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WA Rev Code § 58.28.470 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.470 - Records filed with county clerk.

RCW 58.28.470 Records filed with county clerk.Whenever the affairs pertaining to such trust shall be finally settled and disposed of by such judge, he or she shall deposit all books and papers relating thereto in the office of the county clerk of the proper county to be thereafter kept in the custody of such county clerk as public records, and the county clerk's fee, for the use of his or her county therefor, shall be the sum of ten dollars.[ 2010 c 8 § 18021; 1909 c 231 § 47; RRS § 11531. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.480 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.480 - Judge, a trustee for purposes herein.

RCW 58.28.480 Judge, a trustee for purposes herein.Every such judge when fulfilling the duties imposed upon him or her by said acts of congress, and by this chapter, shall be deemed and held to be acting as a trustee for the purposes of fulfilling the purposes of said acts and not as a superior court, and such judge shall be deemed to be disqualified to sit as judge of such superior court in any action or proceeding wherein is involved the execution of such trust or rights involved therein.[ 2010 c 8 § 18022; 1909 c 231 § 48; RRS § 11532. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.490 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.490 - Appellate review—Procedure.

RCW 58.28.490 Appellate review—Procedure.Appellate review of the judgment or orders of the superior court in all cases arising under this chapter or said acts of congress may be sought as in other civil cases.[ 1988 c 202 § 54; 1971 c 81 § 127; 1909 c 231 § 49; RRS § 11533. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]NOTES:Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
WA Rev Code § 58.28.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.500 - Succession of trust.

RCW 58.28.500 Succession of trust.The successors in office of such superior court judge shall be his or her successors as trustee of such trust.[ 2010 c 8 § 18023; 1909 c 231 § 51; RRS § 11534. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.510 - Title to vacated lots by occupancy and improvements.

RCW 58.28.510 Title to vacated lots by occupancy and improvements.The judge of the superior court of any county is hereby declared to be the successor as trustee of any territorial probate judge in such county who was trustee under any such acts of congress, and may as such succeeding trustee perform any unperformed duties of his or her predecessor in office as such trustee, agreeably to the provisions of this chapter as nearly as may be. And when entry was made by any such probate judge under any of said acts of congress and subsequent to such entry, the city or town situated upon such townsite entry has been incorporated according to law, and the corporate authorities thereof have or have attempted to vacate any common, plaza, public square, public park, or the like, in such government townsite, and where thereafter, any person, or corporation, has placed permanent improvements on such land so vacated or attempted to be vacated, exceeding in value the sum of five thousand dollars, with the knowledge, consent, or acquiescence of the corporate authorities of such city or town and with the general consent and approval of the inhabitants of said city or town and such improvements have been made for more than five years and such person or corporation making such improvements has been in the open, notorious, and peaceable possession of such lands and premises for a period of more than five years, such superior court judge, as trustee, of such government townsite, and successor as trustee to such judge of probate, trustee of such government townsite, shall have the power and authority to make and deliver to such person or corporation, or to his, her, or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, a deed for such lands and premises, conveying a fee simple title to such lands and premises upon such terms and for such price as he or she shall deem just and reasonable under all the facts and surrounding circumstances of the case, and the consideration paid for such deed, one dollar or more, shall be placed in the city or town treasury of such city or town, in the general fund.[ 2010 c 8 § 18024; 1909 c 231 § 52; RRS § 11535. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 58.28.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 58 - Boundaries and Plats|Chapter 58.28 - Townsites on United States Land—Acquisition of Land.|58.28.520 - Controversies, by whom settled—Review.

RCW 58.28.520 Controversies, by whom settled—Review.Except as hereinbefore specially provided, the city or town council in incorporated cities and towns, and the judge of the superior court, as trustee, in cases of unincorporated government townsites, are hereby expressly given power and jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions arising under this chapter and under said acts of congress and the right to ascertain who were the occupants of lots in such government townsites at the time of the entry thereof in the United States land office, and to determine from sworn testimony who are and who are not entitled to deeds of conveyance to specific lots in such government townsite, subject to review by courts of competent jurisdiction.[ 1909 c 231 § 53; RRS § 11536. Prior: 1888 c 124 pp 216-220.]
WA Rev Code § 59.04.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.010 - Tenancies from year to year abolished except under written contract.

RCW 59.04.010 Tenancies from year to year abolished except under written contract.Tenancies from year to year are hereby abolished except when the same are created by express written contract. Leases may be in writing or print, or partly in writing and partly in print, and shall be legal and valid for any term or period not exceeding one year, without acknowledgment, witnesses or seals.[Code 1881 § 2053; 1867 p 101 § 1; RRS § 10619.]
WA Rev Code § 59.04.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.020 - Tenancy from month to month—Termination.

RCW 59.04.020 Tenancy from month to month—Termination.When premises are rented for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent reserved, such tenancy shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month, or from period to period on which rent is payable, and shall be terminated by written notice of thirty days or more, preceding the end of any of said months or periods, given by either party to the other.[Code 1881 § 2054; 1867 p 101 § 2; RRS § 10619. Prior: 1866 p 78 § 1.]NOTES:Unlawful detainer, notice requirement: RCW 59.12.030(2).
WA Rev Code § 59.04.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.030 - Tenancy for specified time—Termination.

RCW 59.04.030 Tenancy for specified time—Termination.In all cases where premises are rented for a specified time, by express or implied contract, the tenancy shall be deemed terminated at the end of such specified time.[Code 1881 § 2055; 1867 p 101 § 3; RRS § 10620.]
WA Rev Code § 59.04.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.040 - Ten-day notice to pay rent or quit premises.

RCW 59.04.040 Ten-day notice to pay rent or quit premises.When a tenant fails to pay rent when the same is due, and the landlord notifies him or her to pay said rent or quit the premises within ten days, unless the rent is paid within said ten days, the tenancy shall be forfeited at the end of said ten days.[ 2010 c 8 § 19001; Code 1881 § 2056; 1867 p 101 § 4; no RRS.]
WA Rev Code § 59.04.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.050 - Tenancy by sufferance—Termination.

RCW 59.04.050 Tenancy by sufferance—Termination.Whenever any person obtains possession of premises without the consent of the owner or other person having the right to give said possession, he or she shall be deemed a tenant by sufferance merely, and shall be liable to pay reasonable rent for the actual time he or she occupied the premises, and shall forthwith on demand surrender his or her said possession to the owner or person who had the right of possession before said entry, and all his or her right to possession of said premises shall terminate immediately upon said demand.[ 2010 c 8 § 19002; Code 1881 § 2057; 1867 p 101 § 5; RRS § 10621.]
WA Rev Code § 59.04.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.04 - Tenancies.|59.04.900 - Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.

RCW 59.04.900 Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.This chapter does not apply to any rental agreement included under the provisions of chapter 59.18 RCW.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 207 § 45.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.010 - Summons and complaint as notice—Acceptance of rent after default.

RCW 59.08.010 Summons and complaint as notice—Acceptance of rent after default.In cases of default in the payment of rent for real property where the stipulated rent or rental value does not exceed forty dollars per month, no notice to quit or pay rent, other than filing and serving a summons and complaint, as hereinafter provided, shall be required to render the holding of such tenant thereafter unlawful. If the landlord shall, after such default in the payment of rent, accept payment thereof, such acceptance of payment shall operate to reinstate the right of the tenant to possession for the full period fixed by the terms of any agreement relating to the right of possession.[ 1941 c 188 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-1.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.020 - Venue.

RCW 59.08.020 Venue.The superior court of the county in which the real property or some part thereof is situated shall have jurisdiction of proceedings for the recovery of possession of said real property alleged to be wrongfully detained.[ 1941 c 188 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-2.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.030 - Complaint.

RCW 59.08.030 Complaint.Such proceedings shall be commenced by the filing of a complaint executed under oath by the owner or landlord or his or her authorized agent. It shall be sufficient to state in such complaint a description of the property with reasonable certainty, that the defendant is in possession thereof and wrongfully holds the same by reason of failure to pay the agreed rental due, or the monthly rental value of the premises.[ 2010 c 8 § 19003; 1941 c 188 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-3.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.040 - Order for hearing—Notice.

RCW 59.08.040 Order for hearing—Notice.Upon the filing of such complaint it may be presented to the judge, and by order he or she shall forthwith fix a place and time for the trial of said cause, not more than ten days after the date of making the order. A copy of the complaint, together with a copy of the summons specifying the time and place for trial, shall be served on the defendant not less than five days prior to the time fixed for hearing in the manner provided for the service of notice to quit in RCW 59.12.040.[ 2010 c 8 § 19004; 1941 c 188 § 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-4.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.050 - Continuance.

RCW 59.08.050 Continuance.No continuance shall be granted for a longer period than two days unless the defendant applying therefor shall give good and sufficient security, to be approved by the court, conditioned upon the payment of rent accrued and to accrue, if judgment be rendered against the defendant.[ 1941 c 188 § 5; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-5.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.060 - Hearing—Writ of restitution.

RCW 59.08.060 Hearing—Writ of restitution.At the time and place fixed for the hearing, the court shall proceed to examine the parties orally to ascertain the merits of the complaint, and if it shall appear that there is no reasonable doubt of the right of the plaintiff to be restored to the possession of said property, the court shall enter an order directing the issuance of a writ of restitution, which shall thereupon be served by the sheriff upon the defendant. After the expiration of three days from date of service, if the defendant has not surrendered possession or filed a bond as hereinafter provided, the writ shall be executed by the sheriff. If it appears to the court that there is reasonable doubt of the right of the plaintiff to be restored to the possession of said property, the court shall enter an order requiring the parties to proceed on the complaint filed in the usual form of action.[ 1941 c 188 § 6; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-6.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.070 - Recall of writ—Bond.

RCW 59.08.070 Recall of writ—Bond.If the defendant feels aggrieved at an order of restitution, he or she may within three days after the entry of the order file a bond to be approved by the court in double the amount of the rent found to be due, plus two hundred dollars, conditioned for the payment and performance of any judgment rendered against him or her, and the court shall thereupon enter an order for the parties to proceed in the usual form of action, and recall the writ of restitution.[ 2010 c 8 § 19005; 1941 c 188 § 7; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-7.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.080 - Complaint as notice to quit.

RCW 59.08.080 Complaint as notice to quit.The filing and service of a complaint under this chapter shall be equivalent to the notice required to pay rent or surrender possession under RCW 59.12.030.[ 1941 c 188 § 8; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-8.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.090 - Sheriff's fee.

RCW 59.08.090 Sheriff's fee.The sheriff's fee shall be the same as in other civil actions.[ 1961 c 304 § 7; 1941 c 188 § 9; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-9.]NOTES:County clerk's fees: RCW 36.18.020.Sheriff's fees: RCW 36.18.040.
WA Rev Code § 59.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.100 - Indemnity bond not required—Liability for damages.

RCW 59.08.100 Indemnity bond not required—Liability for damages.The plaintiff shall not be required to give bond to the defendant or the sheriff for the issuance or execution of the writ of restitution, and the sheriff shall not be liable for damages to the defendant for the execution of the writ of restitution hereunder, but any such damage to which the defendant may be entitled shall be recoverable against the plaintiff only.[ 1941 c 188 § 10; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 814-10.]
WA Rev Code § 59.08.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.08 - Default in Rent of Forty Dollars or Less.|59.08.900 - Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.

RCW 59.08.900 Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.This chapter does not apply to any rental agreement included under the provisions of chapter 59.18 RCW.[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 207 § 46.]
WA Rev Code § 59.12.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.010 - Forcible entry defined.

RCW 59.12.010 Forcible entry defined.Every person is guilty of a forcible entry who either—(1) By breaking open windows, doors or other parts of a house, or by fraud, intimidation or stealth, or by any kind of violence or circumstance of terror, enters upon or into any real property; or—(2) Who, after entering peaceably upon real property, turns out by force, threats or menacing conduct the party in actual possession.[ 1891 c 96 § 1; RRS § 810. Prior: 1890 p 73 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 59.12.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.020 - Forcible detainer defined.

RCW 59.12.020 Forcible detainer defined.Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either—(1) By force, or by menaces and threats of violence, unlawfully holds and keeps the possession of any real property, whether the same was acquired peaceably or otherwise; or—(2) Who in the nighttime, or during the absence of the occupant of any real property, enters thereon, and who, after demand made for the surrender thereof, refuses for the period of three days to surrender the same to such former occupant. The occupant of real property within the meaning of this subdivision is one who for the five days next preceding such unlawful entry was in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of such real property.[ 1891 c 96 § 2; RRS § 811. Prior: 1890 p 73 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 59.12.032 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.032 - Unlawful detainer action—Compliance with RCW 61.24.040 and 61.24.060.

RCW 59.12.032 Unlawful detainer action—Compliance with RCW 61.24.040 and 61.24.060.An unlawful detainer action, commenced as a result of a trustee's sale under chapter 61.24 RCW, must comply with the requirements of RCW 61.24.040 and 61.24.060.[ 2009 c 292 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 59.12.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.035 - Holding over on agricultural land, effect of.

RCW 59.12.035 Holding over on agricultural land, effect of.In all cases of tenancy upon agricultural lands, where the tenant has held over and retained possession for more than sixty days after the expiration of his or her term without any demand or notice to quit by his or her landlord or the successor in estate of his or her landlord, if any there be, he or she shall be deemed to be holding by permission of his or her landlord or the successor in estate of his or her landlord, if any there be, and shall be entitled to hold under the terms of the lease for another full year, and shall not be guilty of an unlawful detainer during said year, and such holding over for the period aforesaid shall be taken and construed as a consent on the part of a tenant to hold for another year.[ 2010 c 8 § 19006; 1891 c 96 § 4; RRS § 813. Formerly RCW 59.04.060.]
WA Rev Code § 59.12.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.040 - Service of notice—Proof of service.

RCW 59.12.040 Service of notice—Proof of service.Any notice provided for in this chapter shall be served either (1) by delivering a copy personally to the person entitled thereto; or (2) if he or she be absent from the premises unlawfully held, by leaving there a copy, with some person of suitable age and discretion, and sending a copy through the mail addressed to the person entitled thereto at his or her place of residence; or (3) if the person to be notified be a tenant, or an unlawful holder of premises, and his or her place of residence is not known, or if a person of suitable age and discretion there cannot be found then by affixing a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on the premises unlawfully held, and also delivering a copy to a person there residing, if such a person can be found, and also sending a copy through the mail addressed to the tenant, or unlawful occupant, at the place where the premises unlawfully held are situated. Service upon a subtenant may be made in the same manner: PROVIDED, That in cases where the tenant or unlawful occupant, shall be conducting a hotel, inn, lodging house, boarding house, or shall be renting rooms while still retaining control of the premises as a whole, that the guests, lodgers, boarders, or persons renting such rooms shall not be considered as subtenants within the meaning of this chapter, but all such persons may be served by affixing a copy of the notice to be served in two conspicuous places upon the premises unlawfully held; and such persons shall not be necessary parties defendant in an action to recover possession of said premises. Service of any notice provided for in this chapter may be had upon a corporation by delivering a copy thereof to any officer, agent, or person having charge of the business of such corporation, at the premises unlawfully held, and in case no such officer, agent, or person can be found upon such premises, then service may be had by affixing a copy of such notice in a conspicuous place upon said premises and by sending a copy through the mail addressed to such corporation at the place where said premises are situated. Proof of any service under this section may be made by the affidavit of the person making the same in like manner and with like effect as the proof of service of summons in civil actions. When a copy of notice is sent through the mail, as provided in this section, service shall be deemed complete when such copy is deposited in the United States mail in the county in which the property is situated properly addressed with postage prepaid: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That when service is made by mail one additional day shall be allowed before the commencement of an action based upon such notice.[ 2021 c 115 § 14; 2010 c 8 § 19007; 1983 c 264 § 2; 1911 c 26 § 1; 1905 c 86 § 2; 1891 c 96 § 5; RRS § 814. Prior: 1890 p 75 § 4.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—Application—Effective date—2021 c 115: See notes following RCW 59.18.620.
WA Rev Code § 59.12.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant|Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer.|59.12.050 - Jurisdiction of proceedings.

RCW 59.12.050 Jurisdiction of proceedings.The superior court of the county in which the property or some part of it is situated shall have jurisdiction of proceedings under this chapter.[ 1891 c 96 § 6; RRS § 815. Prior: 1890 p 75 § 5.]NOTES:Venue and jurisdiction, generally: RCW 2.08.010 and chapter 4.12 RCW.