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Chapter 59.20 RCW

MANUFACTURED/MOBILE HOME LANDLORD-TENANT ACT

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HTMLPDF 59.20.010Short title.
HTMLPDF 59.20.020Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith required.
HTMLPDF 59.20.030Definitions.
HTMLPDF 59.20.040Chapter applies to rental agreements regarding mobile home lots, cooperatives, or subdivisions—Applicability of and construction with provisions of chapters 59.12 and 59.18 RCW.
HTMLPDF 59.20.045Enforceability of rules against a tenant.
HTMLPDF 59.20.050Written rental agreement for term of one year or more required—Waiver—Exceptions—Application of section.
HTMLPDF 59.20.060Rental agreements—Required contents—Prohibited provisions.
HTMLPDF 59.20.070Prohibited acts by landlord.
HTMLPDF 59.20.073Transfer of rental agreements.
HTMLPDF 59.20.074Rent—Liability of secured party with right to possession.
HTMLPDF 59.20.075Presumption of reprisal or retaliatory action.
HTMLPDF 59.20.080Grounds for termination of tenancy or occupancy or failure to renew a tenancy or occupancy—Notice—Mediation.
HTMLPDF 59.20.090Term of rental agreements—Renewal—Nonrenewal—Termination—Armed forces exception—Notices.
HTMLPDF 59.20.095Short-term rental agreements for recreational vehicles.
HTMLPDF 59.20.100Improvements.
HTMLPDF 59.20.110Attorney's fees and costs.
HTMLPDF 59.20.120Venue.
HTMLPDF 59.20.130Duties of landlord.
HTMLPDF 59.20.134Written receipts for payments made by tenant.
HTMLPDF 59.20.135Maintenance of permanent structures—Findings and declarations—Definition.
HTMLPDF 59.20.140Duties of tenant.
HTMLPDF 59.20.145Live-in care provider—Not a tenant—Agreements—Guest fee.
HTMLPDF 59.20.150Service of notice on landlord or tenant.
HTMLPDF 59.20.155Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.
HTMLPDF 59.20.160Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Written rental agreement to specify terms and conditions for retention by landlord.
HTMLPDF 59.20.170Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Deposit by landlord in trust account—Receipt—Claims.
HTMLPDF 59.20.180Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Statement and notice of basis for retention.
HTMLPDF 59.20.190Health and sanitation standards—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 59.20.200Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Notice from tenant—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.
HTMLPDF 59.20.210Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Repairs effected by tenant—Bids—Notice—Deduction of cost from rent—Limitations.
HTMLPDF 59.20.220Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Judgment by court or arbitrator for diminished rental value and repair costs—Enforcement of judgment—Reduction in rent.
HTMLPDF 59.20.230Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.
HTMLPDF 59.20.240Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies.
HTMLPDF 59.20.250Mediation of disputes by independent third party.
HTMLPDF 59.20.260Arbitration—Authorized—Selection of arbitrator—Procedure.
HTMLPDF 59.20.270Arbitration—Application—Hearings—Decisions.
HTMLPDF 59.20.280Arbitration—Fee.
HTMLPDF 59.20.290Arbitration—Completion of arbitration after giving notice.
HTMLPDF 59.20.300Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of sale.
HTMLPDF 59.20.305Manufactured/mobile home communities—Good faith negotiations—Notice of intent to purchase or lease.
HTMLPDF 59.20.310Unlawful detainer action—Limited dissemination.
HTMLPDF 59.20.320Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Prohibited.
HTMLPDF 59.20.325Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase.
HTMLPDF 59.20.330Manufactured/mobile home communities—Delivery of notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Tenant duties—Timelines.
HTMLPDF 59.20.335Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Process.
HTMLPDF 59.20.340Manufactured/mobile home communities—Sale, transfer.
HTMLPDF 59.20.345Manufactured/mobile home communities—Affidavit for notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Preserve marketability of title.
HTMLPDF 59.20.350Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Registry of eligible organizations—Department of commerce to maintain.
HTMLPDF 59.20.355Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Failure to comply by owner—Penalty—Civil action.
HTMLPDF 59.20.360Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of opportunity to compete to purchase—Exception.
HTMLPDF 59.20.901Effective date—1999 c 359.
HTMLPDF 59.20.902Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

NOTES:

Filing fees for unlawful detainer actions: RCW 36.18.012.
Office of mobile/manufactured home relocation assistance: Chapter 59.22 RCW.
Smoke detection devices required in dwelling units: RCW 43.44.110.