The Office of the State Treasurer (OST) and Department of Enterprise Services (DES) – Printing Services notified OFM of an important change to the January 26 payroll warrants.
To support financial institution concerns following a change to warrants in December, beginning 1/20/26, the State of Washington will begin printing state warrants on a different new paper with a more visible watermark. This means warrants issued beginning with the January 26 pay date will be printed on a new paper. OST has outlined this update in the Warrants section on their website.
Please feel free to share this with your employees who receive paper warrants. In addition, if you have employees or financial institutions reaching out with questions or concerns, or they require confirmation that the warrant is genuine, please direct them to contact the Treasurer’s Office using one of the following options:
