Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.56.040 (2026)

Labor claims paramount to claims by state agencies

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In distraint or insolvency proceedings affecting the assets of an employer, claims for labor, salaries or wages not to exceed six hundred dollars to each claimant which have been earned within three months before the date of the distraint or commencement of the proceeding shall be paramount and superior to any claim preferred or presented by an agency of the state: PROVIDED, That this section shall not apply to any compensation payable to an employer or to an officer, director, or stockholder of a corporate employer.

[ 1967 ex.s. c 86 s 1.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1976–1976 · leading case: Mochizuki v. King Cnty., 548 P.2d 578 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976).

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Mochizuki v. King Cnty., 548 P.2d 578 (Wash. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 4× “The employees assign error to the granting of King County’s motion for summary judgment and contend that: (1) the court erred in construing RCW 49.56.040 and (2) the distraint proceedings violated due process of law.”

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