work first became subject to this title o…
RCW 51.48.110 Decedent having no beneficiaries—Payment into supplemental pension fund.
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Where death results from the injury or occupational disease and the deceased leaves no beneficiaries, a self-insurer shall pay into the supplemental pension fund the sum of ten thousand dollars, less any amount that the self-insurer paid under RCW 51.32.040(2) as payment due for …
RCW 51.48.120 Notice of assessment for default in payments by employer—Issuance—Service—Contents.
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If any employer should default in any payment due to the state fund the director or the director's designee may issue a notice of assessment certifying the amount due, which notice shall be served upon the employer by mailing such notice to the employer by a method for which rece…
RCW 51.48.131 Notice of assessment for default in payments by employer—Appeal.
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A notice of assessment becomes final thirty days from the date the notice of assessment was served upon the employer unless: (1) A written request for reconsideration is filed with the department of labor and industries, or (2) an appeal is filed with the board of industrial insu…
RCW 51.48.140 Notice of assessment for employer's default in payments—When amount becomes final—Warrant—Execution—Garnishment—Fees.
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If a notice of appeal is not served on the director and the board of industrial insurance appeals pursuant to RCW 51.48.131 within thirty days from the date of service of the notice of assessment, or if a final decision and order of the board of industrial insurance appeals in fa…
RCW 51.48.150 Notice of assessment for employer's default in payments—Notice to withhold and deliver property due employer.
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The director or the director's designee is hereby authorized to issue to any person, firm, corporation, municipal corporation, political subdivision of the state, a public corporation, or any agency of the state, a notice and order to withhold and deliver property of any kind wha…
RCW 51.48.160 Revocation of certificate of coverage for failure to pay warrants or taxes.
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If any warrant issued under this title is not paid within thirty days after it has been filed with the clerk of the superior court, or if any employer is delinquent, for three consecutive reporting periods, in the transmission to the department of taxes due, the department may, b…
RCW 51.48.170 Emergency assessment and collection of taxes.
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If the director or the director's designee has reason to believe that an employer is insolvent or about to cease business, leave the state, or remove or dissipate assets out of which taxes or penalties might be satisfied, and the collection of any taxes accrued will be jeopardize…
RCW 51.48.180 Emergency assessment and collection of taxes—Distraint and sale of property.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 6039-S.SL) ***If the amount of taxes, interest, or penalties assessed by the director or the director's designee by order and notice of assessment pursuant to RCW 51.48.170 is not paid within ten days after the service or mailing of the order and notic…
RCW 51.48.190 Emergency assessment and collection of taxes—Conduct of sale.
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The director or the director's designee, upon making a distraint pursuant to RCW 51.48.170 and 51.48.180, shall seize the property and shall make an inventory of the property distrained, a copy of which shall be mailed to the owner of such property or personally delivered to the …
RCW 51.48.200 Search and seizure of property to satisfy tax warrant or assessment—Issuance and execution of search warrant.
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(1) When there is probable cause to believe that there is property within this state not otherwise exempt from process or execution in the possession or control of any employer against whom a tax warrant issued under RCW 51.48.140 has been filed which remains unsatisfied, or an a…
RCW 51.48.210 Delinquent taxes.
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If payment of any tax due is not received by the department by the due date, there shall be assessed a penalty of five percent of the amount of the tax for the first month or part thereof of delinquency; there shall be assessed a total penalty of ten percent of the amount of the …
RCW 51.48.220 Order of execution upon property—Procedure—Sale.
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The department may issue an order of execution, pursuant to a filed warrant, under its official seal directed to the sheriff of the county in which the warrant has been filed, commanding the sheriff to levy upon and sell the real and/or personal property of the taxpayer found wit…
RCW 51.48.230 Order of execution upon property—Enforcement.
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In the discretion of the department, an order of execution of like terms, force, and effect may be issued and directed to any agent of the department authorized to collect taxes, and in the execution thereof such agent shall have all the powers conferred by law upon sheriffs, but…
RCW 51.48.240 Agents and employees of department not personally liable—Conditions.
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When recovery is had in any suit or proceeding against an officer, agent, or employee of the department for any act done by that person or for the recovery of any money exacted by or paid to that person and by that person paid over to the department, in the performance of the per…
RCW 51.48.250 Liability of persons wilfully obtaining erroneous payments—Civil penalties.
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(1) No person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity, but not including an industrially injured recipient of health service, shall, on behalf of himself or herself or others, obtain or attempt to obtain payments under this chapter…
RCW 51.48.260 Liability of persons unintentionally obtaining erroneous payments.
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Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity, but not including an industrially injured recipient of health services, that, without intent to violate this chapter, obtains payments under Title 51 RCW to which such person or e…
RCW 51.48.270 Criminal liability of persons making false statements or concealing information.
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Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity, but not including an injured worker or beneficiary, that:(1) Knowingly makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for a…
RCW 51.48.280 Kickbacks, bribes, and rebates—Representation fees—Criminal liability—Exceptions.
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(1) It is a class C felony for any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, agency, institution, or other legal entity to solicit or receive any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or rebate) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind:(a)…
RCW 51.48.290 Written verification by health services providers.
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The director of the department of labor and industries may by rule require that any application, statement, or form filled out by any health services provider under this title shall contain or be verified by a written statement that it is made under the penalties of perjury and s…