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Wash. Rev. Code § 60.72.010 (2026)

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Any person to whom rent may be due, his or her executors, administrators, or assigns, shall have a lien for such rent upon personal property which has been used or kept on the rented premises by the tenant, except property of third persons delivered to or left with the tenant for storage, repair, manufacture, or sale, or under conditional bills of sale duly filed, and such property as is exempt from execution by law. Such liens for rent shall be paramount to, and have preference over, all other liens except liens for taxes, general and special liens of labor, and liens of mortgages duly recorded prior to the tenancy. Such liens shall not be for more than two months' rent due, except that a lien for up to four months' rent due may be established when the tenant is renting a mobile home lot in a mobile home park as defined in RCW 59.20.030. No lien may be enforced for any rent or any installment thereof which has been due for more than two months at the time of the commencement of an action to foreclose such liens, except that a lien may be enforced for rent due for up to four months at the time of the commencement of an action to foreclose the lien when the tenant is renting a mobile home lot in a mobile home park as defined in RCW 59.20.030. No writing or recording shall be necessary to create such lien; and if such property be removed from the rented premises and not returned to the owner, agent, executor, administrator, or assign, the lien shall continue and be a superior lien on the property so removed for ten days from the date of its removal, and the lien may be enforced against the property wherever found. In the event the property contained in the rented premises be destroyed by fire or other elements, the lien shall extend to any money that may be received by the tenant as indemnity for the destruction of the property, nor shall the lien be lost by the sale of the property, except merchandise sold in the usual course of trade or to purchasers without notice of the tenancy. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to, nor shall it be enforced against, the property of tenants in dwelling houses or apartments or any other place that is used exclusively as a home or residence of the tenant and his or her family.
[ 1990 c 169 s 3; 1927 c 108 s 1; 1917 c 165 s 1; RRS s 1203-1. Formerly RCW 60.72.010, 60.72.020, 60.72.030.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1960–2014 · leading case: Swanson v. White, 517 P.2d 959 (Wash. 1973).
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Swanson v. White, 517 P.2d 959 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 22× “010 provides: Any person to whom rent may be due, his executors, administrators, or assigns, shall have a lien for such rent upon personal property which has been used or kept on the rented premises by the tenant, except property of third persons delivered to or left with the…”
Paris Am. Corp. v. McCausland, 759 P.2d 1210 (Wash. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 6× “Here, RCW 60.72.010, which predates the adoption of the U.”
Peyton Bldg., LLC v. Niko's Gourmet, Inc., 323 P.3d 629 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “[Niko’s] specifically recognizes [Peyton]’s claim to a lien on such inventory, equipment and fixtures pursuant to RCW 60.72.010. [Niko’s] also acknowledges the security interest of Washington Trust.”
Olin v. Goehler, 694 P.2d 1129 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “RCW 60.72.010. Any such claim would fail because of Olin's disposition of the property and failure to enforce the lien within 2 months.”
Hargis v. Mel-Mad Corp., 730 P.2d 76 (Wash. Ct. App. 1986). “030 is unclear because RCW 60.72.010 provides no *155 writing or recording is necessary to create or perfect such a lien.”
In Re K-Fabricators, Inc., 135 B.R. 654 (Bankr. W.D. Wash. 1992). “51, asserting a landlord's lien under RCW 60.72.010. The Port sought $7,898.80 per month from December 1990 through March 1991, plus a charge for installation of sprinklers.”
Peyton Bldg., LLC v. Nikos Gourmet Inc. (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “[Niko's] also acknowledges the security interest of Washington Trust .”
Seattle Lodge No. 211 v. Par-T-Pak Beverage Co., 349 P.2d 229 (Wash. 1960). “The landlord’s lien statute is set out in RCW 60.72.010 and provides, inter alia: “ .”
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