ContractorHistory

Registered Washington contractor, based in PORTLAND, OR

CHOWN INC

Registered in Washington for 31 years

License number
CHOWNI*050ND
UBI
409010929
Trade
Security and alarm systems(all security and alarm systems contractors in Washington)
L&I license type and specialty
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR · Locks, Security and Alarm Equipment
Business address
PORTLAND, OR
Phone
(503) 243-6500

Current verification

  • Found: Active Washington contractor registration
  • Found: Current bond record found
  • Found: Current liability insurance record found
  • Found: No Attorney General complaint records found
  • Review: 1 other license record under the same UBI

From the state records below; each section shows its source and when it was last synced.

Registration

Status
ACTIVE
Effective date
August 4, 1995
Expiration date
June 3, 2028

Source: L&I Contractor License Data - General, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Last synced October 7, 2026.

Related licenses

One other license number is registered under the same UBI, 409010929. A UBI identifies one business with the state; a business may hold more than one license, renew under a new number, or register a new license after an earlier one closed.

  • CHOWN INCACTIVE

    License CHOWNI*924RJ · ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR · December 29, 2008 to July 29, 2027

Source: L&I Contractor License Data - General, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Last synced October 7, 2026.

Bond

Current bond

  • Bond company
    Merchants Bonding Co (Mutual)
    Bond number
    WA10156
    Amount
    $15,000
    Effective date
    January 10, 2025
    Expiration date
    Until canceled

Bond history

  • Bond company
    MERCHANTS BONDING CO
    Bond number
    WA10156
    Amount
    $6,000
    Effective date
    February 7, 2002
    Expiration date
    January 10, 2025

Source: L&I Contractor License Data - Bond, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Last synced October 9, 2026.

Liability insurance

Current policy

  • Carrier
    Travelers Indemnity Co of Ame
    Policy number
    Y630C1273698TIA26
    Coverage amount
    $1,000,000
    Effective date
    March 1, 2026
    Expiration date
    March 1, 2027

L&I publishes only the policy currently on file. Earlier policies are kept from our own nightly syncs, which began October 6, 2026.

Source: L&I Contractor License Data - Insurance, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Last synced October 9, 2026.

People

Principals L&I lists for this license.

  • CHOWN, DAVID BSince August 4, 1995
  • SIMMONS, JOHN MSince March 8, 2010
  • CHOWN, JOEL MICHAELSince January 9, 2025
  • CHOWN, KYLE NICHOLASSince January 9, 2025
  • CHOWN, NATHANAEL ISAACSince January 9, 2025
  • BUSICK, STEVEN LJanuary 1, 1980 to December 11, 2024
  • CHOWN, FREDERICK RAugust 4, 1995 to December 11, 2024

Source: L&I Contractor License - Principal Data, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Last synced October 9, 2026.

Attorney General complaints

No Attorney General complaint records found.

Matched on business name and city: CHOWN in PORTLAND. Complaints filed under another name or city are not included.

One other registered contractor shares this business name and city: CHOWN INC (CHOWNI*924RJ, ACTIVE). Complaints are matched by business name and city, so any complaint records shown here also appear on those pages. The records do not say which of these contractors a complaint was about.

A complaint record does not establish that the business violated the law.

Source: Attorney General Consumer Complaints, Washington State Attorney General's Office. Last synced October 9, 2026.

Record history

Changes to this contractor's state records since we began tracking them. The state's current-status tools do not show these.

No changes recorded since our records began on October 6, 2026.

Sources

Record last synced October 7, 2026.

Check this record against the state directly on L&I's Verify a Contractor page (search by license number CHOWNI*050ND).