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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.18 RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD-TENANT ACT

Sections
59.18.356 Threatening behavior — Violation of order for protection — Termination of agreement — Financial obligations.
[1992 c 38 § 7.] Repealed by 2004 c 17 § 6.
59.18.375 Forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer actions-Payment of rent into court registry-Writ of restitution-Notice.
[2008 c 75 § 2; 2006 c 51 § 2; 1983 c 264 § 13.]
Repealed by 2021 c 115 § 19.
59.18.600 Rental to offenders — Limitation on liability.
[2007 c 483 § 602.]
Repealed by 2008 c 256 § 3.
59.18.660 Eviction resolution pilot program.
[2021 c 115 § 7.]
Expired July 1, 2023.
59.18.910 Severability-1989 c 342.
[1989 c 342 § 18.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.20 MANUFACTURED/MOBILE HOME LANDLORD-TENANT ACT

Sections
59.20.900 Severability-1977 ex.s. c 279.
[1977 ex.s. c 279 § 13.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.21 MOBILE HOME RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Sections
59.21.015 Relocation assistance — Eligibility before January 1, 1996 — Applications — Disbursement.
[1995 c 122 § 4.]
Repealed by 1998 c 124 § 9.
59.21.020 Relocation assistance — Eligibility — Park-owners' duties — Restrictions.
[1991 c 327 § 11; 1990 c 171 § 2; 1989 c 201 § 2.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.025 Relocation assistance-Sources other than fund-Reductions.
[2019 c 390 § 4; 1998 c 124 § 3; 1995 c 122 § 6.]
Repealed by 2021 c 28 § 4.
59.21.035 Park-owner obligation — Purchasers.
[1990 c 171 § 4.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.055 Fee imposed on transfer of title — Circumstances — Deposit — Rules.
[2002 c 257 § 3.]
Repealed by 2010 c 161 § 1169, effective July 1, 2011. Later enactment, see RCW 46.17.155.
59.21.060 Relocation fund — Transfer fee — Revenue allocation — Expiration of section.
[1991 c 327 § 13; 1990 c 171 § 6; 1989 c 201 § 6.]
Expired July 1, 1992.
59.21.080 Relocation fund — Park-owner contribution — Park closing.
[1990 c 171 § 9; 1989 c 201 § 11.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.085 Relocation fund — Waiver of park-owner contribution — Involuntary park closing.
[1991 c 327 § 15.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.090 Relocation fund — Insufficient moneys — Loans.
[1989 c 201 § 13.]
Repealed by 1990 c 171 § 12.
59.21.095 Relocation fund — Annual fee — Department of revenue — Rules.
[1991 c 327 § 9.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.900 Severability — 1989 c 201.
[1989 c 201 § 17.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.901 Construction — 1991 c 327.
[1991 c 327 § 17.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.902 Severability — 1991 c 327.
[1991 c 327 § 19.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.903 Effective date — 1991 c 327.
[1991 c 327 § 20.]
Repealed by 1995 c 122 § 13.
59.21.904 Severability-1995 c 122.
[1995 c 122 § 14.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.22 OFFICE OF MOBILE HOME AFFAIRS — RESIDENT-OWNED MOBILE HOME PARKS

Sections
59.22.030 Mobile home park purchase account.
[1991 sp.s. c 13 § 89; 1987 c 482 § 4.]
Repealed by 2012 c 198 § 26, effective July 1, 2012.
59.22.060 Landlord and tenant fees to be paid to department of revenue.
[1990 c 171 § 10; 1989 c 201 § 7; 1988 c 280 § 4.]
Repealed by 1996 c 88 § 1, effective July 1, 1996.
59.22.070 Manufactured housing account.
[2007 c 432 § 10; 1995 c 399 § 156; 1989 c 201 § 8; 1988 c 280 § 5.]
Repealed by 2011 c 158 § 13.
59.22.080 Transfer of title — Fee — Department of licensing — Rules.
[1991 c 327 § 1.]
Repealed by 2010 c 161 § 1169, effective July 1, 2011. Later enactment, see RCW 46.17.150.
59.22.085 Transfer of title — Fee supersedes other fee.
[1991 c 327 § 7.]
Repealed by 2010 c 161 § 1169, effective July 1, 2011.
59.22.090 Manufactured housing task force — Duties — Membership.
[1998 c 245 § 105; 1991 c 327 § 4.]
Repealed by 2011 c 158 § 13.
59.22.900 Repeal of chapter.
[1987 c 482 § 12.]
Repealed by 1991 c 327 § 18, effective July 1, 1991.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.23 MOBILE HOME PARKS — RESIDENT OWNERSHIP IN EVENT OF SALE

Sections
59.23.005 Findings — Intent.
[1993 c 66 § 1.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.010 Obligation of good faith.
[1993 c 66 § 2.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.015 Application of chapter — Definition of "notice."
[1993 c 66 § 3.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.020 Definitions.
[1993 c 66 § 4.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.025 Notice to qualified tenant organization of sale of mobile home park — Time frame for negotiations — Terms — Transfer or sale to relatives.
[1993 c 66 § 5.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.030 Improper notice by mobile home park owner — Sale may be set aside — Attorneys' fees.
[1993 c 66 § 6.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.035 Notice to mobile home park owner of sale of tenant's mobile home — Time frame for negotiations — Terms — Transfer or sale to relatives.
[1993 c 66 § 7.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
59.23.040 Improper notice by mobile home owner — Sale may be set aside — Attorneys' fees.
[1993 c 66 § 8.]
Repealed by 2008 c 116 § 7.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › RCW Dispositions › 59.28 FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING

Sections
59.28.110 Annual report — Contents — Distribution.
[1995 c 399 § 163; 1989 c 188 § 11.]
Repealed by 1998 c 245 § 176.
59.28.900 Severability-1989 c 188.
[1989 c 188 § 12.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
59.28.901 Severability-2000 c 255.
[2000 c 255 § 10.]
Decodified by the code reviser, July 2016.
2023 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.]
2023 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).
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.]
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.060 - Parties defendant.

RCW 59.12.060
Parties defendant.
No person other than the tenant of the premises, and subtenant, if there be one, in the actual occupation of the premises when the complaint is filed, need be made parties defendant in any proceeding under this chapter, nor shall any proceeding abate, nor the plaintiff be nonsuited, for the nonjoinder of any person who might have been made party defendant; but when it appears that any of the parties served with process, or appearing in the proceeding, are guilty of the offense charged, judgment must be rendered against him or her. In case a person has become a subtenant of the premises in controversy after the service of any notice in this chapter provided for, the fact that such notice was not served on such subtenant shall constitute no defense to the action. All persons who enter the premises under the tenant, after the commencement of the action hereunder, shall be bound by the judgment the same as if they had been made parties to the action.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19008; 1891 c 96 § 7; RRS § 816. Prior: 1890 p 75 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.070 - Complaint—Summons.

RCW 59.12.070
Complaint—Summons.
The plaintiff in his or her complaint, which shall be in writing, must set forth the facts on which he or she seeks to recover, and describe the premises with reasonable certainty, and may set forth therein any circumstances of fraud, force or violence, which may have accompanied the forcible entry or forcible or unlawful detainer, and claim damages therefor, or compensation for the occupation of the premises, or both; in case the unlawful detainer charged be after default in the payment of rent, the complaint must state the amount of such rent. A summons must be issued as in other cases, returnable at a day designated therein, which shall not be less than seven nor more than thirty days from the date of service, except in cases where the publication of summons is necessary, in which case the court or judge thereof may order that the summons be made returnable at such time as may be deemed proper, and the summons shall specify the return day so fixed.
[ 2005 c 130 § 1; 1927 c 123 § 1; 1891 c 96 § 8; RRS § 817. Prior: 1890 p 75 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.080 - Summons—Contents—Service.

RCW 59.12.080
Summons—Contents—Service.
The summons must state the names of the parties to the proceeding, the court in which the same is brought, the nature of the action, in concise terms, and the relief sought, and also the return day; and must notify the defendant to appear and answer within the time designated or that the relief sought will be taken against him or her. The summons must be directed to the defendant, and in case of summons by publication, be served at least five days before the return day designated therein. The summons must be served and returned in the same manner as summons in other actions is served and returned.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19009; 1927 c 123 § 2; 1891 c 96 § 9; RRS § 818. Prior: 1890 p 76 § 8.]
NOTES:
Summons, generally: RCW 4.28.080 through 4.28.110.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.085 - Alternative service of summons—Limitation on jurisdiction.

RCW 59.12.085
Alternative service of summons—Limitation on jurisdiction.
(1) When the plaintiff, after the exercise of due diligence, is unable to personally serve the summons on the defendant or defendants, the court may authorize the alternative means of service described in this section.
(2) Upon filing of an affidavit from the person or persons attempting service describing those attempts, and the filing of an affidavit from the plaintiff, plaintiff's agent, or plaintiff's attorney stating the belief that the defendant or defendants cannot be found, the court may enter an order authorizing service of the summons as follows:
(a) The summons and complaint must be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises unlawfully held not less than nine days from the return date stated in the summons; and
(b) Copies of the summons and complaint must be deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, by both regular mail and certified mail directed to the defendant or defendants' last known address not less than nine days from the return date stated in the summons.
(3) When service on the defendant or defendants is accomplished by this alternative procedure, the court's jurisdiction is limited to restoring possession of the premises to the plaintiff and no money judgment may be entered against the defendant or defendants until jurisdiction over the defendant or defendants is obtained.
[ 2014 c 3 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.090 - Writ of restitution—Bond.

RCW 59.12.090
Writ of restitution—Bond.
The plaintiff at the time of commencing an action of forcible entry or detainer or unlawful detainer, or at any time afterwards, may apply to the judge of the court in which the action is pending for a writ of restitution restoring to the plaintiff the property in the complaint described, and the judge shall order a writ of restitution to issue. The writ shall be issued by the clerk of the superior court in which the action is pending, and be returnable in twenty days after its date; but before any writ shall issue prior to judgment the plaintiff shall execute to the defendant and file in court a bond in such sum as the court or judge may order, with sufficient surety to be approved by the clerk, conditioned that the plaintiff will prosecute his or her action without delay, and will pay all costs that may be adjudged to the defendant, and all damages which he or she may sustain by reason of the writ of restitution having been issued, should the same be wrongfully sued out.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19010; 1927 c 123 § 3; 1891 c 96 § 10; RRS § 819. Prior: 1890 p 77 § 9.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.100 - Service of writ—Bond to stay writ.

RCW 59.12.100
Service of writ—Bond to stay writ.
The sheriff shall, upon receiving the writ of restitution, forthwith serve a copy thereof upon the defendant, his or her agent or attorney, or a person in possession of the premises, and shall not execute the same for three days thereafter, nor until after the defendant has been served with summons in the action as hereinabove provided, and the defendant, or person in possession of the premises within three days after the service of the writ of restitution may execute to the plaintiff a bond to be filed with and approved by the clerk of the court in such sum as may be fixed by the judge, with sufficient surety to be approved by the clerk of said court, conditioned that he or she will pay to the plaintiff such sum as the plaintiff may recover for the use and occupation of the said premises, or any rent found due, together with all damages the plaintiff may sustain by reason of the defendant occupying or keeping possession of said premises, and also all the costs of the action. The plaintiff, his or her agent or attorneys, shall have notice of the time and place where the court or judge thereof shall fix the amount of the defendant's bond, and shall have notice and a reasonable opportunity to examine into the qualification and sufficiency of the sureties upon said bond before said bond shall be approved by the clerk. The writ may be served by the sheriff, in the event he or she shall be unable to find the defendant, an agent or attorney, or a person in possession of the premises, by affixing a copy of said writ in a conspicuous place upon the premises.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19011; 1927 c 123 § 4; 1905 c 86 § 3; 1891 c 96 § 11; RRS § 820. Prior: 1890 p 77 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.110 - Modification of bond.

RCW 59.12.110
Modification of bond.
The plaintiff or defendant at any time, upon two days' notice to the adverse party, may apply to the court or any judge thereof for an order raising or lowering the amount of any bond in this chapter provided for. Either party may, upon like notice, apply to the court or any judge thereof for an order requiring additional or other surety or sureties upon any such bond. Upon the hearing or any application made under the provisions of this section evidence may be given. The judge after hearing any such application shall make such an order as shall be just in the premises. The bondspersons may be required to be present at such hearing if so required in the notice thereof, and shall answer under oath all questions that may be asked them touching their qualifications as bondspersons, and in the event the bondspersons shall fail or refuse to appear at such hearing and so answer such questions the bond shall be stricken. In the event the court shall order a new or additional bond to be furnished by defendant, and the same shall not be given within twenty-four hours, the court shall order the sheriff to forthwith execute the writ. In the event the defendant shall file a second or additional bond and it shall also be found insufficient after hearing, as above provided, the right to retain the premises by bond shall be lost and the sheriff shall forthwith put the plaintiff in possession of the premises.
[ 2007 c 218 § 77; 1905 c 86 § 4; 1891 c 96 § 12; RRS § 821. Prior: 1890 p 78 § 11.]
NOTES:
Intent—Finding—2007 c 218: See note following RCW 41.08.020.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.120 - Judgment by default.

RCW 59.12.120
Judgment by default.
If on the date appointed in the summons the defendant does not appear or answer, the court shall render judgment in favor of the plaintiff as prayed for in the complaint.
[ 1989 c 342 § 2; 1891 c 96 § 13; RRS § 822. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1891 c 96 § 14 now codified as RCW 59.12.121.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1989 c 342: See RCW 59.18.911.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.121 - Pleading by defendant.

RCW 59.12.121
Pleading by defendant.
On or before the day fixed for his or her appearance the defendant may appear and answer or demur.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19012; 1891 c 96 § 14; RRS § 823. Formerly RCW 59.12.120, part.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.130 - Jury—Actions given preference.

RCW 59.12.130
Jury—Actions given preference.
Whenever an issue of fact is presented by the pleadings it must be tried by a jury, unless such a jury be waived as in other cases. The jury shall be formed in the same manner as other trial juries in the court in which the action is pending; and in all cases actions under this chapter shall take precedence of all other civil actions.
[ 1891 c 96 § 15; RRS § 824. Prior: 1890 p 79 § 15.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.140 - Proof in forcible entry and detainer.

RCW 59.12.140
Proof in forcible entry and detainer.
On the trial of any proceeding for any forcible entry or forcible detainer the plaintiff shall only be required to show, in addition to a forcible entry complained of, that he or she was peaceably in the actual possession at the time of the forcible entry; or, in addition to a forcible detainer complained of, that he or she was entitled to the possession at the time of the forcible detainer.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19013; 1891 c 96 § 16; RRS § 825. Prior: 1890 p 79 § 16.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.150 - Amendment to conform to proof.

RCW 59.12.150
Amendment to conform to proof.
When upon the trial of any proceeding under this chapter it appears from the evidence that the defendant has been guilty of either a forcible entry or a forcible or unlawful detainer, in respect of the premises described in the complaint, and other than the offense charged in the complaint, the judge must order that such complaint be forthwith amended to conform to such proofs; such amendment must be made without any imposition of terms. No continuance shall be permitted on account of such amendment unless the defendant shows to the satisfaction of the court good cause therefor.
[ 1891 c 96 § 17; RRS § 826. Prior: 1890 p 79 § 17.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.160 - Amendments.

RCW 59.12.160
Amendments.
Amendments may be allowed by the court at any time before final judgment, upon such terms as to the court may appear just, in the same cases and manner and to the same extent as in civil actions.
[ 1891 c 96 § 19; RRS § 828. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 20.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.170 - Judgment—Execution.

RCW 59.12.170
Judgment—Execution.
If upon the trial the verdict of the jury or, if the case be tried without a jury, the finding of the court be in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant, judgment shall be entered for the restitution of the premises; and if the proceeding be for unlawful detainer after neglect or failure to perform any condition or covenant of a lease or agreement under which the property is held, or after default in the payment of rent, the judgment shall also declare the forfeiture of the lease, agreement, or tenancy. The jury, or the court, if the proceedings be tried without a jury, shall also assess the damages occasioned to the plaintiff by any forcible entry, or by any forcible or unlawful detainer, alleged in the complaint and proved on the trial, and, if the alleged unlawful detainer be after default in the payment of rent, find the amount of any rent due, and the judgment shall be rendered against the defendant guilty of the forcible entry, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer for twice the amount of damages thus assessed and of the rent, if any, found due. When the proceeding is for an unlawful detainer after default in the payment of rent, and the lease or agreement under which the rent is payable has not by its terms expired, execution upon the judgment shall not be issued until the expiration of five days after the entry of the judgment, within which time the tenant or any subtenant, or any mortgagee of the term, or other party interested in its continuance, may pay into court for the landlord the amount of the judgment and costs, and thereupon the judgment shall be satisfied and the tenant restored to his or her estate; but if payment, as herein provided, be not made within five days the judgment may be enforced for its full amount and for the possession of the premises. In all other cases the judgment may be enforced immediately. If writ of restitution shall have been executed prior to judgment no further writ or execution for the premises shall be required.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19014; 1891 c 96 § 18; RRS § 827. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 18.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.180 - Rules of practice.

RCW 59.12.180
Rules of practice.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of the laws of this state with reference to practice in civil actions are applicable to, and constitute the rules of practice in the proceedings mentioned in this chapter; and the provisions of such laws relative to new trials and appeals, except so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, shall be held to apply to the proceedings mentioned in this chapter.
[ 1891 c 96 § 20; RRS § 829. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 21.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.190 - Relief against forfeiture.

RCW 59.12.190
Relief against forfeiture.
The court may relieve a tenant against a forfeiture of a lease and restore him or her to his or her former estate, as in other cases provided by law, where application for such relief is made within thirty days after the forfeiture is declared by the judgment of the court, as provided in this chapter. The application may be made by a tenant or subtenant, or a mortgagee of the term, or any person interested in the continuance of the term. It must be made upon petition, setting forth the facts upon which the relief is sought, and be verified by the applicant. Notice of the application, with a copy of the petition, must be served on the plaintiff in the judgment, who may appear and contest the application. In no case shall the application be granted except on condition that full payment of rent due, or full performance of conditions of covenants stipulated, so far as the same is practicable, be first made.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19015; 1891 c 96 § 21; RRS § 830. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 22.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.200 - Appellate review—Stay bond.

RCW 59.12.200
Appellate review—Stay bond.
A party aggrieved by the judgment may seek appellate review of the judgment as in other civil actions: PROVIDED, That if the defendant appealing desires a stay of proceedings pending review, the defendant shall execute and file a bond, with two or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the judge, conditioned to abide the order of the court, and to pay all rents and other damages justly accruing to the plaintiff during the pendency of the proceeding.
[ 1988 c 202 § 55; 1971 c 81 § 128; 1891 c 96 § 22; RRS § 831. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 23.]
NOTES:
Severability—1988 c 202: See note following RCW 2.24.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.210 - Effect of stay bond.

RCW 59.12.210
Effect of stay bond.
When the defendant shall appeal, and shall file a bond as provided in RCW 59.12.200, all further proceedings in the case shall be stayed until the determination of said appeal and the same has been remanded to the superior court for further proceedings therein.
[ 1891 c 96 § 23; RRS § 832. Prior: 1890 p 80 § 24.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.220 - Writ of restitution suspended pending appeal.

RCW 59.12.220
Writ of restitution suspended pending appeal.
If a writ of restitution has been issued previous to the taking of an appeal by the defendant, and said defendant shall execute and file a bond as provided in this chapter, the clerk of the court, under the direction of the judge, shall forthwith give the appellant a certificate of the allowance of such appeal; and upon the service of such certificate upon the officer having such writ of restitution the said officer shall forthwith cease all further proceedings by virtue of such writ; and if such writ has been completely executed the defendant shall be restored to the possession of the premises, and shall remain in possession thereof until the appeal is determined.
[ 1891 c 96 § 24; RRS § 833. Prior: 1890 p 81 § 25.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.12 - Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer. › 59.12.230 - Forcible entry and detainer—Penalty.

RCW 59.12.230
Forcible entry and detainer—Penalty.
Every person who shall unlawfully use, or encourage or assist another in unlawfully using, any force or violence in entering upon or detaining any lands or other possessions of another; and every person who, having removed or been removed therefrom pursuant to the order or direction of any court, tribunal or officer, shall afterwards return to settle or reside unlawfully upon, or take possession of, such lands or possessions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1909 c 249 § 306; RRS § 2558. Prior: Code 1881 § 858; 1873 p 195 § 66; 1854 p 86 § 60.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.16 - Unlawful Entry and Detainer. › 59.16.010 - Unlawful detainer defined.

RCW 59.16.010
Unlawful detainer defined.
That any person who shall, without the permission of the owner and without having any color of title thereto, enter upon the lands of another, and shall refuse to remove therefrom after three days' notice, shall be deemed guilty of unlawful detainer and may be removed from such lands.
[ 1891 c 115 § 1; RRS § 834.]
NOTES:
Unlawful detainer defined: RCW 59.12.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.16 - Unlawful Entry and Detainer. › 59.16.020 - Pleadings, requirements.

RCW 59.16.020
Pleadings, requirements.
The complaint in all cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be upon oath, and there shall be embodied therein or amended thereto an abstract of the plaintiff's title, and the defendant shall, in his or her answer, state whether he or she makes any claim of title to the lands described in the complaint, and if he or she makes no claim to the legal title but does claim a right to the possession of such lands, he or she shall state upon what grounds he or she claims a right to such possession.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19016; 1891 c 115 § 2; RRS § 835.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.16 - Unlawful Entry and Detainer. › 59.16.030 - Issues—Trial.

RCW 59.16.030
Issues—Trial.
It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff, in proceedings under this chapter, to allege or prove that the said lands were, at any time, actually occupied prior to the defendant's entry thereupon, but it shall be sufficient to allege that he or she is the legal owner and entitled to the immediate possession thereof: PROVIDED, That if the defendant shall, by his or her answer, deny such ownership and shall state facts showing that he or she has a lawful claim to the possession thereof, the cause shall thereupon be entered for trial upon the docket of the court in all respects as if the action were brought under the provisions of *chapter XLVI of the code of eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
[ 2010 c 8 § 19017; 1891 c 115 § 3; RRS § 836.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: "chapter XLVI of the code of eighteen hundred and eighty-one" is codified as RCW 7.28.010, 7.28.110 through 7.28.150, and 7.28.190 through 7.28.270.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.16 - Unlawful Entry and Detainer. › 59.16.040 - Parties defendant—Trial of separate issues.

RCW 59.16.040
Parties defendant—Trial of separate issues.
All persons in actual possession of any portion of the several subdivisions of any section of land, according to the government surveys thereof, may be made defendants in one action: PROVIDED, That they may, in their discretion, make separate answers to the complaint, and if separate issues are joined thereupon, the same shall nevertheless be tried as one action, but the verdict, if tried by jury, shall find separately upon the issues so joined, and judgment shall be rendered according thereto.
[ 1891 c 115 § 4; RRS § 837.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.18 - Residential Landlord-Tenant Act. › 59.18.010 - Short title.

RCW 59.18.010
Short title.
RCW 59.18.010 through 59.18.420 and 59.18.900 shall be known and may be cited as the "Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 1973", and shall constitute a new chapter in Title 59 RCW.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 207 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant › Chapter 59.18 - Residential Landlord-Tenant Act. › 59.18.020 - Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith imposed.

RCW 59.18.020
Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith imposed.
Every duty under this chapter and every act which must be performed as a condition precedent to the exercise of a right or remedy under this chapter imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance or enforcement.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 207 § 2.]