{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-60.44.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 60.44.010","heading":"Liens authorized.","body":"Every operator, whether private or public, of an ambulance service or of a hospital, and every duly licensed nurse, practitioner, physician, and surgeon rendering service, or transportation and care, for any person who has received a traumatic injury and which is rendered by reason thereof shall have a lien upon any claim, right of action, and/or money to which such person is entitled against any tort-feasor and/or insurer of such tort-feasor for the value of such service, together with costs and such reasonable attorney's fees as the court may allow, incurred in enforcing such lien: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this chapter shall apply to any claim, right of action, or money accruing under the workers' compensation act of the state of Washington, and: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That all the said liens for service rendered to any one person as a result of any one accident or event shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the amount of an award, verdict, report, decision, decree, judgment, or settlement.","path":["Title 60","Chapter 60.44"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=60.44.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:36:46Z","sha256":"be4493e53bbaa03ebd34f105a20cfd23acd65516adc55074f80a1473f9e419af","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-60.42.901","next":"us-wa/rcw-60.44.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}