Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.56.020 (2026)

Preference on death of employer

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In case of the death of any employer, the wages of each miner, mechanic, salesperson, clerk, servant, and laborer for services rendered within sixty days next preceding the death of the employer, not exceeding one hundred dollars, rank in priority next after the funeral expenses, expenses of the last sickness, the charges and expenses of administering upon the estate and the allowance to the widow and infant children, and must be paid before other claims against the estate of the deceased person.

[ 2010 c 8 s 12059; Code 1881 s 1973; 1877 p 223 s 35; RRS s 1205.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1998–1998 · leading case: Schilling v. Radio Holdings, Inc., 961 P.2d 371 (Wash. 1998).

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Schilling v. Radio Holdings, Inc., 961 P.2d 371 (Wash. 1998). “010, or death of the employer, RCW 49.56.020. [2] Although this argument was never made by Bingham in his briefing, the dissent attempts to analogize the "constitutional prohibition against imprisonment for debt" with "civil liability under the statute" ( see Dissenting op.”

Schilling v. Radio Holdings, Inc., 136 Wash. 2d 152 (Wash. 1998). “010, or death of the employer, RCW 49.56.020. Although this argument was never made by Bingham in his briefing, the dissent attempts to analogize the “constitutional prohibition against imprisonment for debt” with “civil liability under the statute” (see Dissenting op.”

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