RCW 50.24.210
Contributions due and payable upon termination or disposal of business—Successor liability.
Whenever any employer quits business, or sells out, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of the employer's business or stock of goods, any contributions payable under this title shall become immediately due and payable, and the employer shall, within ten days, make a return and pay the contributions due; and any person who becomes a successor to such business shall become liable for the full amount of the contributions and withhold from the purchase price a sum sufficient to pay any contributions due from the employer until such time as the employer produces a receipt from the employment security department showing payment in full of any contributions due or a certificate that no contribution is due and, if such contribution is not paid by the employer within ten days from the date of such sale, exchange, or disposal, the successor shall become liable for the payment of the full amount of contributions, and the payment thereof by such successor shall, to the extent thereof, be deemed a payment upon the purchase price, and if such payment is greater in amount than the purchase price the amount of the difference shall become a debt due such successor from the employer.
No successor may be liable for any contributions due from the person from whom that person has acquired a business or stock of goods if that person gives written notice to the employment security department of such acquisition and no assessment is issued by the department within one hundred eighty days of receipt of such notice against the former operator of the business and a copy thereof mailed to such successor.
[ 1991 c 117 § 4.]
NOTES:
Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—Effective dates—1991 c 117: See notes following RCW 50.04.030.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 50 - Unemployment Compensation
Chapter 50.24 - Contributions by Employers.
50.24.015 - Wages—Deemed paid when contractually due.
50.24.020 - Authority to compromise.
50.24.030 - Contributions erroneously paid to United States or another state.
50.24.040 - Interest on delinquent contributions.
50.24.050 - Lien for contributions generally.
50.24.060 - Lien in event of insolvency or dissolution.
50.24.070 - Order and notice of assessment.
50.24.080 - Jeopardy assessment.
50.24.090 - Distraint, seizure, and sale.
50.24.100 - Distraint procedure.
50.24.110 - Notice and order to withhold and deliver.
50.24.115 - Warrant—Authorized—Filing—Lien—Enforcement.
50.24.120 - Collection by civil action.
50.24.130 - Contractor's and principal's liability for contributions—Exceptions.
50.24.140 - Collection remedies cumulative.
50.24.150 - Contribution adjustments and refunds.
50.24.160 - Election of coverage.
50.24.180 - Injunction proceedings.
50.24.190 - Limitation of actions.
50.24.200 - Chargeoff of uncollectible accounts.
50.24.220 - Client employer liability—Collection.
50.24.230 - Corporate or limited liability company officers, members, and owners—Personal liability.