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Wash. Rev. Code § 59.04.020 (2025)

Tenancy from month to month—Termination

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When premises are rented for an indefinite time, with monthly or other periodic rent reserved, such tenancy shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month, or from period to period on which rent is payable, and shall be terminated by written notice of thirty days or more, preceding the end of any of said months or periods, given by either party to the other.
[Code 1881 s 2054; 1867 p 101 s 2; RRS s 10619. Prior: 1866 p 78 s 1.]

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Unlawful detainer, notice requirement: RCW 59.12.030(2).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1977–2015 · leading case: Seattle-First Nat'l Bank v. Earl, 565 P.2d 1215 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977).
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Seattle-First Nat'l Bank v. Earl, 565 P.2d 1215 (Wash. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “See RCW 59.04.020; Ryan v. Lambert, 49 Wash. 649 , 96 P.”
W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 364 P.3d 76 (Wash. 2015). “010, titled “Tenancies from year to year abolished except under written contract,” abolishes tenancies from year to year except when those tenancies are in writing and acknowledged. (Boldface omitted.) In the absence of a written agreement, tenancies under chapter 59.”
Marsh-McLennan Bldg., Inc. v. Clapp, 980 P.2d 311 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “” RCW 59.04.020. Such tenancies are terminated by written notice of at least 30 days.”
Harrison v. Emerald Outdoor Advert. (In Re Emerald Outdoor Advert.), 348 B.R. 552 (Bankr. E.D. Wash. 2006). · cites it 4× “DEFENSE PER RCW 59.04.020 As a defense to plaintiffs request for immediate possession of the premises, including the sign structures, the debtor argues that a new tenancy was created post-foreclosure.”
W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, No. 90179-1 (Wash. Nov. 25, 2015). · cites it 2× “) In the absence of a written agreement, tenancies under chapter 59.”
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