RCW 59.20.200
Landlord—Failure to carry out duties—Notice from tenant—Time limits for landlord's remedial action.
If at any time during the tenancy the landlord fails to carry out the duties required by RCW 59.20.130, the tenant may, in addition to pursuit of remedies otherwise provided the tenant by law, deliver written notice to the landlord, which notice shall specify the property involved, the name of the owner, if known, and the nature of the defective condition. For the purposes of this chapter, a reasonable time for the landlord to commence remedial action after receipt of such notice by the tenant shall be, except where circumstances are beyond the landlord's control;
(1) Not more than twenty-four hours, where the defective condition is imminently hazardous to life;
(2) Not more than forty-eight hours, where the landlord fails to provide water, electricity, or sewer or septic service to the extent required under RCW 59.20.130(6);
(3) Subject to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of this section, not more than seven days in the case of a repair under RCW 59.20.130(3);
(4) Not more than thirty days in all other cases.
In each instance the burden shall be on the landlord to see that remedial work under this section is completed with reasonable promptness.
Where circumstances beyond the landlord's control, including the availability of financing, prevent the landlord from complying with the time limitations set forth in this section, the landlord shall endeavor to remedy the defective condition with all reasonable speed.
[ 2012 c 213 § 5; 1984 c 58 § 6.]
NOTES:
Severability—1984 c 58: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1984 c 58 § 18.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 59 - Landlord and Tenant
Chapter 59.20 - Manufactured/mobile Home Landlord-Tenant Act.
59.20.020 - Rights and remedies—Obligation of good faith required.
59.20.045 - Enforceability of rules against a tenant.
59.20.060 - Rental agreements—Required contents—Prohibited provisions.
59.20.070 - Prohibited acts by landlord.
59.20.073 - Transfer of rental agreements.
59.20.074 - Rent—Liability of secured party with right to possession.
59.20.075 - Presumption of reprisal or retaliatory action.
59.20.090 - Term of rental agreements—Renewal—Nonrenewal—Termination—Armed forces exception—Notices.
59.20.095 - Short-term rental agreements for recreational vehicles.
59.20.110 - Attorney's fees and costs.
59.20.130 - Duties of landlord.
59.20.134 - Written receipts for payments made by tenant.
59.20.135 - Maintenance of permanent structures—Findings and declarations—Definition.
59.20.145 - Live-in care provider—Not a tenant—Agreements—Guest fee.
59.20.150 - Service of notice on landlord or tenant.
59.20.155 - Seizure of illegal drugs—Notification of landlord.
59.20.190 - Health and sanitation standards—Penalties.
59.20.230 - Defective condition—Unfeasible to remedy defect—Termination of tenancy.
59.20.240 - Payment of rent condition to exercising remedies.
59.20.250 - Mediation of disputes by independent third party.
59.20.260 - Arbitration—Authorized—Selection of arbitrator—Procedure.
59.20.270 - Arbitration—Application—Hearings—Decisions.
59.20.290 - Arbitration—Completion of arbitration after giving notice.
59.20.300 - Manufactured/mobile home communities—Notice of sale.
59.20.305 - Manufactured/mobile home communities—Good faith negotiations.
59.20.310 - Unlawful detainer action—Limited dissemination.
59.20.901 - Effective date—1999 c 359.
59.20.902 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.