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Wash. Rev. Code § 59.12.035 (2026)

Holding over on agricultural land, effect of

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In all cases of tenancy upon agricultural lands, where the tenant has held over and retained possession for more than sixty days after the expiration of his or her term without any demand or notice to quit by his or her landlord or the successor in estate of his or her landlord, if any there be, he or she shall be deemed to be holding by permission of his or her landlord or the successor in estate of his or her landlord, if any there be, and shall be entitled to hold under the terms of the lease for another full year, and shall not be guilty of an unlawful detainer during said year, and such holding over for the period aforesaid shall be taken and construed as a consent on the part of a tenant to hold for another year.
[ 2010 c 8 s 19006; 1891 c 96 s 4; RRS s 813. Formerly RCW 59.04.060.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2021 · leading case: Snuffin v. Mayo, 494 P.2d 497 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972).
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Snuffin v. Mayo, 494 P.2d 497 (Wash. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 5× “035: In all cases of tenancy upon agricultural lands, where the tenant has held over and retained possession for more than sixty days after the expiration of his term without any demand or notice to quit by his landlord or the successor in estate of his landlord, if any there…”
Carr v. Deking, 765 P.2d 40 (Wash. Ct. App. 1988). “Deking had no right to possession subsequent to the 1987 crop season because he was given timely notice to vacate under RCW 59.12.035 and this terminated the tenancy.”
Patricia L. West v. Mark S. Ritts (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 5× “Ritts, is a hold over tenant pursuant to RCW 59.12.035.” 2 Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 69.”
Skarperud v. Long, 40 Wash. App. 548 (Wash. Ct. App. 1985). “RCW 59.12.035, regarding holding over on agricultural land, evinces the Legislature's intent that the unlawful detainer statutes apply in agricultural, as well as commercial and residential, settings.”
Vivian Loomis Fam., LLC v. Jeffrey Bell, et ux (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “are farm land within the meaning of [RCW 59.12.035] and, if so, . . . whether or not that would be a violation of the CRP— .”
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