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Washington Private Time Frames


Step 1: Notice
  • Prime Contractor (“Prime contractor” includes all contractors, general contractors, and specialty contractors, as defined by chapter 18.27 or 19.28 RCW, or who are otherwise required to be registered or licensed by law, who contract directly with a property owner or their common law agent to assume primary responsibility for the creation of an improvement to real property)
  • Serve Information Notice to Owner/Notice to Customer Prior to commencement of work. See Speed Bumps.
  • Others: Serve the Notice of Right to Claim of Lien upon the owner and prime contractor either:
    • Within 60 days of first furnishing for commercial or multi-family projects.
    • Within 10 days of first furnishing for a single-family residence.
  • Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered in order to have lien rights in Washington. If a supplier sells to an unregistered contractor or subcontractor the supplier also loses its lien rights. 
    Is your customer registered: https://secure.lni.wa.gov/verify/.

Step 2: Lien
  • File within 90 days of last furnishing.
    • Serve owner within 14 days of recording.

Step 3: Foreclosure
  • Within 8 months after the lien is filed.

Washington Private Stop Notice Time Frames


Step 1: Notice to Lender
  • Be certain that it has filed all necessary pre-lien notices. Depending on the role that the contractor plays in a project, the pre-lien notice could be a Notice to Owner, Notice to Customer, or Notice of Furnishing Professional Services.
  • Notice to the lender, owner and prime contractor no sooner than 5 days no later than 35 days of the payment due date.
  • After the receipt of the notice, the lender shall withhold from the next and subsequent draws the amount claimed to be due as stated in the notice. Alternatively, the lender may obtain from the prime contractor or borrower a payment bond for the benefit of the potential lien claimant in an amount sufficient to cover the amount stated in the potential lien claimant’s notice. The lender shall be obligated to withhold amounts only to the extent that sufficient interim or construction financing funds remain undisbursed as of the date the lender receives the notice.
  • Sums so withheld shall not be disbursed by the lender, except by the written agreement of the potential lien claimant, owner, and prime contractor in such form as may be prescribed by the lender, or the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.