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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 59.18.283 (2026)

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Under this chapter:
(1) A landlord must first apply any payment made by a tenant toward rent before applying any payment toward late payments, damages, legal costs, or other fees, including attorneys' fees.
(2) Except as provided in RCW 59.18.410, the tenant's right to possession of the premises may not be conditioned on a tenant's payment or satisfaction of any monetary amount other than rent. However, this does not foreclose a landlord from pursuing other lawful remedies to collect late payments, legal costs, or other fees, including attorneys' fees.
(3) When, at the commencement of the tenancy, the landlord has provided an installment payment plan for nonrefundable fees or deposits for the security of the tenant's obligations and the tenant defaults in payment, the landlord may treat the default in payment as rent owing. Any rights the tenant and landlord have under this chapter with respect to rent owing equally apply under this subsection.
[ 2019 c 356 s 6.]

Notes:

Intent—2019 c 356: See note following RCW 59.12.030.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2023–2024 · leading case: Princeton Prop. Mgmt., Inc., Resp V. Kathleen Allen, Apps (Wash. Ct. App. 2024).
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Princeton Prop. Mgmt., Inc., Resp V. Kathleen Allen, Apps (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “58183-3-II Any agreement, whether oral or written, between a landlord and tenant, or their representatives, and entered into pursuant to an unlawful detainer action under this chapter that requires the tenant to pay any amount in violation of RCW 59.18.283 or the statutory…”
Richmond v. Home Partners Holdings LLC (W.D. Wash. 2023). “Except 4 as provided in RCW 59.18.283(3), these terms do not include nonrecurring charges for costs incurred due to late payment, damages, deposits, legal costs, or other fees, 5 including attorneys' fees.”
Richmond v. Home Partners Holdings LLC (W.D. Wash. 2024). “3 The Defendants' form leases require that monthly base rent as well as unpaid fees 4 (including the utility billing service fee, HVAC filter fee, and insurance fee, defined under the 5 leases as “additional rent”) be paid on the first of every month. See e.g. Dkt. 136-1 at 8,…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 59.18.283(3) — 1 case
Richmond v. Home Partners Holdings LLC (W.D. Wash. 2023). “Except 4 as provided in RCW 59.18.283(3), these terms do not include nonrecurring charges for costs incurred due to late payment, damages, deposits, legal costs, or other fees, 5 including attorneys' fees.”
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