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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This week I had to arm wrestle the prosecutor’s office for the Sheriff to execute a STIPULATED 60 day to sale writ which contained all of the magic language about being exempt. Stipulation by the local tenant rights attorney. Owner selling with holdover tenant who wouldn’t move after receiving all proper termination notices and showed up for a contested show cause hearing. I eventually won.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Logic was that order won’t protect them in a lawsuit for wrongful eviction/violation of the Governor’s stay. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="350" style="width:262.5pt"><tr><td width="95" style="width:71.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img width="95" height="131" style="width:.9895in;height:1.3645in" id="Picture_x0020_9" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span></p></td><td width="210" style="width:157.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Robert R Rowley</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0e1735">Attorney & Counselor at Law</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="tel:(509)%20252-5074" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 252-5074</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="tel:(509)%20994-1143" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 994-1143</span></a><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image009.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="fax:(509)%20928-3084" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">(509) 928-3084</span></a> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="12" style="width:.125in;height:.125in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image011.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="http://www.rowleylegal.com/" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">rowleylegal.com</span></a><br></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue"><img border="0" width="12" height="10" style="width:.125in;height:.1041in" id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image013.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:rob@rowleylegal.com" target="new"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#7e8183">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a><br></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0e1735">Helping You Protect What Matters Most</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rowleylegal" target="new"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="17" height="17" style="width:.177in;height:.177in" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:image015.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ROBERTRROWLEY" target="new"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="17" height="17" style="width:.177in;height:.177in" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image017.png@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Practice concentrated on business, real estate and general legal matters in Washington and Idaho. </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">NOTICE: The contents of this message and any attachments may be protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable protections. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this message in error, please notify the sender and promptly delete the message. Thank you for your assistance. DISCLAIMER: You should recognize that responses provided by e-mail means are akin to ordinary telephone or face-to-face conversations and do not reflect the level of factual or legal inquiry or analysis which would be applied in the case of a formal legal opinion. A formal opinion may very well reach a different conclusion.</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul Neumiller<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 30, 2020 10:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Moratoriums, Evictions, and Holdover Tenants OH MY</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I agree. Even if you can get the judge to accept the exception, you still have to get by the County Sheriff. My county’s sheriff refused to enforce a court order for a Writ of Replevin because the county counsel “disagreed” with the judge’s order (who specifically found that the moratorium didn’t apply) and “wished the judge hadn’t ruled that way.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We were forced to find a different solution because the client didn’t want to be the test case and bring a mandamus action against the sheriff.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Isn’t there a canon of judicial interpretation that the language of the specific controls the language of the general? Maybe, because the language in the “whereas” provision specifically addresses (and defines) “holdover occupants”, that language would control over the general prohibition set forth in the actual order. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="Paul_A__Neumiller"><img border="0" width="250" height="150" style="width:2.6041in;height:1.5625in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image019.jpg@01D6AEAA.EB078420"></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail message is intended to be received only by persons entitled to receive the confidential information it may contain. E-mail messages to clients of Paul A. Neumiller presumptively contain information that is confidential and legally privileged; e-mail messages to non-clients are normally confidential and may also be legally privileged. Please do not read, copy, forward or store this message unless you are the intended recipient of it. If you have received this message in error, please forward it back to the sender and delete it completely from your computer system.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">E-mail communication on the Internet may NOT be secure. There is a risk that this confidential communication may be intercepted illegally. There may also be a risk of waiving attorney-client and/or work-product privileges that may attach to this communication. DO NOT forward this message to a third party. If you have any questions regarding this notice, please contact the sender.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> <<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kaitlyn Jackson<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 29, 2020 4:24 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Moratoriums, Evictions, and Holdover Tenants OH MY</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Paul - </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">I was just discussing this language with a colleague yesterday. Unfortunately, I think the Commissioners are ignoring this language because it's only in the "whereas" portion and is prompted with "intent" when the actual "order" language provides blanket protection to virtually anyone who has been residing in a traditional or non-traditional dwelling for 14 days or more. But, it's 2020 so anything goes. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">In any event, I hope anyone with any insight shares it with the listserve! </p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kaitlyn</p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 4:08 PM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Listmates: One of the "whereas" statements in the Gov's 20-19.4 (page 2, paragraph 6) states "However, this order is not intended to permit occupants introduced into a dwelling who are not listed on the lease to remain or hold over after the tenant(s) of record permanently vacate the dwelling ('holdover occupant')...." I now have the situation where an unknown occupant is holding over after the tenant of record has left. The owner of the property has demanded that the holdover occupant leave but has not demanded rent or indicated the existence of a LL-T relationship.<br><br>Has anyone used this language to remove an occupant and how did it go? If so, what did you use? UD or Ejectment? <br><br><br><br><br>***Disclaimer: Please note that RPPT listserv participation is not restricted to practicing attorneys and may include non-practicing attorneys, law students, professionals working in related fields, and others.***<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>WSBARP mailing list<br><a href="mailto:WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">WSBARP@lists.wsbarppt.com</a><br><a href="https://eur05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmailman.fsr.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fwsbarp&data=04%7C01%7C%7C684bdd50a8804cd9bd8008d87c622fab%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637396108432050978%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=eoZU%2BIElEpm88mQGViSaTE8VagSoJrJ68AGlQCBMN5w%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/wsbarp</a></p></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- </p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666">Thank you,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#666666;background:white"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#666666;background:white">K</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#666666;background:white">aitlyn</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#666666;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;font-variant:small-caps;color:#666666;background:white">R. 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