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Wash. Rev. Code § 51.16.150 (2026)

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If any employer shall default in any payment to any fund, the sum due may be collected by action at law in the name of the state as plaintiff, and such right of action shall be in addition to any other right of action or remedy. If such default occurs after demand, the director may require from the defaulting employer a bond to the state for the benefit of any fund, with surety to the director's satisfaction, in the penalty of double the amount of the estimated payments which will be required from such employer into the said funds for and during the ensuing one year, together with any penalty or penalties incurred. In case of refusal or failure after written demand personally served to furnish such bond, the state shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the delinquent from prosecuting an occupation or work until such bond is furnished, and until all delinquent premiums, penalties, interest, and costs are paid, conditioned for the prompt and punctual making of all payments into said funds during such periods, and any sale, transfer, or lease attempted to be made by such delinquent during the period of any of the defaults herein mentioned, of his or her works, plant, or lease thereto, shall be invalid until all past delinquencies are made good, and such bond furnished.
[ 2010 c 8 s 14006; 1986 c 9 s 4; 1985 c 315 s 2; 1972 ex.s. c 43 s 15; 1961 c 23 s 51.16.150. Prior: 1959 c 308 s 22; prior: 1929 c 132 s 4, part; 1923 c 136 s 3, part; 1917 c 120 s 5, part; 1917 c 28 s 2, part; 1915 c 188 s 3, part; 1911 c 74 s 8, part; RRS s 7682, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: Dolman v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 716 P.2d 852 (Wash. 1986).
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Dolman v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 716 P.2d 852 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 3× “16 are mandatory in that RCW 51.16.150 and RCW 51.16.160 state that delinquent sums shall be collected by an action at law and shall be in superior court while the collection procedures of RCW 51.”
Raboin v. North Dakota Workers Comp. Bureau, 1997 ND 221 (N.D. 1997). · cites it 2× “NOTES [1] Other states which require workers compensation insurance in an exclusive state fund, like North Dakota, do provide penalties for an employer's failure to timely submit premiums or other information.”
Dep't of Labor & Indus. v. Metro Hauling Inc., 738 P.2d 1063 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “050 expressly remove appellate jurisdiction from the board with respect to notices of assessment. We agree. A review of the statutes at issue shows that the notice of assessment procedure in RCW 51.”
Lee's Drywall Co., Inc. v. State, Dept. of Labor & Indus., 173 P.3d 934 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “RCW 51.16.150 provides that the Department may initiate an action at law to collect sums due from a defaulting employer.”
Lee's Drywall Co. v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 141 Wash. App. 859 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “RCW 51.16.150 provides that the Department may initiate an action at law to collect sums due from a defaulting employer.”
Steven G. Hopkins v. Dep't Of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “120, an action at law pursuant to RCW 51.16.150, or any other administrative or civil process authorized .”
Ralph K. Simmons, V. Dept Of Labor & Indus. (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “140 and RCW 51.16.150 are the exclusive notification and collection procedures available to appellant after an employer defaults.”
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