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<p class="MsoNormal">Attached is the WA Supreme Court’s decision on a case we reported on in our 2023 For Land’s Sake Newsletter. The Supreme Court reversed the Ct. of Appeals and held Velazquez Framing did not need a pre-lien notice for labor and remanded
to the lower court to figure out how much of the lien amount was attributable to labor (not materials, etc). I think I reported on this one so I will do a summary for the next board meeting. This is an fyi.
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