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RCW 18.27.114 · residential and small commercial jobs · free form

Washington Notice to Customer — the disclosure that keeps your lien rights alive.

A registered contractor taking a job on four or fewer residential units (bid or contract price of $1,000 or more) or a commercial building ($1,000 to under $60,000) must give the customer the disclosure statement "prior to starting work on the project" (RCW 18.27.114(1)). The contractor keeps a signed copy for three years (18.27.114(2)), and no contractor subject to the section may bring or maintain a lien claim under chapter 60.04 without alleging and proving that the customer got a copy (18.27.114(4)). This generator prints the statutory form with your registration, bond and expiration figures; the customer signs the acknowledgment.

§ 01
The statutory form, filled in

Registration number, bond or deposit, expiration date, the claims cap, the four bold warnings, and the "I have received a copy" signature line — the text 18.27.114(1) sets out.

§ 02
The customer signs it

Before work starts. Keep the signed copy in your files for at least three years and produce it to L&I on request (18.27.114(2)).

§ 03
Mail a copy certified if you want the proof

Upload the statement and we certified-mail a copy to the customer — $19 flat, tracking captured, permanent archive of the date it went out.

Contractor (you)
Printed on the statement; the return address when a copy is mailed.
Your registration and bond (from your L&I registration)

The statement's "intended to pay valid claims up to" figure — usually the bond amount.

Customer
Printed on the statement; the recipient when a copy is mailed.

One email with the PDF attached. No account, no newsletter.

What the statute also says
  • The contractor must notify the customer if the registration expires or is revoked or suspended before the contract is completed or otherwise terminated (18.27.114(3)).
  • The section does not apply to public-works contracts under chapter 39.04 RCW or to contractors contracting with other contractors (18.27.114(5)).
  • Failure to comply is an infraction under chapter 18.27 (18.27.114(6)); the Department of Labor and Industries publishes model disclosure statements (18.27.114(7)).
  • Subcontractors and suppliers on the same job send the RCW 60.04.031 Notice to Owner — a different document, sold as a $39 certified notice.

Source: RCW 18.27.114 — Disclosure statement required (app.leg.wa.gov), fetched 2026-09-02 and pinned in our repository. NoticeSent is a document preparation and mailing service, not a law firm; nothing here is legal advice.

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