State Agencies Combine Retainage Release Form

Three Washington State agencies responsible for providing public agencies with a release letter on all public works projects of $35,000 or more have collaborated and combined their previous two release forms (completed by public agencies) into one release form.

Previously, the Department of Revenue and the Employment Security Department used a form entitled "Notice of Completion of Public Works Project" while the Department of Labor and Industries used a form with the same title and the subtitle "Request for Release."  Both forms had similar information but were not identical in the information requested.

There is now just one form to be completed by public agencies when requesting the three state agencies provide their approval letter to release retainage held on public works projects of $35,000 or more.  The new form may be found at the following website address:  http://www.lni.wa.gov/FormPub/Detail.asp?DocID=2404.