[WSBARP] 14-day notice and late fees

[Rowley, Rob]

Can't include contractual late fees on the 14 day notice. Failure is
jurisdictional.

Here is a really good presentation prepared by King County tenant advocates
which was presented earlier this year at a Spokane CLE sponsored by the
Spokane Center for Justice (who then gave me permission to share).

Robert Rowley
Spokane



On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 4:25 PM Timothy Lehr <timothy at stileslaw.com> wrote:

> All,
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> From my reading of the new RLLT Act provisions, a 14-day notice to pay or
> vacate can only include late “rent” payments, which may include reoccurring
> periodic payments such as utilities. PC added late fees on the face of his
> notice. Even though those are “reoccurring” in the event of nonpayment of
> rent, my understanding is late fees are categorically excluded and cannot
> be added to the 14 day notice. Am I correct?
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> Additionally, assuming late payments cannot be included on the notice, can
> you ask for them in the unlawful detainer complaint or can those now only
> be sought after in a small claims action?
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> Thanks and have a great weekend,
>
> Tim
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