<html><body><div>I just had a similar situation. Ejectment worked better than eviction due to the fact there was no lease and the Commissioner wanted a lease offered to tenant or a lease in place.</div><div>James L. Sorenson</div><div>Attorney at Law</div><div>929 N.130th Suite 14</div><div>Seattle, Wa. 98133</div><div>206 365-0346</div><div><br>On May 29, 2015, at 02:34 PM, Dewey Weddle <dwweddle@msn.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage"><div dir="ltr"><span face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" size="3" color="#000000" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: small;" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', sans-serif; font-size: small;">Esteemed colleagues,</span> <br> <br> <span face="Times New Roman" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Personal representative of estate has permitted a relative to live rent free in a house owned by the estate for over a year. No rental agreement, no lease, and she has never paid a dime in rent. In the waning days of last month I sent her a letter telling her that she needed to be out of the house by June 1, 2015 because the house needs to be either rented or sold. </span> <br> <br> <span face="Times New Roman" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Of course, no good deed goes unpunished, because now she is refusing to move out. I certainly am not a landlord/tenant expert, but my undertanding she is a "tenant at will," and the PR can oust her with a demand that she vacate. I know she will ignore the demand. Is unlawfual detainer the remedy? She needs to be out of there as quickly as possible. </span> <br> <br> <span face="Times New Roman" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Any guidance and/or forms would be greatly appreciated. </span> <br> <span data-mce-style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><span data-mce-style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';" face="Times New Roman" size="4"> <br></span></span><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">Best regards,</span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">Dewey</span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">Law Office of Dewey W. Weddle, PLLC<br>909 7th Street<br>Anacortes, WA 98221</span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;">Telephone 360-293-3600<br>Fax 360-293-3700</span></div><div><span size="3" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div> </div> <span size="2" data-mce-style="font-size: x-small;" style="font-size: x-small;"> <br> </span> </div><div class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">_______________________________________________<br>WSBAPT mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com" data-mce-href="mailto:WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com">WSBAPT@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <br> <a href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt" data-mce-href="http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbapt</a> </span></div></div></blockquote></div></div><style class="_message-styles">.msg-quote .hmmessage p {margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
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