New Washington Case Strictly Construes Lien Statute and Rejects Warranty Work as Basis to Extend Lien Filing Period | Stoel Rives - Ahead of Schedule
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In its March 11, 2021 opinion, Division Three of the Washington Court of Appeals considered whether the 90-day period to record a claim of lien is extended by a contractor performing work after substantial completion to correct nonconforming work – usually referred to as “warranty work.” In the case of Brashear Electric, Inc. v. Norcal Properties, LLC, the Court strictly construed the statutory term “repairing” to exclude the contractor’s correction of its own work and rejected the notion that warranty work extended t...
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