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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-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings all, it has been at least a year and probably longer that I have tried to evict for failure to pay rent as there have been better ways to go for my client. However, now I have to proceed with failure to pay. I was reading the current laws under 59.18 and 59.12. I must have missed something out of the last legislative session. Do we no longer have to pursue DRC mediation prior to requesting a Writ of Restitution? Or am I missing something? Which is entirely possible.</span> <span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I practice in Thurston County, so no local eviction regulations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tom</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thomas J. Westbrook</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Attorney at Law</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="152" height="62" style="width:1.5833in;height:.6416in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D9F6D1.BDE3C900"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1f497d">324 West Bay Drive NW, Suite 201</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1f497d">Olympia, WA 98502</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1f497d">(360) 866-4000 phone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#1f497d">(360) 866--3832 fax</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><a href="http://www.buddbaylaw.com/"><span style="color:blue">www.buddbaylaw.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red">COVID POLICY:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1f497d">Our firm continues to follow guidance from the CDC and Governor Inslee’s office regarding social distancing and the wearing of face coverings, and we encourage the public and our clients to do the same. Our staff is still working remotely much of the time so electronic communication by phone and email continues to be encouraged. We appreciate your patience and understanding.</span></i><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p></div></body></html>