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(15) Any person who engages in the activities herein regulated as an employee of a registered contractor with wages as his or her sole
compensation or as an employee with wages as his or her sole compensation;
(16) Contractors on highway projects who have been prequalified as required by RCW 47.28.070, with the department of
transportation to perform highway construction, reconstruction, or maintenance work;
(17) A mobile/manufactured home dealer or manufacturer who subcontracts the installation, set-up, or repair work to actively
registered contractors. This exemption only applies to the installation, set-up, or repair of the mobile/manufactured homes that were
manufactured or sold by the mobile/manufactured home dealer or manufacturer;
(18) An entity who holds a valid electrical contractor's license under chapter 19.28 RCW that employs a certified journeyman
electrician, a certified residential specialty electrician, or an electrical trainee meeting the requirements of chapter 19.28 RCW to
perform plumbing work that is incidentally, directly, and immediately appropriate to the like-in-kind replacement of a household
appliance or other small household utilization equipment that requires limited electric power and limited waste and/or water
connections. An electrical trainee must be supervised by a certified electrician while performing plumbing work.
(14) A licensed architect or civil or professional engineer acting solely in his or her professional capacity, an electrician certified under
the laws of the state of Washington, or a plumber certified under the laws of the state of Washington or licensed by a political
subdivision of the state of Washington while operating within the boundaries of such political subdivision. The exemption provided
in this subsection is applicable only when the person certified is operating within the scope of his or her certification;
(13) An owner who performs maintenance, repair, and alteration work in or upon his or her own properties, or who uses his or her
own employees to do such work;
(12) Any person working on his or her own property, whether occupied by him or her or not, and any person working on his or her
personal residence, whether owned by him or her or not but this exemption shall not apply to any person who performs the activities
of a contractor on his or her own property for the purpose of selling, demolishing, or leasing the property;
I understand that I may be waiving certain rights that I might otherwise have under
state law in any decision to engage an unregistered contractor to perform
construction work
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(11) An owner who contracts for a project with a registered contractor, except that this exemption shall not deprive the owner of the
protections of this chapter against registered and unregistered contractors. The exemption prescribed in this subsection does not
apply to a person who performs the activities of a contractor for the purpose of leasing or selling improved property he or she has
owned for less than twelve months;
(10) Any construction or operation incidental to the construction and repair of irrigation and drainage ditches of regularly constituted
irrigation districts or reclamation districts; or to farming, dairying, agriculture, viticulture, horticulture, or stock or poultry raising; or to
clearing or other work upon land in rural districts for fire prevention purposes; except when any of the above work is performed by a
registered contractor;
(9) Any work or operation on one undertaking or project by one or more contracts, the aggregate contract price of which for labor
and materials and all other items is less than five hundred dollars, such work or operations being considered as of a casual, minor, or
inconsequential nature. The exemption prescribed in this subsection does not apply in any instance wherein the work or construction
is only a part of a larger or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which a division of the
operation is made into contracts of amounts less than five hundred dollars for the purpose of evasion of this chapter or otherwise.
The exemption prescribed in this subsection does not apply to a person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device
which might indicate to the public that he or she is a contractor, or that he or she is qualified to engage in the business of contractor;