Do you have to give 30 days notice to someone youre breaking up with that lives with you and pays no rent?

A boyfriend-girlfriend live-in relationship is a tenancy at will, which is excluded from the landlord/tenant act and cannot be terminated by an...

In Washington State, is a property owner liable for legal medical marijuana grown by a tenant

These would be commercial tenancies not residential on the facts presented. In WA, a landlord is not liable for a tenant's decisions. See Frobig v...

What can landlords legally charge for cleaning a home that was already cleaned?

Landlords definitely use the deposit rules to extract additional money from tenants. They do this because they can, because most tenants don't...

I am a renter signed a 2 year lease, would like to break agreement

A Washington court won't enforce a two-year lease for longer than one year unless all the signatures on the lease are notarized. That is because an...

Law of abandon residence

The statute on point is RCW 59 18 310. It requires that you send a written notice to the tenant and advise him that if he doesn't come pick up his...

Can landlord end lease if he needs to use condo to live.

There is no basis to ask your tenants to leave early. They have a lease for a year. In Seattle it is true that there are specific reasons why you...

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Can I be charged for rent past the move out date because a crew was hired to remove items left behind that I was billed separate

If your rental term was from the first of the month to the first of the month, and you were there until the fifth, your landlord could have made...

How can I go to court to get a fair settlement of move out expenses from a rental property?

They don't get the place back brand-new, they get it back without damage but with normal wear and tear excepted. Dents and scratches in appliances...

Out of state job offer

It may be worth your son's while to breach the lease for the new job. The landlord here can only extract money, they cannot hold your son in his...

Hello, My landlord had me fill out a check in list (walk through) when I first moved in and lost it.

There is a new rule that requires the landlord to provide you with a copy of your lease at no charge one time during the tenancy. The lease...