Residential landlords are required to comply with many state and federal laws for leasing real property. This page contains several helpful forms for residential landlords. Most of these forms are available in .PDF format. If you do not have a .PDF reader, you can download the Adobe® Reader® for free at http://get.adobe.com/reader
These forms are not applicable to commercial tenancies or mobile home tenancies. Additional forms are required for multifamily dwellings and for mobile home tenancies. If you are a commercial landlord or a landlord who leases land to a tenant who owns their own mobile home, please contact the Studt Law Office for assistance. If you have any questions about these forms, please contact the Studt Law Office for assistance before you use them.
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FORMS TO USE WHEN FIRST LEASING YOUR PROPERTY
These forms are the mandatory disclosures that landlords must provide to their tenants at the initiation of the tenancy. These forms are mandated either by Washington law or United States federal law. If you have never rented property before, the James L. Studt Law Office is happy to help you get started as a landlord. Contact the Studt Law Office for assistance with leases, disclosures and other information to help you begin your business as a landlord.
Written property condition checklist : Landlords may not collect any deposit of any kind from tenants without providing this form to their tenants. The checklist must be signed and dated by the tenant, and the landlord must provide a copy of the signed and dated checklist to the tenant before collecting a deposit.
[Condition Checklist.pdf]
Got Mold? Frequently Asked Questions About Mold :
This form is a mandatory disclosure that landlords must provide to tenants at the initiation of their tenancy. This form can be downloaded from the Washington State Department of Health Website at:
http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/IAQ/mold-notification.htm
Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home:
This form is a mandatory disclosure that landlords must provide to tenants at the initiation of their tenancy. This form can be downloaded in several languages from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/enforcement/disclosure.cfm
Fire Safety and Protection Disclosure – Single Family Residence:
This form is a mandatory disclosure that landlords must provide to tenants at the initiation of their tenancy. This form is for use when renting a single family residence only. A different form is required for multifamily residential rental properties. Contact the James L. Studt Law Office if you need a multifamily residential rental Fire Safety and Protection Disclosure.
[fire disclosure – single family.pdf]
FORMS TO USE TO TERMINATE TENANCY (EVICTION NOTICES)
These forms are various notices that must be used in order to legally terminate a tenancy and are the first step in the residential eviction process. These are commonly referred to as “eviction notices” because they are the first step in the eviction process. However, the notices by themselves do not allow a landlord to simply take possession of the property. The notices are the first step that a landlord must take in order to evict a tenant.
Each of these forms must be served in a very specific manner in order to be legal. These forms must be served by a person who is over the age of eighteen, and must be either 1) hand delivered to a person of suitable age and discretion who resides in the property, OR 2) posted in a conspicuous place at the residence AND mailed to the tenant by first class mail, postage prepaid. If the notice is only mailed or only posted, it was not properly served. In addition, the person serving the notice must attempt to personally serve the notice on the tenant before the notice may be posted and mailed.
Three Day Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate – Non-Mobile Home Residential Tenants:
This eviction notice is used to terminate a tenancy if your tenant fails to pay rent when it is due. The notice cannot include charges for late fees, utilities fees, or anything other than rent. If the tenant tenders payment of the full amount of rent during the three day period, the landlord is required to accept the full rent payment.
[3 day pay or vacate.pdf]
Ten Day Notice to Comply or Vacate – Non-Mobile Home Residential Tenants:
This eviction notice may be used to terminate tenancies for a tenant’s failure to comply with their lease obligations or with their obligations under the Washington Residential Landlord Tenant Act, RCW 59.18.130.
[10 day comply or vacate.pdf]
Twenty Day Notice of Termination of Tenancy – Non-Mobile Residential Home Tenants:
This eviction notice may be used to terminate a month-to-month tenancy. This notice must be served twenty days prior to the end of the rental period. This notice will not be valid to terminate a tenancy other than a month-to-month tenancy.
[20 day termination.pdf]
ADDITIONAL FORMS
Two Day Notice of Entry and Inspection:
This notice must be provided by landlords in order to enter a tenant’s rental property for purposes of inspection. All landlords have the right to enter and inspect their rental properties on a reasonable basis. The landlord cannot abuse their right to enter the property. This form is notice to the tenant that the landlord intends on entering the property to inspect it, and must be provided at least forty eight hours prior to the intended entry.
[2 day inspection.pdf]
Return of Service:
This form must be filled out every time a landlord serves a notice upon their tenant. The return of service is a sworn statement that the landlord served the tenant with the notice. This form must accompany every notice served in order to succeed with an eviction.
[Return of Service.pdf]
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