Articles

Application of the Residential Landlord Tenant Act (59.18 RCW), exclusions and the mutual Duty of good faithact (RLTA-RCW 59.18)

Mutual obligations and duties between landlords and tenants, procedures for enforcing those duties and remedies for the breach of those duties.

Retaliation, interfering with tenant utilities, extra-judicial eviction and other wrongful acts and the tenant’s remedies.

Rental agreements, rules, rule changes and word on service animals versus pets.

Notice requirements, remedies for unreasonably withholding consent to enter and for unreasonably inspecting the premises.

Determining abandonment, the landlord’s measure of damages and the procedure for handling tenants’ property.

Legal requirements, jurisdiction, notice, service of notice, procedural due process and some of the defenses to unlawful detainer.

Procedures and requirements for collecting a deposit to secure that a tenant will take possession of the property.

Tenant screening issues, limitations and costs.

Dealing with tenants involved with drugs and issues victims of domestic violence and notice for law enforcement.

Distinguishing fees from the deposits, strict requirements for collecting, safe-keeping and accounting for and refunding/withholding deposits.

Issues and procedures for providing and operating "drug and alcohol free housing".

Definitions and the complicated and rarely used procedures for evicting gang members.