§ 60.24.075 — Claims—Contents—Form.

Washington § 60.24.075

• Jurisdiction: Washington
• Title 60: LIENS
• Ch. 60.24: LIEN FOR LABOR AND SERVICES ON TIMBER AND LUMBER

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Every person, within sixty days after the close of the rendition of the services, or after the close of the work or labor mentioned in the preceding sections, claiming the benefit hereof, must file for record with the county auditor of the county in which such saw logs, spars, piles, and other timber were cut, or in which such lumber or shingles were manufactured, a claim containing a statement of his or her demand and the amount thereof, after deducting as nearly as possible all just credits and offsets, with the name of the person by whom he or she was employed, with a statement of the terms and conditions of his or her contract, if any, and in case there is no express contract, the claim shall state what such service, work, or labor is reasonably worth; and it shall also contain a description of the property to be charged with the lien sufficient for identification with reasonable certainty, which claim must be verified by the oath of himself or herself or some other person to the effect that the affiant believes the same to be true, which claim shall be substantially in the following form:

Notice is hereby given that . . . . . . of . . . . . . county, state of Washington, claims a lien upon a . . . . . . . . . of . . . . . ., being about . . . . . . in quantity, which were cut or manufactured in . . . . . . county, state of Washington, are marked thus . . . . . ., and are now lying in . . . . . . . . ., for labor performed upon and assistance rendered in . . . . . . said . . . . . .; that the name of the owner or reputed owner is . . . . . .; that . . . . . . employed said . . . . . . to perform such labor and render such assistance upon the following terms and conditions, to wit:

The said . . . . . . agreed to pay the said . . . . . . for such labor and assistance . . . . . .; that said contract has been faithfully performed and fully complied with on the part of said . . . . . ., who performed labor upon and assisted in . . . . . . said . . . . . . for the period of . . . . . .; that said labor and assistance were so performed and rendered upon said . . . . . . between the . . . . day of . . . . . . and the . . . . day of . . . . . .; and the rendition of said service was closed on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., and sixty days have not elapsed since that time; that the amount of claimant's demand for said service is . . . . . .; that no part thereof has been paid except . . . . . ., and there is now due and remaining unpaid thereon, after deducting all just credits and offsets, the sum of . . . . . ., in which amount he or she claims a lien upon said . . . . . . . . . The said . . . . . . also claims a lien on all said . . . . . . now owned by said . . . . . . of said county to secure payment for the work and labor performed in obtaining or securing the said logs, spars, piles, or other timber, lumber, or shingles herein described.

State of Washington, county of . . . . . . ss.

. . . . . . being first duly sworn, on oath says that he or she is . . . . . . named in the foregoing claim, has heard the same read, knows the contents thereof, and believes the same to be true.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this . . . . day of . . . . . .

Legislative History

[2012 c 117 s 138;1986 c 179 s 2;1893 c 132 s 7; RRS s 1168. Prior: Code 1881 s 1947;1879 p 100 s 4;1877 p 217 s 9. Formerly RCW60.24.050.]