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RCW 39.08.030

Conditions of bond—Notice of claim—Action on bond—Attorneys' fees.

Applied in 35 court decisions — leading case 48 Wash. App. 719 - Farwest Steel Corp. v. Mainline Metal Works, Inc. (1987)

Most recently applied in 183 Wash. App. 133 - Dan's Trucking, Inc. v. Kerr Contractors, Inc. (August 2014)

2025 c 103 s 2; 2018 c 89 s 1

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To (here insert the name of the state, county or municipality or other public body, city, town or district):

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned (here insert the name of the laborer, mechanic or subcontractor, or material supplier, or person claiming to have furnished labor, materials or provisions for or upon such contract or work) has a claim in the sum of . . . . . . dollars (here insert the amount) against the bond taken from . . . . . . (here insert the name of the principal and surety or sureties upon such bond) for the work of . . . . . . (here insert a brief mention or description of the work concerning which said bond was taken).

(2) Under the job order contracting procedure described in RCW 39.10.420, bonds will be in an amount not less than the dollar value of all open work orders. Under the design-build procedure described in RCW 39.10.330, bonds will be in an amount not less than the dollar value of the contracted amount of the construction portion of the contract. A performance and payment bond is not required for the portion of the design-build contract that includes design services, preconstruction services, and other services that are not public works construction included in the contract.

(3) Where retainage is not withheld pursuant to RCW 60.28.011(1)(b), upon final acceptance of the public works project, the state, county, municipality, or other public body must within thirty days notify the department of revenue, the employment security department, and the department of labor and industries of the completion of contracts over $35,000.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.