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<DIV>Thanks Scott</DIV>
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<DIV>Could you send me a motion for order to show cause on frivolous lien? or
whatever you have used. Thanks.</DIV>
<DIV>I had one other listserve member suggest filing a VAPO action to protect
the senior citizen. I am afraid instead of a $35 filing fee I would have
to pay a regular filing fee if I added VAPO as a second cause of
action??<BR>Josh</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000">Joshua F.
Grant, PS<BR>Attorney at Law<BR>P. O. Box 619<BR>Wilbur, WA 99185<BR>tel 509 647
5578<BR>fax 509 647 2734<BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=scott@scottgthomaslaw.com
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 14, 2015 11:24 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com
href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBA Real Property Listserv</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [WSBARP] crazy contractor's lien</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>See RCW 60.04.081 to get a frivolous lien released. I have used this
procedure several times, and find it effective. The amount of a lien is
the contract price, RCW 60.04.021, and that seems to have increased
unrealistically based on your facts. You may also want to question if they
did only the cleanup agreed upon by the client, or went out of their way to
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<P>As to clean up work, see RCW 60.04.011(4), which defines “furnishing labor,
professional services, materials, or equipment” broadly as “the performance of
any labor or professional services, the contribution owed to any employee
benefit plan on account of any labor, the provision of any supplies or
materials, and the renting, leasing, or otherwise supplying of equipment for the
improvement of real property.” “Labor” is defined to include “exertion of
the powers of body or mind performed at the site for compensation.” RCW
60.04.011(7). Arguably, hauling off furniture to clean up a site is
labor. But see also (but don't get overly excited about) TPST Soil
Recyclers of Wash., Inc. v. W.F. Anderson Constr., Inc., 91 Wn. App. 297, 957
P.2d 265 (1998). The logic of the case seems suspect, but but there may be
a "maintenance" vs. "improvement" distinction.<BR></P>
<P>Finally, you correctly point out that an unregistered contractor has no right
to pursue a debt for the contractor's work in court.<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On September 14, 2015 at 10:32 AM Josh Grant
<jgrant@accima.com> wrote:<BR><BR>
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<DIV>My client, a 83 year old widow, hired some neighborhood “friends”, one
couple, to help her dispose of furniture and property in a home after
her husband died. They worked a few days, she paid them $2000, and later
they wanted more, having “forgotten” the $2000... Then characterizing the
$2000 as a gift.</DIV>
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<DIV> They recorded a contractor’s lien on the property for
$8,500. It reads: “I did furnish the following labor and/or materials:
10 weeks – assisting, cleaning, packing, moving to storage, yard work,
rubish[sic] removal”.</DIV>
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<DIV>They did record the lien within about a week of the last day they were on
the property.</DIV>
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<DIV>Home is assessed at $108,000 by Grant County.</DIV>
<DIV> No one, of course, is a licensed contractor.</DIV>
<DIV> The form doesn’t refer to any particular statutory lien, however,
it is on the form customarily used by contractors. (the footer on the
lien form says NOVA LF 136 Claim of Lien Pg2 (07-11). Not sure where
they got it. They Hand wrote in the spaces that are not
pre-printed.</DIV>
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<DIV>I assume that a complaint for defamation of title and for quiet title
will free up the lien so the widow can sell.</DIV>
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<DIV>Without doing research, I assume further that one cannot lien up real
property after cleaning .</DIV>
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<DIV>Any thoughts? Any other causes of action?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV>Josh</DIV>
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