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WA Rev Code § 59.20.135 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.135 - Maintenance of permanent structures—Findings and declarations—Definition.

RCW 59.20.135 Maintenance of permanent structures—Findings and declarations—Definition.(1) The legislature finds that some mobile home park owners transfer the responsibility for the upkeep of permanent structures within the mobile home park to the park tenants. This transfer sometimes occurs after the permanent structures have been allowed to deteriorate. Many mobile home parks consist entirely of senior citizens who do not have the financial resources or physical capability to make the necessary repairs to these structures once they have fallen into disrepair. The inability of the tenants to maintain permanent structures can lead to significant safety hazards to the tenants as well as to visitors to the mobile home park. The legislature therefore finds and declares that it is in the public interest and necessary for the public health and safety to prohibit mobile home park owners from transferring the duty to maintain permanent structures in mobile home parks to the tenants.(2) A mobile home park owner is prohibited from transferring responsibility for the maintenance or care of permanent structures within the mobile home park to the tenants of the park. A provision within a rental agreement or other document transferring responsibility for the maintenance or care of permanent structures within the mobile home park to the park tenants is void.(3) A "permanent structure" for purposes of this section includes the clubhouse, carports, storage sheds, or other permanent structure. A permanent structure does not include structures built or affixed by a tenant. A permanent structure includes only those structures that were provided as amenities to the park tenants.(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a park owner from requiring a tenant to maintain his or her mobile home, manufactured home, or park model or yard. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a park owner from transferring responsibility for the maintenance or care of permanent structures within the mobile home park to an organization of park tenants or to an individual park tenant when requested by the tenant organization or individual tenant.[ 1999 c 359 § 12; 1994 c 30 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—1994 c 30: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [March 21, 1994]." [ 1994 c 30 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 59.20.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.140 - Duties of tenant.

RCW 59.20.140 Duties of tenant.It shall be the duty of the tenant to pay the rental amount at such times and in such amounts as provided for in the rental agreement or as otherwise provided by law and comply with all obligations imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of all municipal, county, and state codes, statutes, ordinances, and regulations, and in addition the tenant shall:(1) Keep the mobile home lot which he or she occupies and uses as clean and sanitary as the conditions of the premises permit;(2) Properly dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other organic or flammable waste, in a clean and sanitary manner at reasonable and regular intervals, and assume all costs of extermination and fumigation for infestation caused by the tenant on the tenant's leased premises;(3) Not intentionally or negligently destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any facilities, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, or appliances provided by the landlord, or permit any member of his or her family, invitee, or licensee, or any person acting under his or her control to do so;(4) Not permit a nuisance or common waste; and(5) Not engage in drug-related activities as defined in RCW 59.20.080.[ 2010 c 8 § 19035; 1988 c 150 § 6; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 9.]NOTES:Legislative findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.145 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.145 - Live-in care provider—Not a tenant—Agreements—Guest fee.

RCW 59.20.145 Live-in care provider—Not a tenant—Agreements—Guest fee.A tenant in a mobile home park may share his or her mobile home, manufactured home, or park model with any person over eighteen years of age, if that person is providing live-in home health care or live-in hospice care to the tenant under an approved plan of treatment ordered by the tenant's physician. The live-in care provider is not considered a tenant of the park and shall have no rights of tenancy in the park. Any agreement between the tenant and the live-in care provider does not change the terms and conditions of the rental agreement between the landlord and the tenant. The live-in care provider shall comply with the rules of the mobile home park, the rental agreement, and this chapter. The landlord may not charge a guest fee for the live-in care provider.[ 1999 c 359 § 13; 1993 c 152 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 59.20.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.150 - Service of notice on landlord or tenant.

RCW 59.20.150 Service of notice on landlord or tenant.(1) Any notice required by this chapter to be given to a tenant shall be served on behalf of the landlord: (a) By delivering a copy personally to the tenant; or (b) if the tenant is absent from the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model by affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the mobile home, manufactured home, or park model and also sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant at the tenant's last known address.(2) Any notice required by this chapter to be given to the landlord shall be served by the tenant in the same manner as provided for in subsection (1) of this section, or by mail to the landlord at such place as shall be expressly provided in the rental agreement.(3) The landlord shall state in any notice of eviction required by RCW 59.20.080(1) as now or hereafter amended the specific reason for eviction in a clear and concise manner.[ 1999 c 359 § 14; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 10.]NOTES:Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.155 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.155 - Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.

RCW 59.20.155 Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.Any law enforcement agency which seizes a legend drug pursuant to a violation of chapter 69.41 RCW, a controlled substance pursuant to a violation of chapter 69.50 RCW, or an imitation controlled substance pursuant to a violation of chapter 69.52 RCW, shall make a reasonable attempt to discover the identity of the landlord and shall notify the landlord in writing, at the last address listed in the property tax records and at any other address known to the law enforcement agency, of the seizure and the location of the seizure of the illegal drugs or substances.[ 1988 c 150 § 12.]NOTES:Legislative findings—Severability—1988 c 150: See notes following RCW 59.18.130.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.160 - Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Written rental agreement to specify terms and conditions for retention by landlord.

RCW 59.20.160 Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Written rental agreement to specify terms and conditions for retention by landlord.If any moneys are paid to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit or as security for performance of the tenant's obligations in a written rental agreement, such rental agreement shall include the terms and conditions under which the deposit or portion thereof may be withheld by the landlord upon termination of the rental agreement. If all or part of the deposit may be withheld to indemnify the landlord for damages to the mobile home space for which the tenant is responsible, the rental agreement shall so specify. It is unlawful to charge or collect a deposit or security for performance if the parties have not entered into a written rental agreement.[ 1984 c 58 § 17; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 11.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.170 - Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Deposit by landlord in trust account—Receipt—Claims.

RCW 59.20.170 Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Deposit by landlord in trust account—Receipt—Claims.(1) All moneys paid to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit as security for performance of the tenant's obligations in a rental agreement shall promptly be deposited by the landlord in a trust account, maintained by the landlord for the purpose of holding such security deposits for tenants of the landlord, in a financial institution as defined by *RCW 30.22.041 or licensed escrow agent located in Washington. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, unless otherwise agreed in writing, the landlord shall be entitled to receipt of interest paid on such trust account deposits. The landlord shall provide the tenant with a written receipt for the deposit and shall provide written notice of the name and address and location of the depository and any subsequent change thereof. If during a tenancy the status of landlord is transferred to another, any sums in the deposit trust account affected by such transfer shall simultaneously be transferred to an equivalent trust account of the successor landlord, and the successor landlord shall promptly notify the tenant of the transfer and of the name, address and location of the new depository. The tenant's claim to any moneys paid under this section shall be prior to that of any creditor of the landlord, including a trustee in bankruptcy or receiver, even if such moneys are commingled.(2) All moneys paid, in excess of two months' rent on the mobile home lot, to the landlord by the tenant as a deposit as security for performance of the tenant's obligations in a rental agreement shall be deposited into an interest-bearing trust account for the particular tenant. The interest accruing on the deposit in the account, minus fees charged to administer the account, shall be paid to the tenant on an annual basis. All other provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply to deposits under this subsection.[ 2004 c 136 § 2; 1999 c 359 § 15; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 12.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 30.22.041 was recodified as RCW 30A.22.041 pursuant to 2014 c 37 § 4, effective January 5, 2015.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.180 - Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Statement and notice of basis for retention.

RCW 59.20.180 Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Statement and notice of basis for retention.Within fourteen days after the termination of the rental agreement and vacation of the mobile home space, the landlord shall give a full and specific statement of the basis for retaining any of the deposit together with the payment of any refund due the tenant under the terms and conditions of the rental agreement. No portion of any deposit shall be withheld on account of wear resulting from ordinary use of the mobile home space.The statement shall be delivered to the tenant personally or by mail to the last known address. If the landlord fails to give such statement together with any refund due the tenant within the time limits specified above such landlord shall be liable to the tenant for the full amount of the refund due.Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the landlord from proceeding against, and the landlord shall have the right to proceed against a tenant to recover sums exceeding the amount of the tenant's damage or security deposit for damage to the property for which the tenant is responsible.[ 1984 c 58 § 11; 1979 ex.s. c 186 § 13.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.190 - Health and sanitation standards—Penalties.

RCW 59.20.190 Health and sanitation standards—Penalties.All state board of health rules applicable to the health and sanitation of mobile home parks shall be enforced by the city, county, city-county, or district health officer of the jurisdiction in which the mobile home park is located, upon notice of a violation to such health officer. Failure to remedy the violation after enforcement efforts are made may result in a fine being imposed on the park owner, or tenant as may be applicable, by the enforcing governmental body of up to one hundred dollars per day, depending on the degree of risk of injury or illness to persons in or around the park.[ 2011 c 27 § 2; 1988 c 126 § 1; 1981 c 304 § 22.]NOTES:Severability—1981 c 304: See note following RCW 26.16.030.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.200 - Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Notice from tenant—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.

RCW 59.20.200 Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Notice from tenant—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.If at any time during the tenancy the landlord fails to carry out the duties required by RCW 59.20.130, the tenant may, in addition to pursuit of remedies otherwise provided the tenant by law, deliver written notice to the landlord, which notice shall specify the property involved, the name of the owner, if known, and the nature of the defective condition. For the purposes of this chapter, a reasonable time for the landlord to commence remedial action after receipt of such notice by the tenant shall be, except where circumstances are beyond the landlord's control;(1) Not more than twenty-four hours, where the defective condition is imminently hazardous to life;(2) Not more than forty-eight hours, where the landlord fails to provide water, electricity, or sewer or septic service to the extent required under RCW 59.20.130(6);(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, not more than seven days in the case of a repair under RCW 59.20.130(3);(4) Not more than thirty days in all other cases.In each instance the burden shall be on the landlord to see that remedial work under this section is completed with reasonable promptness.Where circumstances beyond the landlord's control, including the availability of financing, prevent the landlord from complying with the time limitations set forth in this section, the landlord shall endeavor to remedy the defective condition with all reasonable speed.[ 2012 c 213 § 5; 1984 c 58 § 6.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1984 c 58 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 59.20.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.220 - Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Judgment by court or arbitrator for diminished rental value and repair costs—Enforcement of judgment—Reduction in rent.

RCW 59.20.220 Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Judgment by court or arbitrator for diminished rental value and repair costs—Enforcement of judgment—Reduction in rent.(1) If a court or an arbitrator determines that:(a) A landlord has failed to carry out a duty or duties imposed by RCW 59.20.130; and(b) A reasonable time has passed for the landlord to remedy the defective condition following notice to the landlord under RCW 59.20.200 or such other time as may be allotted by the court or arbitrator; the court or arbitrator may determine the diminution in rental value of the property due to the defective condition and shall render 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 of decision and any costs of repair done pursuant to RCW 59.20.210 for which no deduction has been previously made. Such decisions may be enforced as other judgments at law and shall be available to the tenant as a set-off against any existing or subsequent claims of the landlord.The court or arbitrator may also authorize the tenant to contract to make further corrective repairs. The court or arbitrator shall specify a time period in which the landlord may make such repairs before the tenant may contract for such repairs. Such repairs shall not exceed the sum expressed in dollars representing one month's rental of the tenant's mobile home space in any one calendar year.(2) The tenant shall not be obligated to pay rent in excess of the diminished rental value of the mobile home space until such defect or defects are corrected by the landlord or until the court or arbitrator determines otherwise.[ 1999 c 359 § 17; 1984 c 58 § 9.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.230 - Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.

RCW 59.20.230 Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.If a court or arbitrator determines a defective condition as described in RCW 59.20.130 to be so substantial that it is unfeasible for the landlord to remedy the defect within the time allotted by RCW 59.20.200, and that the tenant should not remain on the mobile home space in its defective condition, the court or arbitrator may authorize the termination of the tenancy. The court or arbitrator shall set a reasonable time for the tenant to vacate the premises.[ 1984 c 58 § 10.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.240 - Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies.

RCW 59.20.240 Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies.The tenant shall be current in the payment of rent including all utilities which the tenant has agreed in the rental agreement to pay before exercising any of the remedies accorded the tenant under the provisions of this chapter: PROVIDED, That this section shall not be construed as limiting the tenant's civil remedies for negligent or intentional damages: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this section shall not be construed as limiting the tenant's right in an unlawful detainer proceeding to raise the defense that there is no rent due and owing.[ 1984 c 58 § 7.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.250 - Mediation of disputes by independent third party.

RCW 59.20.250 Mediation of disputes by independent third party.The landlord and tenant may agree in writing to submit any dispute arising under this chapter or under the terms, conditions, or performance of the rental agreement to mediation by an independent third party or to settle the dispute through industry mediation procedures. The parties may agree to submit any dispute to mediation before exercising their right to arbitration under RCW 59.20.260.[ 1984 c 58 § 12.]NOTES:Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.260 - Arbitration—Authorized—Selection of arbitrator—Procedure.

RCW 59.20.260 Arbitration—Authorized—Selection of arbitrator—Procedure.(1) The landlord and tenant may agree in writing to submit a controversy arising under this chapter to arbitration. The agreement shall contain the name of the arbitrator agreed upon by the parties or the process for selecting the arbitrator.(2) The arbitration shall be administered under this chapter and chapter 7.04A RCW.[ 2005 c 433 § 47; 1984 c 58 § 13.]NOTES:Application—Captions not law—Savings—Effective date—2005 c 433: See RCW 7.04A.290 through 7.04A.310 and 7.04A.900.Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.
WA Rev Code § 59.20.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.|59.20.270 - Arbitration—Application—Hearings—Decisions.

RCW 59.20.270 Arbitration—Application—Hearings—Decisions.(1) If the landlord and tenant agree to submit the matter to arbitration, the parties shall complete an application for arbitration and deliver it to the selected arbitrator.(2) The arbitrator shall schedule a hearing to be held no later than ten days following receipt of the application.(3) Reasonable notice of the hearings shall be given to the parties, who shall appear and be heard either in person, by counsel, or by other representative. Hearings shall be informal and the rules of evidence prevailing in judicial proceedings shall not be binding. Hearings may be public or private. The proceedings may be recorded. Any oral or documentary evidence and other data deemed relevant by the arbitrator may be received in evidence. The arbitrator may administer oaths, issue subpoenas, and require the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents deemed by the arbitrator to be material to a just determination of the issues in dispute. If a person refuses to obey a subpoena or refuses to be sworn to testify, or any witness, party, or attorney is guilty of any contempt while in attendance at any hearing held under this section, the arbitrator may invoke the jurisdiction of any district or superior court, and the court shall have jurisdiction to issue an appropriate order. Failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as contempt.(4) Within five days after the hearing, the arbitrator shall make a written decision upon the issues presented. A copy of the decision shall be mailed by certified mail or otherwise delivered to the parties or their designated representatives. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties.(5) If a dispute exists affecting more than one tenant in a similar manner, the arbitrator may with the consent of the parties consolidate the cases into a single proceeding.(6) Decisions of the arbitrator shall be enforced or appealed under chapter 7.04A RCW.[ 2005 c 433 § 48; 1984 c 58 § 14.]NOTES:Application—Captions not law—Savings—Effective date—2005 c 433: See RCW 7.04A.290 through 7.04A.310 and 7.04A.900.Severability—1984 c 58: See note following RCW 59.20.200.