Title 60 — Title 60 LIENS
28 chapters · 223 sections in this title.
RCW 60.90.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Account" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 62A.9A-102.(2) "Chattel paper" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 62A.9A-102.(3) "Department" means the department …
RCW 60.90.020 Wage liens—Effect on ownership or title in certain property.
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(1)(a) An employee, except a highly compensated employee, who complies with RCW 60.90.030 has a wage lien for wage claims on:(i) Any real property in the state of Washington that is owned or subsequently acquired by the employee's employer;(ii) Goods and tangible chattel paper in…
RCW 60.90.030 Establishing wage liens on property pursuant to RCW 60.90.020.
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(1) To establish a wage lien on real property pursuant to RCW 60.90.020, the lien claimant must:(a) File for recording a notice of claim of wage lien in the county where the property is located that includes:(i) The name, telephone number, and address of the lien claimant and, if…
RCW 60.90.040 Financial statement filings.
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The department of licensing shall file and index the financial statement filings under RCW 60.90.030(2) in the same systems as those filings made under RCW 62A.9A-519.[ 2021 c 102 s 5.]
RCW 60.90.050 Assignability.
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Any wage lien or right of wage lien created by this chapter and the right of action to recover the wage lien is assignable so as to vest in the assignee all rights and remedies of the assignor, subject to all defenses thereto that might be made.[ 2021 c 102 s 6.]
RCW 60.90.060 Recording—Notice.
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(1) After a wage claim for which a wage lien has been recorded as to real property has been commenced in any court, but no later than eight months after the recording of the wage lien, the wage claimant or the claimant's assignee must file with the auditor of each county in which…
RCW 60.90.070 Wage lien foreclosure.
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(1) A wage lien may be judicially foreclosed by an action in:(a) For real property, a superior court in any county in this state, or in United States district court for any district in the state of Washington when the action is brought by the United States department of labor;(b)…
RCW 60.90.080 Lien foreclosure—Enforcement—Joinder—Consolidation of actions.
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(1) A lien under this chapter may be foreclosed and enforced as provided under RCW 60.90.070. The court shall have the power to order the sale of the property. In any action brought to foreclose a lien, the owner shall be joined as a party. The interest in the property of any per…
RCW 60.90.090 Wage lien extinguished—Form.
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(1) A wage lien is extinguished:(a) If an action for the underlying wage claim is not brought within eight months of the date the wage lien was recorded or if the notice required by RCW 60.90.060 was not recorded within eight months of the date the wage lien was recorded;(b) If t…
RCW 60.90.100 Priority among wage liens—Real property—Personal property—Wage lien not effective, when.
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(1) Priority among wage liens recorded pursuant to this chapter is determined by date of recording. The first to be recorded has priority.(2) A wage lien as to real property recorded pursuant to this chapter shall be prior to any security interest, lien, mortgage, deed of trust, …
RCW 60.90.110 Waiver.
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A contract between an employer and employee may not waive or require an employee to waive the right to a wage lien under this chapter. A provision of a contract made in violation of this section is void as against the public policy of this state.[ 2021 c 102 s 12.]
RCW 60.90.120 Notice to spouse, domestic partner.
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The claim of wage lien, when filed as required by this chapter, constitutes notice to the spouse or the domestic partner of the person who appears on record to be the owner of the property sought to be charged with the wage lien, and subjects all the community interest of both sp…
RCW 60.90.130 Frivolous claims and claims without reasonable cause or clearly excessive—Order directing lien claimant to appear.
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(1) Any owner of real or personal property subject to a recorded claim of lien under this chapter, or lender or another lien claimant who believes the claim of lien to be frivolous and made without reasonable cause or clearly excessive, may apply by motion to the appropriate cour…
RCW 60.90.140 Surety bond.
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(1) Any owner of property subject to a recorded claim of lien under this chapter, or lender or another lien claimant, who disputes the correctness or validity of the claim of lien, may either before or after the commencement of an action on the wage claim underlying the lien, fur…
RCW 60.90.900 Short title—2021 c 102.
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This act may be known and cited as the Washington wage recovery act.[ 2021 c 102 s 1.]
RCW 60.90.901 Construction of chapter.
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This chapter is to be liberally construed to provide security for all persons intended to be protected by its provisions.[ 2021 c 102 s 16.]
RCW 60.90.902 Effective date—2021 c 102.
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This act takes effect January 1, 2022.[ 2021 c 102 s 21.]