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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.24.020 (2026)

Liens on saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber

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Every person performing labor upon or who shall assist in obtaining or securing saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any tugboat or towboat, which shall tow or assist in towing, from one place to another within this state, any saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any team or any logging engine, which shall haul or assist in hauling from one place to another within this state, any saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any logging or other railroad over which saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber shall be transported and delivered, shall have a lien upon the same for the work or labor done upon, or in obtaining or securing, or for services rendered in towing, transporting, hauling, or driving, the particular saw logs, spars, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber in said claim of lien described whether such work, labor, or services was done, rendered, or performed at the instance of the owner of the same or his or her agent. Scalers, and bull cooks, and cooks, flunkeys and waiters in lumber camps, shall be regarded as persons who assist in obtaining or securing the timber herein mentioned.
[ 2012 c 117 s 135; 1923 c 10 s 1; 1907 c 9 s 1; 1895 c 88 s 1; 1893 c 132 s 1; RRS s 1162. Prior: Code 1881 s 1941; 1879 p 100 s 2; 1877 p 217 s 3; 1860 p 340 s 1.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1969–2015 · leading case: Brazier Forest Prods., Inc. v. N. Transp., Inc., 724 P.2d 970 (Wash. 1986).
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Brazier Forest Prods., Inc. v. N. Transp., Inc., 724 P.2d 970 (Wash. 1986). · cites it 35× “Can entities (including corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships), other than individuals who actually perform physical labor, properly claim a logger's lien under RCW 60.24.020? 2. Since corporations, partnerships, and sole proprietorships may properly file liens…”
Segaline v. Dep't of Labor & Indus., 169 Wash. 2d 467 (Wash. 2010). “The purpose of the statute is to protect the exercise of individuals’ First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution and rights under article I, section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.”
Kish Equip., Ltd. v. Xusa Forest Prods., Inc., 723 P.2d 498 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 8× “appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its claim of a logger's lien under RCW 60.24.020. Finding that Kish's activities are not encompassed by the statute, we affirm.”
Dep't of Nat. Resources v. Pub. Util. Dist. No. 1, 349 P.3d 916 (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “080(1) as *499 “strong support” for ascribing that meaning to the “persons” who could claim liens under RCW 60.24.020 because “person” was not otherwise defined in Title 60 RCW.”
Moss v. West Tacoma Newsprint Co., 462 P.2d 256 (Wash. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 4× “The major question presented by this appeal concerns the applicability of the logger’s lien statute, RCW 60.24.020, to the claim of a logging subcontractor against the purchaser of timber from the United State Government.”
Segaline v. State, Dept. of Labor & Indus., 238 P.3d 1107 (Wash. 2010). “The purpose of the statute is to protect the exercise of individuals' First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution and rights under article I, section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.”
Segaline v. State, Dept. of Labor & Indus., 238 P.3d 1107 (Wash. 2010). “The purpose of the statute is to protect the exercise of individuals' First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution and rights under article I, section 5 of the Washington State Constitution.”
State of Washington, Dept. of Nat. Resources v. PUD 1 of Klickitat Cnty. (Wash. Ct. App. 2015). “In State 2 "Person" and other terms are defined in RCW 76.04.760, enacted in 2014, which creates an exclusive civil cause of action by which an owner of forested lands may sue "a person" for property damage resulting from a fire negligently started or negligently allowed to…”
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