RCW 61.24.146
Foreclosure of tenant-occupied property—Notice to vacate.
(1) A tenant or subtenant in possession of a residential real property at the time the property is sold in foreclosure must be given sixty days' written notice to vacate before the tenant or subtenant may be removed from the property as prescribed in chapter 59.12 RCW. Notwithstanding the notice requirement in this subsection, a tenant may be evicted for waste or nuisance in an unlawful detainer action under chapter 59.12 RCW.
(2) This section does not prohibit the new owner of a property purchased pursuant to a trustee's sale from negotiating a new purchase or rental agreement with a tenant or subtenant.
(3) This section does not apply if the borrower or grantor remains on the property as a tenant, subtenant, or occupant.
[ 2009 c 292 § 4.]
NOTES:
Application of section—2009 c 292 §§ 3 and 4: See note following RCW 61.24.143.
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.