[WSBARP] 60-Day v. 3-Day Notice

[Gwendolyn Cornwell]

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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 2:22:31 PM
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Subject: [WSBARP] 60-Day v. 3-Day Notice


Good afternoon, colleagues:



I have a dilemma. A landlord client has a terrible tenant who has done all manner of bad things. We served a 3-Day Notice to Quit under 59.18.650(2)(c), and he has to be out by midnight tonight. He told LL today he has no intention of leaving. We need to draft and serve UD process, but the hearing will not be until 4/3/22 at the earliest.



Meanwhile, his actual lease expires at the end of May. So – if for whatever reason we fail at the 3-Day – we would need to serve a 60-Day Notice of Intent to Terminate Tenancy by March 31st to avoid going into a M2M.



SO, my question – and I have little hope here – is: Is there a way to serve the 60-Day Notice of Intent to Terminate by 3/31/22, before we go to the UD hearing on 4/3, without vitiating or waiving any rights under the 3-Day Notice? Any way to phrase the 60-day Notice in such a way that Landlord gives notice that T is in unlawful detainer, but if T prevails at the UD action, that LL will not be renewing the lease and T must leave before 6/1/22?



I think not. If it’s not obvious already, I think that LL waives the argument that T is in breach of the lease under the 3-Day if LL states that the lease will not be renewed in 60 days. Additionally, I think that LL risks a claim of retaliation. But I wanted to know if anybody disagrees with me and thinks there might be a way.







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