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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.44.010 (2026)

Liens authorized

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Every operator, whether private or public, of an ambulance service or of a hospital, and every duly licensed nurse, practitioner, physician, and surgeon rendering service, or transportation and care, for any person who has received a traumatic injury and which is rendered by reason thereof shall have a lien upon any claim, right of action, and/or money to which such person is entitled against any tort-feasor and/or insurer of such tort-feasor for the value of such service, together with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as the court may allow, incurred in enforcing such lien: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this chapter shall apply to any claim, right of action, or money accruing under the workers' compensation act of the state of Washington, and: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That all the said liens for service rendered to any one person as a result of any one accident or event shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the amount of an award, verdict, report, decision, decree, judgment, or settlement.
[ 1987 c 185 s 36; 1975 1st ex.s. c 250 s 1; 1937 c 69 s 1; RRS s 1209-1.]

Notes:

Intent—Severability—1987 c 185: See notes following RCW 51.12.130.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1994–2019 · leading case: United States v. Deaconess Med. Ctr., 994 P.2d 830 (Wash. 2000).
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United States v. Deaconess Med. Ctr., 994 P.2d 830 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 4× “ISSUE Whether, pursuant to RCW 60.44.010, a party who is subsequently adjudged not to be a tortfeasor is nevertheless responsible, along with the insurer, for the payment and discharge of a hen pursuant to RCW 60.”
United States v. Deaconess Med. Ctr., 994 P.2d 830 (Wash. 2000). · cites it 4× “ISSUE Whether, pursuant to RCW 60.44.010, a party who is subsequently adjudged not to be a tortfeasor is nevertheless responsible, along with the insurer, for the payment and discharge of a lien pursuant to RCW 60.”
Pearl v. Greenlee, 887 P.2d 405 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “On June 23, 1992, before the funds were disbursed, Mesher filed a $4,040 medical lien on the settlement proceeds, pursuant to RCW 60.44.010. The statute provides in part: Every .”
Velma Walker v. Hunter Donaldson, Llc Rebecca Rohlke (Wash. Ct. App. 2016). “2 RCW 60.44.010 provides that medical care providers for a person who has received a traumatic injury shall have a lien upon any claim, right of action, and/or money to which the person is entitled against any tortfeasor.”
Paul Hamaker & Josephine Hamaker v. Highline Med. Ctr. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “RCW 60.44.010 provides: Every operator, whether private or public, of an ambulance service or of a hospital, and every duly licensed nurse, practitioner, physician, and surgeon rendering service, or transportation and care, for any person who has received a traumatic injury and…”
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