Are deck cleaning and driveway sweeping acceptable reasons to withhold portions of a security deposit?

Are you the same persons whose landlord charged them for not cleaning the gutters? Same comments. You did not plant the moss, the environment...

Can a landlord withhold portions of a security for carpet cleaning due to pet urine?

If the walk-through checklist at the beginning of the tenancy noted pet stains, then it is hard to segregate stains from before you moved in from...

Calculation of married man with two kids how much he will pay for one unmarried child , unmarried child support?

No child support payments are due before the baby is born. Support is calculated based on each parent's income, and the proportion of income each...

That is not the tenant's responsibility ever. The gutters are not clogged up due to the tenant's conduct, that is maintenance of the outside of the...

If Im on month to month rental.. is my original lease agreement enforceable regarding exterminators of insects.

The landlord is always responsible for controlling infestations in multi-family housing. You cannot be made to take over that obligation by...

Some company that won't give me a name (most likely a debt collector) is saying I will be served papers and sent to jail

If you can (if they call you again), get a name and a mailing address for this collector and make a report to the Washington State Attorney General...

What do you do when you have agreed to a settlement but then the other person partially breaches the settlement by underpaying?

You take her to court. If you have a settlement agreement in writing then you ask the Court to enforce the settlement agreement. By "in writing", I...

Judges are biased against tenants who leave damage unrepaired and water bills unpaid. You have to do what you can to fix what happened so the court...

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Can I prevent eviction?

There is a provision about this in the RLTA. See RCW 59 18 410. It is a long, boring paragraph but the third sentence in is the answer: Provided...

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What's timeline filing DeNovo? What happens in court to protest DeNovo? What should I do when it says without oral argument?

If you have been through mandatory arbitration (MAR) you have twenty days from the day the arbitration award was filed in which to file, pay the...