{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-59.20.075","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 59.20.075","heading":"Presumption of reprisal or retaliatory action.","body":"Initiation by the landlord of any action listed in RCW 59.20.070(5) within one hundred twenty days after a good faith and lawful act by the tenant or within one hundred twenty days after any inspection or proceeding of a governmental agency resulting from such act, shall create a rebuttable presumption affecting the burden of proof, that the action is a reprisal or retaliatory action against the tenant: PROVIDED, That if the court finds that the tenant made a complaint or report to a governmental authority within one hundred twenty days after notice of a proposed increase in rent or other action in good faith by the landlord, there is a rebuttable presumption that the complaint or report was not made in good faith: PROVIDED FURTHER, That no presumption against the landlord shall arise under this section, with respect to an increase in rent, if the landlord, in a notice to the tenant of increase in rent, specifies reasonable grounds for said increase, which grounds may include a substantial increase in market value due to remedial action under this chapter.","path":["Title 59","Chapter 59.20"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=59.20.075","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:34:58Z","sha256":"7a4de6b29e866559899b2b71596204e4350fdddf7e9a5ccc6b9d4122e3d768ac","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-59.20.074","next":"us-wa/rcw-59.20.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}