Can I be evicted?

When you pay rent by money order, it is always a good idea to copy the entire money order with the payee line filled out, and then ask the manager...

Unless you are properly licensed, bonded and insured with L&I, you cannot charge for your work. The Contractor Registration Act is "strict...

I want to stop or postpone my divorce, i want to reconcile.

If she agrees that she does not want to get divorced, you can file a joint notice of reconciliation and ask the court to dismiss the divorce...

Can I end lease if tenants keep saying they are breaking lease every few months?

If they have a lease that has not by its terms expired, then they are responsible to pay you rent through the term of the lease. They can "tell...

My roomate was arrested for assault 2nd degree Dv with bodily injury, I have wounds and was strangled

You are protected from her by virtue of that order, and your landlord has to honor that order so long as you give them a copy. As to her child? If...

Do we have recourse against an owner who remodeled a house without a permit?

The Contractor's Registration Act says that an owner who resides in property can do their own contracting, with the exception of electrical which...

The heater went out in our place of business. Is it our responsibility or landlords? We rent on a month to month basis.

Commercial rental agreements don't have statutory safeguards like residential agreements do. The term regarding who maintains the building and the...

If signing a lease that says a garage only is rented solely as personal property, do tenant rights still apply?

Hard to say without looking at the lease. The RLTA protects tenants, but don't sign something that worries you without getting some advice about it.

I need a lawyer to help with a harassment suit in or near port orchard, WA. Kitsap County

A request that a court enter an anti-harassment order is one of the very few things that I tell people to go ask for themselves. The critical thing...

Can Fannie Mae fine you if you rent your house without telling them?

The risk isn't a fine, it is that they could call in the loan and foreclose. Please do not take legal advice from the bank, no matter what the...