RCW 59.18.750: Smart access systems—Alternative keys. (Effective January 1, 2027.)

If requested by a tenant, a landlord must offer the tenant an alternative key that does not use biometric identifier information or a software application operated on a tenant's mobile phone or other similar electronic device. Examples of alternative keys include, but are not limited to:

(1) A key fob;

(2) A key card;

(3) A physical key;

(4) A method of entry that solely relies upon a keypad or similar device that utilizes the manual entering of a coded sequence of numbers, letters, or both; or

(5) Other form of physical access.