RCW 61.24.140
Assignment of rents—Collecting payment of rent.
The beneficiary shall not enforce or attempt to enforce an assignment of rents by demanding or collecting rent from a tenant occupying property consisting solely of a single-family residence, or a condominium, cooperative, or other dwelling unit in a multiplex or other building containing fewer than five residential units, without first giving the tenant either a court order authorizing payment of rent to the beneficiary or a written consent by the tenant's landlord to the payment. It is a defense to an eviction based on nonpayment of rent that the tenant paid the rent due to the beneficiary pursuant to a court order or a landlord's written consent.
[ 1998 c 295 § 16.]
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.