RCW 61.24.060
Rights and remedies of trustee's sale purchaser—Written notice to occupants or tenants.
(1) The purchaser at the trustee's sale shall be entitled to possession of the property on the twentieth day following the sale, as against the borrower and grantor under the deed of trust and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants, who were given all of the notices to which they were entitled under this chapter. The purchaser shall also have a right to the summary proceedings to obtain possession of real property provided in chapter 59.12 RCW.
(2) If the trustee elected to foreclose the interest of any occupant or tenant, the purchaser of tenant-occupied property at the trustee's sale shall provide written notice to the occupants and tenants at the property purchased in substantially the following form:
"NOTICE: The property located at . . . . . . was purchased at a trustee's sale by . . . . . . on . . . . . . (date).
1. If you are the previous owner or an occupant who is not a tenant of the property that was purchased, pursuant to RCW 61.24.060, the purchaser at the trustee's sale is entitled to possession of the property on . . . . . . (date), which is the twentieth day following the sale.
2. If you are a tenant or subtenant in possession of the property that was purchased, pursuant to RCW 61.24.146, the purchaser at the trustee's sale may either give you a new rental agreement OR give you a written notice to vacate the property in sixty days or more before the end of the monthly rental period."
(3) The notice required in subsection (2) of this section must be given to the property's occupants and tenants by both first-class mail and either certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
[ 2009 c 292 § 10; 1998 c 295 § 8; 1967 c 30 § 2; 1965 c 74 § 6.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 61 - Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Real Estate Contracts
Chapter 61.24 - Deeds of Trust.
61.24.008 - Borrower referred to mediation—When.
61.24.010 - Trustee, qualifications—Successor trustee.
61.24.025 - Application of federal servicemembers civil relief act to deeds of trust.
61.24.030 - Requisites to trustee's sale.
61.24.031 - Notice of default under RCW 61.24.030(8)—Beneficiary's duties—Borrower's options.
61.24.033 - Model language for initial contact letter used by beneficiaries—Rules.
61.24.040 - Foreclosure and sale—Notice of sale.
61.24.042 - Notice to guarantor—Contents—Failure to provide.
61.24.045 - Requests for notice of sale.
61.24.060 - Rights and remedies of trustee's sale purchaser—Written notice to occupants or tenants.
61.24.080 - Disposition of proceeds of sale—Notices—Surplus funds.
61.24.100 - Deficiency judgments—Foreclosure—Trustee's sale—Application of chapter.
61.24.110 - Reconveyance by trustee.
61.24.120 - Other foreclosure provisions preserved.
61.24.127 - Failure to bring civil action to enjoin foreclosure—Not a waiver of claims.
61.24.130 - Restraint of sale by trustee—Conditions—Notice.
61.24.135 - Consumer protection act—Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
61.24.140 - Assignment of rents—Collecting payment of rent.
61.24.143 - Foreclosure of tenant-occupied property—Notice of trustee's sale.
61.24.146 - Foreclosure of tenant-occupied property—Notice to vacate.
61.24.165 - Application of RCW 61.24.163.
61.24.172 - Foreclosure fairness account created—Uses.
61.24.177 - Deed of trust pool—Duty of servicer to maximize net present value.
61.24.180 - Trustee as defendant—Declaration of nonmonetary status—Objection.