Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 60.08.020 (2026)

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In order to make such lien effectual, the lien claimant shall, within ninety days from the date of delivery of such chattel to the owner, file in the office of the auditor of the county in which such chattel is kept, a lien notice, which notice shall state the name of the claimant, the name of the owner, a description of the chattel upon which the claimant has performed labor or furnished material, the amount for which a lien is claimed, and the date upon which such expenditure of labor or material was completed, which notice shall be signed by the claimant or someone on his or her behalf, and may be in substantially the following form:

CHATTEL LIEN NOTICE.
. . . . against . . . .	Claimant, Owner.	    
Notice is hereby given that . . . . . . has and claims a lien upon (here insert description of chattel), owned by . . . . . . for the sum of . . . . . . dollars, for and on account of labor, skill and material expended upon said . . . . . . . . . which was completed upon the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . .
		. . . .
		Claimant.

[ 2016 c 202 s 35; 2012 c 117 s 131; 1983 c 33 s 1; 1917 c 68 s 2; 1905 c 72 s 2; RRS s 1155.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1981–2024 · leading case: Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. Hite Crane & Rigging, Inc., 678 P.2d 346 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984).

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Morrison-Knudsen Co. v. Hite Crane & Rigging, Inc., 678 P.2d 346 (Wash. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 2× “Under former RCW 60.08.020 (Laws of 1917, ch. 68, § 2, p.”

Farwest Steel Corp. v. DeSantis, 687 P.2d 207 (Wash. 1984). “Further, even assuming the chattel lien statutes could be applied in this case, Farwest failed to perfect any lien it might have had against the barge by failing to file notice of lien in compliance with RCW 60.08.020. Moreover, the record indicates that not all of the steel…”

Burns v. Miller, 733 P.2d 522 (Wash. 1987). · cites it 8× “010 "is established by notice under RCW 60.08.020 ..." RCW 60.08.020 provides "[i]n order to make such lien effectual the lien claimant shall, within ninety days from the date of delivery of such chattel to the owner, file .”

Ibrahim v. HAPO Fed. Employees Credit Union, 625 P.2d 176 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “030: The liens created by this chapter are preferred to any lien, mortgage or other encumbrance which may attach subsequently to the time of the commencement of the performance of the labor, or the furnishing of the materials for which the right of lien is given by this chapter,…”

Ferguson v. M/V The Porn Star (W.D. Wash. 2024). “; RCW 60.08.020; RCW 60.10.010; Dkt. No. 12.”

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