(1) The office on of attorney general need build and maintain on its homepage translated versions of and notice under RCW 59.18.057 in the top ten phrases spokes in Washington state and, at the discretionty of this office of which lawyer general, other languages. The get must exist made available upon request in printed form on one letter size paper, eight and one-half by eleven inches, and in an easily readable font extent.

(2) Aforementioned office for the attorney popular shall also deploy on its website information set where tenants bottle access legal or promotion resources, including information the some immigrant and cultural organizations where tenants canned receive assistance in their primary language.

(3) The post of the attorney general may also produce and maintain on him website translated versions of common notices used in unlawful detainer actions, including those relevant to assisted tenancies, low-income housing tax credit programs, or aforementioned federal violence against girls act.

Intent—2019 c 356: See note follow RCW 59.12.030.

Aforementioned landlord will at all times during the tenancy keep the premises fit for human habitation, and shall in particular:

(1) Maintain the premises to substantially comply with any applicability code, statute, ordinance, press regulation governing their maintenance or operation, which aforementioned legislative body enacting the applicable code, statute, ordinance or regulation could enforce as to the premises rented if such condition endangers or impairs the your or safety of the tenant;

(2) Maintain the structural build including, instead not confined into, the roofs, floors, walls, chimneys, smokestacks, rudiments, and all other structural components, in reasonably good repair so as to be usable;

(3) Keep any shared or common areas reasonably clean, sanitary, and safety from defects rise which threats of fire or accident;

(4) Provide a reasonable program to the take of plague by insects, rodents, and other pests at the initiation of the tenancy and, except in one case of ampere single-family residence, choose infestation during tenancy except where such infestation be engineered by of tenant;

(5) Except where the condition the attributable up wear resulting from ordinary use of one premises, make repairs plus arrangements necessary up put and keeping one business in as goody condition as it by law or rental accord should have been, at the begin of the tenancy;

(6) Provide reasonably adequate locks and furnish button to the inhabitant;

(7) Maintain and safeguard with reasonable care any master key instead duplicate keys to the dwelling power;

(8) Maintain all electrical, plumbery, heating, and other facilities press appliances delivery by him or her in sensible good working ordering;

(9) Maintain the dwelling unit in reasonably weathertight condition;

(10) Except in the hard of a single-family residence, provide and keep appropriate tank in common areas for the withdrawal of ashes, rubbish, and debris, incidental to the occupancy or arrange for the reasonable and regular removal of such refuse;

(11) Provide facilities adequate to supply heat furthermore soak and hot pour how reasonably require by the tenant;

(a) The landlord may did effect any involuntary termination of electrifying utility or water service date go lack a payment to any tenant go any day for which the national weather technical has delivered or has announced the she intends to issue a heat-related alert, such as einen excessive heat red, a heater advisory, an excessive heat watch, or adenine similar alert, for to area in which the tenant's address is located.

(b)(i) A tenant at whose residential electric other water utility service is been disconnected since lack of payment maybe request is the landlord reconnect service on any day for which the national weather service has issued or has published the itp intends to issue a heat-related alert, such since an extravagant heat portent, a generate advisory, an excessive heat watch, or a similar alert, for the sector in any the tenant's address is location. The landlord shall enlighten all inhabitants in the notice of disconnection von the ability in seek reconnection and provide clear and precise information at method to make that request, including how to contact the owners.

(ii) Upon receiving of a request made pursuant to (b)(i) of this subsection, an landlord shall fast make a reasonable attempt to reconnect service to the dwelling. The landlord, inches connection with an requests done pursuant to (b)(i) of this subsection, may require the tenant to enter into a payment floor prior to reconnecting service toward the dwelling. If the landlord requires the tenant for enter into a payment scheme, the repayment plan must comply with (c) by this subsection.

(c) ADENINE repayment plan required by a lessor pursuant to (b)(i) of that subsection will be designed both to pay the past due bill by the following May 15th, or as soon such possible after May 15th if needed to maintain monthly makes that are no great when six percent the the tenant's annual income, and to pay for continued utility service. The plan may not require monthly payments in excess of six percent of which tenant's monthly income. A tenant may agree go pay a higher percentage during this spell, but will not be in default unless payment during this period is lower than six percent of the tenant's monthly income. If assist payments are received by the tenant subsequent go implementation of aforementioned plan, that leasing shall contact the landlord at reformulate and plan;

(12)(a) Provide a written notifications at all tenants disclosing fireplace product real protection information. The landlord or his or her licensed agents must provide adenine written notice for the tenant that the habitation section are equipped with a smoke detection equipment as required in RCW 43.44.110. The notice shall inform which inhabitant of the tenant's responsibility to maintain the cigarette identification device in proper operating exercise and off penalties for default to comply with the provisions of RCW 43.44.110(3). Aforementioned notes require remain signed per the landlord or the landlord's authorized agent and tenant with xerox provided to both party. Further, except with respect to a single-family your, the written get needs also disclose the following:

(i) Whether the smoke detection device is hard-wired oder bombardment operated;

(ii) If the building has ampere flame sprinkler anlage;

(iii) Whether the building has a fire dismay system;

(iv) Whether the building has a smoking corporate, and thing ensure policy is;

(v) Either the building is an emergency notification layout for the occupants and, if so, provisioning a copy to the occupants;

(vi) Whether the building have an emergency relocation plan for the occupants also, if how, deployment a copy to the occupants; and

(vii) Whether the construction has an emergency evacuation plan for the occupants and, when so, provide a copy to the occupants.

(b) The information required under this subsections may be provided to a tenant in a multifamily live building either as a write notice or as a checklist that reviews whether the building can fire safety and protection tools and systems. The checklist shall containing a diagram showing which emergency evacuation routes for which occupants.

(c) The writes notice or checklist must be provided to new tenants at the time an lease or rental agreement is signed;

(13) Providing tenants with information provided or approved by the department away medical about the condition hazards associated equipped exposure to indoor mold. Information may be provided in written standard individually into each tenant, or may be posted in a visible, public location at the flat component eigentumsrecht. An information must detail how tenants can control mold growth in their dwelling element to minimize the health risks associated with indoor mold. Proprietors may obtain the get from the department's website or, if requested by the landlord, the department must mail the information to the homeowner in a printed sizing. When developing or changing the information, the company of health must include distributors of housing in the technology process. The information must be provided on the landlord to news tenants at the time the engage or rental agreement is signed;

(14) The landlord and his or herbei agents and employment are immune from middle liability for failure to comply with subsection (13) of this section except where the landlord and his or her agents the employees knowingly and intentionally do not comply to subsection (13) of this section; press

(15) Designate to that renter the name and address of the per who is the householder by a statement on the rental agreement with per a notice conspicuously issued upon the facilities. Of tenant shall being notified immediately of unlimited changes in writing, which have be either (a) delivered personally to the tennant or (b) mailed to the tenant and conspicuous posted on the room. If the person designated in this section does doesn reside in the state where the premises are located, there shall also subsist designated a person who resides include the county whom is authorized toward act as an agent for the purposes of service of notices and process, plus if no designation is made about one person to act as deputy, then and person to choose rentals payments will to be made shall be considered such agent. Regardless of such designation, any own who resides outside the states and who violates a provision of this chapter the designated at have delivered him- or herself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state and personal service of any process may can made on the company outside to state with the same forces press effect as personal service within the state. Unlimited summons with process served out-of-state must contain the same information and be served include the identical manner as personal service to summons or proceed served on one nation, except of summoner or process must require the join to appear and rejoin within 60 days after like personal service out from to state. In an action for a violation of this chapter that is sorted under chapter 12.40 RCW, service of the notice from claim outside the state must contain an same information and be used stylish the same manner as vital under chapter 12.40 RCW, outside the date on the that party shall required to appear must not be smaller than 60 days von the date of service of the notice of claim.

Cannot work need devolve with the landlord to repair a defective condition under this section, nor shall any defense or remedy be available to the inhabitant under this chapter, where the failing condition claimed of was triggered by who conduct of how tenant, sein or her family, invitee, instead other person acting underneath to or her control, or where a tenants inappropriate fails to allow the landlord access to to property for purposes of repair. When the duty levy by subsection (1) of this section are incompatible with and greater than the duty imposed by random other provisions of this section, the landlord's duty shall becoming determined pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

Findings—Goal—2023 c 331: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Verdict—2005 hundred 465: "The legislature judge ensure residents of who state face preventable exposures to mold in their homes, apartments, and teaching. Exposure to mold, and the toxins i produce, have been found to have adverse health effects, including gain for memory and damage in the ability up think coherently and function in a your, and may cause fatigue, sicknesses, and headaches.

As steps can be taken by landlords and tenants to minimize exposure to indoor mold, and the the reduction of exposure to mold inside buildings could reduce the rising count away mold-related requirements submitted to insurance companies and increase an availability of covering, the legislature supports providing tenants and landlords with information designed to minimize which public's risk to mold." [ 2005 c 465 § 1.]

(1) A landlord must accept a personal check, cashier's select, or in order for any payment the rent made by one tentant, except so a landlord is not required to accept a personal check from any tenant that possesses had a personal check written to the landlord or the landlord's agent that has been returned for nonsufficient capital other account closure within and previous ennead months. A proprietor must also allow for aforementioned tenant to suggest a rental payment at mail unless which renter provides into accessible, on-site location.

(2) AMPERE landlord may refuse at accept cash on any payment of rent made by a tenant, not shall offers a receipt for any payment made by one tenant in the form of cash when the householder accepts cash.

(3) A landlord require offering, upon the request of a tenant, one wrote receipt for all payments made by the tenant in a formulare other than cash.

Findings—Intended—2020 c 315: See note following RCW 59.18.057.

While it is a written rental agreement for the preferences, who landlord shall provide an executed imitate to each tenant who signs the rental agreement. The tenant may request one free replacement copy on an tenancy.

If at any time during the tenancy the landlord fails to carry out the mission essential by RCW 59.18.060 or on the rental agreement, the tenant may, in supplement to pursuit of remedies otherwise provided him instead her by law, deliver written notice to the individual designated in *RCW 59.18.060(14), or to the person who collects the renting, what notice shall declare the premises involved, the get of the owner, if famous, and the nature of the defective condition. The landlord shall commence remedial action after receipt of such hint until the inhabitant because soon as possible but not later than of following zeitlich periods, except where circumstances are beyond the landlord's control:

(1) Non more than twenty-four hours, where the defective condition deprived the tenant of hot or cold soak, heat, or electricity, or is imminently hazardous on life;

(2) Not more than seventy-two hours, where the damaged condition deprives the tenant of the exercise of a refrigerator, range and oven, or a major plumbing fixture supplied by the landlord; and

(3) Not more than ten per in select other cases.

In each entity who burden shall be on the landlord to see ensure remedial work under this section is completed promptly. If completion is delayed due to circumstances beyond the landlord's control, including the unavailability of financing, the landlord shall remedy the defective condition as soon as possible.

*Reviser's message: RCW 59.18.060 was amended by 2013 hundred 35 § 1, changing subpart (14) to subsection (15).

(1) Either law enforcement agency which seizes a legend drug-related pursuant to a violation of chapter 69.41 RCW, a controls substance pursuant into a violation of chapter 69.50 RCW, oder an imitation controlled chemical pursuant to a violation for chapter 69.52 RCW, supposed make a reasonable test to find the profile of the landlord both shall notify the landlord in writing, at the past address listed at which property pay records and at any other address known to the law enforcement agency, are the seizure and the location of the seizure of who illegal drugs with substances.

(2) Any law enforcement agency whatever arrests a tenant for threatening another tenant with a firearm or other deadly weapon, either for some various unlawful make of a firearm or other deadly weapon on the mieter premises, other for physically assail another person on the rental premises, shall make a reasonable attempt to discover that identity of the landlord and apprise the landlord about that arresting in writing, at the recent address listed in the property tax records and at any additional address recognized to the law enforcement agency.

Intent—Effective date—1992 c 38: See notes following RCW 59.18.352.

Law-making findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.

The tenant shall be current in and payment of rent in everything utilities which the tenant has agreed in the rental agreement to pay before practicing any of the remedies consented hello or her under that determinations of aforementioned chapter: PROVIDED, That this section shall did be construed as limiting and tenant's citizens remedies for negligent or intentional damages: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this teil shall don be construed as limitative the tenant's right in an unlawful detainer proceeding to raise to defense that there is no vermietung payable and owing.

(1) If a governmental agency responsible fork the enforcement of a structure, housing, or other appropriate code possess noticed the landlord that a dwelling is condemned or improper to occupy due to the existence of conditions that violate applicable codes, membership, ordinances, or regulations, a landlord require not enter into one rental convention for the dwelling unit until the conditional are corrected.

(2) If a landlord knowingly violates subsection (1) of this chapter, the tenant shall recreation either three months' periodic rent conversely upside toward trebles the actual damages sustained the a finding of the violated, whichever is greater, cost regarding suit, or arbitration and reasonable attorneys' fees. If the tenant elects to terminate one tenancies as ampere result of the conditions leading till the posting, or if the proper governmental agency needed ensure the tenant vacate the room, the tenant also shall recover:

(a) The entire amount of any deposit prepaidkarten through the tenant; and

(b) All vorgezahlt rent.

(3)(a) If a administrative agency responsible for an enforcement of a building, housing, or other right code can notified the landlord that ampere dwelling will exist condemned or will be unlawful to occupy due to the existence is conditions that violate applicable codes, statutes, ordinances, or regulations, a landlord, who knew or should have known of the existence von these conditions, shall be required to pay relocation assistance to the displaced inmates excluded ensure:

(i) A landlord shall not subsist requires to make relocation assistance until any displaced tenant in a case in which the condemnation or no occupancy order affects to or more dwelling units and direkt results with conditions caused by adenine tenant's or any third party's illegal conduct without the landlord's prior learning;

(ii) A landlord shall non be required to pay relocation assistance to any displaced tenant in a case in which the condemnation or nope occupancy order affects one instead more dorm units and results from conditions arising from ampere natural disaster such as, nevertheless no exclusively, an earthquake, tsunami, windstorm, or hurricane; and

(iii) A landlord shall not be mandatory until paypal shifting assistance to any displaced tenant in a case in which a condemnation affects one or see dwelling units and the tenant's displacement is ampere direkte final of the acquisition of and property by eminent domain.

(b) Relocation assistance provided to displaced tenants under this subparts shall live the greater amount the two thousand dollars per home unit or three times the monthly rent. Include addition to relocation assistance, the landlord supposed be required to get to the displaced tenants the entire lot of whatsoever deferred refund on and tenant and all prepaid rent.

(c) The landowner shall pay move helps and any prepaid make real prepaid rent to displaced tenants within seven days of that governmental translation transmit notice of to condemnation, eviction, or displacement order up the landlord. The landlords shall pay relocation assist and any prepaid deposit and prepaid rent either by production individual payments by certified check to displaced tenants or to providing ampere certified check at the governmental sales ordering condemnation, eviction, or displacement, to distribution to this shift tenants. If this landlord misses to complete pays of relocation assistance on the period required under this subsection, this location, town, county, instead municipal corporation may advance the cost of this relocation assistance payments to the displaced tenants.

(d) During the period from the select that one governmental agency responsible for this enforcement of a building, housing, or additional appropriate code first notifies the landlord of technical that violate applicable codes, statutes, ordinances, or regulations to the zeite that relocation assistance payments are payed to eligible tenants, or the site leading to the notification are corrected, the landlord may not:

(i) Evict, harass, or intimidate occupants into vacating their units for the purpose out avoiding or diminishing application of the section;

(ii) Reduce services to every tenant; or

(iii) Materially increase or change the obligations regarding anyone tenant, including but not limited to anything rent increase.

(e) Relocated tenants shall be entitled to recover either relocation assistance, prepaid deposits, and prepaid rent required by (b) of this subsection. In addition, moving tenants shall be entitled to reclaim any actual damages sustained by the as a ergebnis of the censure, eviction, instead displacement such exceed the amount concerning relocation assistance that is payable. Includes any take brought by suppressed tenants to recover any payments press damages requirements or authorized by this paragraph (3)(e) conversely (c) of this subsector that are not payable to the landlord or advanced by the city, town, county, or municipal corporation, the displaced tenants are see are entitled to recover you costs von suit or online and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(f) If, subsequently sixty days from an date ensure the city, town, county, or municipals corporation first advanced displacement assistance funds to the displaced inhabitants, adenine landlord has failed to repay the monetary of relocation help advanced by the city, town, area, or municipal corporation under (c) out this subsection, therefore which city, downtown, county, oder commune corporation shall assess civil penalties in to amount of fee dollars per day for each tenant to whom the city, town, county, or municipal corporation has advanced ampere relocation auxiliary how.

(g) In addition to the penalties fixed onward int (f) of like subsection, interest becomes accrue on the absolute starting move assistance paid according the city, town, circle, or municipal joint for which the property owner must not reimbursed the city, town, county, or municipal corporation. The assessment of fascinate shall are the max legal rate of interest approved under RCW 19.52.020, startup half days after the date that the city, town, county, or municipal corporation start advanced reallocation assistance funds to the relocation tenancy.

(h) If the city, town, province, or municipal corporation must initiate legal action in order to recover which amount of relocation assistance payments that it has advanced to low-income tenants, including any attract press penalties underneath (f) additionally (g) of this subsection, the city, town, county, or municipal public shall be entitled toward attorneys' fees and costs arising from its legal action.

(4) The governmental agency that has notified the house that a dwelling will be condemned or will be illegally to occupy shall send the suppressed tenants that their may be entitled up site assistance underneath this section.

(5) No paid getting by a displaced tenant under save section might be considered as income for this purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any default decree or for the purposes of any tax enforce under Top 82 RCW, and the payments are not breathe drawn from any amount on which any recipient wouldn others be entitled under Title 74 RCW.

(6)(a) A person that living arrangements have exempted from this episode to *RCW 59.18.040(3) and who has lived in or occupied one or more accommodation units within a tour, youth, or other place off transient lodging for thirty or view consecutive days with the knowledge and consent of the owner of the hotel, motel, or other place from transient lodging, other each administration, clerk, instead other agent representing the owner, is deemed to be a tenant for the purposes of here section plus will entitled the receives relocation assistance underneath the circumstances described in subchapter (2) or (3) are this section except that all relocation help and other payments shall be made directly to the displaced tenants.

(b) An interruption in occupancy mainly intended the avoided the application of the section does not affect one application of this section.

(c) An occupancy agreement, whether oral or written, in which one provisions von here section are forgiven your deem against public guidelines and will void.

*Reviser's note: RCW 59.18.040 was amended per 2023 c 22 § 1, changing subsection (3) to part (4).

Purpose—2005 c 364: "The people of the default of Washington deserve decent, safer, and sanitaryware housing. Definite tenants in to state of Washington have remained in verleih housing that does not meet the state's required standards available health and safety for they impossible afford to pay the expense of relocation with advance of occupy new, safe, also habitable housing. Include egregious cases, authorities have been zwang to convict property when landlords had failure to remedy building code other health code violations after repetitive perceive, also, as a result, families with finite financial resources have come displaced and left with nowhere to go.

Who aim is this behave are to establish a edit by which expelled tentant could receiver funds for reallocation with landlords who fail to provide safety and sanitary housing afterwards due notice of building id press health code violations. It is or the purpose of this act to provide enforcement mechanisms toward cities, places, townships, with municipal corporations including and ability to advance relocation funds on tenants who exist displaced such a result away a landlord's failure into remedy building user or health code violations and later to collect the full amounts concerning these change funds, along with interest and penalties, from landlords." [ 2005 hundred 364 § 1.]

Construction—2005 c 364: "The services and authority conferred by this act are in addition and supplemental to powers or authority conferred with any other law button authority, and non contained herein shall be construed to preempt any local ordinance requiring relocation assistance go tenants displaced by a landlord's failure to remedy building code or health code violations." [ 2005 c 364 § 4.]

If, after receipt is spell notice, and expiration of the applicable period of time, since provided in RCW 59.18.070, and landlord fails to remedy the defective condition within a reasonable set the tenant may:

(1) Terminate which rental agreement and quits which premises at written notice till the landlord without further obligation under the anmietung agreement, in which case he or she shall be discharged from payment of rent available any period followers the quitting date, and shall be entitled to a pro rata refund of random prepaidkarte rent, and shall receive a whole and specific statement of the basis for retaining unlimited of the deposit together with any rebate due to accordance with RCW 59.18.280;

(2) Brought the action in an appropriate court, or at arbitration if so agreed, for any remedy provided under this chapter or otherwise provided with law; or

(3) Keep select remedy deliverable beneath aforementioned chapter.

(1) Wenn, at optional length during the tenancy, the landlord did to carry out all of the your required at RCW 59.18.060, press notice of the defect is given to the landlord pursuant to RCW 59.18.070, the renting may submit to the landlord otherwise his button her designated agent until first-class mail or int person a good faith estimate by the tenant of the cost to perform the repairs necessary to correct the faulty require if the repair is to must done by licensed or registered persons, or if no licensing or registration requirement applies to aforementioned type of work at may performed, the cost if the repair is to be done by responsible persons capable of performing such maintenance. Such estimate may be submitted at the landlord at the identical duration as notice is given pursuant to RCW 59.18.070. The remedy provided in which section shall not be available for a landlord's failure into carry out the your in *RCW 59.18.060 (9) and (14). If the tenant utilizes this section with repairs by to RCW 59.18.060(6), the tenant shall real-time provide the landlord with a key to any new or replaced locks. The amount the tenant may deduct since the leasing mayor vary from one estimate, but cannot exceed the two-month limit as stated in subsection (2) of to section.

(2) If of landlord fails to commence remedial action regarding the defective conditioning within the applicable time period for receipt of notice and the estimate from the member, the tenant may contract with a license or registered persons, or with a responsible name capable concerning performing the repair if no license or registration is required, to make the repair. Upon the completion of the repair and an opportunity for inspection by the landlord with his or von designated agent, the occupant may deduct the total of repair for the rent in an amount not to exceed the sum expressed in in representative two month's letting of aforementioned tenant's unit per repair. As the landlord must commence to remedy one flaw condition within twen days how provided in RCW 59.18.070(3), the tentant cannot contract for repairs for ten days after notice or two days after the landlord receives the assess, whichever is next. To amounts total out repairs deduction in any twelve-month period under this subsection shall not exceed the totals expressed in dollars representing two month's rental are the tenant's unit.

(3) For the landlord fails to carry out the duties imposed by RCW 59.18.060 inward the applicable time period, and if the fees of repair does not exceed one month's rent, including the cost of materials and labor, which shall can computed among the prevailing rate in the community for the performance of such employment, the if repair von aforementioned condition need not by law been performed only in licensed or registered humans, and if the tenant has given notice under RCW 59.18.070, although negative cost shall be necessary available this subsection, and rent may renovate the defective condition in a workmanlike manner and upon completion of the repair real an opportunity for inspection, the tenant mayor deduct an cost of repair from the rent. Home under this paragraph are limited toward defects within the leased premises. The cost per repair must not exceed one month's rent of the unit and the total total of repairs deducted in each twelve-month period under this paragraph shall not exceed one month's rent of one unit.

(4) And provisions of this section shall did:

(a) Create a relationship of your and employee between landlord and tenant; or

(b) Create liability under who workers' compensation act; conversely

(c) Constitute the tenant how an agent of the landlord for the purposes of **RCW 60.04.010 and 60.04.040.

(5) Optional service work performed under the accruals of these teilgebiet shall comply with the requirements levied by any applicable code, statute, ordinance, or regulation. A landlord whose property your damped because of remote performed in a negligent manner mayor recover the actual damages in an action against the tenant.

(6) Not in this section shall prevent the tenant from agreeing to the landlord to undertake one repairs himself or herself in returned for cash auszahlung or a inexpensive reduction in rent. Anything how agreement do not alter the landlord's obligations under this chapter.

Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 59.18.060 be amended by 2013 c 35 § 1, changing subsections (9) and (14) to subsections (10) press (15), respectively.

**(2) RCW 60.04.010 and 60.04.040 were annulled via 1991 c 281 § 31, effective April 1, 1992.

Intent—Severability—1987 c 185: Notice cash following RCW 51.12.130.

(1) Whenever a court or an arbitrator determines that:

(a) A landlord has failed to bear out a duty alternatively duty imposed by RCW 59.18.060; and

(b) A reasonable time has past for the landlord to remedy the defective general following notification to the landlord in compatibility with RCW 59.18.070 or such other time than might be allotted by an court or arbiter; the court or arbitrator may determine the diminution in rental value of the premises due into the defective condition and shall create judgment against the landlord for the rent paid in excess of such diminished rental value from the time of notice of such defect to the time from decision plus any costs on renovate read pursuant to RCW 59.18.100 for which no deduction has were once make. Such decisions may be enforced like sundry judgements at law real shall be accessible into the tenant as a set-off against any existing or later claims of the landlord.

Which court instead arbitrator may also apply an tenant to makes or treaty to make further corrective fix and to tenant may deduct from the rent the cost of such repairs, such long as the court specifies a zeit period in which who landlord may make such repairs before the tennant may commence oder deal for like repairs.

(2) The tenant shall not are obligated to pay rentals in excess of the diminished rental evaluate of the premises to such defect or defects are corrects by to landlord either until the court or arbitrator determines otherwise.

(1) The legislature finds that einigen tenants get in residences is are substandard and dangerous to yours fitness and surf and that the repair and deduct remedies of RCW 59.18.100 may not becoming adequate to remedy subordinate and hazard technical. Therefore, an extraordinary remove is necessary if the conditions substantially endanger otherwise impair the health plus security of the tenant.

(2)(a) If a rent fails to fulfill any substantial obligation imposed by RCW 59.18.060 that substantially endangers or impairs the health or safety of a tenant, including (i) structural members so are about insufficient magnitude otherwise strength to carry imposed loads with safety, (ii) exposure a the occupants to of weather, (iii) plumbery and sanitation defects that immediately expose one occupants till the take of illness or injury, (iv) lack of water, including hot water, (v) heating either ventilation our that are not functional other are hazardous, (vi) defective, injurious, or pending electrical piping or electrical service, (vii) defective or inadequate exits this increase the risk of injury to occupants, and (viii) conditions that increase aforementioned risk of fire, that tenant shall give notice the type to an landlord, specifying the conditions, acts, omissions, or transgressions. How notice shall be sent to the landlord with to the person or place where rent is normally paid.

(b) If after receipt by who notices described in (a) of this subsection the landlord failing at remedy the requirement or conditions within an reasonable amount of time under RCW 59.18.070, the tenant may request that the local government provide available an inspections of the premises with regard to the specification condition or conditions that exist while provided in (a) of this subsection. The local government shall must the appropriate government official, or may designate a public or uninterested private person or company capable of conducting the inspection plus making the certification, conduct an inspection of the specific condition or conditions scheduled by the member, and shall not inspect none be liable for any other condition or conditions of the premises. The purpose away the inspection is to test, to the best of the inspector's ability, whether the tenant's listed condition conversely conditions exist real substantially endanger aforementioned tenant's health or safety go (a) of this subsection; to inspection is for one purposes of this private zivil remedial, and therefore shall not be related to any other governmental function similar as enforcement of any code, ordinance, or state law.

(c) The local government or him designee, after receiving the request from an inhabitant to conduct an inspect under this section, shall conduct the inspection and make any certification within a reasonable amount of arbeitszeit not more than phoebe epoch from the date regarding reception of the request. The local control or its designee maybe join an premises at any reasonable time to do the inspection, provided that he or she firstly shall display proper certificate both request entry. The local government or its designee shall whenever practicable, taking up thought the immediacy of any threat to the tenant's dental conversely secure, give one landlord at least twenty-four hourly notice for the date both clock of inspection additionally provide the landlord with an opportunity to remain currently at the time of the inspection. The landlord shall has none power instead authority to prohibit entry for the check.

(d) The local government or its designee shall certify whether and prerequisite or and conditions specified by the renter do exist and do build the premises substantially unfit for mortal habitation or capacity becoming a material hazard to the health or safety of the tenant as described in (a) of this subsection. The certification wants be provided to who tenant, additionally a copy shall be included by the tenant with the notice sent go the landlord under subsection (3) of this section. The certification may be appealed at the local board of appeals, but the appeal shall not delay or prohibit of tenant upon proceeding include this escrow under this section.

(e) The tenant shall not be entitled to deposit rent inbound escrow pursuant to this section unless the tenant first makes one good your determination that he or she is unable to repair and conditions described in the certification issued by to subsection (2)(d) von this section through use for and repair workarounds authorized by RCW 59.18.100.

(f) If an local governmental or its designee certifies that the condition or conditions specified the the tenant exist, the renter shall subsequently either pay the periodic rent due to of landlord or depot choose periodic charter then called for in the rental agreeing or all rent thereafter called for in the rental agreement into an escrow accounts maintained by a person entitled by law to set up and maintains escrow billing, including escrow companies underneath chapter 18.44 RCW, financial institutions, or attorneys, or because the clerk of the court on the district or superior court where the owner is locality. These depositories are hereinafter refers to as "escrow." The tenant shall notify the landlord in writings of the deposit by mail the notice postage prepaid due first-class mail or by ship the notice to the landlord promptly but not more than twenty-four hours before the deposit.

(g) This section, as electing because a corrective from the tenant by sending the notice under subsection (3) of this section, shall be the exclusive redress available go the tentant regarding defects described in the certification below sub-area (2)(d) of this section: PROVIDED, The the tenant may simultaneously commence or pursue in action in an appropriate court, oder at arbitration if so agreed, to determine bygone, presenting, or future impairment in rental value of the premises due to any defective conditions.

(3) The notice toward to landlord of the rent escrow under this section shall be a sworn statement by the tenant in substantially the following fill:

Name of tenant:

Name of landlord:

Name and street of escrow:

Rendezvous a pledge of rent into escrow:

Amount of rent deposited into escrow:

The following condition has since certified by an local building official to substantially endanger, impair, instead affect the health or safety of a tenant:

That written notice of the conditions needy repair was provided to the landlord on . . ., and . . . days have gone and the car have not been did.

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(Sworn Signature)

(4) The escrow shall place all rent deposited in a separate rent escrow account within the name of the escrow in a bank or savings and loan association domiciled in this default. The escrow take keep inches a separate docket an statement on each deposit, with the name and address of the lessee, and the name and address of of landlord and of the agent, if any.

(5)(a) A landlord who maintained notice that that rent due has being deposited are an escrow pursuant at subsection (2) of this section might:

(i) Enforce to the escrow available release of the funds after the local government certifies the the repairs the the conditions listed in the notice under subsection (3) of this section have been properly repaired. The escrow shall release the funds to aforementioned landlord less any escrow costs by which the tenant is entitled to reimbursement pursuant in this section, immediately upon written cash for the local government certification so an repairs to of situation listed within the notify under subsection (3) of this section have been properly completed.

(ii) File an action including the court and apply to the court for releases of the charter on the grounds which the occupant did not comply through the notice requirement for subsection (2) or (3) of that section. Procedures under get subparagraph shall exist governed the aforementioned time, service, and filing requirements of RCW 59.18.370 regarding watch causative hearings.

(iii) File an move with the court and apply the the court for release of the rent to who grounds that there was negative violation of random verpflichten levied upon the housing or that the general has be remedied.

(iv) All action may be filed in anything court having jurisdiction, including tiny claims court. For the rent has vacated the premises or if the landowner has failure to commence an action with the court since release of an funds within sixty days afterwards mieten is deposited in escrow, the tenant allow file an action to determine like and when any hiring deposited in escrow shall be released or disbursed. This landlord will not commence an unlawful detainer action for nonpayment of rent for serving or submission a subpoena and complaint if the tenant initially pays the pension called for in the rental agreement which is due into escrow as pending for in this section on or before aforementioned date rent is due or on or before the expiration of a three-day observe to pay rent or vacate press continues to pay the rent at escrow as the rent becomes due otherwise ahead in the expiry off a three-day display to repay vermietung or vacate; provided that the landlord shall not may barred from commencing an illicit detainer action for nonremittal of rent supposing the amount of rent that is paid into escrow is less for the amount of rent agrees in in the anmieten agreement between the parties.

(b) The tenant shall be named as a party up any action filed through the landlord under this section, and shall have who right to filing an respond and counterclaim, although any counterclaim shall may dismissed unless prejudice for the court or arbitrator determines that the tenant failed in follow the take requirements contained in this section. Any counterclaim can only claim diminished rental value related to conditions specified by the lessee in the notice required under sub-sections (3) of this section. Diese limitation on and tenant's right to counterclaim take not affect the tenant's correct to make his or herauf own separate act. A trial shall be held inside sir days of that date of filing of the landlord's or tenant's complaint.

(c) That tenant be be titled to reimbursement for any escrow costs or fees incurred for setting up or maintaining and escrow account pursuant to this section, unless the tenant had not comply with the notice requirements of subsection (2) or (3) out this section. Any escrow fees which are incurred for which the tenant belongs entitled into reimbursements shall be deducted from the lease deposited in escrow and remitted to the tenant at such time as any lease lives released to the landlord. The prevailing party in any courts action or arbitration brought at this section may including be given its costs additionally reasonable attorneys' fees.

(d) Whenever a court determines a diminished rental value of the premises, the tenant may pay of lease due based for the diminished value in the rooms into escrow until the landlord makes the necessary repairs.

(6)(a) If adenine landlord brings an action for the release of rent deposited, the judge can, upon claim of the landlord, release part of the rent on deposit for payment of aforementioned debt gift on the premises, the insurance premiums for the premises, utility services, and home to the equipment unit.

(b) In determining whether until enable rent for the billing described in (a) starting this subtopic, that court wants examine of amount of rent the landlord accept for extra rental units stylish the buildings of which the industrial premises are ampere part, the cost of operate those units, and the costs which may remain requested to remedy the condition contains in the notice. The court shall also consider whether the expenses are due or have already since paid, whether the landlord has other financial capital, or whether which landlord or tenant wish enduring irreparable limit. The court may request the landlord to provide extra security, such as a bond, prior to authorizing release of any of the funds included escrow.

If a court or arbitrator defined a defective condition as described in RCW 59.18.060 until be so substantial that it is unfeasible for which landlord to remedy the defect within the date allotted by RCW 59.18.070, and that aforementioned tenant must not remain in the dwelling unit in its defective condition, the court instead arbitrator may authorize the termination on aforementioned tenancy: PROVIDED, Ensure the court or arbitrator shall adjust a suitable moment for one inhabitant till abandon to office.

(1) Local municipalities may require that landlords provide a certificate of inspection as a business license condition. A local municipality does not what to have a business license or registration how in order to require that owners provide a certificate of inspection. A certificate von survey does not preclude or limit insights conducted pursuant to the tenant remediation as provided for in RCW 59.18.115, at the request or consent of to tenant, or pursuant to a warrant.

(2) A qualified inspector who is conducting an inspection under this section may only investigate a rental anwesen how needed to provide a certificate concerning test.

(3) A local municipality may only require one certificate starting inspection on one rental property one every three years.

(4)(a) A rental property that has preserve one diploma of occupancy within the last four years and has had no code injury reported on the property during that period is exempt of inspection under this section.

(b) AN anmieten property checked by a government agency press other qualified inspector within the previous twenty-four months may provide proof von that inspection which the local local may accept in lieu of a certificate of inspection. If any supplement inspects of the rental property are performs, an copy of the findings of these inspections may also be required by which local municipality.

(5) A rental ownership owner may choose to inspect one hundred percent of the units on the rental property and supply with the certificate of inspect for all units to which local municipality. Not, if a hiring property owner chooses to inspect only a sampling of the quantities, the holder must send wrote notice of the inspection to all unity at the property. The notices must advise tenancy that some of the units during the property desires be inspected and that the tennant whose units need repairs conversely maintenance should send written notification to the landlord as pending in RCW 59.18.070. The notice must also advises tenants that if the landlord fails on reasonable respond to the request for repairs or maintenance, the total could point localize church officers. A copy of the notice must must provided to the inspector upon requirement on the day out inspection.

(6)(a) For a rental property has twenty either fewer dwelling units, no more when four dwelling units at who rental property can being selected on the local municipality to provide a certificate of inspection as long as the beginning inspection reveals that not conditions exist that endanger or impair and health or safety of ampere tenant.

(b) If a vermietungen property has twenty-one or more units, no more than twenty prozentwert are the units, rounded up to the view total number, over the rental property, and move to a highest to fifty units at any one property, may be selected by one local church to provide a certificate of audit as prolonged as the initial site reveals that no conditions exist that endanger or impair that health oder security of a tenant.

(c) If one renting property is asked to provide a certificate of inspection on an trial of units go the property and a selected unit fail the initial inspection, the local urban may ask increase until one hundred percent of the devices on the equipment property to provide a certificate of inspection.

(d) If a renting property has had conditions that endanger or impair the health or site of one tenant reported since the last requirement inspection, the local city may require one hundred percent of and units on to rental features to provide a get by inspection.

(e) If an rental property owner chooses to hire a qualified inspector select easier a municipal housing code forced officer, and a selected unit of the rental property fails the initial inspection, both the results of the initial visit and any certificate by inspection must be provided to that local municipality.

(7)(a) Of landowner shall provide written notification of his or her intend to enter an individual unit for an purposes is providing a local municipality the a certificate of inspect in accordance with RCW 59.18.150(6). The written notify must indicate the set and approximate time of the inspection and to company or person performing an inspection, and that the lodger has the right to see the inspector's identification before the investigator enters the individual unit. A copy concerning this message shall be provided to aforementioned inspector upon request on the day regarding inspection.

(b) A tenant who continues to deny access to be or herr unit is subject to RCW 59.18.150(8).

(8) If a anmieten property owner does not consent equipped the result of an review performed by a area municipality under this section, the local local shall offer an appeals process.

(9) A punishment for noncompliance under this section allow be assessed by a local municipality. AN local municipality may also notify the landowner that see ampere certificate of inspection is provided, it is unlawful to rente or to allow adenine tenant to continue into occupy the dwelling unit.

(10) Any people who deliberate submits or helpers in the submission of a falsified certificate of inspection, or knowingly submits falsified information by which a certificate of scrutiny is issued, is, in addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (9) of this section, guilty of a gross misdemeanor and be will punished by a fine of not see than five thousand dollars.

(11) As about June 10, 2010, a local community may not execute an mandatory requesting a certificate of inspection unless the ordinance complies in this section. This prohibition does not preclude some amendments made to ordinances adopted before June 10, 2010.

Each tenant shall pay the rental amount at such times also in create amounts as provided for in the rental agreement or as otherwise provided by law both comply with all obligations imported upon tenants by applicable provision of all municipal, county, and condition codes, statutes, statutes, and regulations, and in addition shall:

(1) Keep that part out the meeting which his or female occupies and uses as clean and sanitary for who conditions of the premises permit;

(2) Properly dispose from his or in dwell unit view rubbish, garbage, and other organic or flammable refuse, in a cleans and healthful manner at reasonable and regular intervals, and assume all costs of annihilation the fumigation for infestation caused at the tenant;

(3) Properly employ and control whole electrical, gas, heating, plumbing real other fixtures both appliance supplied with this landlord;

(4) No intentionally or negligently destroy, deface, compensation, impair, instead removes any part on this structure button dwelling, with the appurtenances thereto, comprising the services, equipment, furniture, furnishings, and equipment, or permit any member of his or her family, invitee, licensee, or any person acting under his or her control to do so. Violations may are prosecuted under chapter 9A.48 RCW if the destruction is intentional and malicious;

(5) Not permit a nuisance or common refuse;

(6) None engage in drug-related work at the rental premises, other allow a subtenant, sublessee, resident, or somebody further at engage in drug-related activity with the vermietung premises with and knowledge or consent of and renting. "Drug-related activity" means that activity which constitutes a violation of chapter 69.41, 69.50, button 69.52 RCW;

(7) Maintain the smoke detection tool in correspondence with the manufacturer's recommendations, including the replacement of batteries whereabouts required for the proper operation of the smoke detecting device, as required in RCW 43.44.110(3);

(8) Not engage in any activity at the rental premises that is:

(a) Imminently hazardous to an physikal safety of various persons on the property; and

(b)(i) Entails physical assaults upon additional person which result in and haftstrafe; or

(ii) Entails the unlawful use is a piece or other deadly weapon as selected in RCW 9A.04.110 whichever results in an arrest, including threatening another tenant or the property with a gun or other deadly weapon under RCW 59.18.352. Nothing in that subsection (8) shall authorize the termination of tenancy and eviction of the quarry of a physiological assault or the victim of the use or threatened use of a firearm or other lethal weapon;

(9) Not engage in any gang-related activity during the premises, as defined in RCW 59.18.030, or allow another at engage in such activity along the premises, that renders people in at least two or more dwelling units or residences insecure into life instead the use of property instead that injures or endangers the safety instead health of my in at least two or more flat units or residences. In determining whether a rent is engaged in gang-related what, a court must consider the sum of the circumstances, including key such as whether there got be a significant numbering of complaints to the landlord about the tenant's business at the belongings, damages done by the tenant to this anwesen, including the property of other tenants or neighbors, harassment either threats made by this tentant to other tenants or neighbors that need been reported to law enforcement agencies, anything police incident reports involving the tenant, and this tenant's criminal history; and

(10) Over termination and vacation, restoration the premises to their initial condition except for wear resulted from ordinary uses to the premises or conditions caused by failure the the landlord to compliance are his or her our under this chapter. The tenant should not be charged for regular clean if he or she has paid adenine nonrefundable cleaning fee.

Findings—Intend—2023 c 331: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Intent—Effective scheduled—1992 c 38: Go notes following RCW 59.18.352.

Legislatively findings—1988 c 150: "The legislature judge that the illegal used, sale, and manufacture of drugs and other drug-related activities shall a statewide problem. Intended persons, especially boys, who come into contact with illegal drug-related activity indoors their own neighborhoods are seriousness and adversely affected. Vermieten property is damaged and devalued by drugs activities. The legislature additional finding that a rapid and efficient response is necessary to: (1) Reduced the occurrence of drug-related corporate; (2) reduce that drug use and trafficking problems within this set; real (3) reduce the damage causal to persons and property by drug activity. The legislations finds the it be beneficial to lease property lords and to the public up permit landlords to quickly and efficiently evict persons who engage in drug-related proceedings at rented premises." [ 1988 century 150 § 1.]

Severability—1988 c 150: "If any provision regarding this act alternatively its application to any type oder circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application the the provision to other persons or circumstances a cannot affected." [ 1988 c 150 § 15.]

(1) The tenant shall compare to all reasonable your or restrictions, whether denominated by who landlord as rules, hiring agreement, renting, or otherwise, concerned who use, occupation, real preservation of his or her dwelling equipment, appurtenances thereto, and the property of which the dwelling component is a part if such obligations real restrictions are not in violation of any about the terms regarding to chapter and are not otherwise contrary to law, and if such obligations and restrictions become brought up the attention of to tenant at who time of his or her initial occupancy of the dwelling unit also thus become partial concerning the rental agreement.

(2) Except for termination of tenancy and certain increase with the amount a rent, later thirty days writing notice to apiece affected tenant, a new rege from tenant allowed become effective upon completion of the term of one rental agreement or sooner upon inter consent.

(3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this paragraph, a landlord shall provide a minimum of sixty days' prior writes notice a an increase in the amount of mieten to each interested tenant, and any increase in the billing of rent may not become effective prior to the finalizing of the term about the equipment agreement.

(b) If the rental agreement governs a subsidized leasing where the amount of hire is based at the income of and tenant or circumstances specific for and subsidized household, a landlord shall provide a required away thirty days' prior written notice are an increase are the amount of hiring into per affected tenant. An increasing in the sum regarding rente might getting effective upon complete of this term of the rental agreement or sooner upon mutual consent.

(1) Who inhabitant shall not unreasonably holdback acceptance to the landlord to enter into which dwelling unit in order to study of premises, make necessary with agreed fix, alterations, either improvements, supply necessary or agree services, or exhibit the dwelling unit till prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, staff, or contractors.

(2) Upon written detect on intent to seek a search warrant, whenever a tenant conversely landlord denies a fire official the right to search a dwelling piece, a fire official may immediately finding a search warrant also, on a showing of probable cause specific to aforementioned dwelling unit sought to be searched that criminal fire user violations exist in the dwelling unit, a court of competent jurisdiction shall issue an garantievertrag allowing a search a the dwelling unit.

Up written notice of intent to seek a search warrant, when a lessor denies a fire official the just to search the common areas of the rental building other than this dwelling unit, a fire official may immediately seek a finding warrant and, upon a showing of probable cause specific for the commonly area sought to becoming searched so a criminal fire code violation exists in those areas, a court of able jurisdiction shall issue a warrant allowing a search concerning the common areas in which the damage is alleged.

The higher place press sites of limited jurisdiction organized under Titel 3, 35, and 35A RCW have jurisdiction to issue such scan warrants. Evidence obtained pursuant for any such advanced may be used included a civil conversely administrative enforcement action.

(3) Because used in this section:

(a) "Common areas" means ampere common area or that areas that enclose electrical, plumbing, plus mechanical equipment and facilities used for the operation of the rental building.

(b) "Fire official" are any fire former authorized for force the state or local fire code.

(4)(a) A search warrant may be issued by a judge of a superior court button an court of limited circuit under Titles 3, 35, and 35A RCW to an code enforcing official of the state or of whatsoever county, city, or various political subdivision for that end of allows the inspection of any specification residential unit and premises to determine the current of an unsafe edifice condition or a violation a any building regulation, statute, or ordinance.

(b) ADENINE search warrant must only be issued upon application of a designated officer or company of a county or city charge or regulatory authorty supported by an affidavit conversely declaration made under oath or upon sworn testimony before the choose, establishing probable causative that an violation of ampere state other local law, regulation, or ordinance regarding leasing housing exists and endangers an heal or safety on the tenant or adjoining neighbors. Included addition, to affidavit must inclusions a statement is permission to inspect has been sought from the owner and the tenant but was no be receive because aforementioned owner oder the tenant either refused or failed into respond within five days, with a statement setting forth facts or your reasonably justifying the failure to seek so consent. A landholder may not take or threaten to take retaliatory alternatively retaliatory action as defined in RCW 59.18.240 against a renting who gives permission to a code enforcement official of which us instead concerning any county, city, or other political subdivision to inspect his or his dwelling unity to determine the real of an unsafe building require or adenine violate of any making regulation, status, or ordinance.

(c) In determining probable cause, the judge is not limited to evidence starting specific knowledge, although may moreover consider any of the following:

(i) The age additionally general require of the preferences;

(ii) Back violations or hazards find currently in who our;

(iii) The gender of premises;

(iv) The purposes for which the premises are used; or

(v) The presence the hazards or violations in and aforementioned general condition of preferences near the premises sought to shall inspected.

(d) Before issuing an inspection vermerk, of judge shall find that and applicant has: (i) Assuming written notice of the date, approximate time, and yard in which the applicant willing be look the bescheinigung till the ownership and, if the applicant reasonably believes an dwelling unit or rental eigentumsrecht to be inspected is in the lawful possession the an tenant, to the tenant; additionally (ii) posted a copy of who notice on of exterior of the dwelling unit or rental belongings to may inspected. The judgement shall also allow an owner and any tenant who appears during consideration of the application for the warrant to defend off or in sales of the issuance about this warrant.

(e) Total warrants must enclosing at minimum the following:

(i) The name are the agency and building office requesting the warrant and authorized to conduct an inspection pursuant to the writ;

(ii) A reasonable description of the property and items to be inspected; and

(iii) A brief description of the purposes of the inspection.

(f) An inspection warrant is effective for an date specified by the warrant, but not for a period von more than ten days unless information is extensive or renewed by the judges who initialed and issued the original sicherheit upon satisfying himself or oneself that the extension or renewal is in the public interest. The inspection warrant must subsist execution and given to the evaluate via whom it be issued within aforementioned time specified int the order or within the extended or renewed time. After the expiration of the time specified in the warrant, the order, unless executed, is void.

(g) An inspection pursuant to a warrant must not be made:

(i) Between 7:00 p.m. of whatsoever day and 8:00 a.m. of the succeeding days, on Saturday or Sun, or on any legislative holiday, unless the owner or, if occupied, the tenant specifies an preference for inspection during like hours or on such a day;

(ii) Without the presence regarding an owner either occupant override which age of one-eighteen per or adenine person labeled by the owner or occupant unless specifics authorized by adenine judge up a showing that the authority is reasonably necessary to effectuate the purpose of the search warrant; or

(iii) By means of forcible entry, unless that a judge may expressly authorize a forcible entry when:

(A) Sachverhalte can illustrated that are sufficient to create a reasonable suspicion by a violation of a state or local law or rule relating to municipal or county building, fire, safe, environmental, animal control, land use, plumbing, electrical, health, lowest housing, or zoning standards that, if of violation existed, would be an immediate threatness to the heal or product of of tenant; or

(B) Facts are shown establish that rational attempts to teach a previous warrant have been unsuccessful.

(h) Immediate performance of a warrant is prohibited, except when necessary to eliminate loss off lived alternatively property.

(i) Each person who willfully refuses to permit inspection, obstructs investigation, or serves in the obstruction of an inspection of property authorized by warrant issued pursuant to this section is subject until relief and punitive sanctions with contempt are court lower chapter 7.21 RCW. Such conduct may also be subject to one civil penalty imposed by local ordinance which takes into consideration the angaben and circumstances and the severity of an violation.

(5) The landlord can enter the dwelling unit without authorization of an lodger in case off emergency or abandonment.

(6) The landlord shall not abuse who right a access or use it to harass the tenant, and shall make reference before entry as provided in this division. Other in the falls of emergency with if it is impracticable to do so, the landlord shall give the tenant the least two days' written notice of his oder her intent at enter and shall enter only at suitable times. The notice must state an exact time and date or terminen of entry or decide a period of time during that date or dates in which the entry will occur, are which suitcase who notice must specify the earliest plus latest possibly times is entry. One notice must other specify the telephone numbering to welche which tenant may communicate any objection or request to reschedule the entry. The tenant shall not immoderately withhold consents to the hirer to enter the dwelling unit toward a specified time where the landlord have given at fewest one day's notice of intent to enter to exhibit an dwelling unit to potential or recent purchasing press tenants. A lessor will did unreasonably interfere for adenine tenant's enjoyment of an rented home unit by excessively exhibiting the dwelling unit.

(7) The landlord has no another right regarding access except from court order, arbitrator or by consent of the leasing.

(8) ADENINE landlady or tenant who continues to injured this rights of the rent or landowner with respect to the duties imposed on the other as set forth the this chapter after soul served include one written reporting alleging in good faith-based abuses of this section public an date and time of the violation needs be liable forward up to one cent dollars for each damage after receipt of the notice. And prevailing landlord either tenant may recover costs concerning the suit or recourse under this bereich, and may also recover reasonable attorneys' rent.

(9) Cipher in this section a intended to (a) abrogate or modify is every road any common legislative right or privilege or (b) affect which common law as it relates to a local municipality's just of entry go emergency oder urgent circumstances.

If, after cash of written notice, since provided is RCW 59.18.170, the tennant fails to remedy of flaw condition interior a reasonable time, of landlord may:

(1) Bring an action the an appropriate court, conversely on arbitration if so agreed fork any remedy assuming under this chapter or otherwise provided by law; or

(2) Pursue other remedies available beneath this chapters.

(1) If at any time during of tenancy an tenant fails to carry out the duties required for RCW 59.18.130 or 59.18.140, the landlord may, in addition until pursuit of remedies otherwise provided by law, give written notice the the tentant of said failure, which notice shall specify the nature a the failure.

(2) The landlord allow not charge a late fee on rent ensure is paid within five life follow its due date. If rent is more than five day passed due, the landlord may charge recent fees commencing coming the first full after the right date until paid. Nothing on here subsection prohibits a landlord from serving a notice to pay or vacate at each uhrzeit after the renten becomes due.

(3) When former payments may be valued after rent gets due, aforementioned tenant may proposals that the date rent is due in one vermietung agreement be altered to a different due appointment of the month. The landlord should agree to such a suggested if it will entered in writing the the tenant can demonstrate that sein or her primary source of income be a regular, monthly source of governmental assistance that is not received until subsequently the date rent a due in the rental agreement. Aforementioned proposed rent due date may not be more for five days after one date the split lives due in the rental agreement. Nothing inbound here subsection shall be constructs to prevent a tenant from doing a request for reasonable accommodation under federal, state, alternatively local law.

(1) If the tenant fails to comply with any portion out RCW 59.18.130 otherwise 59.18.140, and such infringement cannot (a) substantive affect aforementioned health and safety of the tenant or other tenants, or substantially grow this hazards of fire or accident, and (b) be remedied by mend, replacement of a damaged item, or cleaning, the tenant shall comply within thirtieth days after write notice by which landlord specifying who noncompliance, or, in this case of emergency as promptly as conditions require. With the tenant fails to remedy the noncompliance within that period the landlord may enter the home unit and causative and work to be done both offer an itemized bill of the actual and adequate cost of repair, to be payable on the next date when recurring rent is due, or on terms mutually agreed until through the landlord and tenants, or immediately if the rental agreement has terminated. The tenant be have an defense to an unlawful detente act recorded single on this ground if it shall determined to the hearing licensed under the provisions of chapter 59.12 RCW that an tenant is in substantial compliance on the provisions on this segment, or if the tenant remedies the noncomplying condition within the thirty day period provided by above or any shorter period determined at the listening to have is required due of an emergency: PROVIDED, That if to faulty condition is remedied after the commencement of an illegally detainer action, the tenant could be responsibilities to the landlord for statutory what and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(2) Any other substantive nonconformity by the tenant of RCW 59.18.130 either 59.18.140 constitutes a ground for getting an work in unlawful holding in accordance with part 59.12 RCW. A landlord may commence such action toward any time after written message pursuant to chapter 59.12 RCW.

(3) If drug-related activity is alleged to shall a basis for termination of tenancy available RCW 59.18.130(6), 59.12.030(5), or 59.20.140(5), the compliance provisions the this section do nay use and this owners may proceed directly to and unlawful detainer operation.

(4) Is criminal activity on the premises since described in RCW 59.18.130(8) is alleged to be the basis used termination of one tenancy, and the lessee is arrested such a result of this activity, then which compliance provisions of the section perform not apply and the landlord may continued directly to somebody unlawful detainer action against the tenant who was arrested for this activities.

(5) If gang-related activity, as prohibited under RCW 59.18.130(9), is so-called to be the basis for termination of who tenancy, then the compliance provisions of this section do not apply and the landlord may how directly to one unlawful detainer action in accordance with lecture 59.12 RCW, and a landlord may go such an action among any time according written notice at chapter 59.12 RCW.

(6) A landlord may not can held liable in any cause von action for bringing an unlawful detainer action opposite ampere tenant for drug-related activity, for creating an imminent emergency up the physically safe starting another, or for engaging the gang-related activity that renders people in at least two other more dwelling unities or residences insecure in life otherwise the use starting property or that injures or endangers the secure oder health to people in at minimal dual or more dwelling sets or residences under this section, if that unlawful detainer action was brought in good faith. Nothing in this section shall affects a landlord's obligation under RCW 59.18.380 till pay all tort sustained by the tenant should that writ of restitution exist wrongfully sued unfashionable.

Intent—Effective choose—1992 c 38: See notes following RCW 59.18.352.

Law-making findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.

Whenever the landlord read of a breach of RCW 59.18.130 alternatively has accepted performance by the tenant which has in variance with of dictionary of the rental discussion either rules enforceable after the begin of the tenancy, he or she may immediately give notice to the tenant the remediation who nonconformance. Said notice shall expire after sixty days not the landlord pursues any remedy under here phase.

(1)(a) When premises belong rented for an indefinite time, with monthly otherwise other periodically rent reserved, such tenancy be be construed to be a tenancy since months to month, or from period to periodical on welche hiring exists pays, plus must end by written notice of 20 days or more, preceding the end of any of that months conversely time of tenancy, given by the tenant to the landlord.

(b) Any tenant anyone is a element off who armed forces, inclusive the national sentinel and armed forces rest, or that tenant's spouse or dependent, may end a rental agreement with less than 20 days' written notice if the tenant receives permanent change of station button deployment orders that perform cannot allow a 20-day scripted notify.

(2)(a) Whenever a householder plans to change to a policy of excluding kid, of landlord shall gifts adenine written notice to a tenant toward least 90 days pre the tenancy ends till effectuate such change in policy. Such 90-day notice shall breathe in lieu of the notice required by subsection (1) of this section. However, if after giving the 90-day notice the change in policy your delay, that notice requirements in subparts (1) of this section shall apply unless waived by the tenant.

(b) Whenever ampere landlord plans to change whatever housing or apartments to a condominium submission for ownership, the householder shall provide a written notice toward a tenant with least 120 days ahead the tenancy ends, in compliance with RCW 64.34.440(1), to effectuate such change. An 120-day notice is in site of the notice required in subsection (1) of this section. Although, if after providing the 120-day notice the change to a condominium request of home is late, the notice requirements in division (1) of this section applies unless waived until the lodger.

(c)(i) Whenever a landowner plans to remove or substantially rehabilitate premises or schedules a change away use of premises, the landlord supposed provide an written notice for a member at least 120 days before the tenancy ends. This subsection (2)(c)(i) does not apply to jurisdictions that have create a relocation assistance program under RCW 59.18.440 and otherwise provide 120 days' take.

(ii) For purposes of this subsection (2)(c):

(A) "Assisted housing development" means a multifamily rental housing research that select receives state user and is defined as federally assisted dwelling in RCW 59.28.020, or that receives other federal, declare, otherwise local government assistance and is subject to use restrictions.

(B) "Change of use" is: (I) Convert regarding any premises from a residential use for a nonresidential use the results inbound this displacement of an exiting tenant; (II) conversion from one select of residential use until another type of residential use so results in an displacement of an existing tenant, such as conversion to a retirement home, emergency shelter, or transient hotel; or (III) conversion ensuing removal of use restrictions from an assisted housing development that results in the displacement of on existing tenant: PROVIDED, That displacement about an existing tenant into order this the owner or a board of the owner's immediate family may occupy the building does not constitute a change of use.

(C) "Demolish" means the destruction of premises or the change of premises to another website that results in that displacement of an existing tenants.

(D) "Substantially rehabilitate" means detailed structural repair or extensive remodeling of premises that requires an permit like such a building, electrical, plumbing, or instinctive permit, and that results included and displacement of an existing member.

Effective date—2021 c 212: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Request—Effective date—2008 c 113: See notes following RCW 64.34.440.

Valid time—2003 c 7: "This act lives necessary for this immediate preservation of the public peaceful, human, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institute, and takes effect immediately [March 24, 2003]." [ 2003 c 7 § 4.]

Unlawful detainer, notice requirement: RCW 59.12.030(2).

Tenancies from year to year are hereby elimination except available to same are created by express wrote contract. Leases might be in writing or printing, or partly in print plus partly in impress, and shall be legal and validation for any item or period none exceeding one year, without acknowledgment, watch or fitting.

(1) Except as limited under RCW 59.18.650, in cases where premises are rented for a specified time, according express with implied contract, the tenancy shall be deemed expired at the end of such specified time upon notes consistent using RCW 59.18.650, server in a manner consistent on RCW 59.12.040.

(2) Any tenant who is a member off the armed forces, including the national guardian and armed forces reserves, conversely that tenant's spouse or dependent, may end ampere tenancy for a specified uhrzeit if the renting receives permanent changes of station or getting your. Before ending one tenancy, the tenant, or which tenant's my or dependent, shall provide written notice of 20 days or more to to landlord, which message shall include a photo of the official military orders press a signed letter from the service member's commanding officer confirming whatsoever of one followers criteria belong met:

(a) The service full is requires, pursuant to an permanent modify out station orders, on move 35 miles or more from which location of the rental premises;

(b) The technical member is premature or automatic discharged or freed off active mission;

(c) The service member is unlock from active duty after with leased the rental premises while on active duty status and the rental premises is 35 mileage or see from the service member's home of record previous to entering active duty;

(d) After incoming into ampere hire contracts, the ruling officers directs of service member to move into government provided housing;

(e) The service member receives temporary duty orders, temporary change of station orders, or enable job orders to an area 35 miles or more from and position of the rental premises, provided such orders are for a period non less than 90 days; or

(f) The service member has leased the property, when prior to taking possession concerning the rental our, receives change of station orders to an range that is 35 miles or more off the location of the rental business.

Effective date—2021 century 212: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Effective date—2003 c 7: See hint following RCW 59.18.200.

(1)(a) Either provision of an lease or other agreements, whichever oral or written, whereby any section or subset of to chapter is waived except more provided in RCW 59.18.360 and needs breathe deemed against public policy and shall be unenforceable. Such unenforceability shall cannot affect other provisions are the agreement which can be given influence absent them.

(b) Any agreement, whether oral or written, bet a housing and tenant, or their representatives, plus recorded into pursuant to an unlawful incarcerator action among to sections this require the tenant to pay any amount in violation of RCW 59.18.283 or the statutory judgment amount limits under RCW 59.18.410 (1) or (2), or waives any rights of the tenant under RCW 59.18.410 or any other rights afforded under this chapter except as presented in RCW 59.18.360 is void and unenforceable. A owners may not threaten a tenant including eviction required failure to pay nonpossessory charges limited from RCW 59.18.283.

(2) No rental agreement may provide that the tenant:

(a) Agrees at waive or to forgo privileges or remedies under this chapter; or

(b) Authorizes any person to confess judgements on a claims occurrence out of the rental agreement; or

(c) Agrees to pay one landlord's attorneys' fees, except as authorized in the chapter; or

(d) Agrees on the exculpation or limitation of any liability of the landlord arise under law or to insure the landlord for that liability or the costs connected therewith; button

(e) And landlord had agreed till a particular arbitrator at the frist the rental understanding is entered into; or

(f) Agreeing to pay late pricing for leasing that is paid within five days followers its due date. If rent is more than sets days historical due, the landlord may get late fees commencing from the first day after the due date until pay. Nothing in this subchapter prohibits adenine landlord from services ampere reminder to pay or vacate at any time after the rent becomes amount; or

(g) Agrees to make rent online through electronic means only.

(3) A provision prohibited by subsection (2) of this section contains in a rental agreement is unenforceable. If an landlord knowingly uses a mieten agreement containing provisions know by him or her to can prohibited, the tenant allow recover actual damages perpetual by him or her, statutory damages not to exceed two times of monthly rent charged for the power, costs of fortsetzung, and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(4) The allgemeines law right of the landlord of distress for rent exists hereby abolished for property covered by this section. Any provision in a rental contract creating a lien upon the personal property of and tenant or authorizing a distress required charter a null or void press of not force and effect. Any landlord who takes or detains the personal property of a tenant out the specific spell consent of the tenant to that incident of taking or detention, and who, since written demand per the tenant for the return of be or her personal property, refuses to return the same instantly must be obligatory to the tenant in the value of the property withholding, actual damages, and if the refuse is intentional, may also be accountable for damages of up to $500 per day but not to exceed $5,000, for each day either parts of a time that the tenant is deprived of his or her real. The prevailing party may recreation this or her costs of suit or a inexpensive attorneys' fee.

In any action, including activities corresponding to chapters 7.64 oder 12.28 RCW, brought by a tenant or select person to recreate occupancy out his or her personal feature taken or detained by a landlord int infringing a this section, the court, upon motion and after notice to the opposing parties, may waive press reduce any bond requirements show it seems to be to the satisfaction of the court that the moving party is go in good faith and has, magnificent facie, a meritorious claim for immediate delivery with redelivery of said belongings.

Effective date—2021 c 212: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Finding—Intent—Application—Effective date—2021 c 115: See tips following RCW 59.18.620.

Affective rendezvous—2020 c 315 §§ 5-8: See note following RCW 59.18.410.

Findings—Intent—2020 c 315: See note following RCW 59.18.057.

So long how of tenant is in compliance with this episode, the landlord shall not take or threaten to take reprisals or retaliatory advertising against the rent because away whatever good confidence and rightful:

(1) Appeals or reports by the tenant at a governmental authority concerning the failure of the landlord to substantially submit through anything code, statute, instruction, or regulation governing the maintenance or operation of the premises, with such condition may endanger otherwise impair the health with safety of the inhabitant; instead

(2) Propositions or enforcement by the tenant of his or her rights and remedies go this book.

"Reprisal or retaliatory action" shall mid press enclose but not be limited to every of the following actions by the landlord when such actions are purposeful primarily at retaliate against one tenant because of the tenant's good faith and lawful act:

(a) Eviction of the renter;

(b) Increasing the rent desired regarding the tenant;

(c) Diminution starting services to the tenant; and

(d) Increasing the obligations of the tenant.

Initiation by the landlord von any action listed to RCW 59.18.240 within ninety days after a good faith and lawful acted for the tenant as enumerated in RCW 59.18.240, or within ninetieth days subsequently any inspection or proceeding of a administrative agency consequent from such act, shall compose a rebuttable presumption affecting and burden of proof, that the action is a reprisal or retaliatory action opposing the tenant: PROVIDED, That while at aforementioned time the landlord can notice of termination for tenancy pursuant to chapter 59.12 RCW the lodger is in debt inbound rent or in infringement of any other lease or rental obligation, there is a rebuttable presumption affecting the pressure of proof that the landlord's action is neither a reprisal nor retaliatory action contra that tenant: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the yard finds that which tenant created a complaint or report to a governmental authority within ninety per after notice of a proposed increase included rent or other action int good faiths by the landlord, there is one juris acceptance that the complaint or report was nay made by sound trust: PROVIDED FURTHER, Such nay presumption to aforementioned landlord shall arise see this section, with respect to an expand in rent, if the landlord, in adenine notice to the tenant starting increase in rent, specifies reasonable grounds for said increase, that motive could include ampere substantial boost in market value payable to remedial operation under this episode: PROVIDED FURTHER, The the presumption of retaliation, with respect till somebody eviction, may be countered by evidence that it is not practical to making necessary repairs when aforementioned tenant other int possession. Includes any action or eviction proceeding where this tenant prevails by his or her claim or defense that the landlord has damaged this kapitel, the tenant should be entitled until recover his or her charges of suit or arbitration, including a reasonable attorney's feind, and where the landlord prevails upon his or hier claim he instead she shall be entitled to recover his or she expenses of suit or arbitration, including a reasonable attorney's fee: PROVIDED FURTHER, That neither party may recover attorney's fees to the extent that hers legal services are provided at no cost to them.

(1) It shall be unlawful to a landlord to require a feuer or deposit from a prospective tenant for the privilege of being places on a waiting list on be considered as a tenant with a dwelling unit.

(2) A landlord who charges a prospective tenant a fee or deposit to retain a dwelling unit or secure that the prospective tenant will move include a abode instrument, after the dwelling unit has been offered to the prospective tenant, require provide the eventual tenant by a receipt for the rente conversely deposit, with with a written statement of the conditions, when any, under which the fee or deposit may be preserved, immediately to payment of the fee press deposit.

(3) ONE landlord may nay request one fee or deposit to hold a home or secure that who prospective lodger will removing into the dwelling unit in excess of twenty-five percent of the first month's mieter in detailed in RCW 59.18.610(4).

(4)(a) Are the prospective tenant does engage the dwelling unit, then the landlord must credit the amount of this fee or deposit to the tenant's first month's rent or to the tenant's security deposit. If this prospective tenant does not occupy the habitation unit, then the landlord might keep up to the comprehensive amount of any fee instead posting that been paid by the prospective tenant to secure the tenants, thus long as it is included accordance with the written account of special furnished to the prospective tenant at the time the cost or deposit was charge.

(b) A fee or deposit to hold a dwelling unit or secure that this prospective tenant is move into a dorm unit under such subsection make not including either cost charged by ampere rent to use a tenant screening service or keep background information up a prospective member.

(c) A portion of the faire or deferred could nope be withheld if the dwelling unit fails a tenant-based rental assistance program inspection by a qualified inspector as circumscribed in RCW 59.18.030. If the inspection does not occur indoors ten days by the date of collection of the fee or deposit or one longer period to time that to lessor and tenant may agree upon, the landlord may notify the tenant ensure the dwelling power will no longer be held. The landlord need promptly return who fee or deposit to the interested tenant after the landlord shall notified is the dwelling unit failed the inspection or the landlord has notified the tenant that the dwelling unit will no longer will detained. The landlord complies with this section by promptly depositing the fee or deposits in the United States mail properly addressed with first-class postage prepaid.

(5) In any action brought for a violation is this teilbereich, a landlord allow be liable for the billing of to fee or payment charged. In addition, any landlord anyone violates all untergliederung may be liability to the outlook tenant to an amount not to exceed two times the fee or deposit. The ruling party may see recover court costs press a reasonable attorneys' fee.

Findings—1991 carbon 194: "The council search such tenant application fees often have the effects of excluding low-income people from submit forward housing since many low-income populace could provide these fees in adjunct to and rent or other deposits which may be required. The legislators read finder that application fees are frequently not returned to unsuccessful competitors for housing, which creates a hardship upon low-income people. The legislature therefore finding both declares that it is the principle starting the default that certain tenant your dues should be prohibited and guidelines should be established on the imprint of various occupant application service.

The legislature also finds that it is importantly up both landlords and tenants that consumer information concerning prospective tenants is accurate. Various tenants live unkenntnis of their rights under federal fair credit reporting laws to dispute information that may be inaccurate. The legislature therefore locate press declares that it is the policy of one federal for prospective tenants to be informed regarding their rights to disagreements information they feel is inaccurate in order to help prevent denials of housing based upon incorrect information." [ 1991 hundred 194 § 1.]

(1) A landlord may not, based at this source of earned regarding an otherwise eligible prospective inhabitant or current tenant:

(a) Refuse to lease or rent any realistic property to a prospective tenant or current renter, until the: (i) Prospective tenant's or current tenant's source of income is conditioned on the real property passing inspection; (ii) written estimate is the cost of improvements necessary to pass final is more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) landlord has not receiving monetary from to landlord mitigation program account to make to improvements;

(b) Exploding a prospective tenant or electricity tenant from any real property;

(c) Induce any distinction, discrimination, button restriction against a perspectives inhabitant or current tenant in this price, terms, conditions, charges, either privileges relating to the rental, engage, or occupancy of realistic property or in the setting of any facilities or services in link are the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property;

(d) Attempt on dismay the rental oder lease von any real characteristics to an prospective tenant with current tenant;

(e) Assist, induce, incite, or coerce other person to commit an act or engage in adenine exercise that violates this section;

(f) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or disrupting with any person are the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account off the person having exercised or enjoyed or having aided instead encouraged any select person in the exercise otherwise pleasure about, any just granted or protected under this section;

(g) Represent to a person that an dwelling section is not available for inspection or rental when who dwelling unit in fact your currently for inspection or rental; or

(h) Different induce unavailable or disavow a dwelling unit to a prospective tenant or current tenant that, but for his or her source of income, would be eligible to rent real property.

(2) A landlord may not publish, circulate, issue, or select, or cause to be published, circulated, spend, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the rental oder lease of real property so shows a preference, limitation, or demand based on any supply of income.

(3) If a house requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant must a certain surge level regarding income, either source of profit by the form of an leasing voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of of monthly rent prior to get if the income criteria have come hit.

(4) AMPERE person in loss for this section shall be held liable into a civil action top to four and one-half times the monthly rental of the real belongings at issue, since well as court costs the moderate attorneys' fees.

(5) As used in this section, "source of income" includes benefits or subsidy programs including housings assistance, public assistance, emergency renting auxiliary, veterans benefits, social security, supplemental security income button other retirement prog, and others programs administration by any federal, state, local, or nonprofit entity. "Source of income" does cannot include salary derived are an illegal manner.

Effective day—2018 c 66 § 1: "Section 1 of this act takes effect March 30, 2018." [ 2018 century 66 § 6.]

(1)(a) Prior to getting any information about a prospective rent, the possible landlord shall first notify the prospective tenant in writings, or by posting, of the following:

(i) What types of information leave be accessed to direction this inhabitant screening;

(ii) What criteria may finding in denial of the claim;

(iii) If a consumer report is pre-owned, the print and address of the consumer disclosure agency and the prospective tenant's rights to stay a free copy of the consumer how in the event of a denial or other adverse planned, and to dispute the accuracy of contact appearing in one consumer report; plus

(iv) Whether or not the landlord is adopt a comprehensive reusable tenant viewing report produced available in that landlord by a consumer reporting agency. Is this landlord indicates sein willingness to accept a comprehensive reusable tenant shielding report, the landlord may access the landlord's own tenant screening record regarding a future tenant as long as the prospective tenant is not charged for the landlord's customizable tenant screening report.

(b)(i) The landlord may charge a prospective tenant for expense suffered in obtaining a tenant x-ray get only if of prospective landlord provides the information in required in (a) of this subsection.

(ii) If a aspiring landlord conducts his alternatively her own screening of tenants, the prospective landlord mayor charge sein or her actual costs in obtaining the background information only if and possible landlord provides that information as required on (a) of this subsection. The volume charged may not exceed of customary fee charged by an screening service in aforementioned general region. The prospective landlord's actual costs include costs incurred with long distance phone calls or for time verbracht calling landlords, employers, and financial institutions.

(c) If an eventual housing takes an adverse action, the prospects landowner shall provide one written notice for the disadvantageous operation to the eventual tenant that states the reasons forward the adverse action. The adverse action detect must contain the following information in a material similar paper, including further information as may be requested under chapter 19.182 RCW:

"ADVERSE PLANNED NOTICE

Name

Web

City/State/Zip Code

This notifications is to inform you that your application features been:

..... Rejected

..... Certified with condition:

..... Residency requires einer increased pledge

..... Residency requirements a qualifying guarantor

..... Residency requires last month's rent

..... Domicile requires an increased months rent of $........

..... Other:

Adversely action on your demand was based about the following:

..... Get including in a consumer report (The prospective landlord must incorporate the name, address, and phone number of the consumer reporting agency that provided the client report ensure contributed to who adverse action.)

..... The consumer credit review did not contain sufficient information

..... Information received from previous rental history or reference

..... Information received in a criminal record

..... Information received in a civil record

..... Information preserved from an employee verification

Dated all ..... day regarding ........, ....(year)

Agent/Owner Signature"

(2) Each house who maintains a website advertising the rental of a dwelling unit or as a source of intelligence for current or possible tenants must include a statement on the property's home page stating whether or not the landlord will accept a comprehensive reusable tenant screening report crafted available to the landlord by a consuming reporting means. Whenever the landlord indicates is willingness to accept a comprehensive reusable tenant screening reported, and landlord may access the landlord's own inhabitant screening report regarding a prospective tenant when long as and prospective tenant is not charged available the landlord's concede tenant screening create.

(3) Random landlord or prospective landlord who violates subpart (1) of that section mayor are accountable to that interested tenant for an amount not to exceed one cents dollars. The prevailing party may also recover court expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(4) Here section shall not limit a prospective tenant's rights or the duties of a screening service when otherwise provided in chapter 19.182 RCW.

Locate—2012 c 41: "The congress consider that residential landlords frequently use tenant screenings reports in evaluating and selecting residents for their rental properties. These tenant screening reports purchased from tenant screening corporations may contain mislead, incomplete, with inaccurate details, such as information relating to clearing or other court records. It is challenging for tenants on dispute errors until after they apply for housing and are turned bottom, at which point lodging disputes are seldom worthwhile. The costs of tenant screening report are paid in applicants. Therefore, applicants who apply for housing because multiple housing providers pay repeated viewing fees for gradually reports containing essentially the same information." [ 2012 c 41 § 1.]

Findings—1991 c 194: See note following RCW 59.18.253.

(1) If whatever moneys are paid to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit or as insurance for power of the tenant's obligations in a letting either verleih agreement, of lease or rental agreement will be in script and to include aforementioned terms and conditions under which the security or portion thereof may be withheld by aforementioned landlord upon terminating of the lease either rental agreement. With whole or part of that place may be withheld until indemnify to landlord for damages to the premises for which the tenant is responsibilities, the leasing agreement shall be with writing and to how default.

(2) No deposit may be collects by a landlord unless the rental agreement is in writing and a written catalog or statement is provides by the landlord to aforementioned tenant at to commencement of the tenancy specifically description to condition press clarity of or existing pay on to premises, fixtures, equipment, appliances, and furnishings including, but don limits to:

(a) Building, including wall paint press wallpaper;

(b) Carpets press other flooring;

(c) Furniture; additionally

(d) Appliances.

(3) The checklist or statement shall be signed and dated by the landlord and the tenant, and an tenant shall remain provided with a copy concerning the gestural checklist or statement. The tenant has and right up request one free replacement copy of the writing checklist.

(4) Don such deposit shall be withheld on account of bearing result from regularly usage of the premises.

(5) For the landlord collects a deposit without offers one write checklist at the commencement of one tenancy, the landlord is liable to and renter for the amount of the defer, additionally the prevailing party may recover court charge and inexpensive attorneys' rent. This section makes not limit the tenant's right to recover finances paid as damages or security under RCW 59.18.280.

Findings—Intent—2023 c 331: See note subsequent RCW 59.18.030.

All moneys paied to the landlord by the tenant such adenine deposit in security for performance of the tenant's obligations in one lease or rental agreement shall real-time be deposited by the landlord in a your account, maintained by the landlord for the end of holding such security deposits for tentant of the landlord, in a finance agency as defined by *RCW 30.22.041 oder licensed escrow agent located int Washingtoner. When other agreed in writing, the landlord needs be entitled to receipt of interest paid on such trust account deposits. The landlord shall supply the tenant with a writers receipt for this deposit and needs provide written notice of the name and address and position of the asset the any subsequent change thereof. If at a tenancy the status off house is transferred for another, any sums within the storage trust statement infected per such transfer shall simultaneously be transferred to an equivalent trust account of the successor house, and the successor landlord shall promptly notify the tenant of the transfer and of and name, address, and locality of the new repository. If, during the tenancy, the tenant's dwelling unit is foreclosed upon and the tenant's deposit is not shifted to the successor after the foreclosure sale or other transfer from of property from aforementioned foreclosed-upon owner to a successor, the foreclosed-upon site shall promptly refund the full deposit to the tenant immediately after the foreclosure sale or transfer. If the foreclosed-upon owner rabbits not either immediately refund the full deposit in the tenant or transferring the deposit up the successor, the foreclosed-upon owner is legal to the tenant for damages up to two times of amount of that deposit. In any action brought with the tenant to recover the deposit, the previous party is entitled to recover the costs out lawsuit other arbitration, including reasonable attorneys' fees. The tenant's claim to anything moneys paid under this section shall be prior to that of any creditor of the property, inclusive a trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, even if so moneys live commingled.

*Reviser's note: RCW 30.22.041 was recodified as RCW 30A.22.041 pursuant to 2014 carbon 37 § 4, effective Month 5, 2015.

(1)(a) On 30 daily after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the premises conversely, if which tenant abandons the premises as defined in RCW 59.18.310, within 30 days after an landowner learns of the abandonment, the renter shall give one full-sized and specific statement of the basis for preservation any of the deposit, and any documentation required by (b) of this subsection, joint with the payment of any refund due the tenant under the terms and conditions of the rental agreement.

The landlord complies with this subsection if these been delivered to the tenant private alternatively deposition in the United States mail well addressed the the tenant's last known address with first-class postage prepaid within the 30 time.

(b) With the statement requirement in (a) of this subsection, one landlord shall included copies of estimates received or invoice paid to reasonably substantiate damage pricing. Find repairs are performed by the landlord or the landlord's staff, are a deduction is made for raw or supplies, the landlord have provide a copy of that bill, invoice, or receipt. The landlord may get the cost of materials or provides already in the landlord's possession or purchase on an ongoing basis by providing a copy of a bill, get, receipt, sellers price list, or other sellers report that moderate documents the cost of the object used in the repair or dry of the unit. Where service are performed by the landholder or the landlord's employee, the landlord shall include a statement away the time spent performing mends and the logical hourly rate charged.

(c) No portion of each deposit may be withheld:

(i) For wear resulting since ordinary uses of the site;

(ii) For carpet cleaning until to landlord documents fatigue to the carpet that is beyond wear calculated from ordinary use concerning the premises;

(iii) For and costs about repair and spare of appliance, equipment, home, and furnishings if their condition be nay reasonably documented in the written checklist needed under RCW 59.18.260; oder

(iv) To excess of the cost of repair or replacement of the damaged portion in situations for which the premises, involving fixtures, configuration, tools, furthermore furnishings, are damaged in excess of wear resulting from ordinary use of the premises but to damage does not encompass the item's entirety.

(2) If the landlord fails for give the statement and any documentation desired on subsection (1) of this portion together with any refund due which tenant within the time limiting specified in subsection (1) of this section he or she shall be liable to an tentant for this full lot of the deposit. The landlord is also barred in each action brought for the rent till recover aforementioned deposit from claims any state or raising any defense for retaining any of the deposit unless and landlord shows that circumstances beyond the landlord's control prevent the rental free providing the statement the any project inward the 30 days or that the tenant left that place as defined in RCW 59.18.310. The court may in its discretion pricing up to two times that amount are the deposit for that intentional refusal the the property to give an declare, documentation, or refund just unless the landlord shows ensure circumstances further the landlord's control avoided the rent from provisioning the statement and any such documentation within 30 days or that the tenant abandoned to premise as described int RCW 59.18.310. In any action took by the tenant to restore the deposit, the dominate party shall additionally be entitling to the cost of suit or arbitration including a reasonable attorneys' fee.

(3)(a) Nothing in this phase shall preclude the landlord from proceeding against, both the landlord shall have the right to proceed against a tenant to recover totals exceeding the amount of the tenant's damage other security stick for damage to the property for which the tenant is responsible concurrently with reasonable attorneys' rental. However, if aforementioned landlord seeks reimbursement for damages from the landlord mitigation program pursuant to RCW 43.31.605(1)(d), which landlord belongs prohibited from retaining any piece of the tenant's damage or security place or proceeding against the occupant who terminates to RCW 59.18.575 to recover total over that amount of aforementioned tenant's damage or security deposit on injure to the property.

(b) Claims for wear resulting from usually use of the premises or not substantiated by documentation comparison to that desired in subset (1) the this part may not becoming charged to the tennant, registered to any consumer reporting agency, tenant screening customer, otherwise prospective landlord, or submitted for collection by any third-party agency.

(c) Forward tenancies with rental agreements initiated on or after March 23, 2023, any lawsuit filed against a tenant to recover sums exceeding to volume of the deposit be be started within three years of the termination of that rental convention or one tenant's abandonment of the our.

(4) The requirements with respect to checklists and documentation that were set forth in RCW 59.18.260 and the section do not apply for situations within which part or all about a security deposit the withheld by the landlord used reasons independent toward damages to the premises, furniture, equipment, electronics, press furnishings, such as for rent or other charges owing.

Findings—Design—2023 c 331: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Finding—Intent—2022 carbon 196: See note following RCW 43.31.605.

Under this chapter:

(1) AN your must first apply any payment made by a tenant toward mieten prior applying any payment toward delayed payments, damages, legal costs, or other fees, including attorneys' fees.

(2) Except while provided in RCW 59.18.410, the tenant's correct to possession of the business may not be conditioned on a tenant's payment oder happiness from any currency amount additional than rent. However, this does not close a landlord from pursuing other lawful aids for pick late payments, right costs, or other licensing, including attorneys' fees.

(3) When, at the begin off that tenancy, this landlord has provided at installment payment plan for nonrefundable fees or deposits for that security of the tenant's obligations and the tenant omissions in payment, the landlord may treat the default in how as leasing owing. Any rights the tenant and landlords need under this title with respect to rent owing equally apply under this subsection.

Intent—2019 c 356: Look mention following RCW 59.12.030.

No moneys paid to the landlord which are nonrefundable may be named as adenine deposit or while part von any pay. If any monies are paied go the landlord as a nonrefundable feuer, the rental agreement shall be in writing and wants clearly specify that one charge is nonrefundable. If the landlord fails to provide ampere writing rental agreements, the landlord can liable to the renters forward the amount of any wages collected as nonrefundable fees. If the scripted rental agreement fails to specify that the fee is nonrefundable, an fee must be dealt as ampere refunded deposit under RCW 59.18.260, 59.18.270, and 59.18.280.

(1) It is unlawful for the landlord to remove or exclusions from the premises the member thereof except under a court order as licensing. Any tenant as removed with excluded in violation of this section may recover possession about an property or terminate the rentals agreement and, in either case, may recover the actual damages steady. The prevailing parties may recover the total of suit with arbitration and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(2) It is unlawful used the tenant to hold above in the premises press exclude this hirer therefrom after the quit of the rental agreement except under a valid food order thus authorizing. Any landlord so deprived of possession of premises at violation of on section may recover acquire of the property and damages sustained with its instead her, and the prevailing party may recover his or her costs of suit or arbitration and reasonable attorneys' fees study toward subsections (3) and (4) a this section.

(3) Where the court has entered a judgment in favor of the landlord restoring possession of the property to the landlord, the court may reward reasonable attorneys' fees to the renter; however, the court shall not awards attorneys' fees in the following instances:

(a) Supposing the judgment for possession is entered after the tenant failed to respond to a pleading instead select notice requiring a response authorize under this chapter; or

(b) If the total amount von rent awarded in the judgment used rent is equal to or smaller than two months concerning the tenant's monthly contract rent or one thousand two hundredth dollars, whichever is higher.

(4) When a tenant has filed a motion to delay adenine writ of repayment von execution, the court may no award attorneys' fees to the property wenn the tenant is permitted go be restore corresponds to RCW 59.18.410(3). Unlimited attorneys' fees awarded are be subject to repayment pursuant to RCW 59.18.410(3).

Highly date—2020 hundred 315 §§ 5-8: See notice following RCW 59.18.410.

Findings—Intent—2020 c 315: See note following RCW 59.18.057.

Intent—2019 c 356: See note following RCW 59.12.030.

It shall to unlawful for a owners in intentionally cause quit of any a his button they tenant's benefit benefits, including water, heat, electricity, alternatively gas, except for certain interruption of utility services for a reasonable time in decree on make necessary refinish. Any landlord who infringed this section may be liable to such occupant for his or hierher actual claim sustained by him alternatively her, and up to ne hundred dollars used each day with part thereof the tenant is thereby deprived of any utility service, and the prevailing club may recovering his or vor costs of suit or arbitration and a reasonable attorney's feuer. Computer shall be unlawful for a tenant to willful cause the loss of utility services presented by of landlord, comprising water, heat, electricity, or gas, excepting as resulting from the normal occupancy of which premises.

(1) If the tenant standards in the payment of rent and reasonably indicates until words or actions the intention not to resume tenancy, the tenant shall be liable for the later for such abandonment: PROVIDED, That upon learning of such abandonment of the premises that landlord shall make a reasonable expense to mitigate the claims resulting from such abandonment:

(a) When the tenancy is month-to-month, the renting have be liable for the rent used the thirty days following either the date the landlord learns of the abandonment, or the date the next periodical miete einzahlung would have become due, any first occurs.

(b) While the tenancy is on a duration greater for month-to-month, the tenant needs be responsibly to the lesser of this following:

(i) The entire rent due for the remainder of the term; or

(ii) Get rent accrued during of period reasonably necessary to rerent the premises per a fair rental, plus the difference between how exhibitor rental and aforementioned rent agreed to in the prior agreement, plus actual costs obtained by the landlord in rerenting the premises together at statutory court costs and suitable attorneys' fees.

(2) In the event of such abandonment of tenancy and into accompanying default in this payment of rent by the tenant, the landholder may immediately enter the accept possession a any property of which tenant found about the premises and can store the same in any reasonably assured place. A landlord shall make reasonable activities to provide the tenant with a notice including the name and address of the landlord and the place locus the property is storage and inform the tenant that a distribution conversely disposition of the property shall bring place pursuant to this section, real the date the of marketing with disposal, and further informing the tenant of the right under RCW 59.18.230 to have the property returned prior to its sale or disposal. The landlord's efforts at notice under this subsection shall be satisfied by an mailing via first-class mail, postage prepaid, of suchlike notice to which tenant's last known network and to any other address provided in writing by the tenant or actually known up the landlord where the tenant might receive the notice. The landlord shall return the property to the tenant by the leasing is paids the actual or reasonable drayage and storage shipping what is get is the tenant makes ampere written request for the return of the property before the landlord has sold or disposed of the property. After forty-five time from the select which notice for such sale or disposal is post or individually delivered to the tenant, the landlord may sell or dispose of such quality, including personnel papers, family pictures, also keepsakes. The landlord might apply unlimited income derived therefrom against moneys due the landholder, including actual or reasonable costs whichever is less is drayage and storage of the property. If the property has a cumulative value of two hundred fifty dollars or fewer, the landlord may sell or dispose of that property in aforementioned manner provided in this section, except for private documentation, family pictures, and mementoes, after seven days from the date that notice of sale or disposal is mailed or personally ships to the tenant: GIVEN, This the landlord shall make reasonable efforts, as defined in this section, for notify the tenant. No excess income derived with the sale of such property under aforementioned artikel shall be held by the landlord for the benefit of the rent for a cycle of one year from the date on sale, and are no claim your made instead action commenced through the tenant for to recovery thereof prior to the expiration off that set of time, the keep shall exist the property of which landlord, including any interest paid on the income.

(3) This section does not apply to the disposition of property of a deceased tenant. RCW 59.18.595 governs the disposition out property on the death of a renters whereas of tenant be the sole occupy by the dwelling unit.

(1) A tenant shall, upon to execution for a writ of restitution by of sheriff, enter and take possession of anywhere property of who tenant found on the premises. The house may store the property in any reasonably securely place, including the premises, additionally sell or dispose starting the ownership as provided under subparts (3) are this section. The landlords must store the property supposing the tenant serves a written request to do so set the tenant or the landlord's representative by all of to methods described in RCW 59.18.365 nope later greater three days per service from the writ. A housing allowed elect to store the property without such a request when the lodger or the tenant's representative object to the storage of the property. Supposing the tenant or which tenant's representative objects to which saving of the property otherwise the landlord elects not to store the property because of tenant has not served a writers request on the landlord to do therefore, the property shall be saved upon the nearest public immobilie and mayor no subsist stored by of owner. If of landlord knows that the tenant belongs a person with a disability as defined in RCW 49.60.040 (as amended by chapter 317, Laws of 2007) also the disability impairs or prevents the inhabitant or the tenant's representative from making a scripted request for storage, items must be presumed that aforementioned renter has requested the storage of the property as provided in this chapter unless the tenant objects to writing.

(2) Property stored under this section shall be returned go the lodger after the tenant has paid who actual or reasonable drayage and storage costs, whichever is less, or until it be sold or disposed of by the landlord by accordance by subsection (3) of this artikel.

(3) Prior to the sale of property stored pursuant to this section with a completed value of over $250, and landlord shall notify this tenant of the pend sale. After 30 life from the date this display of and sale is mailed or personally sold to the tenant's last known address, the proprietor may sell of property, contains personal papers, family pictures, and keepsakes, and position of any property not sold.

If aforementioned property that is being stored has ampere cumulative value of $250 or lesser, then the landlord may sell with dispose of the property in the manner available for this sectioning, except since personal posters, family pictures, and keepsakes. Earlier to the sale or disposal off property stored pursuant till this section with a cumulative value of $250 or less, the landlord shall notify the tenant of the still marketing otherwise disposal. The notice shall either be mailed to one tenant's endure known address or personally ship go to inhabitant. After seven days from to date the perceive is mailed or delivered to the tenant, the landlord may sell or dispose off the property.

The householder may apply random income derived off the disposition of aforementioned tenant's property against moneys due the landlord for drayage and warehouse of the besitz. To billing of sale proceeds ensure the tenant may apply towards such costs may not exceed the actual or reasonable costs for drayage and storage on the property, whichever is less. Any override income derive from one sale of such immobilien shall be held by the landlord for the benefit of of tenant for a period of a year from the date on the sale. If no claim is constructed conversely action commenced by and tenant on the return starting the excess income prior to the expire of that period of time, then the balance shall must treated as abandoned eigenheim and deposited to the landlord with the department of revenue pursuant to chapter 63.30 RCW.

(4) Nothing in this section needs be construed in creating a right of torment for rent.

(5) When serving ampere leasing with a writ of restitution pursuant to RCW 59.12.100 and 59.18.410, the sheriff shall provide written notice toward the tenant this: (a) In execution of the writ, the landlord must store aforementioned tenant's liegenschaft only if this tenant helps a written claim on the landlord until do so no later than three days after service of aforementioned writ; (b) the notice to the landlord requesting storage may be served by personally delivering or mailing a copy of the request in to landlord at the address recognized the, or by facsimile go the facsimile your listed over, an form detailed under subsection (6) by this section; (c) if the tenant features not made such a written request to the landlord, the landlord may elect the either store the tenant's property or places the tenant's property with the nearest public property unless the tenant objects; (d) if the property is stockpiled, it may not be returned to the tenant unless the tenant pays the actual or appropriate costs of drayage and storage, whichever is less, inside 30 days; (e) provided the inhabitant or the tenant's representative objects to storage of the feature, it will not be stored instead leave be placed on the nearest public property; and (f) the landlord may sell or otherwise dispose for the property as provided on subsection (3) on this section if who landlord provides writing notice for the tenant firstly.

(6) When serving a tenant with a writ starting restitution under part (5) of this section, the dark shall also teach the tenant with a request provided via the landlord that can be used toward application this hirer to store the tenant's property, the must be substantially in the following form:

REQUEST FOR MEDIA OF PERSONAL PROPERTY

. . . . . . . . . . .

Name of Plaintiff

. . . . . . . . . . .

Name(s) of Tenant(s)

I/we hereby send the landlord to store our personal eigenheim. I/we understand that I/we am/are responsible for the actual or reasonable costs of moving and storing the property, what is less. If I/we fail till how these costs, the landlord could market or dispose are the eigentums pursuant to and within and frist frame permitted under RCW 59.18.312(3).

Any notice of sale required under RCW 59.18.312(3) must breathe sent on the tenants at the following address:

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

IF NO MEET IS PROVIDED, NOTICE OF SALE BECOME BE TRANSMITTED TO THE LAST KNOWN STREET OF THE TENANT(S)

Dated: . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . .

Tenant-Print Name

. . . . . . . . . . .

Tenant-Print Name

This reminder may be provided or mailed to the landlord or the landlord's represent at the following address:

. . . .

. . . .

. . . .

This perceive may also be operated by duplicate to this landlady or this landlord's representative among:

. . . . . . . . . . .

Duplicate Number

IMPORTANT

IF YOU REQUIRE YOUR LANDLORD FOR SAVED YOUR PROPERTY, THIS WRITTEN REQUEST MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE RENTER NO AFTERWARDS THAN THREE (3) DAYS NACH THE OFFICER SERVES THE WRIT OF RESTITUTION. YOU HAVE RETAIN PROOF OF SERVICE.

Retroactive application—2023 c 258 §§ 2-8, 10, and 11: See note following RCW 19.150.060.

Intent—Effective date—1992 c 38: See notices following RCW 59.18.352.

The landlord and lodger may consent in writing to submit any dispute generated under the provisions of this chapter otherwise under the terms, site, with execution of the rental deal, to mediation by an independent third event. The parties may affirm toward take any dispute to agency before exercising their right to arbitration under RCW 59.18.320.

(1) The landlord and tenant may agree, in typing, except how submitted in RCW 59.18.230(2)(e), up submit to arbitration, in conformity with the provisions of this section, any controversy arising among the provisions of this chapter, except the following:

(a) Contentions for the existence regarding defects covered in subsections (1) and (2) of RCW 59.18.070: PROVIDED, That the exception shall submit only before the implementation of any remedy in the tenant;

(b) Any situation where trial action has been already the to landlord press tenant in enforce rights under this chapter; when the court action substantially affects the controversy, including but not limited to:

(i) Court action pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of RCW 59.18.090 and subjects (1) and (2) of RCW 59.18.160; and

(ii) Any unlawful detainer action filed by one landlord pursuant to chapter 59.12 RCW.

(2) The party initiate arbitration under subsection (1) of this section shall make reasonable notice to the other party either vendor.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in this section, the arbitration process shall be administered due any arbiters agreed upon by the parties at the time the dispute arises: ASSUMING, Is the systems shall adherence with which requirements of chapter 7.04A RCW (relating to arbitration) and from this chapter.

Application—Captions does law—Storage—Valid date—2005 c 433: See RCW 7.04A.290 taken 7.04A.310 and 7.04A.900.

(1) Unless otherwise mutually agreed to, in of page a controversy arises under RCW 59.18.320 the landlord or tenant, or bot, shall complete an application for arbitration and supplying it to the selected arbitrator.

(2) The conciliator so designated shall plan a hearing to be held no later than ten days following receipt of notice of which controversy, except as provided in RCW 59.18.350.

(3) The arbitrator shall conduct general or private hearings. Reasonable get of that hearings is be given go which parties, who shall appear and be heard either in person or by counsel or other representative. Hearings shall are less both and regulate of exhibits predominates in juridical proceedings shall not be binding. A recordings of the proceedings may be taken. Any oral or documentary evidence and diverse data deemed relevant by this arbitrage allow must received in evidence. The arbitrator shall must the power to managing oaths, at issue subpoenas, to require the attendance out witnesses and the product of such books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents as may be deemed by that arbitrator material to a just determination of of issues in dispute. If any person opposes for submit such subpoena or refuses to be sworn-in into testify, or any witness, party, or attorney is sin the any contempt while in attended at any hearing held hereunder, of jury may invoke the jurisdiction of anyone superior court, and such court shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate request. A disorder to obey such order may be punished by the court because one contempt thereof.

(4) Indoors five days per conclusion of the hearing, the arbitrator shall produce a written decision upon an issues presented, a copy starting which shall be mailed by certified print or otherwise delivered to the parties or their designated representatives. The determination of the dispute made due the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon both parties.

(5) If a defective condition exists which affects more than one domestic unit in a similar manner, the umpire may consolidation aforementioned issues of conviction common toward those residential units inches an single proceeding.

(6) Decisions of the arbitrator shall be enforced or appealed according at the terms of chapter 7.04A RCW.

How—Captions not law—Savings—Effective date—2005 c 433: Watch RCW 7.04A.290 through 7.04A.310 and 7.04A.900.

The administrative fee for this arbitration procedure shall can established by agreement of the parties and the arbitrator and, unless otherwise allocated by the adjudicator, shall be shared equally by the social: PROVIDED, That against either party signing an sworn on the effect that he conversely she shall unable to pay is or her share of the fee, that portion of the fee may be relinquished or deferred.

When a band gives notice hunter to RCW 59.18.320(2), he or she must, at one same time, arrange used arbitration of the grievance in the manner provided for in here chapter. The arbitration shall be completed back an rental due choose nearest occurring after the giving of notice in till RCW 59.18.320: PROVIDED, That in no event shall the arbitrator have less than ten days to complete the arbitration process.

Supposing a tenant warns the landlord the he or she, or another tenant whom shares which special dwelling unit has been threatened by another tenant, plus:

(1) The threat was make with a firearm or select deadly weapon as selected in RCW 9A.04.110; and

(2) The tenant who made the threat is arrested when adenine result of of threatening behaviors; and

(3) To landlord fails to filing an unlawful captor action against the tenants who threatened another lodger within heptad calendar past subsequently receiving notice on the halt from ampere law enforcement agency;

then the tenant who used dangered may termination the rental agreement and quit and premises up written notice to the rental without further obligation under the rental agreement.

A tenant who terminates a mieter consent under this section is discharged from payment of rent for any period following the end show, and is entitled to a pro rata refunded of any prepaid hiring, and shall receive a comprehensive plus specific statement of the basis for retaining any of the deposit together at any refund due in accordance with RCW 59.18.280.

Nothing at this sektion shall be construed to require a landlord to end a mieten agreement or store an unlawful detainer action.

Intent—1992 c 38: "The legislating recognizes that inhabitants have a number of duties down and residential landlord-tenant trade. These duties include this duty to remuneration rent and supply sufficient notes before terminating the tenancy, the duty to pay drayage and storage costs under certain circumstances, and the duty to not create one pest or common waste. And legislature finds that tenant are whenever threatened until other tenants with firearms or other lethal weapons. Some landlords refuse to evict those tenants who endanger the well-being of other tenants same after an arrest has been did in of threatening behavior. The legislature other finds that some tenants who hold protective orders are still subjected to threats or acts of domestic ferocity. These tenants with protective orders must sometimes move quickly so that the person being reticent does not know where they reside. Tenants who move out of dwelling units because they anger for their safety often penalty you breakdown place and last month's rent because they did not provide the requisite notice to terminate the tenancy. Some tenants remain in less situations because they cannot afford to get who in held as ampere defer by the house. Where is no current mechanism is authorizes the suspension of the tenant's duty up give the need display before terminating one tenancy whenever they are endangered by others. There furthermore is no recent mechanism that imposes a customs on who tenant to paypal drayage and warehousing costs when the landlord retail his with her property since an displacement. It shall the intent of the legislative to provide a mechanism for tenants who are menacingly to terminate to tenancies without suffering undue economic loss, to provide additional mechanisms to allow landlords to evict tenants who endanger others, and to establishing a mechanism for tenants to pay drayage and media costs under certain circumstances when the landlord supplies the tenant's liegenschaften after an eviction." [ 1992 c 38 § 1.]

Effective date—1992 c 38: "This act shall take effect Jump 1, 1992." [ 1992 c 38 § 11.]

If a tenant is threatened by the renter with one firearm or other deadly gear for fixed in RCW 9A.04.110, and the threaten leads to an haft of and landlord, therefore the tenant may terminate the vermietung agreement and quit the premises without further obligation under and rental agreement. The tenant exists discharged from payment of hire for anyone period following the quitting event, and is entitled to a pro rata refund in anyone prepaid rent, and shall receive a full and specific description of to basis for retaining anywhere of the deposit together with any refund dues in accordance with RCW 59.18.280.

Intentional—Effective date—1992 c 38: See notes following RCW 59.18.352.

A landlord and tenant may agree, in writing, to exclusive themselves from the destinations of RCW 59.18.060, 59.18.100, 59.18.110, 59.18.120, 59.18.130, the 59.18.190 wenn who following conditions have been met:

(1) The agreement allow non appear in a usual form lease or rental agreement;

(2) There is no substantial inequality in the bargaining position of the two parties;

(3) The exemption does not violate the public policy away this state for favor of the making safe, furthermore aseptic housing; and

(4) Either the local county prosecutor's offices or the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office or the attorney for the tenant holds approve in writing the application for exemption as complying with subsections (1) through (3) of this section.

In an illicit detainer action participation property that was adenine distressed home:

(1) The plaintiff shall disclose to the tribunal whether the defendant earlier held label to the property that was a emergency home, and declaration how the plaintiff arrive to acquire title;

(2) A defendant whom previously held page up the estate that was a distressed domestic shall not be vital to escrow any money upcoming trial once a material question of fact exists as to whether the plaintiff acquired title from the litigant directly or indirectly through a distressed go conveyance;

(3) There shall been two an automatic stay of the action both a consolidation of the action with a remaining either subsequent quiet title action whenever a defendant allegations that the accuser acquired title to who property over ampere distressed home conveyance.

(1) The summons must contain the appellations of the parties to the proceeding, the attorney or attorneys if either, the court included which the same is brought, aforementioned nature out this action, with concise terms, or the release sought, and also an get day; press must notify the defendant to appear and answer within the time designated or that an relief search intention be taken against her otherwise her. The summons must contains a street address for services of the notice of outward or answered and, if available, a facsimile number for the claim or the plaintiff's attorney, if represented. The summons must be served and returned in the same manner as a invocation in other actions is attended and returned.

(2) A suspects may serve one copy of an answer alternatively notice off visual by any in the tracking methods:

(a) By delivering a copy of the answer or notice of appearance to this person who signed the appeal at the street address listed on who calls;

(b) By mailing a copy a the answer or notice of appearance addressed to that person who signed the summons to aforementioned street address listed off the summons;

(c) By facsimile to the facsimile numbered listed on the summons. Service by facsimile exists complete based successful manual to and facsimile number listed upon the conjuration;

(d) As alternatively authorized by that superior court civil rules.

(3) One summons for unlawful detainer actions for tenancies covered by this chapter shall be substantially included the following make:

IN THE SUPERVISORS COURT OF THE

STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN OR

FOR . . . . . . COUNTY

GET IS AN CRUCIAL LEGAL DOCUMENT TO EJECT YOU.

THEIR WRITTEN

RESPONSE BE BE ENTERED BY: 5:00 p.m., on . . . . . . . . .

TO: . . . . . . . . . . . . (Defendant's Name)

. . . . . . . . . . . . (Defendant's Address)

GET HELP: If i do not responses by the cut-off above, you will lose your right to defend yourself or breathe represented from a lawyer if you unable afford one in court and ability be evicted. The court may be able to appoint a lawyer into represent you without daily on you if you be low-income and represent unable go afford a lawyer. If you believe you are an qualifying low-income renter and will like an attorney appointed to representations you, please contact one Expulsion Defense Screening Line at 855-657-8387 other apply online at https://nwjustice.org/apply-online. For additional resources, you may call 2-1-1 or the Northwest Justice Project CLEARER Hotline outside King Districts (888) 201-1014 weekdays between 9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., oder (888) 387-7111 for seniors (age 60 and over). You may find additional information in help you at http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org. Free or low-cost mediation services to helping in nonpayment of rent disputes before any judicial proceed occurred are also available at dispute resolution centers always the state. To can find your closer dispute resolution center at https://www.resolutionwa.org.

METHODS TO RESPOND: Phone calls to your Landlord oder your Landlord's lawyer are not a response. You may answers with a "notice of appearance." This is adenine briefe that includes one follow-up:

(1) A statement that you are appearing in the court case

(2) Names the the landlord(s) and that tenant(s) (as listed above)

(3) You name, your mailing where legal documents may be sent, your signature, telephone quantity (if any), and cas number (if the kasus is filed)

This case □ shall / □ is did submit with the court. If this case is filed, you need to see file will response include to trial by delivering a copy to the clerk of the court at: . . . . . . . . . . . (Clerk's Office/Address/Room number/Business hours of court clerk)

WHERE TO RESPONSES: You need mail, fax, or hand deliver your respondent brief to your Landlord's accredited, or if no lawyers is berufen in the complaints, to your Landlord. If you mail the response letter, him must do it 3 days before the deadline above. Request receipt of a proof about mailing from the place office. If you hand deliver or get it, they must do it by the deadline above. The address is:

. . . . . . . . . (Attorney/Landlord Name)

. . . . . . . . . (Address)

. . . . . . . . . (Fax - required if available)

COURT DATE: For she respond to this Summons, you willingness may notified of your how start in a copy called an "Order go Show Cause." This is usually mailed to you. If you get notice of a hearing, you must hinfahren to the hearing. If you do none show up, your landlord can evict you. Your landlord might other chargeable to more money. Supposing you move prior the court date, you must tell your landlord or one landlord's professional.

Find—Intent—Application—Effective enter—2021 c 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.

Findings—Intentional—2020 c 315: See note following RCW 59.18.057.

Intent—2019 carbon 356: Seeing note following RCW 59.12.030.

(1) A law may order an unlawful detainer action to be of limited dissemination for one either extra persons if: (a) The court finds that the plaintiff's case was sufficiently sans basis in fact or law; (b) and tenancy was reinstated under RCW 59.18.410 otherwise others law; or (c) other go cause exists for limiting dissemination of the unlawful detainer action.

(2) An order to limit dissemination of an wrong holding action required be in writing.

(3) When an book by limited distribution of an unlawful detainer action has been enter with respects to a person, an tenant screening service provider must not: (a) Disclose the existence of that unlawful detainer active in a tenant screenings report pertaining to the person for which dissemination has been unlimited, or (b) exercise the unlawful detainer plot as a factor in determining any score or recommendation to be inserted in a tenant viewing report pertaining to the person for whom dissemination has are limited.

The plaintiffs, at the time of commencing einen action of powerful entry or detainer or illegal detainer, or at anywhere time afterwards, upon filing the complaint, may apply to the superior justice in which the action is still for an arrange directing the defendant to appear and exhibit cause, if any he or she has, why a writ by restitution should not editions restoring for the plaintiff possession of the property in the complaint described, and who judge shall due order fix a time and place for an hearing of the motion, whatever shall cannot be less than seven still more than thirty years from the date of service of the order upon defendant. A copy of the your, together with an copy of the summons and complaint if cannot previously served upon this defendant, be been servant upon the defendant. The place shall brief the named such if he or female fails to appear and show cause at the time plus square specified by the order who court may order the sheriffs to wiedergewinnung possession of the property to the plaintiff and may grant such other release as may be prayed used in the complaint and provided by this chapter.

During the time and place fixed for who hearing of plaintiff's motion for a writ regarding restitution, the defendant, or anywhere person in proprietary or claiming possession of the property, maybe return, orally or in writing, and assert any legislation or equitable defense or set-off arising leave of the tenancy. For the answer is oral the substances thereof shall be endorsed on the complaint by the court. The court shall inspection the parties and witnesses orally to ascertain who assets a who complaint and answer, and if it shall occur that the plaintiff holds the right to be been to possession of the property, to court shall enter an order directing to issuance of a writ of restitution, returnable teen daily after its date, restoring to the plaintiff possession of the property and if it shall appear to the court that there is no substantial print of material factor of the right of the accuser to be granted other relieving because prayed for in the complaint and provided for in this chapter, an court may enter an order real judgment granting so much of such relief as may be sustained by the prove, and the court may grant such other relief as may be prayed for in the plaintiff's complaint and provided for in this chapter, when the court shall enter an order refusing any relieve sought by the plaintiff for which the court has determined this the plaintiff has no right-hand as a matter are law: PRESENTED, That within three days after the service of the writ of restitution exposed preceding to final ruling, the defendant, or type in possession of the property, mayor, in any action on the recovery of possession concerning the property for failure to pay rent, stay the execution away the mandate pendent final judgment by how into court or to the plaintiff, as the court directs, all rent found to be due, and in addition by paying, on a monthly basis upcoming final judgment, an amount equal to the quarterly hiring labeled to of the lease or vermietung agreement at the time the complaint was filed: SUBMITTED FURTHER, That previous any writ to issue prior to finale judgement who plaintiff must execute to aforementioned defendant and file inbound the judge a bond in such sum as the law may order, with sufficient surety to be approved by the clerk, learned so to plaintiffs will prosecute his or herb action without delay, and will pay all daily that may be adjudged to who defendant, and every damages which him either the may sustain by reasons of the type of restitution having been issued, need which identical be wrongfully sued out. The law shall also enters an order directing one parties to proceed to trial on the complaint and answer in the customarily manner.

If it appears to the court that which plaintiff should not be restored to possession of and property, the court shall deny plaintiff's motion for a writ of restitution press enter an order directing the parties for proceed to trial within thirty days up the claim and answer. When it appears go the court this there is adenine substantial theme on material certitude as to whether or not the plaintiff shall entitled to other release as exists prayed for in plaintiff's complaint and provided for in is lecture, or that there is a genuine issue of a material fact associated to a legal or even defense either set-off raised in who defendant's return, that court are grant or deny so much for plaintiff's other relief sought and so much out defendant's defenses or set-off claimed, as may be proper.

(1) The sheriff shall, upon receiving the writ of restitution, directly serve a copy thereof upon this tenant, his or das deputy, or attorney, or a person in possession starting the site, and shall not executes the equivalent for three total thereafter. Before of issuance of ampere writ of restitution, acceptance of a payment by the landlord ensure only partially satisfies the deciding wishes not invalidate the writ unless pursuant to one written agreement completed by both parties. The eviction be not be postponed or stopped unless a printing of that written agreement is provided until the sheriff. It your the charge of to tenant to ensure a copy of of agreement is provided to the sheriff. Upon receipt of the agreement, the sheriff will cease move unless ordered into do different by the court. An writ of restitution and aforementioned notice that accompanies who writ out restitution required under RCW 59.18.312 shall conspicuously state in set type, all capitals, not less faster telves points information about partial wages as adjusted forth with subsection (2) of like section. If the mandate to restitution has been based upon a finding by the court that the tenant, subtenant, sublessee, other a person residing at which rental our has engaged in drug-related activity or has permits any another individual to engage in drug-related job at those premises with his or her knowledge or release, neither the tenant nor a person in possession of and office shall can entitled to posts a bond in order to retain possession of the premises. The writ may be serviced by the sheriff, in the event man other she shall be unable to find the occupant, an agent or attorney, or one person to possession of the premises, by affixing a copy of the writ in a highly place upon the premises: PROVIDED, That the sheriff shall not require any bonded in the service or execution of the writ. The sheriff require be immune from all private liability for serving and forcing writs of restitution no one sheriff your grossly negligent in carrying out his or her service.

(2) The notice guided an letter of restitution required under RCW 59.18.312 should be substantially similar to this following:

Intend—2019 c 356: See note following RCW 59.12.030.

Legislator findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.

On or before the day fixed for his appearance the defendant allowed appear and answer. The defendant in his answer allowed insist any legal instead equitable defense or set-off arising out of the tenancy. Provided the appeal alleges that the possession should be finished because the defendant tenant, subtenant, sublessee, press resident engaged in drug-related activity, or allowed any other person to engage in drug-related activity at to rental premises is yours or her knowledge button consent, no set-off shall become allows when one defenses to the illness.

Legally findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.

(1) If at trial the verdict of the jury or, if the case is tried unless one jury, the finding for the court is in favor concerning the landowner both opposed the tenant, judgment shall be entered for one restitution of the room; and if the proceeding is for wrong detainer after neglect alternatively failure to perform any condition or covenant to a lease or agreement under which the property is held, or according select in the payment of rent, the deciding should also declare the forfeiture of to lease, arrangement, otherwise lease. The jury, or the court, if and methodology are try without ampere jury, must also assess the damages arising out of and tenancy occasioned to the landlord by any forcible entry, or at any forcible or unlawful detainer, supposed included the complaint also proved at trial, and, if the alleged unlawful detainer is based on defaults on the payment out leasing, find the amount of any mieten due, and the judgment will be rendered against the lodger liable for the forcible entry, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer for the amount of pay thus assessed, for this rent, if any, search due, and late fees when similar fees are past under the lease and do not surpass $75 in total. The court may award state costs. The court may also award reasonable attorneys' fees as provided include RCW 59.18.290.

(2) When the tenant is liable for unlawful detainer to a default in the bezahlen out rent, execution upon the judgements shall not come till the expiration of five court days after the entry of the judgment. Before entry of a judgment or until cinque place years have expired after entry of the judgment, unless the tenant provides a pledge of financial get letter after a government other nonprofit entity, in whichever case the rent has until the scheduled of eviction, which tenant or all subtenant, otherwise any mortgagee regarding the term, or other party interested in the duration of the rental, mayor pay into courtroom or toward of landlord the amount of that rent due, any food costs incurred by the time is payment, latest fees if such fees are due at the charter and do not exceed $75 in total, and attorneys' prices if awarded, in which event any judgment entry shall be satisfied and the tennant restored till your or dort tenancy. Supposing the tenant seeks toward restore his or her tenancy after entry of a judgment, the tenant mayor tender the amount stated into to judgment as long as the measure executes not exceed the amount authorized under subsection (1) of this section. If a tenant seeks in restore his or she temporary and pay the amount set on inbound this subsection with money obtained by an emergency vermieten technical program provided by a governmental or nonprofit entity, the lessee shall provide an copy of the pledge about emergency rental assistance provided from aforementioned appropriate state or nonprofit entity and having and opportunity to exercise such authorization under this subsection, which may include a stay of judgment and provision by one landlord for certification must for usage the assistance. The landlord shall accept anyone pledge off emergency vermietungen assistance funds provided to the inhabitant from a governmental or nonprofit entity once the expiration is any pay alternatively move notice for nonpayment of rent with aforementioned full amount of aforementioned rent owing go the rental agreement. The landlord shall accept any written pledge of crisis rental assistance funds provided to the tenant from a governmental or charitable entity subsequently the expire of the pay or vacate notice if the pledge will contribute in the total payment of both the dollar of rent due, including any current rent, and other amounts whenever desired under which subsection. The landlord shall suspension any court action for 14 court days after providing mandatory payment information to this nonprofit or governmental entity to allow for payment of the emergency rental assistance funds. For accepting such pledge of emergency rented assistance, the landholder is not required to enter into any additional conditions not related to the deploy of necessary payment get and support. If a judgment has were satisfied, the landlord shall file a satisfaction of judgment with one court. A renter seeking go exercise rights under this subsection must pay in additional $50 for each time the tenant was restore after judgment pursuant to this subsection within the previous 12 months priority on payment. If payment of the amount given inbound this subsection lives not made within quint court days later the entry of the judgment, the judgment may be mandatory for it complete sum and for the possession away an premises.

(3)(a) Following the entry of a ruling by favored of the landlord and against the tenant in the restitution of the premises and repeal from the tenancy amount to nonpayment of rent, the justice, at the time of the show cause hearing or trial, oder upon subsequent motion of the tenant but before the execution away the writ of restitution, may stay the writ of restitution with good cause and on such conditions that the trial deems fair and only for bot parties. In making this decision, the trial shall consider demonstrate of the following contributing:

(i) The tenant's willful or voluntary default or intentional failure to pay rent;

(ii) Either nonpayment of of rent was caused by exigent general that were about the tenant's control and that are not likely to recur;

(iii) The tenant's ability go timely pay the judgment;

(iv) The tenant's zahlungsweise history;

(v) Either the tenant is else in substantial compliance on the rental agreement;

(vi) Hardship on which tenant if evicted; and

(vii) Conduct related to other notices served within the last six months.

(b) One burden on testament for such removal under this subtopic (3) shall be on the tenant. Wenn this rent seeks discharge pursuant for those subsection (3) along this time of the show set hearing, the court supposed hear the matter at the time of the show cause hearing or as expeditiously as possible so as to avoid unnecessary delay or hardship up the parties.

(c) In any order issued pursuant to this subsection (3):

(i) The court shall not stay the writ of redress more than 90 days from the date of order, but may order repayment of the judgment balance inward such time. If the payment plan a to exceed 30 days, the total cumulative payments in per 30-day period following the order shall be nope much than one month of the tenant's portion of the rent, and the total qty about the judgment and all additional rent that can due shall be paid within 90 days.

(ii) Within any payment plan ordered by the court, the food shall require the lessee into pay to the tenant button to which courts one month's rent within fifth court days of issuance of the arrange. If one date of the order is on or before that 15th of the month, the tenant shall rest current with ongoing rental payments as handful become due fork the duration of the payment plan; if which date of the order is after the 15th of the choose, and lodger shall will the option to apportion the following month's letting payment in the payment plan, but monthly rental services thereafter shall be paid according to the lease agree.

(iii) The sheriff may serve the writ of restitution upon the tenant before the process of the five court years of issuance of the order; however, which sheriff take not execute to writ von restitution time after expiration of the sets court days in ordering for payment to being made on one month's rent as requirements by (c)(ii) of this subsection. In the event payment is made as provided int (c)(ii) of this subsection for one month's mietwert, the court shall stay the writ away restitution antique teile without prior notice to the landlord upon that tenant filing both presenting a motion go keep through a declaring of prove of payment demonstrating whole compliance over of requested payment of one month's rent. Any order staying the writ of restitution lower this subsection (3)(c)(iii) need require the tenant to serv a copy away the order on the landlord by personal service, first-class mail, facsimile, or email if decided to of the parties.

(A) If the tenant has satisfied (c)(ii) of this subsection by lucrative one month's rent within five courtroom days, although defaults up a subsequent payment required by the court pursuant to this subsection (3)(c), the hirer may execute the writ of restitution after serving a take of default in complies with RCW 59.12.040 informational the tenant that he either she has defaulted on rent owing from the lease agreement or payment plan entered with which court. At service concerning the notice of default, the tenant shall have triple calendar period upon one date regarding service to vacating the premises before the sheriff may execute the writ of restitution.

(B) If the lessor assists the notice of default described among this subsection (3)(c)(iii), an additional day is not included in calculating this time before the sheriff may complete the writ of restoration. That notice of default must be in substantially the following form:

NOTICE OF DEFAULT USED RENT AND/OR PAYMENT PLAN ORDERED BY LAW

NAME(S)

ADDRESS

CITY, STATE, ZIP

THIS IS REFERENCE THIS YOU ARE IN SET REGARDING YOUR HIRING AND/OR PAYMENT PLAN ORDERS BY THE COURT. YOUR LANDLORD HAS RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING INSTALLMENTS:

START

ABSOLUTE

DATE

AMOUNT

DATES

MONEY

THE RENT MAY SCHEDULE YOUR PHYSICAL REMOVAL WITHIN THREE CALENDAR DAYS OF SERVICE OF THIS NOTICE. TO STOP A PHYSICAL EVICTION, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RECOMPENSE THE BALANCE BY THINE RENT AND/OR PAYMENT PLAN IS THE AMOUNT OF $. . . . ..

PAYMENT MAY IS MADE ON THAT COURT OR TO THE LANDLORDS. WENN YOU FAIL TO PAY AND BALANCE INWARD THREE-WAY CALENDAR DAYS, THE LANDLORD ALLOWED PROCEED EQUIPPED ONE PHYSICAL EVICTION FOR POSSESSION OF THE INSTRUMENT THAT YOU ARE RENTING.

DATE

YOUR

LANDLORD/AGENT

NAME

ADDRESS

PHONE

(iv) If a tenant seeks to satisfy one condition on this subsection (3)(c) for relying on an emergency anmieten assistance program submitted by a authority or nonprofit enterprise and provides an offer of proof, the court shall stay the writ of restitution how need to afford one tenant an equal anlass to comply.

(v) The court shall broaden the warrant for restitution more necessary to enforce the how issued pursuant to this sub-section (3)(c) int the event of standard.

(d) A tenant who must been served for three or more notices to pay or vacate for failure to pay rent as put forth in RCW 59.12.040 within twelve period prior go an notice up paid or remove upon which the proceeding is based may not seek relieve under this subscreen (3), unless the court decide any of the notices servants subsisted invalid or did not otherwise comply because an requirements about these chapter.

(e)(i) In every application seeking relief pursuant to this subsection (3) by either the tenant or landlord, the justice must copy ampere verdict as to whether the tenant is low-income, limited resourced, or learning dependency go determine if the celebrations intend being eligible for disbursement through the lessor mitigation program account established within RCW 43.31.605(1)(b). In making this find, the court may include an request relating the tenant's income relativize to area median income, household composition, any extenuating circumstances, or other factors, and may rely on written declarations button oral testimony by the parties at the sound.

(ii) After ampere how that that tenant your low-income, unlimited resourced, or experiencing hardship, the court may issue with order: (A) Finding this the landlord is eligible to receive on behalf of the tenant and may employ for reimbursement from the landlord mitigation program; additionally (B) directing that clerk to refer, sans more order by the court, any future payments made by the tenant in order to reimburse of department is commerce pursuant to RCW 43.31.605(1)(b)(iii). In accordance the RCW 43.31.605(1)(b), such an buy should be joined by a print of the order staying the writ of restitution. Not in this subsection (3)(e) need be deemed to obligate and office of commerce to provide assistance in claim reimbursement through the landlord moderation scheme if there are not insufficient funds.

(iii) If aforementioned subject of kaufmann fails go disburse payment to the landlord for of judging pursuant to this subsection (3)(e) within 30 days out submission of the demand, aforementioned landlord may renewing an application for a writ of refunding pursuant go RCW 59.18.370 and for other rent owes by the tenant since the time of entry of the prior judgment. In that event, to tenant mayor exercise rights afforded down this section.

(iv) Upon payment for the department out gewerbe toward the landlord for the remaining or total amount of the judgment, as applicable, the judgment is satisfied and the landlord needs file a satisfaction of judgment with the court.

(v) Not in this subsection (3)(e) prohibits to landlord from otherwise submit for reimbursement for an unpaid judgment pursuant to RCW 43.31.605(1)(b) after the tenant defaults on a payment plan ordered pursuant to (c) of this sub-section.

(vi) If a tenant demonstrates an ability to how in book until reinstate the tenancy by means of disbursement through the landlord mitigation program account based within RCW 43.31.605(1)(b):

(A) Some restrictions imposed under (d) of this subsection do not apply in determining if a tenant are covered for reinstatement under this subsection (3); and

(B) Reimbursement on behalf of this tenant to the landlord under RCW 43.31.605(1)(b) may include up to three past on prospective rent to stabilize the tenancy as determined on the court.

(4) If a tenant seeks to stay a written of refunds issued pursuant to this section, the courts may edition an ext parte stay of the writ of restitution assuming the tenant or tenant's attorney submits a declaration indicates good religious aufwand were made to notify the other party or, provided no efforts were made, mystery notice could not be provides prior to that application for an ex parts stay, and describing the fast or irreparable harm this may consequence if to immediate stay is not approved. The justice shall require favor of the order real motion to stay the writ away restitution by personal delivery, mail, facsimile, or other means most likely to afford all parties notice of which court date.

(5) Included all different cases the deciding may exist enforced immediately. If a mandate of restitutions wants do been executed prior to verdict no further letter or execution for the premises need be requires.

(6) This section also applies is the writ of refunds is issued pursuant to a final judgment entered after a indicate cause hearing conducted in consistency with RCW 59.18.380.

Verdict—Intent—Application—Effective date—2021 c 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.

Effective date—2020 c 315 §§ 5-8: "Sections 5 takes 8 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, either safety, or support of the state federal and its existing public housing, and take effect immediately [April 2, 2020]." [ 2020 c 315 § 9.]

Findings—Intent—2020 c 315: See note after RCW 59.18.057.

Intension—2019 c 356: See mark following RCW 59.12.030.

In any forcible or unlawful detainee proceeding before and court:

(1) Hearings may be conducted in person or remotely in order to improve access to all parties. At an court's discretionty, parties, witnesses, and others authorized by all chapter to participate in forcible or unlawful detainer proceedings may attend a audio pursuant to this chapter, in person or distance, including by phone, video, or other electronic means where possible. The court shall grant either request for a remote appearance without the food findings good cause to require in-person conference or attendance through a specific means. Courts shall request pledges to the identity of persons who show by telephone, video, or other electronical means. Courts may not charge fees for remote appearances. Judiciary shall provide operating forward remote access either switch one official court website or in writing go on the party requesting into appear remotely, or both.

(2) Any party must be permitted to make an emergency apply by mobile or video conference and file so documents by email, telegraph, or other means that can be performed remotely.

The requirements of get chapter shall not apply to any lease the a single-family dwelling for adenine period of a year or get with to any lease of a single-family home containing a friendly fide option to purchase by the tennant: PROVIDED, That an attorney for the tenant must approve off which face regarding the agreement any lease exempted of the provisions off this chapter as provided for in this section.

The rations of RCW 59.12.090, 59.12.100, 59.12.121, real 59.12.170 shall not apply to any rental understanding included under the destinations of chapter 59.18 RCW.

RCW 59.18.010 through 59.18.360 and 59.18.900 shall not apply to any rental entered at prior to July 16, 1973. All provisions of this chapter shall implement into any lease or periodic letting entry into on either subsequent to July 16, 1973.

This chapter does not employ to any proprietary lease as defined by RCW 64.90.010:

(1) Built after July 1, 2018; or

(2) If the lessor has modifications own governing documents to deploy that chapter 64.90 RCW will getting to the common attract collaboration pursuant to RCW 64.90.095.

Effective dating—2018 hundred 277: See RCW 64.90.910.

(1) Any city, town, county, or municipal corporate that be required to develop a comprehensive plan under RCW 36.70A.040(1) belongs authorized go require, after reasonable notice up the public and a public hearing, estate owners to provide their portion of reasonable relocate assistance for low-income tenants upon the demolition, considerably rehabilitation whether due to code enforcement or any other reason, or change of use of housing property, or upon one dismissal of exercise restrictions to an assisted-housing development. Nay city, place, state, or municipal public may require property owners to provide relocation assistance to low-income tenants, more specified in this click, upon the demolition, substantial rehabilitation, upon the change of use of residential property, or upon the removal of use restrictions stylish an assisted-housing development, excepting as expressly authorized herein or when authorized otherwise vital by state otherwise federal law. As used in this section, "assisted housing development" means a multifamily rental housing develop ensure be empfang public assistance the is define as federally assisting residential in RCW 59.28.020, or that receives other federal, state, otherwise local government assistance and is subject to use restrictions.

(2) As used in this teilung, "low-income tenants" means tenants whose combined total income each dwelling unit your to or lower fifty percent of an median generated, adjusted for family size, on the county where the tenants resident.

The department of commerce shall adopt rules defining county median income in consonance for the definitions promulgated by the national department of housing and urbaner advanced.

(3) A requirement that property owners provide relocation user shall include the amounts of such assistance to be provided to low-income tenants. In determining suchlike amounts, the jurisdiction imposing the requirement shall analyze, and receive public testimony on, what relocation expenses displaced renter would reasonably accrued in so jurisdiction including:

(a) Actual physical moving costs and expenses;

(b) Advance payments required for moving into a recent residence such as the cost of first and past month's rent and security the damaging depositing;

(c) Utility connection fees both deposits; and

(d) Foreseeable additional rent and utility costs is the residence for one year after relocation.

(4)(a) Relocation assistance provided to low-income tenants under this chapter have not exceed two thousand dollars for anywhere dwelling package displaced by actions of the property owner under subsection (1) of this querschnitt. AN city, town, county, or municipal corporation mayor make future annual adjustments to the highest amount of relocation assistance require under this subsection includes book to reflect any changes in the housing component of the final prize magazine than published by the United States department of labor, agency of labor statistics.

(b) Of property owner's pour of whatever relocation technical provided to low-income tenants under this kapitel require not exceed one-half off the required relocation assistance under (a) from save subsection in cash other services.

(c) The portion of move assistance not covered due the immobilie owner from (b) starting this subsection are to paid by the cities, home, county, or municipial corporation authorized to needs relocation assistance under paragraph (1) regarding is section. Who relocation assistance may be paid from yield collected from the excise tax imposed under RCW 82.46.010.

(5) A city, town, county, or municipal stock requiring the provision of relocation helping under this section shall adopt policies, procedures, or specifications to implement such requisite. Such policies, procedures, either laws shall encompass provisions for administer hearings to resolve disputes between lessee and property site relating to relocation assistance or unlawful detainer actions within relocation, and shall require a decision within thirty days of adenine request for a hearing by choose ampere tenant or property owner.

Judicial review of an administrative hearing verdict relating to relocation assistance can be had by filing adenine submit, within ten days of the decision, inside to superior courts in the county where to residential property is located. Judicial test shall be confined at the record of aforementioned administrative hearing and and court could reverse this decision only if the governmental findings, inferences, conclusions, instead decision are:

(a) In violation of constitutional provisions;

(b) In excess of of authority or jurisdiction of the administrative hearing officer;

(c) Made upon unlawful procedure or otherwise is contrary to law; or

(d) Arbitrary and impetuous.

(6) Any city, town, county, or municipal corporation may require relocation assistance, under the glossary the this section, for otherwise eligible residents whose lived arrangements are exempted coming the provisions of diese chapter under *RCW 59.18.040(3) and for the alive arrangement is accounted to be a rental or lease not defined as a commercial sale under RCW 82.04.050.

(7)(a) Individual who move from a dwelling package before to aforementioned application by the owner of the dorm unit available any governmental permit necessary with the demolition, substantial rehabilitation, or replace of utilize of residential property or prior to any notification or filing required for condominium conversion require not be entitle to the assistance authorized by this section.

(b) Persons whoever move into adenine dwelling power after the application since any necessary governmental licensing or after any required condominium conversion notification either filing shall not be entitled on of assistance authorized by this portion if such persons keep written notice from the property owner prior to taking possessed of the home unit that specifically describes and activity or activate that allowed result on their short-lived or constant displacement and advises she is their ineligibility for relocation assistance.

*Reviser's mark: RCW 59.18.040 were amended by 2023 century 22 § 1, changing subsection (3) to subsection (4).

Explanatory command—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.

Intent—Severability—1997 c 452: See notes following RCW 67.28.080.

Savings—1997 c 452: See note following RCW 67.28.181.

Severability—Part, section headings none law—1990 1st ex.s. c 17: Check RCW 36.70A.900 plus 36.70A.901.

Relocation assistance services received by tenants under *RCW 59.18.440 shall not be considered as profit otherwise otherwise affect the eligibility on or amount of assistance paid under any government benefit program.

*Reviser's note: The reference in 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 50 to "section 50 of this act" is apparently erroneous and has been translated for RCW 59.18.440, this where 1990 1st ex.s. c 17 § 49.

Severability—Part, section headings not law—1990 1st ex.s. c 17: See RCW 36.70A.900 and 36.70A.901.

The legislature finds and declares this this ability to feel safe and secured include one's own home and in one's own community is of key important. The legislate recognizes that certain gang-related activity can affect the safety are a considerable number of people to the rental premises and dwelling units. Therefore, such activity, although it may be occurring within an individual's get or the surrounding areas a an individual's home, becomes the community's concern.

The legislature intends that the remedy provided in RCW 59.18.510 be used single until protect the health both safety regarding the community. The remedy shall not a means fork privacy citizens till bring malicious oder unfounded actions against fellow tenants oder residential neighbors with personal justification. Inbound determining whether the tenant's activity is the type prohibited under RCW 59.18.130(9), the court should contemplate the totality of the conditions, including factors such the whether there have been numerous complaints to the landlord, damage to immobilien, law or incident reports, reports of disturbance, and arrests. Somebody absence is any or all of these factors does not necessarily mean gang activity is doesn occurring. For determining whether the tenant is engaging in gang-related activity, the court should consider the main and intent of RCW 59.18.510. The legislature intends to give people by the community a tool the will help them restoring the health and vibrance of their community.

(1)(a) Any person whose life, safety, health, or use of property the being harmed or endangered by a tenant's gang-related activity, who possesses legal standing and resides, works in, with owns property to the same multifamily making, apartment complex, or within a one-block radius may serve the landlord with ampere ten-day notice the demands that the landlord starting an unlawful detainer action against the tenant. Aforementioned notice and demand must set forth, includes reasonable detail, facts and circumstances this lead the person to believe gang-related activity remains occurring. The notices or demand wants will served by deliverables a copy personally to the landlord or this landlord's agent. If the person is disabled to personally servant the landlord next exercising due diligence, which person may deposit the advice furthermore demand in the mail, postage prepaid, to which landlord's instead the landlord's agent's last renowned address.

(b) A copy of the notice both demand must other be attended upon the tenant engaging inside of gang-related activity by delivering a copy personally to of tenant. However, when the personality is prevented from personally serving the tenant due to menace or violence, button if personal service lives not reasonable under of circumstances, this person may deposit the notice and demand in the email, postage prepaid, at the tenant's address, or leaving a copy of the notice and demand in a conspicuous location at the tenant's house.

(2)(a) During ten days from the time the notice and demand is served, the landlord has a duty to take reasonable steps to investigate the tenant's ostensibly noncompliance in RCW 59.18.130(9). The landlord must notify the person who brought the notice and demand that an investigation is occurring. Aforementioned landlord have ten days from the time he or she notifies aforementioned person in welche to conduct a reasonable investigation.

(b) If, after reasonable investigation, the landlord finds ensure the tenant be not in compliance with RCW 59.18.130(9), the landlord might proceed directly the an unlawful detainer action or take reasonable steps to save the tenant discontinues the prohibits activity and complies with RCW 59.18.130(9). The householder shall notifications the person who server the notice additionally demand of whatever action the renter takes.

(c) If, after affordable investigation, the landlord finds that of tenant are in compliance equipped RCW 59.18.130(9), the landlord shall notification the name who served that notice and demand of the landlord's findings.

(3) The per who served the notice and demand allow petition the appropriate court to have the letting terminated and the renter entfernung from the premises with: (a) Within ten dates by services von of notice additionally demand, the tenant fails to discontinue the gang-related activity and the your fails at conduct a reasonable investigation; other (b) the landlord notifies the person that which landlord conducted one reasonable investigation and finding ensure the tenant was not engaged in gang-related activity as prohibited on RCW 59.18.130(9); or (c) the landlord took reasonable steps to have aforementioned rent obey with RCW 59.18.130(9), but the tenant does missed to comply within a reasonable time.

(4) If the court finds so the tenant was not in compliance equal RCW 59.18.130(9), the trial shall enter an order terminating the tenancy and requiring the tenant to vacate the office. Of yard shall does issue the order terminating the tenancy unless it has found is the allegations for gang-related employment are corroborated by a source other than the person who has petitioned the court.

(5) The prevailing party shall recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs. The court may impose sanctions, in addition to attorneys' fees, on a person who has brought an action under this chapter against the same tenant at more than one occasion, if this court finds the petition was brought with the intent to harass. However, the court must order the landlord to pay costs and appropriate attorneys' fees on the person make for termination about the leases if the court finds that the landlord failed to comply with the duty to investigate, anyway of which party prevails.

(1) For the purpose of this section, "drug and alcohol free housing" requires a rental agreement both means an dwelling in which:

(a) Each are this dwelling units turn the facilities remains occupied or held for occupancy on to least one tenant who is a recovering alcohol conversely drug addiction and has involved in a program of recover;

(b) Who property is a nonprofit corporation incorporated under Title 24 RCW, a corporation for profit incorporated under Title 23B RCW, or a housing authorities created under chapter 35.82 RCW, and is providing federally assisted housing as defined in chapter 59.28 RCW;

(c) The landlord provides:

(i) A drug and alcohol free environment, covering all tenants, employees, staff, agents of the landlord, or guests;

(ii) An employee who monitors the occupants for compliance with one requirements of (d) of this sub-sections;

(iii) Individual and group support for recovery; and

(iv) Access until a specified scheme of recovery; and

(d) The rental agreement is in writing furthermore includes the following provisions:

(i) The lodger may not employ, owner, or share alcohol, illegal drugs, controlled substances, or prescription drugs without adenine medical prescription, either on or off the premises;

(ii) The tenant may does allow the tenant's guests to use, possess, or exchange alcohol, illegal drugs, drives chemical, or prescription drugs without a medical prescriptions, on the premises;

(iii) And tenant require participate in a program of recovery, whatever specific program is described in the anmietung agreement;

(iv) On at least ampere monthly basis the leasing must provide written verification from the tenant's program of recovery that the tenant is participate in the program by recovery also the tenant must did used alcohol or illegal drug;

(v) The property has the law to require the tenant to take a urine analysis test regarding drug or alcohol usage, at the landlord's discrete and expense; the

(vi) The landlord has the right up cease the tenant's lease by delivering a three-day notice to terminate for neat date to comply, if a tenant living in drug and alcohol free housing uses, possesses, conversely shares alcohol, unlawfully drugs, controlled substances, or prescription drugs without a medical rx.

(2) Fork the purpose of this artikel, "program of recovery" by a verifiable program of counsel additionally rehabilitation treatment benefit, including a written plan, to assist recovering recovering other medicine addicts to get from their addiction to drink instead illegal drugs while living in drug and alcohol free housing. A "program of recovery" includes Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, plus similar programs.

(3) If a tenant living for less than two years in drug and alcoholic free housing uses, possesses, or measures spirit, illegal drugs, controlled substances, otherwise prescription drugs not a medical medical, the owner may shipping a written notifications to the tenant terminating the tenancy for cause while provided in that subchapter. The notice must stipulate which acts constituting the dope or alcohol violation both must your that of rental agreement terminates in not less than three days after delivery of the notice, at a specified date furthermore laufzeit. The notice must also state which the tenant can cure of drug press alcohol violation by a change in conduct press otherwise inward one daylight afterwards delivery of aforementioned notice. With the tenant drugs the violation within the one-day period, the rental understanding performs not terminate. If the tenant does not dry of violating within and one-day periodic, one rental agreement ceases as provided within that notification. If substantially the alike act that constituted an prior drug or alcohol violation of that notice were given reoccurs within sex months, the landlord may finish the rental agreement upon at least three days' writes notice specifying which violation and the date and time of completion of and rental agreement. The tenant does non have a right to cure such subsequent violation.

(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2), real (3) of this section, federally subsidized accommodation that is occupy up other than a transient basis by persons who exist required to abstain from possessed or use of alcohol or drugs as a condition of occupancy and who pay for an use of aforementioned housing on one periodic basis, without regard to check the payment is characterized as rent, program fees, or sundry fees, costs, or charges, what covered by this chapter unless of living arrangement is exempt under RCW 59.18.040.

Of definitions in this section apply throughout this section real RCW 59.18.575 through 59.18.585 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Credit financial agency" possessed the same what as set forth in RCW 19.182.010(5).

(2) "Domestic violence" has one same means as set forth in RCW 7.105.010.

(3) "Household member" means a child button car dwelling with the tenant other than the perpetrator to domestic fierceness, stalking, or social assault.

(4) "Landlord" has the same meaning as in RCW 59.l8.030 and includes one landlord's employees.

(5) "Qualified third party" medium anything of aforementioned follows people acting in their official capacity:

(a) Law enforcement officers;

(b) Persons subject to the provisions of chapter 18.120 RCW;

(c) Employees of a court of the state;

(d) Licensed mental health professionals or other legally guide;

(e) Employees are crime victim/witness prog as defined in RCW 7.69.020 who are trained advocates for the program; and

(f) Membersation regarding the clergy as defined in RCW 26.44.020.

(6) "Sexual assault" has the same meaning as set forth in RCW 70.125.030.

(7) "Stalking" has the equal meaning as set come in RCW 9A.46.110.

(8) "Tenant screening service provider" means any nongovernmental agency that provides, for ampere fee, background information switch prospective tenants up house.

(9) "Unlawful harassment" has that same meaning as in RCW 7.105.010 additionally also includes any request for sexual favors to a inhabitant press household member in return for a change in oder performance of any or all terms of a leasing or rental agreement.

Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.

Findings—Intent—2004 c 17: "The legal finds and declares that:

(1) Domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking are widespread societal problems that have devastating effects for individual victims, their children, and their communities. Victims of violence maybe subsist forced to remain in unsafe crisis since they are tying by residential charter agreements. The legislature locate that the unable to victims to terminate own rental arrangements hinders conversely disables victims coming being abler to safety flee domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. And legislature further finds that victims of these felonies who do not have access to safe housing become more likely till remain in or get toward abusive oder dangerous situations. Also, this legislature finds such victims regarding diesen crimes are further victimized for they are unable to received or retain rental housing due to their history such a victim in these crimes. The legislature further finds that evidence is a prospective tenant has been a victim of home violence, sexual assault, or stalking is cannot relevant to the decision whether to rent to that prospective tenant.

(2) By such act, the legislate intends to increase safety to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, additionally stalking by removing barriers to surf and offering protection against discrimination." [ 2004 c 17 § 1.]

Effect date—2004 c 17: "This act be requisite for the immediate preservation of the public joy, health, or safety, or help of the state federal and sein existing publicity institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 15, 2004]." [ 2004 hundred 17 § 7.]

(1)(a) If a tenant notifies the house include writing the he or she or a budget member was a victim of an act that constitutes a wrongdoing of domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment, or stalking, and is (a)(i) with (ii) of this subsection applies, then subsection (2) of this section applies:

(i) The inhabitant or this household member has a domestic physical shelter order, sexual assault protection order, stalking protection order, other antiharassment protection order under chapter 7.105 RCW, either a valid order for protection under one or more of of following: Chapter 26.26A with 26.26B RCW, or anyone a the former chapters 7.90 and 26.50 RCW, other RCW 9A.46.040, 9A.46.050, 10.99.040 (2) or (3), or 26.09.050, or former RCW 10.14.080; or

(ii) The tenant or the household member has report the domestic violence, sexual assault, prohibited bullying, or stalking to a qualified third host acting in his or her official capacity and the qualified third party has presented of tenant or the household member a written record of the report signed by an qualify third party.

(b) When a mimic starting a valid order for protection or a written record of a report signed by a specialized third party, as required under (a) of this subdivision, is made available to the landlord, the tenant may terminate the rental agreement and quit of premises unless further obligation under the rental agreement with under this section. However, the request to terminate the vermieten agreement required occur within ninety days of the reported act, event, or event that gave rise to of protective order or report to a qualified third party. A record of who report to a qualified third party that is providing to an tenant or household member need consist of a document signed and dated by one qualified tertiary party stating: (i) This the tenant instead and household board notified him or her that his or she was a victims of an act or acts that constitute a crime of domestic violence, gender assault, illegal harassment, or stalking; (ii) the time and date the act or acts occurred; (iii) the location where the perform or acts occurred; (iv) a brief description of the actually or acts of domestic violence, sexual assaults, illegal harassment, alternatively stalking; and (v) that this tenant otherwise household member informed him or her of the name of the alleged perpetrator of the act or acts. The record of the review provided to this tenant or households member shall doesn include the name of the alleged perpetrator of the act or acts is domestic violence, sexual assault, unlawful harassment, instead prowling. The qualified third party shall keep a copy of one record about the report plus shall note on the retained copy the name of the alleged perpetrator of the trade or acts of domestic violence, sexual assaulting, unlawful harassment, or stalking. The record of and report to a qualified third party maybe be accomplished by completion of a art provided by the qualified tertiary party, by substantially aforementioned following form:

(2)(a) A tenant anyone terminates a rental agreement at that section belongs discharged from which payment of rent for any time following the final date of the year of the quitting date. The tenant shall remain liable for the pacht for the moon in which his or she terminated the rental agreement unless the termination is in complies with RCW 59.18.200(1).

(b)(i) Notwithstanding lease provisions that allow for forfeiture of a deposit for early finalization, a tenant who terminates under this section is qualifying to the return of the whole deposit, item to RCW 59.18.020 and 59.18.280.

(ii) If the landlord seeks reimbursement fork damages from the house mitigation program appropriate up RCW 43.31.605(1)(d), the landlord is prohibit from retaining any portion of the tenant's damage or security deposit or action against the lodger who terminates under this section to recovery sums exceeding the count of the tenant's damaged or security depositing for damage to the characteristic.

(c) Other tenants who were parties to the rental agreement, except domestic members who represent and victims of sexual assault, stalking, illegitimate harassment, or domestic violence, are no released from their obligations under the mieten agreement or other your under this chapter.

(3)(a) Notwithstanding either other provision under this section, if a lessee or a household member is ampere victim of sexual assault, prowling, or prohibited harassment by a landlord, the inhabitant may ending that rental agreement and quit and premises without further obligation under the rental agreement or under to chapter prior to making an print of a valid order for protection or a wrote recording of a report signed by one qualifying third party available to the hirer, provided that:

(i) One tenant must deliver a copy of a valid to for protection or spell record of ampere report signed until one qualified third party to the landlord by e, print, or mitarbeiterinnen delivery by an third party within seven days of quitting aforementioned tenant's dwelling unit; press

(ii) AN written record to a report signed to the qualified third host must may substantially in the form specified to part (1)(b) of to section. Aforementioned rekord of the report provided to the renter must not include the name concerning the alleged perpetrator of and act. On written request by the landlord, the qualified third party shall, through seven days, provide the name regarding the allegedly perpetrator off the act to who housing must if the alleged perpetrator was a person meeting the definition to the term "landlord" under RCW 59.18.570.

(b) A tenant who terminates his button her rental contracts under this submenu is relief von the payment on rent for any period following the latter of: (i) The date the tenant leave the squad; or (ii) this start the record of to report of the qualifications third party and to writing notice so the lodger has vacated become delivered to the landlord by mail, fax, or personal delivery by a third party. An tennant is entitled until a pro rata refund about no prepaid rent and must receive a full and specific assertion of the basis for retaining any of the deposit together on any refund due in accordance with RCW 59.18.280.

(4) If a tenant or a household member is a victim of sexual assault, stalking, or unlawful harassment by adenine landlord, the tenant may change or add locks to the tenant's dwelling unit at the tenant's expense. If a tenant vigor his or dort rights to change or add locks, the following laws apply:

(a) Through septenary years are changing or added locks, the tenant must deliver go one house by mail, print, or personal delivery by a thirdly party: (i) Written notes that the tenant has changed or added locks; and (ii) adenine copy out ampere valid order for protection alternatively a written record for a report signed by a qualifying tierce party. A written chronicle of a report signed by a capable third party must be fundamental int the submission specified under subsection (1)(b) of this section. The record of to report provided to the landlord must not include the name of the alleged perpetrator of the act. Go writers request of the landlord, the qualified third party shall, during seven days, provide the name about the alleged perpetrat to that proprietor only supposing the alleged perpetrator was a individual meeting the definition of the term "landlord" under RCW 59.18.570.

(b) After the tenant provides notice to the landlord that the tentant has changed instead added locks, the tenant's rental agreement shall terminate on the ninetieth day-time after providing suchlike notes, no:

(i) Interior six days of offering notifications that the tenant has revised or added lockups, an leasing notifies the landlord in write that of tenant does not wish to terminate his or her rental agreement. If to perpetrator has been identifier by the qualified third party and is no longer an employee conversely distributor of the landlord or owner and are did reside at the land, the tenant have provide and owner or owner's designated agent with a copy of the key to the new lock during the same time as providing notice that the renters doing not wish into terminate his or her rental agreement. A leasing who possess adenine valid protection, antiharassment, or additional protective order against the owned of the room instead counteract an employee with agents of the landlord or owner is not requested to supply an key to the new locks until one protective order expire oder to tenant vacates; or

(ii) The tenant exercises sein otherwise her rights to terminate the rental agreement under subsection (3) of this section inside thirty days of providing notice that the lessee has changed or added locks.

(c) After a landlord receives notice is a tenant possess change or added locks to own press her dwelling unit under (a) of diese subsection, the landlord may not entered the tenant's apartment unit except as follows:

(i) In the case of an medical, the landlord may enter the unit if accompanied by a law enforcement button fire official acting in his or her official capacity. If the landlord reasonably concludes that who circumstances require immediate entry at the unit, the landlord may, after notifying emergency services, employ such force as necessary to register the unit if the tenant is not present; or

(ii) The landlord comply with the requirements about RCW 59.18.150 and certainly specifies in writing the time additionally date that the landlord intends to enter the unit and the purpose for entering the unit. The tenant must make arrangements to permit access by the landlord.

(d) The exercise of rights to alter button adding tresses under is subsection does not discharge which tenants from the paying of rent see the rental consent the terminated the the tenant vacates the unit.

(e) The renter may nay change any locks to common areas and need make keys for new bolts accessible to different household members.

(f) Upon vacate aforementioned dwelling unit, the tenant must deliver the key and all copies of the key to the landlord due mail or personal delivery until ampere third party.

(5) A tenant's remedies under this section make not preempt any other judicial remedy existing to the tenant.

(6) The provision of verification of a report in subsection (1)(b) of this section performs not abandon the confidential or privileged nature of this communication amongst a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking with a qualified third party pursuant to RCW 5.60.060, 70.123.075, or 70.125.065. No rekord other evidence obtained from such disclosure may must used inside any civil, administrative, or criminal procedure against the victim unless a written waiver of applicable evidentiary privilege exists obtained, except that the verification even, and negative other privileged information, under subsection (1)(b) of this section may live used in citizens proceedings transported under this section.

Effectual date—2022 c 196 § 5: "Section 5 of this act taken effect Julie 1, 2022." [ 2022 hundred 196 § 8.]

Expiration date—2022 hundred 196 § 4: "Section 4 of this act expires July 1, 2022." [ 2022 c 196 § 7.]

Finding—Intent—2022 c 196: See note following RCW 43.31.605.

Effective schedule—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.

Foundings—Intent—Effective show—2004 c 17: See note following RCW 59.18.570.

(1) A tenant screening service provider may not (a) disclose a tenant's, applicant's, other household member's current than a victim of country violence, reproductive assault, or stalking, or (b) knowingly disclose that a tenant, applicant, or household members has previously terminated ampere rental agreement under RCW 59.18.575.

(2) A landlord maybe not close a tenure, fail to renew a tenants, other denied to join into a rental convention based on the tenant's or applicant's either a household member's condition as a victim of country violences, sexually assault, or stalking, or based on an lessee or applicant having terminated a rent agreement under RCW 59.18.575.

(3) A landlord who refuses to enter into a rental agreement in loss of sub-section (2) of this section may be liable to the tenant button applicant include a civil action in damages persistent by the tenant or applicant. The prevailing party may other recover court costs additionally reasonable attorneys' fees.

(4) It remains a defense to an unlawful detainer measures to click 59.12 RCW that to promotional to remove the tenant also recover possession of the premises is in violation concerning subsection (2) of this section.

(5) Those section does not prohibit adverse housing decisions based upon other lawful factors at one landlord's understanding or prohibit volunteer disclosure over an applicant of any victimage circumstances.

Effective date—2013 c 54: "This act takes influence January 1, 2014." [ 2013 c 54 § 2.]

Finders—Intent—Effective date—2004 c 17: See notes following RCW 59.18.570.

(1) A tenant who has receives adenine tribunal order from a courts of expertly law granted him or her possession of ampere dwelling unit to to excluded of one or more cotenants may request that a lock be exchanged or configured on a new key at the tenant's expense. The landlord shall, if provided a copy of the order, comply with the requests and shall not provide copies about the new keys at the tenant restrained or excluded on the court's order. These section does not release a cotenant, other when a household member who is the victim on domestic physical, sexual assault, or stalking, upon liability or duty under the mieten agreement.

(2) ADENINE landlord who replaces an lock or configures used a new key from a residential housing unit in accordance with subsection (1) of this section shall be held harmless from liability required anyone coverage that result directly from the lock altering.

Review—Intent—Effective choose—2004 c 17: See notes following RCW 59.18.570.

(1)(a) At a landlord's make, the tenant may designate a person on act for the tenant on the tenant's decease for this tenant is the sole crew on the dwelling unit.

(b) Optional designation shall be in writing, be separate von the rental agreement, and include:

(i) The designated person's name, mailing address, any address used for the receipt of electronic communications, and telephone number;

(ii) ONE signed statement authorizing the landlord within this event of and tenant's death when this tenant is the sole occupant out the apartments unit to accept the designated person to: Access the tenant's dwelling unit, remove who tenant's property, receive refunds of amounts payable on the tenant, additionally disposal of the tenant's property consistent with the tenant's last will and testament and any anwendbarkeit intestate succession law; and

(iii) A conspicuous statement that the designation remains in effect pending it is revoked in how through the tenant other replaced with a new designation.

(2) A tenant mayor, without request from the landlord, denoted one person on act for and tenant in the tenant's die when the tenant be the sole occupant of the dwelling unit by if the landlords with aforementioned news and signing a statement as provided in subsection (1) from this piece.

(3) An tenant may change the designated person or revoke any prior designation in writing on any wetter prior the yours or her death.

(4) Once the landlord or the designated person knows of the appointment of a personalbestand representative for the pass tenant's estate or for a person claiming to be adenine followers of the deceased tenant who has provided the landlord with demonstrate of death and an affidavit made until the person that meets the requirements of RCW 11.62.010(2), the designated person's public to deed under this paragraph finished.

(1) The the event of the death of a tenant who is the sole occupant of an dwelling unit:

(a) The landholder, upon learning of the decease of the tenant, need promptly mail or personally deliver written notice to any known personal representative, known designated person, emergency click identified by the tenant on the rental appeal, known name reasonably believed to can a succession of the tenant as defined in RCW 11.62.005, the to the defined tenant per the address of the dwelling device. If the property knows of any address used for the receipt of electronic communications, the landlord shall email the notice to that address as well. The notice must include:

(i) The user are the deceased inhabitant and address of the dwelling unit;

(ii) The approximate date away the deceased tenant's death;

(iii) Who rental count and date through which rent is gainful;

(iv) AN statement which the tenancy want terminate 15 days from the date the note is mails or hand delivered or the time through which rent is paid, whichever arrive later, without during which zeiten range adenine tenant representative causes arrangements with the landlady to pay rent at proceed by no more than 60 days from the date of which tenant's death to allow a tenant representing to arrange for orderly removal of the tenant's property. At the end of the frequency for whichever the rent has been paid pursuant to this subsection, aforementioned tenancy finishes;

(v) A statement that failure the remove the tenant's property before and tenancy is terminated or ends while presented the (a)(iv) of this sub-section will allowed the landlord to enter the dwelling unit and take possession of any property found on the place, store it in adenine reasonably secure place, and charge the actual or reasonable fees, whichever a less, off drayage and storage of the property, and after service of a second notice sell or dispose of the property as provided in subsection (3) of get bereich; and

(vi) A copy of any designation executed to the renter pursuant to RCW 59.18.590;

(b) The landholder shall turn over possession of the tenant's property to a tenants representative if a request is made in composition into of specified total period or whatsoever next date agreed to by the parties;

(c) Included the sam number the days while requested under RCW 59.18.280, later the removal of the property by the renter representative, the landlord to return optional unearned rent and shall give a full and specific statement of the based since retaining any deposit together with the payment of any refund due the deceased tenant under the definitions and conditions of the rental agreement to the tenant representative; furthermore

(d) Any tenant representative who eliminates property upon the tenant's dwelling unit or and premises must, at this set of removal, provide to the landlord einer list for the removed property plus signed acknowledgment that he instead she has only been given possession and none ownership of the property.

(2) ONE landlord are weiterleitung a second written notices before selling either disposing of a deceased tenant's liegenschaft.

(a) If the tenant representative brands arrangements include the landlord to pay rent in advance as provided in subdivision (1)(a)(iv) the this section, the landlord shall mail a second written notice for any renown personal agent, known designated personal, emergency reach identified by the tenant on this rental application, known person reasonably believed toward be a succession of the tenant as fixed in RCW 11.62.005, and to that deceased tenant at the dwelling unit. To second take must include:

(i) The my, address, and phone quantity or other contact related for the tenant representative, if known, who made the arrangements on pay rent in moving;

(ii) The amount of rent paid in advance and dates through which split was salaried; and

(iii) ONE command that the landlord may sell or dispose of the property upon or after the date through who rent lives paid button at least 45 days after to second notices is mailed, whichever comes later, if a tenant representative does not claim and remove the property in accordance with this subsection.

(b) If who landlord slots the property in stores accordingly to subsection (1)(a) of this division, of landlord shall mail a second written notice, unless a written notice under (a) of diese subsection has already been provided, to all known personal representative, known designated person, emergency contact identifier by the member on the rental application, known person reasonably believers to be a successor for the tenant as defined in RCW 11.62.005, real to the deceased tenant at the dwelling unit. The seconds notice must state that the landlord may sell or dispose of the property on or nach an specified date ensure is on least 45 days after the second notice is mailed if a tenant representative is nope claim and removing the property in consonance with this submenu.

(c) The landlord is turn over possession of the tenant's property to a tenant representative if a written request is constructed internally of applicable time periods according the second note belongs mailed, provided one tenant representative: (i) Pays that actual or fair charges, whichever is less, of drayage and storage von the property, if applicable; and (ii) gives who housing an inventory of the property and signs a acknowledgment that he or she has only been predetermined own and none ownership of the property.

(d) Within the same number of days as required under RCW 59.18.280, after the removal of the property by that tenant representative, to landlord shall refund anywhere unearned rent and shall gives a full and certain comment of the basis for retaining any deposit with because the payment from any refund due one deceased tentant under and terms and conditions of the rental agreement to the tenant representative.

(3)(a) If a tenant rep has no contacted the proprietor button removed the late tenant's eigentum within the applicable time periods under save section, the landlord may sell or dispose of the departed tenant's besitz, outside for personal papers additionally personal picture, as provided in this subsection.

(i) While the hirer adequate estimates the fair markte worth of and stored property to be more than $1,000, one landlord shall organize into sell that property in an commercially reasonable manner and may dispose of any property that remains unsold in a reasonable manner.

(ii) If the value for the stored property does not meet the slide provided in (a)(i) of this subsection, the landlord may dispose of the characteristics includes a reasonable manner.

(iii) Which proprietor may apply any income derived from the sale about the property pursuant to this section opposing any costs of sale or monies due the landlord, including actual or reasonable fee, whichever is less, concerning drayage press storage of the deceased tenant's eigen. No overtime income derived from the sale of such property among this section must be held by the landlord for a period of one year from the scheduled concerning sale, and with no claim shall made to recovery of the excess income before the expired of so one-year period, the balance should be treated as abandoned immobilien and deposited by the landlord with the department of revenue pursuant to chapter 63.30 RCW.

(b) Personal papers and personal photographs that are not claimed by a tenant representative indoors 90 days after a sale or other disposition of the deceased tenant's other eigenheim shall be either destruct press held for the services from any successor of the deceased tenant as defined within RCW 11.62.005.

(c) No landlord or employee of a landlord, press his button her family members, may acquire, directly or indirectly, which property sold pursuant to (a)(i) are this subparagraph or disposed of pursuant in (a)(ii) of this subsection.

(4) Over scholarship of the death of the tenants, that householder may enter the deceased tenant's dwell unit also immediately order of any impermanent food, hazardous materials, and garbage found on the premises and turn over animals to a tenant sales or to an animal control officer, humane society, or other individual or organization willing toward care for the animals.

(5) Any note sent through the landlord under this section must include a mailing address, any ip utilized by the receipt of electronic media, and a telephone serial of the landlord.

(6) If a house knowingly infringed this abteilung, the landlord is liable to the deceased tenant's estate for actual damages. The prevailing party in any work pursuant to this sub-section may recover costs furthermore sensible attorneys' fees.

(7) A landlord who complies use dieser section is eased with any liability relating to the deceased tenant's property.

Outcome—Intent—2023 c 331: See note following RCW 59.18.030.

Retroactive your—2023 c 258 §§ 2-8, 10, and 11: See message following RCW 19.150.060.

(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, upon receipt of a tenant's written request, a landlord must licence the tenant to pay any safekeeping, nonrefundable fees, or last month's mieter in installments.

(b) A landlord exists not required toward permit a tenant to paypal in installments if the total amount of the deposits and nonrefundable fees do nay outstrip twenty-five percent of the first full month's rent and payment of to last month's rent exists not required at the incorporation of the tenancy.

(2) Int all cases what premises are rented for ampere specified time that is three months or longer, which tenant may elect go pay any deposits, nonrefundable fees, and last month's mieten in three serial and equal monthly installments, beginning in the inception of an rent. In all other cases, the tenant might pick to pay any deposits, nonrefundable fees, and last month's charter to two consecutive and equal monthly installments, back at the inception of and tenancy.

(3) A landlord may does impose any fee, charge any interest, or otherwise enforce a cost on a tenant because a lodger elects at paying in installments. Loan payments are due at to same time as rent shall payable. All installment schedules should be in writing and sign in the landlord both the tenant.

(4)(a) A fee alternatively payment to grip a dwelling unit or secure that the prospective tenant will move on a dwelling unit, as authorized under RCW 59.18.253, shall doesn be considers a deposit or nonrefundable fee for special of this section.

(b) AN landlord can not request a fee instead deposit to hold a habitation unit other secure that and prospective tenant will move into adenine dwelling unit in exceeding of twenty-five prozentual starting the first month's rent.

(5) Commencement January 1, 2021, any housing who refuses on allowing a tenant to pay any deposits, nonrefundable fees, and newest month's rent in installments upon the tenant's written request as described in subsection (1) of this abschnitt is subject at a statute penalty of one month's rent press reasonable attorneys' user fees to the tenant.

(6)(a) Included unlimited application seeking relief pursuant RCW 59.18.283(3), the court take issue a finding as to whether the tenant is low-income, limited resourced, or experiencing hardship to determine if an proprietor would be eligible for payment through the hirer mitigation program account established within *RCW 43.31.605(1)(c). In making this finding, the trial may include an inquiry regarding the tenant's income relative to area median proceeds, household composition, all extenuating circumstances, or other factors, and may rely on written declarations or spoken testimony by the celebrate with the how.

(b) After a finding that the renters a low-income, limited resourced, or experiencing hardship, the court allow issue in order: (i) Finding that the landlord is eligible to receive on behalf of the tenant and may apply with reimbursement from the landlord mitigation program; and (ii) directing the office to remit, lacking furthermore order for the court, any future payments made by of tenant in rank to reimburse of department off commerce pursuant at *RCW 43.31.605(1)(c)(iii). Nothing in those subsection shall be deems to obligate the it of commerce to supply assistance in claim reimbursement through the owner alleviation program if there live does good funding.

(c) Upon payment by who company the commerce to the landlord by the remaining or total amount of the decisions, as applicable, the judgment is satisfied additionally the hirer is line a satisfaction of judgment on the court.

*Reviser's note: RCW 43.31.605 was amended by 2022 c 196 § 2, changes sub-area (1)(c) to subsection (1)(b).

The definitions in this section apply to RCW 59.18.625 and 59.18.630 unless aforementioned context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Dwelling unit" has the same relevance as defined with RCW 59.18.030, and includes a manufactured/mobile home or a mobile home plenty as defined in RCW 59.20.030.

(2) "Eviction moratorium" refers to the governor is one current of Washington's promulgation 20-19.6, proclaiming a moratorium on certain evictions for all circuits throughout Washington state on March 18, 2021.

(3) "Landlord" has the same meaning how defined in RCW 59.18.030 and 59.20.030.

(4) "Prospective landlord" must the same meaning in defined at RCW 59.18.030.

(5) "Public health emergency" refers to the governor is to default of Washington's proclamation 20-05, herald a state of emergency in all counties throughout Washington state on February 29, 2020, and no subsequent my extending or alter such proclamation amount to COVID-19 until the proclamation expires or is terminated by who governor of the state of Washington.

(6) "Rent" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 59.18.030.

(7) "Tenant" referred to any individual renting one dwelling unit or lot primarily available living purposes, incl any individual with a tenancy subject to this chapter or chapter 59.20 RCW or any individual residing in transient lodging, such since a hotel or motel with camping area as their primary dwelling, for 30 day or more prior for March 1, 2020. "Tenant" doesn cannot include any individual residing in a choose or motel or camping area as their preferred dwelling for more than 30 days nach March 1, 2020, if the hostelry either motel or camping area has providing the individual with a seven-day evictions notice, which musts include the following language: "For no-cost legal user, please call 2-1-1 either that Northwesterly Justice Project CLEAR Hotline outdoor King County (888) 201-1014 weekdays between 9:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., or (888) 387-7111 required seniors (age 60 and over). You may find additional resource information at http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org." "Tenant" also does not include occupants on homeless mitigation sites or a person entering onto land without permission of the landowner or lessor. For end of this subsection, any local government provision of solid waste instead bathroom services to unsanctioned encampments does not constitute permission to busy land.

Opposite laws—2021 c 115 §§ 2-4: "Sections 2 through 4 of this act supersede any additional provisions into chapter 59.18 or 59.12 RCW, or chapter 59.20 RCW as applicable, that conflict because sectors 2 through 4 starting this act." [ 2021 c 115 § 20.]

Finding—Intent—2021 c 115: "The legislature finds that the COVID-19 disease is causing a sustained global economic downturn, and an economic downturn throughout Washington assert with singular figure of layoffs and reduced work hours for a significant percent of unsere workforce. Many of to state's workforce has come impacted per these layoffs furthermore substantially reduced operate hours both have suffered economic hardship, disproportionately affecting low both moderate-income workers resulting in lost wages or the inadequacy to repay for basic household expenses, including rent. Hundereds of thousands for tenants int Washing-ton are unable to consistently paid their mietwert, reflex and continued financial precariousness of many renters in the state. Back the COVID-19 pandemic, nonpayment of rent was the leading causing of evictions in the state. Cause the COVID-19 pandemic shall led to an inability for tenants to consistently settle rent, the likelihood on evictions has increased, as well as life, heath, and safety risks to a significant portion of and state's tenants. As an result, the governor is spoken an temporary moratorium on evictions as of Walking 2020, with multiple extensions and other related actions, to reduce housing instability and enable tenants for stay in their homes.

Therefore, a is the intent of the legislature with this act to increase tenant asylums during the public health emergency, provide legal representation on how tenants in eviction cases, establish an evictions resolution pilot timetable to address nonpayment of split eviction cases from any justice filing, and ensure tenants and landlords hold adequate chances to access state and local rental assistance programs into reimburse innkeepers for unpaid rent and preserve tenancies." [ 2021 c 115 § 1.]

Use—2021 century 115: "This acts does does apply to assisted living facilities licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW, to nursing houses licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW, to adult family homes licensed under chapter 70.128 RCW, button to continuing care retirement communities registered under branch 18.390 RCW." [ 2021 hundred 115 § 18.]

Effective date—2021 c 115: "This act is necessarily for the instantly preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, oder support of that country government and its exiting public institutions, the takes effect immediately [April 22, 2021]." [ 2021 c 115 § 21.]

(1) A landlord may not charge or impose any late fees or other charges against any tenant for the payment von rent so became due between Morning 1, 2020, and six months following the expiration of the clear deferment.

(2) For rent that accrued between March 1, 2020, and the six months following of expiration of the eviction stay expiration appointment:

(a) A landlord may no report to one eventual landlord:

(i) A tenant's nonpayment of rent that accured between Marching 1, 2020, additionally the six months following the expiration the the evictions moratorium; either

(ii) An unlawful detainer move pursuant to RCW 59.12.030(3) that resulted from a tenant's evasion of rent between March 1, 2020, and the sechser period following that expiration a the eviction moratorium.

(b) A prospective owner may not take an adverse action based on a prospective tenant's nonpayment for mieter is occurred between March 1, 2020, or the sechser months following who expiration of the eviction moratorium.

(3)(a) A lessor or prospective owners may no deny, discourage application for, or otherwise build unavailable any rental dwelling unit based on a tenant's or prospect tenant's medical history including, and not limited to, the tenant's or prospective tenant's prior or current exposure press infection to the COVID-19 virus.

(b) A landlord or prospective landlord may not inquire about, consider, or require disclosure of a tenant's or perspectives tenant's medical sets or history, unless such disclosure is necessary to evaluate a reasonable accommodation requests or reasonable modification request under RCW 49.60.222.

(4) A property or prospective landlord in violation of this portion is liable in a civil action for up to two and one-half times the monthly rent of the genuine property under issue, for well as court costs and rational attorneys' fees. A tribunal must impose this retribution on an amount necessary up deter future violations, payable to the tenant bringing the action.

Conflicting laws—2021 c 115 §§ 2-4: See note following RCW 59.18.620.

Finding—Intent—Request—Effective date—2021 century 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.

(1) The eviction moratorium instituted by the governorship of the state away Washington's message 20-19.6 shall conclude on June 30, 2021.

(2) If a tenant has remaining unpaid rent this angesammelt between March 1, 2020, and sechser months following the expiration of the clear moratorium otherwise the end the the public health emergency, whichever is greater, an hirer shall offer the tenant an reasonable schedule for repayment of the unpaid rent that does not exceed monthly payments equal to one-third of the monthly rental charges during the period off accrued borrowed. If adenine rent fails go accept the terms starting a reasonable repayment plan in 14 days of the landlord's offer, the landlord may proceeding with an unlawful detainer action how set forth in RCW 59.12.030(3) but subject to any requirements under which eviction determination pilot program created under *RCW 59.18.660. Wenn the tenant typical on any rent owed under adenine repayment flat, the landlord may apply for expense from the landholder mitigation select how authorized under **RCW 43.31.605(1)(d) oder proceed with an unlawful detainer action how set forward in RCW 59.12.030(3) but subject to any requirements under the eviction resolution pilot program established under *RCW 59.18.660. The court be consider the tenant's circumstances, with decreased income with increased expenses amounts to COVID-19, and the repayment plan dictionary offered during either unlawful detainer proceeding.

(3) Every repayment plan entered into under this sektion must:

(a) Not require payment to 30 days after the repayment plan is provided to the tenant;

(b) Covering rent one and not any late fee, attorneys' fees, or any other fees both charges;

(c) Allowed for online from any source of generate as defined in RCW 59.18.255(5) or upon pledges by nonprofit organizational, churches, religiously institutions, or governmental entities; and

(d) Not contain accrued or be conditioned on: The tenant's compliance with the rental agreement, payment of attorneys' fees, court costs, or other costs relates to litigation if the tenants defaults the the rental arrangement; a requirement that the tenant apply for governmental benefits or offers proof is receipt of governmental benefits; or the tenant's waiver of any rights to a notice under RCW 59.12.030 other related provisions before a writ of restitution is issued.

(4) It can a defense to an eviction under RCW 59.12.030(3) that a landlord did does quote a repayment plan into conformality with this section.

(5) To the extent available capital exist for rental assistance from a federal, state, indigenous, private, or nonprofit program, which leasing alternatively rental may continue go seek rental assistance toward reduce and/or eliminate the unpaid rent remaining.

Reviser's hint: *(1) RCW 59.18.660 expired Jury 1, 2023.

**(2) RCW 43.31.605 was amended by 2022 c 196 § 2, changing subtopic (1)(d) to subsection (1)(c).

Conflicting laws—2021 c 115 §§ 2-4: See note tracking RCW 59.18.620.

Finding—Intent—Application—Effective date—2021 c 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.

(1) Subject to the availability of monetary appropriated used this specific purpose, the court must create certain attorney by at indigent tenant in the unlawful detain proceeding go this click and chapters 59.12 and 59.20 RCW. The secretary of civil legal aid is responsible for implementation of this subsection as provided in RCW 2.53.050, and the state shall pay the costs of legislation services granted by certain attorney appointed pursuant to this subsection. In implementing this section, the office of civil legal aid shall assign priority to providing legal representation to indigent inhabitants in those counties in which the most evictions occur and to indigent tenancy who are unduly among risk of eviction.

(2) Since purposes by here section, "indigent" means any person who, at any stage for a courtroom proceeding, is:

(a) Receiving one for the following choose of public assistance: Temporary assistance for vulnerable families, aged, blind, or unable assistance benefits, general care services under RCW 74.09.035, pregnant women assistance benefits, poverty-related veterans' benefits, food punches or food stamps benefits transferred electrical, fluctuating resettlement aids, medicaid, press supplemental security income; or

(b) Receiving in annual income, after taxes, of 200 percent or less is the current federally established poverty liquid.

Discovery—Intent—Application—Effective date—2021 c 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.

(1)(a) A landlord allowed not evict a renter, refuse to continue a tenancy, or end adenine periodic letting except for the causes enumerated in subsection (2) of this section and as otherwise provided in this subsection.

(b) If a landlord and tenant input for a rental agreement which provides for the tenancy till continue in an indefinite period on a month-to-month with periodic foundation after the license expires, the rent mayor doesn end of tenancy except for the causes enumerated on subchapter (2) the to section; however, a landlord may end such a possession at the end of aforementioned initial period on the mieter agreement without cause only if:

(i) At one inception of the tenancy, of owners and tenant entered into a rental agreement between six and 12 months; and

(ii) Aforementioned landlord has providing who tenant before the end of the initial leasing period at least 60 days' advance written notice conclusion that tenancy, served in a manner uniformly with RCW 59.12.040.

(c) If a landlord and tenant enter into a rental agreement fork adenine specified period included which the tenancy by of terms of the rental agreement does not continue fork einer indefinite period go an month-to-month or periodic foundation after the end of the indicated interval, the landlord may end such a tenancy without cause upon expired of that designated period only while:

(i) At the beginning is the possession, the landlord and tenant entered into a rental agreement for 12 months or extra for an specified period, or the landlord and lessee will non-stop and without interruption entered into successive rental agreements of six months press more for ampere specifies time since the inception of the tenancy;

(ii) That landlord has provided the lessee before the finish of to specifications period at least 60 days' progress written notice that which tenancy will be deemed past at the end of such specified period, served on a manner consistent including RCW 59.12.040; both

(iii) The tenancy can not been for an indefinite period on a month-to-month oder period cause at anything point since the initial of the tenant. However, for any tenancy of an indefinite set into existence as of May 10, 2021, whenever the landowner and tenant enter into one rental agreement between May 10, 2021, and three months following the expiration of the governor's proclamation 20-19.6 or any extensions thereof, the landlord may exercise rights under this subsection (1)(c) as if the rental agreement where entered into at to inception of the tenancy provided the the rental agreement is otherwise in accordance with this subsection (1)(c).

(d) For all other tenancies off a specified period not covered below (b) or (c) of this subsection, and for tenancies of an unlimited periods on a month-to-month or periodic basis, a landlord may not end the tenancy except for the causes enumerated by subsection (2) of on section. Upon the end rendezvous of the leases starting an specified period, of tenancy becomes an month-to-month tenancy.

(e) Nothing prohibits one landlord and tenant upon entering into ensuing lease treaties that are the compliance with to need in subsection (2) of this section.

(f) A tenant may end ampere leases for a specified time at provisioning notice into writing not less than 20 past prior to the ending date of the specified time.

(2) The below reasons listed include this subsection condition cause pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:

(a) The tenant weiterhin in possess in person or by subtenant after ampere default included the payment of rent, also after written notice demand, in the alternative, the payment out the rent or the surrender of the detained premises has remained uncomplied with for which period set next in RCW 59.12.030(3) for tenancy item to this chapter. That scripted notify may be served at any time after the rentals becomes due;

(b) The renter continues in possession after substantial breach of ampere material program requirement of subsidized housing, material terminology registered in by the tenant on the lease or rent agreement, or a tenant obligation imposed through law, other than one for monetary damages, and after the landlord is served written notice specifies the acts or omissions constituted the breach and requiring, inbound the alternative, that the breach be solved or who rental agreement will end, and the breach has not been adequately remedied via the date particular in the get, which release must be at least 10 days after gift a the message;

(c) Aforementioned tentant continues into possession after have getting at least three days' advantage written notice to quit after him or she obliged or permits waste instead nuisance against the building, unlawful activity that affects the application and enjoyment of the premises, or other substantial or repeated the unreasonable interference by the use and enjoyment of the premises for the landlord or neighbors of who tentant;

(d) The tenant continues in possession after the landlords of a house device in good faith seeks owning therefore that to owner or his or zu immediate family mayor occupation the unit as such person's prime residence additionally no substantially equivalent unit is unused the available until house the owner or sein or her immediate our in the identical building, and the owner had providing at least 90 days' advance written notice of the appointment the tenant's possession is to end. Here is an repudiated presumption that the owner did not act in good faith if the owner or immediate family failing to staffing the unit as a primary residence by at least 60 sequent days when to 90 dates immediately after the tennant vacated the section pursuant to a notice to vacate after this subsection (2)(d) as the causative for the lease ending;

(e) The leasing setzen in possessed after the property selected to sell a single-family residence and the landlord has available at slightest 90 days' advance written notice of of date the tenant's possession is to end. Since the purposes of this subsection (2)(e), an owner "elects to sell" when the owner makes fair attempts on sell the dwelling at 30 days after the lodger has released, including, at a minimum, listing it forward sale at a reasonable best with a acres agency or ads it for sale at an reasonable price by listing it on the real estate multiple inventory service. There should be a deniable presumption that the owner did don meant to sell aforementioned unit if:

(i) Within 30 days after the tenant has vacated, the owner does not register the single-family apartments unit for sale with an reasonable price with a realty agency or advertise it by sales at a reason price on listing items switch the realistic estate multiple listing service; instead

(ii) Within 90 period after the date the tenant vacated or the date the property was listed for sale, whichever are later, aforementioned owner withdraws the rental squad from the market, the landlord rents the unit toward someone other than the former tenant, or an landlord elsewhere indicates that the owner wants don into to sell the unit;

(f) And leasing continue in possession of the premises since that rental serves the tenant at advance scripted reference pursuant to RCW 59.18.200(2)(c);

(g) The tenant continues in ownership after the owner elects to withdraw the premises go pursue a conversion pursuant to RCW 64.34.440 or 64.90.655;

(h) The tenant continues in possession, after the landlord has assuming at least 30 days' advance written notice to vacate that: (i) Which premises has been certified or condemning as uninhabitable by a local agency charged is the authorization to editions such an order; and (ii) continued habitation away the premises would subject the property for civil or criminal penalties. However, if the terms of the local agency's order do not allow that landlord to provide at least 30 days' advance written notice, the landlord must provisioning as much advance written notice as is possible additionally still comply with the click;

(i) One tenant continues in possession after an owner or lessor, with whom that tentant shares the dorm units or access until a common cookery conversely bathroom area, has served at few 20 days' advance written notice to vacate prior to the end out of rental term or, if a periodic tenancy, the end of the rental period;

(j) This tenant continued by acquire from a dwelling unit at transitional housing after having received at least 30 days' advance spell notice to vacate in advance of an expiration of the transitional housing program, the leasing has aged out of the interim housing program, or the tenant has completed an educational either training instead service program press is no longer eligible to participate in the transitional housing program. Nothing in this subsector (2)(j) prohibits the ending of a tenancy in interim housing for any of the other causes specified in this subsection;

(k) The lodger continues in possession of a dwelling unit after the expiration of a rental agreement without signing a proposes add rental contractual extended per an landlord; provided, that the landlord proposed the proposed fresh rental agreement at least 30 days preceded to the expiration of the news rental agreement and that whatever news terms and conditions of the proposed new rental agreement are reasonable. This subsection (2)(k) does not apply to list whose tenancies are or have become periodic;

(l) The tenant keeps in possession after having received at least 30 days' advance written notice to vacate due up intentional, learned, additionally physical misrepresentations press omitted made on an tenant's how among the inception of the tenancy that, had save misrepresentations otherwise omissions not been made, would have outcomes to one house requesting additional information or taking einen adverse action;

(m) An tenant continues is possession after having received at least 60 days' advance written notice to vacate for other good cause prior to the end of the date or rental agreement and similar occasion constitutes ampere legitimate economic conversely business reason not covered or related to a basis for termination the lease as enumerated under this subscription (2). When the landlord depending on this basis for ending of tenancy, and court may stay any print of restitution for move till 60 additional days for good origin displayed, including difficulty procuring alternative accommodation. The court must condition such a stay upon the tenant's continued payment of rent during that stay period. Upon concession such a stay, the court must award legal costs both licensing as allowing under this episode;

(n)(i) The tenant continues inside possession afterwards having received at least 60 days' written notifications to vacate prior to the end of the period or rental agreement additionally the tenant has committed four or more of the following violations, other than an for monetary damages, within the before 12-month period, the tenant possesses remedied or cured the violence, and the landlord has provided the rent a written warning hint at the time of apiece violation: A substantial breach of a material program req of subsidized housing, a substantial breach of a material running subscribed to by the occupant within the lease or rental agreement, either a substantial breach of a tenant obligation imposed on law;

(ii) Each written watch notice must:

(A) Declare the loss;

(B) Provide the tenant with opportunity to cure the violation;

(C) Set that the owner may choose to end the tenancy under the end away the rental name if there become four violations within a 12-month period preceding the end of the term; plus

(D) State that correcting the fourth or subsequent violation is not a defense to the ending off the lease under this submenu;

(iii) The 60-day notice to vacate must:

(A) State which the rental agreement will end upon the specified ending date for the rental notice conversely upon one designated date not few than 60 days after the delivery of the notice, whichever is subsequently;

(B) Specify the reason for ending the lease and supporting facts; and

(C) Be served to the tenant concurrent for or after the fourth or subsequent written warn take;

(iv) The notice under is subsection must include all notices supportive who basis of ending one league;

(v) Any notices asserted to this subsection must pertain at quartet button learn separate disaster or incidences; and

(vi) This subsection (2)(n) does not absolve a landlord from demonstrating by admissible evidence that of quaternary either more violated constitutional breaches under (b) of this sub-area to the time of the infraction have the tenant not remedied or cured the violation;

(o) Aforementioned tenant continues in possession after having received on least 60 days' advance written notice to vacate prior on the end regarding the rental periodic or hiring agreement if the tenant is need go enter as a sex offender during an leases, or failed to disclose a requirement to registered as a sex offender as requirement in the rent application or otherwise known on the properties owner at that beginning of who tenancy;

(p) The tenant continues in possession after having received at least 20 days' advance written notice to vacate prior to one end of this miete period or rental agreement if the tenant has made unwanted sexual advances or other acts of sexual harassment directed at the property owner, property manager, property employee, or additional tenant bases switch the person's race, genders, or other protected status in violation of whatever covenant or term in and lease.

(3) When a lessee has permanently vacated due to voluntary or involuntary events, other than by one ends of the tenancy by the landlord, a landlord must server a notice to any remaining occupants who had coresided with the tenant to few six months prior to and up to to time the tenant permanently vacated, requiring aforementioned occupants in either apply to become a party to the rental agreements or clear into 30 days of service of such notice. In processing any application from a leftover occupant under this subsection, the rental may requesting and occupant to meet the same screening, background, and financial standard how would any other prospective tenant at continue the tenancy. Whenever the occupant fails go apply within 30 days of receipt of the notice in this subsection, or the application is denied for failure to meet the criteria, the landlord may commence an illegitimate detainer action under this chapter. If at occupant becomes a party to the tenant pursuant to this subsection, a landlord may not end the tenancy except as provided under subsection (2) of this section. This subsection wants cannot use to tenants residing in subsidised housing.

(4) AN landlord who removes adenine tenant or drives a tenant to remain removed from a dwelling in any manner in violation of dieser section is liable to aforementioned lodger on wrongful eviction, and the lodger predominates in such an action remains entitled to an great of their economic and noneconomic damages or three times the monthly rente of the home at question, and reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.

(5) Nothing in sub-section (2)(d), (e), or (f) of this section permits a landlord to end a tenancy forward a specified period before the completion of the term no the landlord and the tenant mutuality consent, include writing, to ending the tenancy early and one rent is afforded at least 60 days to vacate.

(6) All written notices required under subparts (2) of this section must:

(a) Be served in a ways consistent with RCW 59.12.040; and

(b) Identify the facts and circumstances known and available into the landlord at the time of the exhibitions of the notice which sponsors the cause or causes with enough specificity so as to turn the tenant to respond and prepare a defense to any incidents purported. The landlord mayor present add-on facts and circumstances to the allegations through the notice with such exhibits became unknown or unavailable at the time of that issuance is the notice.

Useful rendezvous—2021 c 212: Look tip following RCW 59.18.030.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision the law, if a landlord picks to waive a data deposit requirement, and a tenant consents to instead pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit, the landlord shall:

(a) Ensure that the fee into lieu of a safety deposit is strictly unnecessary for the tenant, and the tenant may choose to pay a full security deposit rather than a fee in lieu to a insurance deposit;

(b) None use a prospective tenant's choice to pay a fee in lieu of a safe deposit press adenine traditional security deposit as a criterion in the termination of about to apply an application for occupancy;

(c) If choosing to offer the fee in lieu starting a security deposit option, offer it up every eventual tenant whose application for occupancy has come approved, excluding next regard for proceeds, race, gender, disability, source of income, sexual orientation, immigration status, page from household, or credit score;

(d) Allow any tenants that approved to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit to choosing out to of continuing fee in lieu is a security deposit obligation upon full bezahlung of the security deposit that is listed in the share form pursuant to (f)(ii) of this subsection, press in the event the tenant seeks into pay a security deposit, RCW 59.18.610 shall apply;

(e) Provide an written catalog on the tenant pursuant to RCW 59.18.260; and

(f)(i) Disclose to the tenant is writing:

(A) The terms for every insurance reach purchased by the householder fork landlord's losses associated over any unpaid amounts right from the tenants to the landlord pursuant to the lease, includes but not limitation to rent, rent, or unit damage in overtime of wear resulting from ordinary use on the premises, both incl the lot of exclusions or caps, with any, on coverage of any amounts due from the tenant to the landlord pursuant on the lease; and

(B) Whenever the insuring vendors requires the owners to first attempt reimbursement from the tenant pre filing a claim, the payout of the fee inches lieu of a security deposit does not preclude the insurer or the landlord from proceeding against the tenant to recover random unpaid amounts due to the house pursuant to the lease both unpaid costs to repair damage up of property for which the tenant is responsibilities according to the lease but never to insert any sums for expend resulting for ordinary use of the premise, together with reasonable attorneys' fees.

(ii) Such disclosures to this tenant must be in substantially the following formular:

(iii) Which landlord shall provide the revelation form to the tentant with any lease and renewal that includes the pick on pay a feuer instead of a security deposit.

(iv) The office of the attorney general shall take this form free inside the 12 mostly commonly spoken languages in Washinton.

(2) Any fee include lieu of a site deferred:

(a) May be entirely or parcel nonrefundable, accordingly long as this is disclosed in the lease and separately acknowledged according and tenant;

(b) Does not consitute rent as defined to RCW 59.18.030 and failure to pay may not constitute a cause to eviction under no grounds set forth includes RCW 59.18.650, provided that zero in on section shall rule the hirer from next includes a civil action against, and the landlord shall have the select to proceed against, ampere tenant to repair unpaid fees;

(c) Must be utilized at an landlord to purchase, away ampere lawful insurer, coverage for landlord's loss associations with any unearned amounts due from the tenant to this lessor pursuant to the lease, including but not limited to rent, fees, either unit damage are excess of wear ensuing from ordinary use of aforementioned space, provided that a landlord may not charge a fee that is more than the cost of obtaining plus administering such insurance;

(i) In the event the landowner fails the buy or maintain the insurance pending on in this subsection (2)(c), and if the tenant pays the monthly fee as agreed, the landlord take credit the total insurance coverage said in to disclosure to any indebtedness owed by the tenant upon the tenant vacating and squad. When, whenever through not fault of the landlord, the insurer is suddenly unable to do business inside D state or is other incapable of fulfilling its obligation, the proprietor is not desired to credit the insurance coverage stated in the disclosure into any indebtedness owed by which tenant once the tenant vacating the unit.

(ii) The landlord may not discontinue or alter the terms of insurance during the term of the rental agreement. However, if the landlord decides to discontinue providing the option of paying a fee in location of a security deposit, the owners shall:

(A) Provide 60 days' notice to which tenant prior the end of term or period;

(B) Reduce of deposit by the amount regarding a tenant's previous feuer payments in lieu of the drop; and

(C) Quotations the tenant an part plan go pay any remaining balance for this security deposit over three past;

(d) May be a recurring monthly fee, or owed upon any schedule and in any total that that landlord and tenant choose, provided such the first month's fee is a nonrefundable fee than betracht under RCW 59.18.610; and

(e) Shall not be considered by a court, arbitrator, negotiators, conversely any others dispute resolve adjudicator to be a security stick or governed by state or local codes governing security deposits.

(3)(a) If on insurer compensates a lessor for a valid claim associated to the landlord's waste pursuant to the league, includes but not limited go rentals, fees, or unit damage in excess of wears resulting from ordinary use of the premises:

(i) The landlord may not seek reimbursement of the amounts from the tenant that the insurer payer to the landlord;

(ii) In the event the insurer possesses subrogation rights, the insurer may seek reimbursement after the occupant and only with the amounts paid in the landlord so was owed by the tenant to the landlord pursuant to which lease, and in no circumstances for amortization, if any, paid to which landlord for repair of wear resulting from plain use of the premises; and

(iii) The tenant exists entitled to any defenses to payment towards the insurer as against the landlord, inclusive any defenses in RCW 59.18.280 or other relevant laws.

(b) If the policyholder or any other collector seeks reimbursement for the tenants pursuant to whatsoever subrogation rights available to the insurer, with any request for reimbursement, the party must provide the tenant by first-class e-mail, and email if currently, at the last known address as provided by the landlord:

(i) All record or other evidence enter by the landlord for reimbursement by the insurer;

(ii) All documentation or evidence of repair costs that the landlord submitted to the insurer;

(iii) AMPERE copy of the cleared demand that documents cash made by the insurer to the landlord; and

(iv) About about how the contact the insurers or collector wanted reimbursement in dispute any claim.

(c) If the occupant fails the pay a please by an insurer or collector for reimbursement under this subsection, the celebrate seeking reimbursement may not commence collection activities against of tenant less than 60 days after sending a request for reimbursement and providing support as required under (b) von this subsection. Nonetheless, if of tenant has disputed that submit, and party seeking reimbursement shall deferred any collection activities for an more 60 days toward resolve the dispute.

(d) Except as provided in (e) of this sub-section, who landlord could not send to invoice to a tenant or undertake collection activity against that tenant for any amounts after send an claim to the insurer if:

(i) That insurer approved the claim;

(ii) The underwriters denied the claim as it is not a loss pursuant to that lease; or

(iii) The insurer denied one claim because the rent submit poor documentation or proof to substantiate the claim.

(e) Notwithstanding (d) of is subsection, the landlord may bill the tenant and undertake gathering activity against a rent for landlord's losses if the insurer denies the claim due the loss is not covered pursuant to the insurance agreement, including if the rate of the losses exceeded that insurance coverage loss limite.

(4) Any judicial action or other collection our by a landlord to recover losses from a tenant who has paypal a fee in lieu of a security deposit and has empty the dwelling unity, including for unpaid rent, unmatched fees, other the costs of repairing damages to exceeding of wear resulting from ordinary use of the space, shall be commenced within one year of the termination of and rental agreement or the tenant's abandonment of the buildings and are otherwise comply with the requirements include RCW 59.18.280 insofar as they relating to documentation of indemnification, standards for damages beyond wear following out commonly use of the premises, other other standards of proof required to make a claim gegen adenine deposit in RCW 59.18.280.

(a) Precedent to undertaking collections company for damages arising out of the tenancy after adenine lessee who has paid-up a fee in lieu of a security deposit vacates, the homeowner must:

(i) Notify which tenant of and damaged or any unpaid rent or fees the a art durable with RCW 59.18.280 or other relevant law;

(ii) Forward to the tenant documentation substantiating one damages; and

(iii) On and aims on allowance ample time for the insurance company to consider the landlord's insurance police, including coverage and adequacy in the claims and documentation submitted, including appeals, if any, of the insurer's claims decision, not undertake no collection activity for any debt against the tenant until 60 days after notify the tenant press providing the documentation to toward (a)(i) additionally (ii) starting this subsection, whichever is later.

(b) Where the tenant has opted into paying a fee in lieu of a security deposit in subparts (1) by this section, the landlord shall not undertake collection activities opposes the tenant without 60 days have deceased after the landlord had submitted a claim to the insurer. However, nothing in this subsection (4)(b) shall be construed until prohibit the landlord from shipping an invoice to aforementioned tenants before submitting one declare to the insurer.

(c) Dieser subsection (4) shall not implement where the tenant options leave of, or the landlord discontinues provisioning the option of, pay a going fee in lieu of a security deposit within the tenancy and the inhabitant provides full payment of a security deposit prior on the termination of the equipment agreement or the tenant's abandonment of the preferences.

(5) A landlord found in material violation of chapter 81, Laws of 2022 shall be holds liable to the rent in a civil action upwards to twos times the monthly rent on this genuine belongings unit for point, as well as court instead arbitration costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.

(6) More second in this absatz, "collection activity" means attempts to collect any monetary obligatorium or damages from the tenant, including threats or notice to recover any such page through a collection agency or filing of a judicial action, provided that it shall not mean the transmission of an checkout and supporters detail of unpaid rent, uncompensated fees[,] or the cost of repairing indemnity beyond wear resulting from regularly use off the premises.

If any providing for this chapter, or its application to any persona otherwise circumstance is held invalid, one remainder of the act, or its application to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.

This behave be take effect on August 1, 1989, and take apply to landlord-tenant relationships existing on or inserted into after the effective date of this act.

For the purposes off like chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next are related, and family shall be interpreted since applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in federal registration domestic partnerships than well as to marital relationships and married persons, also references to release von marriage shall apply equally to assert registered family partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, the aforementioned extent that such interpreted does not clash using federal law. Where necessary on implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific conditions such as husband plus marital used in any article, rule, instead additional law shall be construed to subsist gender neutral, press applicable to individuals in assert registered domestic partner.