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Mailing Notices from the Same County
June 8th, 2009 | 
Author: The Washington Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion today on an unlawful detainer case in which the declaration of service for the notice to pay rent or vacate did not indicate that the notice was mailed from the same county. Read the rest of this entry »
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It’s in the Mail
Mailing an eviction notice does not mean the landlord placing a copy in the tenant’s mailbox. It means using the US Postal Service.
Terminating a Month-to-Month Tenancy
There is a provision for terminating a month-to-month tenancy in both the unlawful detainer statute and in the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (”RLTA”).[1] The provision in RCW 59.12.030(2) certainly applies to commercial or agricultural leases, which means the requirements of serving unlawful detainer notices apply (i.e. personal service, substitute service plus mailing, or posting and mailing).[2] However, the RLTA does not prescribe any particular manner of service of notices under RCW 59.18.200.
An interesting legal question arises. Do the service requirements in the unlawful detainer statute apply to ending a month-to-month tenancy under the RLTA?
