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Residential Landlord-Tenant Act.
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Revised Code of Washington
Landlord and Tenant
Residential Landlord-Tenant Act.
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Section
59.18.010
Short title.
Section
59.18.020
Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith imposed.
Section
59.18.030
Definitions.
Section
59.18.040
Living arrangements exempted from chapter.
Section
59.18.050
Jurisdiction of district and superior courts.
Section
59.18.055
Notice—Alternative procedure—Court's jurisdiction limited—Application to chapter 59.20 RCW.
Section
59.18.057
Notice—Form.
Section
59.18.058
Notice—Translated versions—Legal or advocacy resource information.
Section
59.18.060
Landlord—Duties.
Section
59.18.063
Landlord—Written receipts for payments made by tenant.
Section
59.18.065
Landlord—Copy of written rental agreement to tenant.
Section
59.18.070
Landlord—Failure to perform duties—Notice from tenant—Contents—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.
Section
59.18.075
Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.
Section
59.18.080
Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies—Exceptions.
Section
59.18.085
Rental of condemned or unlawful dwelling—Tenant's remedies—Relocation assistance—Penalties.
Section
59.18.090
Landlord's failure to remedy defective condition—Tenant's choice of actions.
Section
59.18.100
Landlord's failure to carry out duties—Repairs effected by tenant—Procedure—Deduction of cost from rent—Limitations.
Section
59.18.110
Failure of landlord to carry out duties—Determination by court or arbitrator—Judgment against landlord for diminished rental value and repair costs—Enforcement of judgment—Reduction in rent under certain conditions.
Section
59.18.115
Substandard and dangerous conditions—Notice to landlord—Government certification—Escrow account.
Section
59.18.120
Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.
Section
59.18.125
Inspections by local municipalities—Frequency—Number of rental properties inspected—Notice—Appeals—Penalties.
Section
59.18.130
Duties of tenant.
Section
59.18.140
Reasonable obligations or restrictions—Tenant's duty to conform—Landlord's duty to provide written notice in increase of rent.
Section
59.18.150
Landlord's right of entry—Purposes—Searches by fire officials—Searches by code enforcement officials for inspection purposes—Conditions.
Section
59.18.160
Landlord's remedies if tenant fails to remedy defective condition.
Section
59.18.170
Landlord to give notice if tenant fails to carry out duties—Late fees.
Section
59.18.180
Tenant's failure to comply with statutory duties—Landlord to give tenant written notice of noncompliance—Landlord's remedies.
Section
59.18.190
Notice to tenant to remedy nonconformance.
Section
59.18.200
Tenancy from month to month or for rental period—End of tenancy—Armed forces exception—Exclusion of children—Conversion to condominium—Demolition, substantial rehabilitation of the premises—Notice.
Section
59.18.210
Tenancies from year to year except under written contract.
Section
59.18.220
End of tenancy for a specified time—Armed forces exception.
Section
59.18.230
Waiver of chapter provisions prohibited—Provisions prohibited from rental agreement—Distress for rent abolished—Detention of personal property for rent—Remedies (as amended by 2021 c 115).
Section
59.18.240
Reprisals or retaliatory actions by landlord—Prohibited.
Section
59.18.250
Reprisals or retaliatory actions by landlord—Presumptions—Rebuttal—Costs.
Section
59.18.253
Deposit to secure occupancy by tenant—Landlord's duties—Violation.
Section
59.18.255
Source of income—Landlords prohibited from certain acts—Violation—Penalties.
Section
59.18.257
Screening of prospective tenants—Notice to prospective tenant—Costs—Adverse action notice—Violation.
Section
59.18.260
Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Written rental agreement to specify terms and conditions for retention by landlord—Written checklist required.
Section
59.18.270
Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Deposit by landlord in trust account—Receipt—Remedies under foreclosure—Claims.
Section
59.18.280
Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Statement and notice of basis for retention—Remedies for landlord's failure to make refund.
Section
59.18.283
Moneys paid by tenant—Landlord must apply toward rent—Tenant's right to possession—Installment payment plans.
Section
59.18.285
Nonrefundable fees not to be designated as deposit—Written rental agreement required—Remedies.
Section
59.18.290
Removal or exclusion of tenant from premises—Holding over or excluding landlord from premises after termination date—Attorneys' fees.
Section
59.18.300
Termination of tenant's utility services—Tenant causing loss of landlord provided utility services.
Section
59.18.310
Default in rent—Abandonment—Liability of tenant—Landlord's remedies—Sale of tenant's property by landlord, deceased tenant exception.
Section
59.18.312
Writ of restitution—Storage and sale of tenant's property—Use of proceeds from sale—Service by sheriff, form.
Section
59.18.315
Mediation of disputes by independent third party.
Section
59.18.320
Arbitration—Authorized—Exceptions—Notice—Procedure.
Section
59.18.330
Arbitration—Application—Hearings—Decisions.
Section
59.18.340
Arbitration—Fee.
Section
59.18.350
Arbitration—Completion of arbitration after giving notice.
Section
59.18.352
Threatening behavior by tenant—Termination of agreement—Written notice—Financial obligations.
Section
59.18.354
Threatening behavior by landlord—Termination of agreement—Financial obligations.
Section
59.18.360
Exemptions.
Section
59.18.363
Unlawful detainer action—Distressed home, previously.
Section
59.18.365
Unlawful detainer action—Summons—Form.
Section
59.18.367
Unlawful detainer action—Limited dissemination authorized, when.
Section
59.18.370
Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions—Writ of restitution—Application—Order—Hearing.
Section
59.18.380
Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions—Writ of restitution—Answer—Order—Stay—Bond.
Section
59.18.390
Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions—Writ of restitution—Service—Tenant's bond—Notice.
Section
59.18.400
Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions—Writ of restitution—Answer of defendant.
Section
59.18.410
Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions—Notice of default—Writ of restitution—Judgment—Execution.
Section
59.18.415
Applicability to certain single-family dwelling leases.
Section
59.18.420
RCW 59.12.090, 59.12.100, 59.12.121, and 59.12.170 inapplicable.
Section
59.18.430
Applicability to prior, existing or future leases.
Section
59.18.435
Applicability to proprietary leases.
Section
59.18.440
Relocation assistance for low-income tenants—Certain cities, towns, counties, municipal corporations authorized to require.
Section
59.18.450
Relocation assistance for low-income tenants—Payments not considered income—Eligibility for other assistance not affected.
Section
59.18.500
Gang-related activity—Legislative findings, declarations, and intent.
Section
59.18.510
Gang-related activity—Notice and demand the landlord commence unlawful detainer action—Petition to court—Attorneys' fees.
Section
59.18.550
Drug and alcohol free housing—Program of recovery—Terms—Application of chapter.
Section
59.18.570
Victim protection—Definitions.
Section
59.18.575
Victim protection—Notice to landlord—Termination of rental agreement—Procedures.
Section
59.18.580
Victim protection—Limitation on tenant screening service provider disclosures and landlord's rental decisions.
Section
59.18.585
Victim protection—Possession of dwelling unit—Exclusion of others—New lock or key.
Section
59.18.590
Death of a tenant—Designated person.
Section
59.18.595
Death of a tenant—Landlord duties—Disposition of property procedures—Liability.
Section
59.18.610
Installments—Deposits, nonrefundable fees, and last month's rent—Statutory penalty.
Section
59.18.620
Definitions applicable to RCW 59.18.625 and 59.18.630.
Section
59.18.625
Late fees, charges for nonpayment of rent due between March 1, 2020, and six months after eviction moratorium expiration—Violations—Penalties.
Section
59.18.630
Eviction moratorium—Unpaid rent—Repayment plans—Rental assistance.
Section
59.18.640
Indigent tenants.
Section
59.18.650
Eviction of tenant, refusal to continue tenancy, end of periodic tenancy—Cause—Notice—Penalties.
Section
59.18.660
Eviction resolution pilot program.
Section
59.18.900
Severability—1973 1st ex.s. c 207.
Section
59.18.911
Effective date—1989 c 342.
Section
59.18.912
Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.