Supplier – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
Residential 10 days: preliminary notice required within 10 days from first furnishing. Commercial 60 days: Notice of Right to Claim Lien within 60 days from first delivering labor or materials. *****Please note there are exceptions to prelien requirements dependent upon your tier and what you are furnishing on project.
Supplier – Mechanic Lien
90 days: Washington Mechanics Lien must be filed within 90 days from last delivering labor or materials or the last day on which employee benefit contributions were due.
Subcontractor – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
Residential 10 days: preliminary notice required within 10 days from first furnishing. Commercial 60 days: Notice of Right to Claim Lien within 60 days from first delivering labor or materials. *****Please note there are exceptions to prelien requirements dependent upon your tier and what you are furnishing on project.
Subcontractor – Mechanic Lien
90 days: Washington Mechanics Lien must be filed within 90 days from last delivering labor or materials or the last day on which employee benefit contributions were due.
General Contractor – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
Residential: The Notice to Customer must be provided to the owner prior to commencing work on projects when that work involves the repairing, altering or building of four (4) or fewer residential units on residential property and the bid price is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more. Commercial: The Notice must also be provided to the owner at the time of contracting when the work to be done is on a commercial building and the bid price is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, but less than sixty thousand dollars ($60,000). Must maintain a disclosure statement from the owner for a minimum of 3 years. *****Please note there are exceptions to prelien requirements dependent upon your tier and what you are furnishing on project.
General Contractor – Mechanic Lien
90 days: Washington Mechanics Lien must be filed within 90 days from last delivering labor or materials or the last day on which employee benefit contributions were due.
Timeframe to foreclose lien
Mechanic lien is to be enforced within 8 months from the date the lien was recorded.
Construction participants not covered by lien law
There are not any participants that are not covered.
Cost and damages not allowed in lien claim
Lien Law does not indicate any cost or damages not allowed