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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.04.900 (2026)

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RCW 19.27.095, 60.04.230, and 60.04.011 through 60.04.226 and 60.04.261 are to be liberally construed to provide security for all parties intended to be protected by their provisions.
[ 1991 c 281 s 25.]
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Cited in 24 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Williams v. Athletic Field, Inc., 261 P.3d 109 (Wash. 2011).
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Williams v. Athletic Field, Inc., 261 P.3d 109 (Wash. 2011). · cites it 4× “091(2) is ambiguous, we must look beyond the statute’s plain language to interpret it.”
Haselwood v. Bremerton Ice Arena, Inc., 155 P.3d 952 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “At the same time, RCW 60.04.900 instructs us to construe sections of the act liberally to provide security for all parties the provisions are intended to protect.”
Haselwood v. Bremerton Ice Arena, Inc., 137 Wash. App. 872 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “At the same time, RCW 60.04.900 instructs us to construe sections of the act liberally to provide security for all parties the provisions are intended to protect.”
Est. of Haselwood v. Bremerton Ice Arena, Inc., 210 P.3d 308 (Wash. 2009). “RCW 60.04.900; see Lumberman’s of Wash., Inc.”
Scott's Excavating Vancouver, LLC v. Winlock Props., LLC, 308 P.3d 791 (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “RCW 60.04.900; Haselwood, 166 Wn.2d at 498 .”
Shelcon Constr. Grp., LLC v. Haymond, 351 P.3d 895 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “Hu Hyun Kim v. Lee, 145 Wn.2d 79, 85-86 , 31 P.”
Lumberman's of Washington, Inc. v. Barnhardt, 949 P.2d 382 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “Although RCW 60.04.900 states that the lien statutes are to be liberally construed to provide security for all parties intended to be protected by their provisions, case law has established that mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens are creatures of statute, in derogation of common…”
TPST Soil Recyclers of Washington, Inc. v. W.F. Anderson Constr., Inc., 957 P.2d 265 (Wash. Ct. App. 1998). “1 At the time the summary judgment motion was filed, Anderson had paid TPST $35,000. 2 However, once it is determined that a party is covered by the statute, the statute is liberally construed to provide security for all parties intended to be protected by it.”
Olson Eng'g, Inc. v. KeyBank Nat'l Ass'n, 286 P.3d 390 (Wash. Ct. App. 2012). “161 provides in pertinent part: Any owner of real property subject to a recorded claim of lien under this chapter, or.”
Francisco Guillen v. Benjamin Pearson, 381 P.3d 149 (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “Inapplicability of Strict Construction Rule ¶29 Milestone argues that we must strictly construe RCW 60.”
Top Line Builders, Inc. v. Bovenkamp, 320 P.3d 130 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “; see also RCW 60.04.900. ¶38 RCW 60.04.021 provides in relevant part: [A]ny person furnishing labor, professional services, materials, or equipment for the improvement of real property shall have a lien upon the improvement for the contract price of labor, professional…”
Inland Empire Dry Wall Supply Co. v. W. Sur. Co., 389 P.3d 717 (Wash. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 5× “171 requiring service on the "owner" extends to a suit on the lien release bond.”
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