ContractorHistory

Registered Washington contractor, based in PORTLAND, OR

CHOWN INC

Registered in Washington for 17 years

License number
CHOWNI*924RJ
UBI
409010929
Trade
Electrical(all electrical contractors in Washington)
L&I license type and specialty
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR · LIMITED ENERGY
Business address
PORTLAND, OR
Phone
(503) 243-6500

Current verification

  • Found: Active Washington contractor registration
  • Found: Current bond 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
December 29, 2008
Expiration date
July 29, 2027

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*050ND · CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR · August 4, 1995 to June 3, 2028

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
    WA23100
    Amount
    $4,000
    Effective date
    December 19, 2008
    Expiration date
    Until canceled

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

Liability insurance

Current policy

Chapter 19.28 RCW, the electrical contractor licensing law, requires a bond and does not require liability insurance. L&I's insurance dataset has no policy on file for this contractor.

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 December 29, 2008
  • Chown, FredSince December 29, 2008
  • Simmons, JohnSince December 29, 2008
  • Chown, Kyle RSince July 24, 2019
  • Hawes, JefferySince July 24, 2019
  • Chown, Daniel GSince July 25, 2019
  • Chown, Joel MSince July 25, 2019
  • Chown, Nathanael LSince July 25, 2019
  • Chown, Steven FSince July 25, 2019
  • Beardslee, TomDecember 29, 2008 to August 1, 2011
  • MOSER, DOUGAugust 1, 2011 to July 24, 2019

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*050ND, 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*924RJ).