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- RCW 58.28.440 · Platted lands declared dedicated to public use.
- RCW 58.28.450 · Clerk's duties when judge trustee.
- RCW 58.28.460 · Accounting and depositing money—Promptness.
- RCW 58.28.470 · Records filed with county clerk.
- RCW 58.28.480 · Judge, a trustee for purposes herein.
- RCW 58.28.490 · Appellate review—Procedure.
- RCW 58.28.500 · Succession of trust.
- RCW 58.28.510 · Title to vacated lots by occupancy and improvements.
- RCW 58.28.520 · Controversies, by whom settled—Review.
- RCW 59.04.010 · Tenancies from year to year abolished except under written contract.
- RCW 59.04.020 · Tenancy from month to month—Termination.
- RCW 59.04.030 · Tenancy for specified time—Termination.
- RCW 59.04.040 · Ten-day notice to pay rent or quit premises.
- RCW 59.04.050 · Tenancy by sufferance—Termination.
- RCW 59.04.900 · Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.
- RCW 59.08.010 · Summons and complaint as notice—Acceptance of rent after default.
- RCW 59.08.020 · Venue.
- RCW 59.08.030 · Complaint.
- RCW 59.08.040 · Order for hearing—Notice.
- RCW 59.08.050 · Continuance.
- RCW 59.08.060 · Hearing—Writ of restitution.
- RCW 59.08.070 · Recall of writ—Bond.
- RCW 59.08.080 · Complaint as notice to quit.
- RCW 59.08.090 · Sheriff's fee.
- RCW 59.08.100 · Indemnity bond not required—Liability for damages.
- RCW 59.08.900 · Chapter inapplicable to rental agreements under landlord-tenant act.
- RCW 59.12.010 · Forcible entry defined.
- RCW 59.12.020 · Forcible detainer defined.
- RCW 59.12.030 · Unlawful detainer defined.
- RCW 59.12.032 · Unlawful detainer action—Compliance with RCW 61.24.040 and 61.24.060.
- RCW 59.12.035 · Holding over on agricultural land, effect of.
- RCW 59.12.040 · Service of notice—Proof of service.
- RCW 59.12.050 · Jurisdiction of proceedings.
- RCW 59.12.060 · Parties defendant.
- RCW 59.12.070 · Complaint—Summons.
- RCW 59.12.080 · Summons—Contents—Service.
- RCW 59.12.085 · Alternative service of summons—Limitation on jurisdiction.
- RCW 59.12.090 · Writ of restitution—Bond.
- RCW 59.12.100 · Service of writ—Bond to stay writ.
- RCW 59.12.110 · Modification of bond.
- RCW 59.12.120 · Judgment by default.
- RCW 59.12.121 · Pleading by defendant.
- RCW 59.12.130 · Jury—Actions given preference.
- RCW 59.12.140 · Proof in forcible entry and detainer.
- RCW 59.12.150 · Amendment to conform to proof.
- RCW 59.12.160 · Amendments.
- RCW 59.12.170 · Judgment—Execution.
- RCW 59.12.180 · Rules of practice.
- RCW 59.12.190 · Relief against forfeiture.
- RCW 59.12.200 · Appellate review—Stay bond.
- RCW 59.12.210 · Effect of stay bond.
- RCW 59.12.220 · Writ of restitution suspended pending appeal.
- RCW 59.12.230 · Forcible entry and detainer—Penalty.
- RCW 59.16.010 · Unlawful detainer defined.
- RCW 59.16.020 · Pleadings, requirements.
- RCW 59.16.030 · Issues—Trial.
- RCW 59.16.040 · Parties defendant—Trial of separate issues.
- RCW 59.18.010 · Short title.
- RCW 59.18.020 · Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith imposed.
- RCW 59.18.030 · Definitions. (Effective until January 1, 2027.)
- RCW 59.18.040 · Living arrangements exempted from chapter.
- RCW 59.18.050 · Jurisdiction of district and superior courts.
- RCW 59.18.055 · Notice—Alternative procedure—Court's jurisdiction limited—Application to chapter 59.20 RCW.
- RCW 59.18.057 · Notice—Form.
- RCW 59.18.058 · Notice—Translated versions—Legal or advocacy resource information.
- RCW 59.18.060 · Landlord—Duties.
- RCW 59.18.063 · Landlord—Written receipts for payments made by tenant.
- RCW 59.18.065 · Landlord—Copy of written rental agreement to tenant.
- RCW 59.18.070 · Landlord—Failure to perform duties—Notice from tenant—Contents—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.
- RCW 59.18.075 · Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.
- RCW 59.18.080 · Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies—Exceptions.
- RCW 59.18.085 · Rental of condemned or unlawful dwelling—Tenant's remedies—Relocation assistance—Penalties.
- RCW 59.18.090 · Landlord's failure to remedy defective condition—Tenant's choice of actions.
- RCW 59.18.100 · Landlord's failure to carry out duties—Repairs effected by tenant—Procedure—Deduction of cost from rent—Limitations.
- RCW 59.18.110 · Failure of landlord to carry out duties—Determination by court or arbitrator—Judgment against landlord for diminished rental value and repair costs—Enforcement of judgment—Reduction in rent under certain conditions.
- RCW 59.18.115 · Substandard and dangerous conditions—Notice to landlord—Government certification—Escrow account.
- RCW 59.18.120 · Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.
- RCW 59.18.125 · Inspections by local municipalities—Frequency—Number of rental properties inspected—Notice—Appeals—Penalties.
- RCW 59.18.130 · Duties of tenant.
- RCW 59.18.140 · Reasonable obligations or restrictions—Tenant's duty to conform—Landlord's duty to provide written notice in increase of rent.
- RCW 59.18.150 · Landlord's right of entry—Purposes—Searches by fire officials—Searches by code enforcement officials for inspection purposes—Conditions.
- RCW 59.18.160 · Landlord's remedies if tenant fails to remedy defective condition.
- RCW 59.18.170 · Landlord to give notice if tenant fails to carry out duties—Late fees.
- RCW 59.18.180 · Tenant's failure to comply with statutory duties—Landlord to give tenant written notice of noncompliance—Landlord's remedies.
- RCW 59.18.190 · Notice to tenant to remedy nonconformance.
- RCW 59.18.200 · Tenancy from month to month or for rental period—End of tenancy—Armed forces exception—Exclusion of children—Conversion to condominium—Demolition, substantial rehabilitation of the premises—Notice. (Effective until January 1, 2028.)
- RCW 59.18.210 · Tenancies from year to year except under written contract.
- RCW 59.18.220 · End of tenancy for a specified time—Armed forces exception.
- RCW 59.18.230 · Waiver of chapter provisions prohibited—Provisions prohibited from rental agreement—Distress for rent abolished—Detention of personal property for rent—Remedies.
- RCW 59.18.240 · Reprisals or retaliatory actions by landlord—Prohibited.
- RCW 59.18.250 · Reprisals or retaliatory actions by landlord—Presumptions—Rebuttal—Costs.
- RCW 59.18.253 · Deposit to secure occupancy by tenant—Landlord's duties—Violation.
- RCW 59.18.255 · Source of income—Landlords prohibited from certain acts—Violation—Penalties.
- RCW 59.18.257 · Screening of prospective tenants—Notice to prospective tenant—Costs—Adverse action notice—Violation.
- RCW 59.18.260 · Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Written rental agreement to specify terms and conditions for retention by landlord—Written checklist required.
- RCW 59.18.270 · Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Deposit by landlord in trust account—Receipt—Remedies under foreclosure—Claims.
- RCW 59.18.280 · Moneys paid as deposit or security for performance by tenant—Statement and notice of basis for retention—Remedies for landlord's failure to make refund—Exception.
- RCW 59.18.283 · Moneys paid by tenant—Landlord must apply toward rent—Tenant's right to possession—Installment payment plans.
- RCW 59.18.285 · Nonrefundable fees not to be designated as deposit—Written rental agreement required—Remedies.
- RCW 59.18.290 · Removal or exclusion of tenant from premises—Holding over or excluding landlord from premises after termination date—Attorneys' fees.