[WSBAPT] Landlord Tenant Law at July 2022

Mon Jan 23 09:07:31 PST 2023

I just need to reiterate one more time that if you do not practice this
area regularly - I wouldn't dabble. Not even at the notice phase.

On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 8:53 AM Diane J. Kiepe <DJKiepe at depdslaw.com> wrote:

> Gwendolyn,
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> Thanks for the response to this.  Do you know, when there is a potential
> sale or owner moving back in if the tenant must be given notice of their
> right to free counsel through the justice project (may not be correct name)
> still?
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> Do you know off your cuff if it was simply a non renewal of a least at the
> expiration of the term if the notice period is shorter?  It may be worth
> considering that route if the person, although intending to move back in,
> also has a lease about to term out and the notice period is still open.
>
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> *Diane J. Kiepe*
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> Diane J. Kiepe
>
> Douglas Eden
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> 717 W. Sprague Ave.
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> Suite 1500
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> Spokane, WA  99201
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> djkiepe at depdslaw.com
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> 509-455-5300
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> *From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Gwendolyn Cornwell
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 21, 2023 4:04 PM
> *To:* WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>;
> wsbap at lists.wsbarppt.com
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBAPT] Landlord Tenant Law at July 2022
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> The client needs to send the correct 90 day notice to vacate for owner
> intent to occupy pursuant to RCW 59.18.650.  Have it personally served,
> posted in an obvious place, AND mailed by first class mail and certified
> mail.  If the tenant does not move out by the move out date (which needs to
> be at least 90 days and at the end of a month) a complaint for unlawful
> detainer can be filed. Then a motion for show cause hearing.  If the tenant
> shows appropriate need they can get a free attorney who will make it their
> goal to postpone and delay the process, but you should be able to get them
> out within a few of months of filing the complaint.  This is the current
> state of landlord/tenant law in Washington state.  These changes that came
> about during covid-19 are not all being dropped and more onerous changes
> are being proposed.
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> This is not based on the end of the lease, but on the owner moving in.  To
> end a lease based on the end date has its own set of requirements, also
> found in 59.18.650.
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> Regards,
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> Gwendolyn
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> *From:* wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <
> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *James Doran
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 21, 2023 3:00 PM
> *To:* wsbap at lists.wsbarppt.com; wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com
> *Subject:* [WSBAPT] Landlord Tenant Law at July 2022
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> Covid changed things and I lost track.  Too many changes to track.
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> A client had a tenant whose lease expired in July 2022.  The landlord
> demanded that the tenant move out so she could live there herself.
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> What was the status of the tenants rights in July of 2022? We’re we back
> to normal,  ore or less' and the landlord was within her rights to vacate
> the tenant after the lease expired?
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> The client is worried that the tenant still had special rights at this
> date and that the landlord could not vacate the tenant even though the ease
> had expired.
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> Any help is certainly appreciated.  It will be difficult for me to unwind
> Covid landlord tenant law.
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> Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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>
>
> James Doran
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