{"id":672,"date":"2018-01-30T23:10:23","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T15:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainingpips.com\/?page_id=672"},"modified":"2018-12-20T13:23:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T21:23:57","slug":"ps-101-chapter-7-article-2-service-of-termination-of-tenancy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trainingpips.com\/index.php\/ps-101-a-course-outline\/ps-101-chapter-7-chapter-outline-service-of-landlord-tenant-documents\/ps-101-chapter-7-article-2-service-of-termination-of-tenancy\/","title":{"rendered":"PS 101 – Chapter 7 – Article 2 – Service of Termination of Tenancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Termination of tenancies are handled in two RCW chapters. The first is 59.04 RCW<\/a>, entitled Tenancies, and the second is 59.18 RCW<\/a>, entitled the Residential Landlord<\/a>-Tenant Act.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the passage of the Residential Landlord<\/a>-Tenant Act in the early 1970’s, chapter 59.04 RCW<\/a> applies only to those circumstances in which the Residential Landlord<\/a>- Tenant Act does not apply. Another large group of situations will be governed by a specific provision in a written rental agreement rather than 59.04 RCW<\/a>. The remaining rental arrangements to which 59.04 RCW<\/a> applies are nonresidential in nature, such as a business renting space on a month to month<\/a> basis with no underlying rental agreement, or a business renting space under a written agreement that does not contain a specific provision on termination.<\/span><\/p>\n

The play between these two chapters is an example of how the application of law<\/a> flows from the general to the specific. 59.04 RCW<\/a> is the more general in nature and 59.18 RCW<\/a> is the more specific in that it only deals with residential tenancies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Service of Notice<\/a> of Termination of Tenancy is typically only required to terminate (1) a month-to-month tenancy or (2) a tenancy where no term is specified but where rent is paid on a periodic basis, like weekly rent or rent due every other month. For purposes of these materials, we are calling those types of leases a “Periodic Rent Lease<\/a>.” That is because a tenancy for a specific period of time, such as a 1 year or 3 year term, simply terminates at the end of the specific period, without the need for prior notice<\/a>. For that reason, this section of the materials addresses the service of Notice<\/a> of Termination of Tenancy for a month to month<\/a> tenancy or a Periodic Rent Lease<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For both 59.04 RCW<\/a> and 59.18 RCW<\/a> service of the Notice<\/a> of Termination is accomplished in one of three fashions:<\/span><\/p>\n