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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lenard Wittlake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2022 8:41 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Converting UD to Civil Action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As for conversion of UD to ordinary civil case, here is what Div III said in the attached case:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The power to convert an unlawful detainer action into a general action for damages
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">lies exclusively with the trial court.
<i>Id</i>. at 47 (“[T]he <i>trial court</i> has inherent power to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">fashion the method by which an unlawful detainer action is converted to an ordinary civil
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">action.”) (emphasis added). “No particular method exists for the trial court to” exercise
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">its conversion powers.
<i>Barr v. Young</i>, 187 Wn. App. 105, 109, 347 P.3d 947 (2015). But <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">the court must do something. Merely granting a party’s request for general civil damages
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">is insufficient.
<i>See Angelo Prop. Co. v. Hafiz</i>, 167 Wn. App. 789, 818, 274 P.3d 1075 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">(2012) (no subject matter jurisdiction when court could have converted unlawful detainer
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">action to general action for damages, but did not do so).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Nothing in the record indicates the trial court took any action to convert the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Castellons’ unlawful detainer action into a general action for damages prior to issuing
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">judgment. As a result, the court lacked jurisdiction …</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have had success with a motion and order to convert. No extra filing fee.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kaitlyn Jackson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 12, 2022 12:08 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] Converting UD to Civil Action<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did anyone answer this question? I have some ideas. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 3:31 PM Mark Anderson <<a href="mailto:marka@mbaesq.com">marka@mbaesq.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">In an unlawful detainer action based on the landlord wanting to sell the property, we obtained a writ of restitution. However, the commissioner "reserved"
the award of a monetary judgment for unpaid rents because if we wanted to seek payment for back rent owed at the same time that we were seeking a writ of restitution based on an intent to sell, we had to go through the repayment negotiation process. And so
(at least for now) we chose just to take the writ, have it served, and evict the tenant.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">The tenant is now out of the property and the sheriff has returned the writ of restitution. At this point, do I need to start a new civil case for the
unpaid rents and damages or can I just pay an extra filing fee to convert this to a civil case for that purpose? And am I correct in assuming that, in either case, we won't have to go through the repayment negotiation process? My understanding is that that
repayment negotiation process only applies where you are attempting to evict a tenant based on failure to pay rent.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#002060">I've never done such a conversion before so any recommendations will help. Thanks to everyone.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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