Washington § 60.24.020 - Liens on saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber.

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§ 60.24.020. Liens on saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber.

Every person performing labor upon or who shall assist in obtaining or securing saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any tugboat or towboat, which shall tow or assist in towing, from one place to another within this state, any saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any team or any logging engine, which shall haul or assist in hauling from one place to another within this state, any saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber, and the owner or owners of any logging or other railroad over which saw logs, spars, piles, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber shall be transported and delivered, shall have a lien upon the same for the work or labor done upon, or in obtaining or securing, or for services rendered in towing, transporting, hauling, or driving, the particular saw logs, spars, cord wood, shingle bolts, or other timber in said claim of lien described whether such work, labor, or services was done, rendered, or performed at the instance of the owner of the same or his or her agent. Scalers, and bull cooks, and cooks, flunkeys and waiters in lumber camps, shall be regarded as persons who assist in obtaining or securing the timber herein mentioned.
[ 2012 c 117 s 135; 1923 c 10 s 1; 1907 c 9 s 1; 1895 c 88 s 1; 1893 c 132 s 1; RRS s 1162. Prior: Code 1881 s 1941; 1879 p 100 s 2; 1877 p 217 s 3; 1860 p 340 s 1.]

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