--- title: WA State Rental Housing Law description: A collection of WA rental housing laws --- # WA State Rental Housing Law ### WA State [ RCW: 59.18 — Residential Landlord-Tenant Act (RLTA) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-59-18?hsLang=en) [ RCW 59.12 — Forcible Entry and Forcible and Unlawful Detainer ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-59-12?hsLang=en) [ RCW 59.20 — Manufactured/Mobile Homes Landlord-Tenant Act ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-59-20?hsLang=en) [ RCW 61.24.146 — Foreclosure of tenant-occupied property—Notice to vacate. ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-59-20?hsLang=en) [ RCW 61.24.060 — Rights and remedies of trustee's sale purchaser— Written notice to occupants or tenants. ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-61-24-060?hsLang=en) [ RCW 64.28 — Joint Tenancies ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/rcw-64-28?hsLang=en) ### New WA State Laws (2025) [ HB 1217 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/2025/hb-1217?hsLang=en) [ HB 1003 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/2025/hb-1003?hsLang=en) [ SB 5313 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/2025sb-5313?hsLang=en) ### WA Local [ January ](https://www.hubspot.com/) [ Seattle SMC 22.200 — Housing Code ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/seattle?hsLang=en) [ Tacoma TMC 1.95 — Rental Housing Code ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/tacoma-1-95?hsLang=en) [ Tacoma TMC 1.100 — Landlord Fairness Code Initiative ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/tacoma-1-100?hsLang=en) [ Spokane Municipal Code 10.57 — Regulation of Residential Rental Housing ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/spokane?hsLang=en) [ King County Code 12.20 and 12.25 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/king-county?hsLang=en) [ Olympia Municipal Code 5.82 — Rental Housing Code ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/olympia?hsLang=en) [ Bellingham Municipal Code 10.48 and 6.11 - 6.15 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/bellingham?hsLang=en) [ Federal Way Revised Code 12.35 and 20.05 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/federal-way?hsLang=en) [ Kent City Code 5.14 and 10.02 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/kent?hsLang=en) [ Auburn City Code 5.23 — Rental Housing Policy ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/auburn?hsLang=en) [ SeaTac Municipal Code 4.05 — Rental Housing Protections and 15.465.200 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/seatac?hsLang=en) [ Shoreline Municipal Code 9.35 — Residential Tenant Protections ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/shoreline?hsLang=en) [ Kirkland Municipal Code 7.75 — Tenant Protections ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/kirkland?hsLang=en) [ Redmond Municipal Code 9.54 and 6.38 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/redmond?hsLang=en) [ Issaquah Municipal Code 5.52 — Tenant Protections ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-state/issaquah?hsLang=en) [ Tumwater Municipal Code 5.70, 5.75, and 5.80 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/tumwater?hsLang=en) [ Burien Municipal Code 5.62 and 5.63 ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/burien?hsLang=en) [ Port Townsend Municipal Code 9.60 — Residential Rent Increases Notice ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-local/port-townsend?hsLang=en) ### Federal [ Fair Housing Act ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/federal/fair-housing-act?hsLang=en) [ Americans With Disabilities Act ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/federal/americans-with-disabilities-act?hsLang=en) [ Fair Credit Reporting Act ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/federal/fair-credit-reporting-act?hsLang=en) [ CARES Act ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/federal/cares-act?hsLang=en) ### WA State Case Law [ HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF KING v. KNIGHT (2025) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/feb-2025?hsLang=en) [ VALLEY CITIES COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION v. EDDINES (2024) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/aug-2024?hsLang=en) [ PRINCETON PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC v. ALLEN (2024) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/jun-2024?hsLang=en) [ PENDLETON PLACE LLC v. ASENTISTA 5454 312 98312 (2024) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/jan-2024?hsLang=en) [ JONATHAN HERNANDEZ v. Any other tenants, Defendants. (2024) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/feb-2024?hsLang=en) [ KIEMLE HAGOOD COMPANY v. DANIELS (2023) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/apr-2023?hsLang=en) [ RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION CJD LLC LLC v. CITY OF SEATTLE (2022) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/mar-2022?hsLang=en) [ RENTAL HOUSING ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON v. CITY OF FEDERAL WAY (2022) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/nov-2022?hsLang=en) [ SHERWOOD AUBURN LLC v. PINZON (2022) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/dec-2022?hsLang=en) [ NORTHWICK v. LONG (2015) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/nov-2015?hsLang=en) [ PHAM v. CORBETT (2015) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/may-2015?hsLang=en) [ CHRISTENSEN v. ELLSWORTH (2007) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/dec-2007?hsLang=en) [ JOSEPHINIUM ASSOCIATES v. KAHLI (2002) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/may-2002?hsLang=en) [ Foisy v. Wyman (1973) ](https://360.landlordsolutionsinc.com/law/wa-cases/1973?hsLang=en)