A licensee must apply for license renewal annual on or before the
expiration date of the current license. You can send the payment by
mail. Be sure that your correspondence is postmarked no later than
midnight of the license expiration date. Our office is open 8-4:30 if
you need to bring the payment in personally. For renewals, we need:
- A "Notice to Renew" on a form provided by the department will be mailed
to you.
- The licensing fee specified in WAC 246-360-990.
We will mail you our "Notice to Renew" about 45 days before your current
license runs out. At this time, we do not have any way for you to pay
your fees on the web or over the phone.
An applicant must pass, to the satisfaction of the department, an on-site
survey prior to the department issuing an initial license or reinstating an
invalid license.
Send the completed "Notice to Renew" along with your fee to:
Department of Health
Revenue Section
PO Box 1099
Olympia, WA 98507-1099
Our phone number is 1-800-771-1204
Fees are based on the number of lodging units offered.
Late Renewals:
If you do not get your "Notice to Renew" and fee to us by the time listed on your renewal
notice, this is what will happen:
- 15 days after a license runs out we send out a late notice.
- 35 days after the license runs out, the license is no longer good, and
all business related to providing accommodations must stop.
- On the 36th day after the license runs out, we send out an overnight
notice or fax to stop operations.
- If we learn someone is still operating 37 days after a license runs
out, we inform all local officials and the press that the facility is
operating illegally.
- If someone has a problem meeting the timeline, we want them to call us
and talk about it.
Late Fee: A late fee of $52.90 in addition to the full
license fee will be required if the full license fee is not received by the
department on the expiration date.
