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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Take a look at A.W.R Const v. Washington State Dept of Labor, 152 Wn. App. 479, 217 P.3d 349 (2009). This deals with the failure by the contractor to provide the required notice under the bonding statute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Jeff Davis<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Douglas W. Scott<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 8, 2018 8:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Contractor's Lien - No Notice to Customer<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Where a Notice to Customer is statutorily required and not given to the homeowner, the contractor may not place a Lien on that property . Your problem is with section (5) of the statute that say that the statute does not apply to contractors contracting with other contractors. If your developer is considered a contractor, then 18.27.114 does not apply. The statute was designed to protect homeowners who were not in the business of building homes. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Douglas W. Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Law Offices of Douglas W. Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Windermere Building<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1810 15th Place NW, Suite 203<br>Issaquah, Washington, 98027<br>V. 425.392.8550<br>F. 425-392-2829 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://www.davisscottlaw.com/">www.davisscottlaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Patrick J. Sullivan<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 07, 2018 6:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Contractor's Lien - No Notice to Customer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Hi everyone:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>I have a developer client that hired a registered contractor on a residential remodel. My read of the construction lien statute and the contractor registration statute are: 1) no pre-lien notice was required, but 2) a Notice to Customer was required (RCW 18.27.114). Neither notice was provided. Contractor has now recorded a substantial, unfounded lien.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>We want to remove the lien ASAP and bonding around the lien is too expensive. Do any veterans here have advice about this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style='margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:3.75pt;margin-right:3.75pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;border-radius:6px'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#007439'>Patrick J. Sullivan<br></span></b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'><a href="http://sullivanlawfirm.org/" target="_blank"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D3E6B1.20B1A7F0" alt="Image removed by sender. The Sullivan Law Firm"></span></a><br></span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#5F6462;text-transform:uppercase'>701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4600 <br>Seattle, Washington 98104<br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#007439'>P:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#373A38'> (206) 903-0504</span><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#373A38'> | </span><b><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#007439'>F:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#373A38'> (206) 260-2060</span><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>