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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The language in 59.18.200(1)(a) actually says the notice is to be “twenty days or more preceding the end of the month” or period of tenancy. The tenancy can
only terminate on the date which the monthly tenancy ends, usually the last day of the month. The Notice must be given between the 9<sup>th</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup> of the month to be effective for that month of occupancy (presuming a 30 or 31 day month,
and allowing for an extra day for mailing if posting is required). This concept is explained in the Leda case you cite. So, not 30 days, but your notice didn’t follow the statute, which would have required termination on October 31<sup>st</sup>, not the
20<sup>th</sup>. You may be able to work something out, but give out a new notice no later than the 9<sup>th</sup> for November 30<sup>th</sup> to be effective.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbapt-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jim Doran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 02, 2016 1:55 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [WSBAPT] Unlawful Detainer Notice Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Here is one for you unlawful detainer attorneys.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">When there is a month to month tenancy I have always thought that RCW 59.18.200 (1) states that 20 days notice for the termination of a tenancy must be given. My client, the landlord,
was in a month to month tenancy with a tenant who had moved two days before the first of July and the tenancy was considered from the first of the month to the first of the month. We gave the 20 Day notice of termination of tenancy on October 1st giving the
tenant until midnight on October 20th to move out. That is 20 days notice.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">I am being harangued by an attorney who says we had to give 30 days notice. He quotes Froberg v. Gordon 124 Wn. 2d 732 (1994) and Leda v. Whisnand, 150 Wn. App. 69 (2009) a holding
that we have to give 30 days notice. I do not see it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">What am I missing????</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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