One of the basic maintenance obligations of a landlord is to provide you with doors and windows that have reasonably secure locks. If you have...

If it is not stated in my lease, am I required to pay the full months rent on the month I am moving out?

No matter what your lease says, if you are active-duty and you are PCS'ing or getting deployed, you give copies of your orders to your landlord and...

What does it take to put out a restraining order in pierce county Washington, state

You can go to the DV office at the courthouse, and request the forms for an anti-harassment order. This isn't strictly speaking DV, because she is...

I have had a horrendous experience in apt complex and am breaking lease, management not negotiating on penalty. Help??

To put it another way, you aren't breaking your lease, your landlord has broken your lease and now your obligation is to mitigate your damages....

What time of attorney do I need?

You need a personal injury attorney who handles premises liability matters. The Statute of Limitations on a claim like this is three years if you...

Single family house which functions as a 3 unit 10 bedroom rental property in Seattle

I can't say whether or not you could be charged with a crime, but the sooner you get this property into compliance with Seattle's codes and...

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PLease contact Ryan Weatherstone at the City of Seattle's Code Enforcement office and ask him to send an inspector. It isn't clear what caused this...

Landlord disappeared then reappeared. What do I do?

You have rights as a bona fide tenant AFTER the foreclosure has happened. If you are unclear who owns the place, look at your rental agreement. Who...

I am a condo owner, renter under lease until 12-2015. I lost my job and moving back to Lynnwood. I feel bad that I have to do

If your tenant has a lease there is no way to make her move out, unless she violates the terms of the lease. "I lost my job" is not a lease...

Is this legal. .... Copying another persons parenting plan word for word and then filing it add your own?

There is no copyright on a parenting plan, if that is what you mean. There is a form parenting plan, and you have to address all the elements, and...