[WSBARP] King County Just Cause UD Gurus

[Paul Neumiller]

SB 1236 extends "just cause" termination under Chapter 59.18 to my neck of the woods.  I have a client who wants to sell his single family residence and he knows he has to give a 90 notice.  But the new section reads that "at a minimum" he has to list the property and keep it listed for at least 90 days (yeah, I know, a simplification) and HE HAS A BUYER LINED UP ALREADY.  Have the King County courts recognized that it is ridiculous to require a LL to list property for sale when a buyer is waiting in the wings?  Or, do your LLs proceed under subsection 2(m) for "other good cause."  Does having a buyer ready, willing, and able fulfill the requirement that the sale to the buyer is "a legitimate economic or business reason."  It feels to me as though this section relies too much on what the judge had for breakfast the morning of the hearing.  Thanks for your input and expertise to us country cousins who haven't had to deal with "good cause." 




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