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Wash. Rev. Code § 59.18.210 (2026)

Tenancies from year to year except under written contract

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Tenancies from year to year are hereby abolished except when the same are created by express written contract. Leases may be in writing or print, or partly in writing and partly in print, and shall be legal and valid for any term or period not exceeding one year, without acknowledgment, witnesses or seals.
[ 1973 1st ex.s. c 207 s 21.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2022 · leading case: W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 364 P.3d 76 (Wash. 2015).
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W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 364 P.3d 76 (Wash. 2015). · cites it 2× “This statute continues to apply to commercial leases and other leases not specifically covered by a separate chapter in Title 59 RCW.”
Stevenson v. Parker, 608 P.2d 1263 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “020, a lease for over 1 year must be in deed form, i.e., written, signed by the landlord, and acknowledged.”
Amie N. Mckean, V. Josh Thomas (Wash. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 8× “2 Thomas challenges the trial court’s conclusion that he was in unlawful detainer of the rental property, arguing that the trial court erred in concluding that the unacknowledged two-year lease violated RCW 59.18.210 and was therefore unenforceable under the statute of frauds.”
W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison (Wash. 2015). “18 RCW is the Residential Landlord Tenant Act of 1973; RCW 59.18.210 continues to provide the formal requirements for 10 We reject Western Plaza's attempts to harmonize the statutes.”
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