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Wash. Rev. Code § 18.27.200 (2026)

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(1) It is a violation of this chapter and an infraction for any contractor to:
(a) Advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, or perform any work as a contractor without being registered as required by this chapter;
(b) Advertise, offer to do work, submit a bid, or perform any work as a contractor when the contractor's registration is suspended or revoked;
(c) Transfer a valid registration to an unregistered contractor or allow an unregistered contractor to work under a registration issued to another contractor;
(d) If the contractor is a [plumbing] contractor as defined in RCW 18.106.010, violate RCW 18.106.320; or
(e) Subcontract to, or use, an unregistered contractor.
(2) Each day that a contractor works without being registered as required by this chapter, works while the contractor's registration is suspended or revoked, or works under a registration issued to another contractor is a separate infraction. Each worksite at which a contractor works without being registered as required by this chapter, works while the contractor's registration is suspended or revoked, or works under a registration issued to another contractor is a separate infraction.
[ 2007 c 436 s 9; 2002 c 82 s 6; 1997 c 314 s 14; 1993 c 454 s 7; 1983 1st ex.s. c 2 s 1.]

Notes:

Finding—1993 c 454: See note following RCW 18.27.010.
Effective date—1983 1st ex.s. c 2: "Sections 1 through 17 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1984." [ 1983 1st ex.s. c 2 s 24.]
Prohibited acts—Criminal penalties: RCW 18.27.020.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2005–2020 · leading case: Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Davison, 109 P.3d 479 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005).
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Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Davison, 109 P.3d 479 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 18.27.200(l)(a). The statutory exemptions to the registration requirement include that asserted by Woodpro, former RCW 18.”
Passion Works, Inc., Apps/x-resp v. Wa. St. Dept Of Labor & Indus., Resp/x-app (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 9× “Rootvik, having been “found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.27.200 for failure to register[,] shall be assessed a fine of not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars.”
Eric Rootvik v. Dept Of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “Having concluded that Rootvik's services came within the definition of a contractor, the ALJ concluded he violated RCW 18.27.200(1 )(a) when he advertised those services without registering.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 18.27.200(1) — 1 case
Eric Rootvik v. Dept Of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). “Having concluded that Rootvik's services came within the definition of a contractor, the ALJ concluded he violated RCW 18.27.200(1 )(a) when he advertised those services without registering.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 18.27.200(1)(a) — 1 case
Passion Works, Inc., Apps/x-resp v. Wa. St. Dept Of Labor & Indus., Resp/x-app (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Rootvik, having been “found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.27.200 for failure to register[,] shall be assessed a fine of not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 18.27.200(a)(1) — 1 case
Passion Works, Inc., Apps/x-resp v. Wa. St. Dept Of Labor & Indus., Resp/x-app (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “Rootvik, having been “found to have committed an infraction under RCW 18.27.200 for failure to register[,] shall be assessed a fine of not less than one thousand dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 18.27.200(l)(a) — 1 case
Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Davison, 109 P.3d 479 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “RCW 18.27.200(l)(a). The statutory exemptions to the registration requirement include that asserted by Woodpro, former RCW 18.”
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