RCW 18.27.080
Registration prerequisite to suit.
No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a contractor may bring or maintain any action in any court of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any work or for breach of any contract for which registration is required under this chapter without alleging and proving that he or she was a duly registered contractor and held a current and valid certificate of registration at the time he or she contracted for the performance of such work or entered into such contract. For the purposes of this section, the court shall not find a contractor in substantial compliance with the registration requirements of this chapter unless: (1) The department has on file the information required by RCW 18.27.030; (2) the contractor has at all times had in force a current bond or other security as required by RCW 18.27.040; and (3) the contractor has at all times had in force current insurance as required by RCW 18.27.050. In determining under this section whether a contractor is in substantial compliance with the registration requirements of this chapter, the court shall take into consideration the length of time during which the contractor did not hold a valid certificate of registration.
[ 2011 c 336 § 474; 2007 c 436 § 5; 1988 c 285 § 2; 1972 ex.s. c 118 § 3; 1963 c 77 § 8.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.27 - Registration of Contractors.
18.27.005 - Strict enforcement.
18.27.020 - Registration required—Prohibited acts—Criminal penalty—Monitoring program.
18.27.030 - Application for registration—Grounds for denial and suspension.
18.27.060 - Certificate of registration—Issuance, duration, renewal—Suspension.
18.27.062 - Inspection by department—Subcontractor list—Certificate of registration.
18.27.065 - Partnership or joint venture deemed registered, when.
18.27.075 - Fees for issuing or renewing certificate of registration.
18.27.080 - Registration prerequisite to suit.
18.27.100 - Business practices—Advertising—Penalty.
18.27.102 - Unlawful advertising—Liability.
18.27.104 - Unlawful advertising—Citations.
18.27.111 - Public works, contracts with unregistered contractors prohibited.
18.27.114 - Disclosure statement required—Prerequisite to lien claim.
18.27.117 - Violations relating to mobile/manufactured homes.
18.27.120 - List of registered contractors—Availability, fee.
18.27.130 - Chapter exclusive—Certain authority of cities and towns not limited or abridged.
18.27.200 - Violation—Infraction.
18.27.205 - Violations or infractions—Penalties—Subject to RCW 39.12.055.
18.27.210 - Violations—Investigations—Evidence.
18.27.215 - Authority of director—Evidence.
18.27.220 - Investigations—Penalty for failure to identify contractor.
18.27.225 - Violations—Restraining orders—Injunctions.
18.27.230 - Notice of infraction—Service.
18.27.250 - Notice—Filing—Administrative hearing—Appeal.
18.27.260 - Notice—Determination infraction committed.
18.27.270 - Notice—Response—Failure to respond, appear, pay penalties, or register.
18.27.290 - Notice—Penalty for contractor failing to respond.
18.27.300 - Representation by attorney, attorney general.
18.27.310 - Infraction—Administrative hearing—Procedure—Burden of proof—Order—Appeal.
18.27.320 - Infraction—Dismissal, when.
18.27.340 - Infraction—Monetary penalty.
18.27.350 - Violations—Consumer Protection Act.
18.27.380 - Consumer/contractor awareness of chapter.
18.27.385 - Marketing campaign.
18.27.390 - Finding—Unregistered contractors enforcement team.