Walk It Through: The Unpaid Contractor
Notice that reaches back 60 days, a claim within 90 days of the last work, and 8 calendar months to sue.
A contractor finishes work on a house, and part of the bill goes unpaid.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One unpaid bill on one house in Washington. Lien release bonds, the owner's demand to sue, and how a lien is discharged are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.