Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 59.20.050 (2026)

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(1) No landlord may offer a mobile home lot for rent to anyone without offering a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more. No landlord may offer to anyone any rental agreement for a term of one year or more for which the monthly rental is greater, or the terms of payment or other material conditions more burdensome to the tenant, than any month-to-month rental agreement also offered to such tenant or prospective tenant. Anyone who desires to occupy a mobile home lot for other than a term of one year or more may have the option to be on a month-to-month basis but must waive, in writing, the right to such one year or more term: PROVIDED, That annually, at any anniversary date of the tenancy the tenant may require that the landlord provide a written rental agreement for a term of one year. No landlord shall allow a mobile home, manufactured home, or park model to be moved into a mobile home park in this state until a written rental agreement has been signed by and is in the possession of the parties: PROVIDED, That if the landlord allows the tenant to move a mobile home, manufactured home, or park model into a mobile home park without obtaining a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more, or a written waiver of the right to a one-year term or more, the term of the tenancy shall be deemed to be for one year from the date of occupancy of the mobile home lot;

(2) The requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply if:

(a) The mobile home park or part thereof has been acquired or is under imminent threat of condemnation for a public works project, or

(b) An employer-employee relationship exists between a landlord and tenant;

(3) The provisions of this section shall apply to any tenancy upon expiration of the term of any oral or written rental agreement governing such tenancy.

[ 1999 c 359 s 4; 1981 c 304 s 37; 1980 c 152 s 4; 1979 ex.s. c 186 s 3; 1977 ex.s. c 279 s 5.]

Notes:

Severability—1981 c 304: See note following RCW 26.16.030.

Severability—1979 ex.s. c 186: See note following RCW 59.20.030.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2025 · leading case: Holiday Resort Cmty. Ass'n v. Echo Lake Assocs., L.L.C., 135 P.3d 499 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006).

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Holiday Resort Cmty. Ass'n v. Echo Lake Assocs., L.L.C., 135 P.3d 499 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 6× “13 RCW 59.20.050(1). RCW 59.20.050(1) provides: (1) No landlord may offer a mobile home lot for rent to anyone without offering a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more.”

Holiday Resort Cmty. Assoc. v. Echo Lake Assoc. LLC., 135 P.3d 499 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 7× “[13] RCW 59.20.050(1). RCW 59.20.050(1) provides: *506 (1) No landlord may offer a mobile home lot for rent to anyone without offering a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more.”

W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 364 P.3d 76 (Wash. 2015). “See RCW 59.20.050(1). But the fact that RCW 59.”

Little Mountain Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Little Mountain Estates MHC, LLC, 236 P.3d 193 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 2× “090(1); see also RCW 59.20.050(1). We have no occasion here to determine whether a shorter term might, run afoul of the MHLTA or raise issues of unconscionability.”

White River Estates v. Hiltbruner, 928 P.2d 440 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “The Park notes that no prospective tenant waived their right to the one-year lease to step into Hiltbruner’s month-to-month tenancy.”

Gillette v. Zakarison, 846 P.2d 574 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). “Although a mobile park landlord must approve or disapprove a rental agreement assignment on the same basis as any new tenant, consent to an assignment must not be unreasonably withheld.”

Royal Coachman Homeowners Coop. v. Shannon Hunter Burns (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 6× “RCW 59.20.050 does not read that, assuming the landlord fails to forward a written occupancy agreement, the occupant becomes a “tenant” under the MHLTA despite refusing to pay any rent.”

Little Mountain v. Little Mountain Estates, 236 P.3d 193 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 2× “Like the provision in Holiday Resort, the assignment provision at issue is directly at odds with the language of the MHLTA.”

HMD Enter., LLC v. Ross Carter (Wash. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “HMD’s failure to comply with RCW 59.20.050 raises significant questions about the validity of the tenancy and HMD’s right to terminate the tenancy.”

W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison (Wash. 2015). “See RCW 59.20.050(1). But the fact that RCW 59.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 59.20.050(1) — 10 cases

Holiday Resort Cmty. Ass'n v. Echo Lake Assocs., L.L.C., 135 P.3d 499 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “13 RCW 59.20.050(1). RCW 59.20.050(1) provides: (1) No landlord may offer a mobile home lot for rent to anyone without offering a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more.”

Holiday Resort Cmty. Assoc. v. Echo Lake Assoc. LLC., 135 P.3d 499 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “[13] RCW 59.20.050(1). RCW 59.20.050(1) provides: *506 (1) No landlord may offer a mobile home lot for rent to anyone without offering a written rental agreement for a term of one year or more.”

W. Plaza, LLC v. Tison, 364 P.3d 76 (Wash. 2015). “See RCW 59.20.050(1). But the fact that RCW 59.”

Little Mountain Estates Tenants Ass'n v. Little Mountain Estates MHC, LLC, 236 P.3d 193 (Wash. 2010). “090(1); see also RCW 59.20.050(1). We have no occasion here to determine whether a shorter term might, run afoul of the MHLTA or raise issues of unconscionability.”

White River Estates v. Hiltbruner, 928 P.2d 440 (Wash. Ct. App. 1996). “The Park notes that no prospective tenant waived their right to the one-year lease to step into Hiltbruner’s month-to-month tenancy.”

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