Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 60.34.050 (2025)
Priority of lien
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The lien created herein shall be preferred to any encumbrance which may attach after the commencement of the labor and is also preferred to any encumbrance which may have attached previously to that time, but which was not filed or recorded so as to create constructive notice thereof prior to that time, and of which the lien claimant had no notice.
[ 1953 c 205 s 5.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1984–1991 · leading case: Quigley v. Gen. Elec. Co. (In Re Elec. City, Inc.), 43 B.R. 336 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 1984).
Quigley v. Gen. Elec. Co. (In Re Elec. City, Inc.), 43 B.R. 336 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 1984). “020 (Labor and Material Liens for Improving Property with Nursery Stock), and RCW 60.34.050 (Lien of Restaurant, Hotel, Tavern etc.”
CH2M Hill, Inc. v. Greg Bogart & Co., 735 P.2d 1330 (Wash. Ct. App. 1987). “050; RCW 60.34.050; RCW 60.76.050. This indicates that the Legislature in those instances did not consider the priority provision of RCW 60.”
Architects v. 1501 Pac. Assocs., 809 P.2d 206 (Wash. Ct. App. 1991). “050 (labor liens against franchises), RCW 60.34.050 (labor liens against restaurants), and RCW 60.”
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