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                                                     SENATE BILL 5651

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senator Moore

 

Read first time 02/08/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

 

Transferring rental agreements.


          AN ACT Relating to transfer of rental agreements; and amending RCW 59.20.073.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  RCW 59.20.073 and 1981 c 304 s 20 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Any rental agreement shall be assignable by the tenant to any person to whom he sells or transfers title to the mobile home.

          (2) A tenant who sells a mobile home within a park shall notify the landlord in writing of the date of intended sale and transfer of the rental agreement at least fifteen days in advance of such intended transfer and shall notify in writing the buyer of the provisions of this section.  The tenant shall verify in writing to the landlord payment of all taxes, rent, and reasonable expenses due on the mobile home and mobile home lot.

          (3) The landlord shall notify the selling tenant of a refusal to permit transfer of the rental agreement at least seven days in advance of such intended transfer.

          (4) The landlord shall approve or disapprove of the assignment of a rental agreement on the same basis that the landlord approves or disapproves of any new tenant, and any disapproval shall be in writing.  Consent to an assignment shall not be unreasonably withheld.

          (5) Failure to notify the landlord ((of the intended sale and transfer of the rental agreement)) in writing, as required under subsection (2) of this section; or failure of the new tenant to make a good faith attempt to arrange an interview with the landlord to discuss assignment of the rental agreement; or failure of the current or new tenant to obtain written approval of the landlord for assignment of the rental agreement, shall be grounds for disapproval of such transfer.

 


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