Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 49.62.100 (2026)

Retroactive application

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This chapter applies to all proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 2020, regardless of when the cause of action arose. To this extent, this chapter applies retroactively, but in all other respects it applies prospectively.
[ 2019 c 299 s 11.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2020–2020 · leading case: Arthun v. Nexus Surgical Innovations Inc (E.D. Wash. 2020).
Arthun v. Nexus Surgical Innovations Inc (E.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 4× “Wash. Rev. Code § 49.62.100 . Although the 17 Agreements at issue were entered into by Mr.”
United Energy Workers Healthcare Corp. v. ACT Now DME LLC (E.D. Wash. 2020). · cites it 2× “However, RCW 49.62.100 provides that the Chapter only applies to 21 proceedings commenced on or after January 1, 2020, regardless of when the cause of 1 action arose.”
JTH Tax LLC v. McHugh (W.D. Wash. 2020). “RCW 49.62.100. The law states that “A noncompetition covenant is void and 20 unenforceable against an independent contractor unless the independent contractor's earnings 21 from the party seeking enforcement exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars per year.”
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