Slumlord Landlord...help me please.

In Tacoma, you start by giving the owner written notice of the conditions you are complaining about, and you keep a copy of your letter to the...

My Landlord did not fill out or sign the conditions checklist prior to collecting our security deposit based on RCW 59.18.260.

The statute first requires good faith. Write to him and say you want to do a walk through now. Do that. Take pictures and be ruthlessly honest...

Does a Landlord have to provide me more info as to where my Deposit is being kept? And if not what in the world is the RCW for?

The statute you want to look at is RCW 59 18 270. If the property you reside in is auctioned and sold, you have other rights as a bona fide tenant....

I put a 72 hr notice to pay or vacate and today he is still there with no response what do i do next this is a no contract

If this tenancy is in Portland OR, you need to re-post so Oregon attorneys will see it. Eviction law is state-specific, and what is mandatory in...

Can sue to get my damage deposit back?

Don't take legal advice from your landlord. I personally do not recommend demand letters, I think they are useless. I have two legal guides...

Landlord is responsible for "reasonably secure" doors and windows. That means they can't be broken or cracked and they have to be lockable. But I...

My mother fell down the backstairs of the house she rents, can she sue her landlord?

The best premises liability lawyer in Tacoma is Richard Levandowski on Faucett. Go get an appointment with him and discuss what is going on. Let...

What do I do if my landlords who never returned my deposit keep evading my letters and phone calls?

It is time to file a Notice of Claim at District Court in Small Claims. You can (and should) ask for the Court to award you twice your deposit, and...

Haven't filed for divorce. Husbands pension administrators say I'm locked out, no $$ for me after divorce. Possible? How? ??

You really, really need a lawyer. You need to review the decree of legal separation and see what it says about your husband's pension account. WA...

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Delivered vacate notice 7/1/13, made verbal agreement with landlord 7/15 and made arrangements, locked out on 9/7, can he do tha

A commercial landlord in WA has no right of self-help. If you did not vacate as agreed, then your landlord's remedy is to commence an unlawful...