[WSBARP] Landlord Ignores Moratorium

Fri Aug 14 07:11:35 PDT 2020

The AG's office has an online complaint form.

https://fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhandler/ago/COVID19EvictionComplaintForm.aspx

Any subsequent landlord action would be seen as a violation of RCW
59.18.240 and 59.18.250.

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*From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>
*On Behalf Of *Jeff Davis
*Sent:* Friday, August 14, 2020 6:52 AM
*To:* 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
*Subject:* [WSBARP] Landlord Ignores Moratorium

Listmates,

In April, 2020, Landlord decides to sell its rental home subject to a
one-year lease with approximately 8 months left in the term.  Landlord
sends over workers to make repairs its deems necessary for the sale, lists
the property, the realtor installs a lockbox and starts showing house.
Tenants did not request for any repair work.  Tenants cooperated, at first,
but  they started to push back because the intrusions became so great and
interfered with their lives.  Landlord’s attorney then sends the standard
10-day notice to comply or vacate and threatening a damage claim for
interfering with any potential sale.  A second 10-day notice was sent,
because of continued resistance from Tenants, which now includes the 60 day
notice of intent to sell.  No affidavit of any kind is attached to either
notice.

Tenants are current in their rent payments.

Forgetting State landlord-tenant law violations for now, it appears the
Landlord and its agents are intentionally violating at least two directives
of Proclamation 20-19.3, ie, the first bullet point prohibiting serving a
notice to comply or vacate, and the second bullet, threatening to seek
eviction  orders.

The question is what action should the Tenants take?  Does the Governor’s
Office or the Attorney General have people monitoring Landlord’s compliance
with the moratorium that the Tenants can contact?  How are the criminal
penalties enforced under RCW 43.06.220(5)?

Jeff Davis

W. Jeff Davis, Esq.

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