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WA Rev Code § 64.55.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.060 - Certification—Certificate of occupancy.

RCW 64.55.060 Certification—Certificate of occupancy.Upon completion of an inspection required by this chapter, the qualified inspector shall prepare and submit to the appropriate building department a signed letter certifying that the building enclosure has been inspected during the course of construction or rehabilitative construction and that it has been constructed or reconstructed in substantial compliance with the building enclosure design documents, as updated pursuant to RCW 64.55.020. The building department shall not issue a final certificate of occupancy or other equivalent final acceptance until the letter required by this section has been submitted. The building department is not charged with and has no responsibility for determining whether the building enclosure inspection is adequate or appropriate to satisfy the requirements of this chapter.[ 2005 c 456 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.070 - Inspector, architect, and engineer—No private right of action or basis for liability against.

RCW 64.55.070 Inspector, architect, and engineer—No private right of action or basis for liability against.(1) Nothing in this chapter and RCW 64.34.073, 64.34.100(2), 64.34.410 (1)(nn) and (2), and 64.34.415(1)(b) is intended to, or does:(a) Create a private right of action against any inspector, architect, or engineer based upon compliance or noncompliance with its provisions; or(b) Create any independent basis for liability against an inspector, architect, or engineer.(2) The qualified inspector, architect, or engineer and the developer that retained the inspector, architect, or engineer may contractually agree to the amount of their liability to the developer.[ 2005 c 456 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.080 - Inspector's report or testimony—No evidentiary presumption—Admissibility.

RCW 64.55.080 Inspector's report or testimony—No evidentiary presumption—Admissibility.A qualified inspector's report or testimony regarding an inspection conducted pursuant to this chapter is not entitled to any evidentiary presumption in any arbitration or court proceeding. Nothing in this chapter restricts the admissibility of such a report or testimony, and questions of the admissibility of such a report or testimony shall be determined under the rules of evidence.[ 2005 c 456 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.090 - Sale of condominium unit subject to compliance—Inspection alternative.

RCW 64.55.090 Sale of condominium unit subject to compliance—Inspection alternative.(1) Except for sales or other dispositions listed in RCW 64.34.400(2), no declarant may convey a condominium unit that may be occupied for residential use in a multiunit residential building without first complying with the requirements of RCW 64.55.005 through 64.55.080 unless the building enclosure of the building in which such unit is included is inspected by a qualified building enclosure inspector, and:(a) The inspection includes such intrusive or other testing, such as the removal of siding or other building enclosure materials, that the inspector believes, in his or her professional judgment, is necessary to ascertain the manner in which the building enclosure was constructed;(b) The inspection evaluates, to the extent reasonably ascertainable and in the professional judgment of the inspector, the present condition of the building enclosure including whether such condition has adversely affected or will adversely affect the performance of the building enclosure to waterproof, weatherproof, or otherwise protect the building or its components from water or moisture intrusion. "Adversely affect" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 64.34.445(7);(c) The inspection report includes recommendations for repairs to the building enclosure that, in the professional judgment of the qualified building inspector, are necessary to: (i) Repair a design or construction defect in the building enclosure that results in the failure of the building enclosure to perform its intended function and allows unintended water penetration not caused by flooding; and (ii) repair damage caused by such a defect that has an adverse effect as provided in RCW 64.34.445(7);(d) With respect to a building that would be a multiunit residential building but for the recording of a sale prohibition covenant and unless more than five years have elapsed since the date such covenant was recorded, all repairs to the building enclosure recommended pursuant to (c) of this subsection have been made; and(e) The declarant provides as part of the public offering statement, consistent with RCW 64.34.410 (1)(nn) and (2) and 64.34.415(1)(b), an inspection and repair report signed by the qualified building enclosure inspector that identifies:(i) The extent of the inspection performed pursuant to this section;(ii) The information obtained as a result of that inspection; and(iii) The manner in which any repairs required by this section were performed, the scope of those repairs, and the names of the persons performing those repairs.(2) Failure to deliver the inspection and repair report in violation of this section constitutes a failure to deliver a public offering statement for purposes of chapter 64.34 RCW.[ 2005 c 456 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.110 - Case schedule plan—Deadlines.

RCW 64.55.110 Case schedule plan—Deadlines.(1) Not less than sixty days after the later of filing or service of the complaint, the parties shall confer to create a proposed case schedule plan for submission to the court that includes the following deadlines:(a) Selection of a mediator;(b) Commencement of the mandatory mediation and submission of mediation materials required by this chapter;(c) Selection of the arbitrator by the parties, where applicable;(d) Joinder of additional parties in the action;(e) Completion of each party's investigation;(f) Disclosure of each party's proposed repair plan;(g) Disclosure of each party's estimated costs of repair;(h) Meeting of parties and experts to confer in accordance with RCW 64.55.120; and(i) Disclosure of each party's settlement demand or response.(2) If the parties agree upon a proposed case schedule plan, they shall move the court for the entry of the proposed case schedule plan. If the parties cannot agree, either party may move the court for entry of a case schedule plan that includes the above deadlines.[ 2005 c 456 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.120 - Mandatory mediation.

RCW 64.55.120 Mandatory mediation.(1) The parties to an action subject to this chapter and RCW 64.34.073, 64.34.100(2), 64.34.410 (1)(nn) and (2), and 64.34.415(1)(b) shall engage in mediation. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the mediation required by this section shall commence within seven months of the later of the filing or service of the complaint. If the parties cannot agree upon a mediator, the court shall appoint a mediator.(2) Prior to the mediation required by this section, the parties and their experts shall meet and confer in good faith to attempt to resolve or narrow the scope of the disputed issues, including issues related to the parties' repair plans.(3) Prior to the mandatory mediation, the parties or their attorneys shall file and serve a declaration that:(a) A decision maker with authority to settle will be available for the duration of the mandatory mediation; and(b) The decision maker has been provided with and has reviewed the mediation materials provided by the party to which the decision maker is affiliated as well as the materials submitted by the opposing parties.(4) Completion of the mediation required by this section occurs upon written notice of termination by any party. The provisions of RCW 64.55.160 shall not apply to any later mediation conducted following such notice.[ 2005 c 456 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.140 - Payment of arbitrators, mediators, and neutral experts.

RCW 64.55.140 Payment of arbitrators, mediators, and neutral experts.(1) Where the building permit that authorized commencement of construction of a building was issued on or after August 1, 2005:(a)(i) If the action is referred to arbitration under RCW 64.55.100, the party who demands arbitration shall advance the fees of any arbitrator and any mediator appointed under RCW 64.55.120; and(ii) A party who requests the appointment of a neutral expert pursuant to RCW 64.55.130 shall advance any appointed neutral expert's fees incurred up to the issuance of a final report.(b) If the action has not been referred to arbitration, the court shall determine liability for the fees of any mediator appointed under RCW 64.55.120, unless the parties agree otherwise.(c) Ultimate liability for any fees or costs advanced pursuant to this subsection (1) is subject to the fee- and cost-shifting provisions of RCW 64.55.160.(2) Where the building permit that authorized commencement of construction of a building was issued before August 1, 2005:(a)(i) If the action is referred to arbitration under RCW 64.55.100, the party who demands arbitration is liable for and shall pay the fees of any appointed arbitrator and any mediator appointed under RCW 64.55.120; and(ii) A party who requests the appointment of a neutral expert pursuant to RCW 64.55.130 is liable for and shall pay any appointed neutral expert's fees incurred up to the issuance of a final report.(b) If the action has not been referred to arbitration, the court shall determine liability for the fees of any mediator appointed under RCW 64.55.120, unless the parties agree otherwise.(c) Fees and costs paid under this subsection (2) are not subject to the fee- and cost-shifting provisions of RCW 64.55.160.[ 2005 c 456 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.150 - Subcontractors and suppliers—When party to arbitration.

RCW 64.55.150 Subcontractors and suppliers—When party to arbitration.Upon the demand of a party to an arbitration demanded under RCW 64.55.100, any subcontractor or supplier against whom such party has a legal claim and whose work or performance on the building in question becomes an issue in the arbitration may be joined in and become a party to the arbitration. However, joinder of such parties shall not be allowed if such joinder would require the arbitration hearing date to be continued beyond the date established pursuant to RCW 64.55.100, unless the existing parties to the arbitration agree otherwise. Nothing in RCW 64.55.010 through 64.55.090 shall be construed to release, modify, or otherwise alleviate the liabilities or responsibilities that any party may have towards any other party, contractor, or subcontractor.[ 2005 c 456 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 64.55.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.55 - Construction Defect Disputes—Multiunit Residential Buildings.|64.55.901 - Effective date—2005 c 456.

RCW 64.55.901 Effective date—2005 c 456.This act takes effect August 1, 2005.[ 2005 c 456 § 24.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.005 - Findings.

RCW 64.60.005 Findings.The legislature finds and declares that the public policy of this state favors the marketability of real property and the transferability of interests in real property free of title defects or unreasonable restraints on alienation. The legislature further finds and declares that private transfer fee obligations violate this public policy by impairing the marketability and transferability of real property and by constituting an unreasonable restraint on alienation regardless of the duration of the obligation to pay a private transfer fee, the amount of a private transfer fee, or the method by which any private transfer fee is created or imposed. Thus, the legislature finds and declares that a private transfer fee obligation may not run with the title to real property, touch or concern the real property, or otherwise bind subsequent owners of real property under any common law or equitable principle.[ 2011 c 36 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.020 - Private transfer fee obligations—Enforceability—Interpretation.

RCW 64.60.020 Private transfer fee obligations—Enforceability—Interpretation.(1) A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this state on or after April 13, 2011, does not run with the title to real property and is not binding on or enforceable at law or in equity against any subsequent owner, purchaser, or mortgagee or holder of any interest in real property as an equitable servitude or otherwise. Any private transfer fee obligation that is recorded or entered into in this state on or after April 13, 2011, is void and unenforceable.(2) A private transfer fee obligation recorded or entered into in this state before April 13, 2011, is not presumed valid and enforceable. Any such private transfer fee obligation must be interpreted and enforced according to principles of applicable real estate, servitude contract, and other law including, without limitation, restraints on alienation, the rule against perpetuities, the touch and concern doctrine, and the requirement for covenants to run with the land, as well as fraud, misrepresentation, violation of public policy, or another invalidating cause.[ 2011 c 36 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.030 - Liability.

RCW 64.60.030 Liability.Any person who records, or enters into, an agreement imposing a private transfer fee obligation in the person's favor after April 13, 2011, is liable for (1) any damages resulting from the imposition of the private transfer fee obligation on the transfer of an interest in the real property including, but not limited to, the amount of any private transfer fee paid by a party to the transfer, and (2) reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs incurred by a party to the transfer or mortgagee of the real property to recover any private transfer fee paid or in connection with an action to quiet title. If an agent acts on behalf of a principal to record or secure a private transfer fee obligation, liability must be assessed to the principal, rather than the agent.[ 2011 c 36 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.040 - Notice of private transfer fee obligation.

RCW 64.60.040 Notice of private transfer fee obligation.(1) A payee of a private transfer fee obligation imposed before April 13, 2011, shall record, before December 31, 2011, against the real property subject to the private transfer fee obligation, a separate document in the county auditor's office in the county in which the real property is located that includes all of the following requirements:(a) The title, "Notice of Private Transfer Fee Obligation";(b) The amount if the private transfer fee is a flat amount, the percentage of the sales price constituting the cost of the private transfer fee, or another basis by which the private transfer fee is to be calculated;(c) The date under which the private transfer fee obligation expires, if any;(d) The name and address of the payee;(e) The acknowledged signature of the payee or a representative of the payee; and(f) The legal description of the real property purportedly burdened by the private transfer fee obligation.(2) A payee may file an amendment to the notice of private transfer fee obligation containing new contact information. The amendment must contain the recording information of the notice of private transfer fee obligation which it amends and the legal description of the real property burdened by the private transfer fee obligation.(3) If a payee fails to file the notice required under subsection (1) of this section before December 31, 2011, the private transfer fee obligation is not enforceable by the payee.[ 2011 c 36 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.900 - Short title.

RCW 64.60.900 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the private transfer fee obligation act.[ 2011 c 36 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 64.60.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.60 - Private Transfer Fee Obligation Act.|64.60.901 - Effective date—2011 c 36.

RCW 64.60.901 Effective date—2011 c 36.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 takes effect immediately [April 13, 2011].[ 2011 c 36 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 64.70.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.70 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.|64.70.005 - Findings—National uniform legislation.

RCW 64.70.005 Findings—National uniform legislation.The legislature finds that the national conference of commissioners on uniform state laws has developed uniform legislation called the uniform environmental covenants act. The act ensures that environmental covenants, recorded use restrictions negotiated in connection with hazardous waste site cleanups, and other environmental response projects are legally valid and enforceable. The uniform environmental covenants act achieves this objective by providing clear statutory standards that override court-made doctrines that do not fit such cleanup and reuse contexts. The legislature further finds that nothing in this chapter will amend or modify any local or state laws that determine when environmental covenants are required, when a particular contaminated site must be cleaned up, or the standards for a cleanup.Adoption of the uniform environmental covenants act in Washington will provide all participants in a cleanup with greater confidence that environmental covenants and other institutional controls will be effective over the life of the cleanup. This will facilitate cleanups of many sites and assist in the recycling of urban brownfield properties into new economic uses for the benefit of the citizens of Washington.This chapter adopts most provisions of the uniform legislation while making modifications to integrate the uniform environmental covenants act with Washington's environmental cleanup programs.[ 2007 c 104 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 64.70.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.70 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.|64.70.010 - Short title.

RCW 64.70.010 Short title.This chapter may be cited as the uniform environmental covenants act.[ 2007 c 104 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 64.70.015 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.70 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.|64.70.015 - Application—Construction—2007 c 104.

RCW 64.70.015 Application—Construction—2007 c 104.In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.[ 2007 c 104 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 64.70.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 64 - Real Property and Conveyances|Chapter 64.70 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.|64.70.020 - Definitions.

RCW 64.70.020 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Activity or use limitations" means restrictions or obligations created under this chapter with respect to real property.(2) "Agency" means either the department of ecology, the pollution liability insurance agency, or the United States environmental protection agency, whichever determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created.(3)(a) "Common interest community" means a condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community.(b) "Common interest community" includes but is not limited to:(i) An association of apartment owners as defined in RCW 64.32.010;(ii) A unit owners' association as defined in RCW 64.34.020 and organized under RCW 64.34.300;(iii) A master association as provided in RCW 64.34.276;(iv) A subassociation as provided in RCW 64.34.278; and(v) A homeowners' association as defined in RCW 64.38.010.(4) "Environmental covenant" means a servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity or use limitations.(5) "Environmental response project" means a plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted:(a) Under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including chapters 43.21C, 64.44, 70A.205, 70A.388, 70A.300, 70A.305, 90.48, and 90.52 RCW;(b) Incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency; or(c) Under the state voluntary clean-up program authorized under chapter 70A.305 RCW or technical assistance program authorized under chapter 70A.330 RCW.(6) "Holder" means the grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in RCW 64.70.030(1).(7) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.(8) "Record," used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(9) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.[ 2020 c 20 § 1064; 2017 c 23 § 6; 2007 c 104 § 3.]